All posts tagged "All Blacks"
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland add 16 players to touring party
England today added 16 players to their New Zealand tour squad following the Premiership final and England XV game against the Barbarians....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAll Blacks name squad for England series
Steve Hansen has named his final 31-man New Zealand squad to face England in the three-Test series which starts on Saturday....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Why Bruce Craig’s vision for global season will fail to see the light
Last week’s interview encapsulating Bath chairman Bruce Craig’s vision of the future of global rugby showed some interesting, if slightly naive...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Glenn Delaney – London Irish forwards coach
Enjoyed your two years at Irish? Challenging, but excellent. I moved from Nottingham at the right time and with the future...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Trevor Woodman England, Gloucester & Sale prop
I was talking to Mike Teague one evening after a few beers when I was going to have to retire and...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain discovers what England can expect in New Zealand
Jimmy Cowan has such an intimate knowledge of the workings of All Blacks that it’s surprising Steve Hansen hasn’t had him...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoFocus on short game has put Gillies Kaka & Co on top
New Zealand lifted their 12th World Sevens Series on Sunday at Twickenham and their hegemony is not going to stop anytime...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoNew-style Danny Cipriani in frame for England
Danny Cipriani admits he is a different player to the one last capped by England in 2008.
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: So, have the roaring 40s blown Brad Thorn off course?
Brad Thorn was saying only the other day how he planned to be playing ‘top level footy’ at 40, a long-distance...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Big Man’s dynasty is thriving at Tigers
When Frank Whitcombe signed for Broughton Rangers at Belle Vue in Manchester, they gave him £100 and a keeper’s job at...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBarbarians match bid snubbed by Wales
The Barbarians have been snubbed by Wales after offering them a home match as preparation for their Test series in South...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoMemo to Stuart Lancaster: Michael Paterson’s available
Not many outside of Wales realised quite what an exceptional bit of business Sale supremo Steve Diamond had done last summer...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Here’s how All Blacks Test could have moved
There are times when it is blatantly obvious that the standards of excellence now demanded of England‘s professional rugby players are...
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/ 12 years agoRFU fail in bid to get All Blacks Test switch
Concerted attempts by the RFU to change the Test schedule for England’s summer tour of New Zealand in June have failed.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Manu Tuilagi and Luther Burrell would be a true force of nature
The impact that Manu Tuilagi has had to date in 23 England matches – including scoring 11 tries – gives him...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDan Hipkiss warns England not to put Manu Tuilagi on the wing
One of the few headaches facing Stuart Lancaster after the Six Nations is one he has encountered before – how to...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Yes, BOD was great, but not the greatest
That Brian O’Driscoll is one of the great players is undisputed. However, justice was done when Mike Brown won the 2014...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoFight for Dan Cole’s place won’t change Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas is the first to admit that he cannot match Dan Cole’s all-court ability in an England shirt.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why Barbados against mighty All Blacks will be no rum do
It’s a bleary-eyed Sunday morning on Aldershot Garrison Common where the icy wind knifes you in two and the freezing rain...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Tim Molenaar – Harlequins and former Gloucester and Nottingham centre
1. Greg Somerville – One of the greatest props and someone who can play as a tighthead or a loosehead. An...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Terrence Hepetema – Leicester back
Born in England but raised in New Zealand, Leicester centre Terrence Hepetema admits his first season back in his ‘home’ country...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Phil Godman – Newcastle & former Edinburgh and Scotland fly-half
1. Allan Jacobsen – Played with him for years at Edinburgh and he was certainly someone you’d want at the coalface....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher talks Calcutta Cup with Peter Brown
It’s exactly 50 years ago since Peter Brown started taking the sword to the Sassenachs in earnest and, save for Robert...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBredan Gallagher: Nutter who made Jim Telfer’s class of ’84 finest of all
Jim Telfer shakes his head in amusement and then caves in completely and laughs uproariously. It happens occasionally: “All really good...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Let’s spare a thought for Toggie and Tanky
Freddy ‘Tanky’ Turner captained Scotland one hundred years ago, a Liverpudlian by birth who worked in the family printing business and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: My fab four could make any team in the world
The Northern Hemisphere possesses some brilliantly talented players who would be comfortable playing in any team because they are that good....
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: All Blacks chase the dollar in Big Apple
The All Blacks have announced their intention to cash in on the American market with a match in New York next...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoNick Easter: My pal Mike Brown’s always been this good
While Mike Brown’s autumn form has solved one of England’s selection headaches, Nick Easter claims the answer has been staring Stuart...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDon’t just look at my power, says Luther Burrell
Luther Burrell is determined to keep knocking on the England door – rather than smash it down – after being overlooked...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: The joke’s wearing thin for Warren Gatland
This is getting beyond a joke. The more Wales fail to answer needling jibes about their ‘mental barrier’, the more the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoKieran Read named IRB Player of the Year
Kieran Read has been named World Player of the Year at the International Rugby Board awards. Elected by a former internationals,...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland confirm Test dates against All Blacks
The Rugby Football Union and the New Zealand Rugby Union today announced the dates and venues for England‘s three-Test tour in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Joe Marler has moved above Mako Vunipola in the prop order
As the end of this season’s Autumn Internationals are approaching, what have we learned? England set a goal of three wins...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Owen Farrell must play flat if England are to score tries
England‘s attack has been a hot topic this week after an autumn of few tries against the better teams. This is...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoDe Villiers to captain Baa-Baas against Fiji
South Africa captain Jean de Villiers will lead the Barbarians in Saturday’s clash with Fiji at Twickenham. De Villiers is one...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoFrance v South Africa preview
Philippe Saint-André has named a similar side to the one that rattled the cage of New Zealand two weeks ago to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years ago‘Smoking’ Joe Launchbury is the new silent assassin
Ten years after lifting the World Cup alongside Richard Hill, Lawrence Dallaglio is convinced England have found their new silent assassin...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVote for your try of the year
Allblacks.com have released a video polling fans for their favourite try of this year from a list of sensational scores across the international scene, Super...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s autumn verdict: McCaw & co look like world champions elect to me
England gave it a rattle and for once New Zealand seemed to come off second best with the ref but still...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson’s verdict: Wales know the precise problem
George North knew he needed something special to reassure the faithful shocked at the sight of Bryan Habana giving their gigantic...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoTon-up Warren Gatland chases a landmark success
He may have been denied a cap as a player, but on Friday Warren Gatland will become only the second coach...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict on England
As thoughts turn to New Zealand do you judge Chris Robshaw’s team on their first half performance or that inexplicably poor...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoMako Vunipola out of All Blacks clash
England head coach Stuart Lancaster has revealed Mako Vunipola will not face New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday due to a...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVIDEO & COMPETITION: Vunipola, Tomkins & Ashton on earning the shirt
On Saturday, England will take on New Zealand again less than a year since their epic victory at Twickenham which was...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: I didn’t think I’d ever see Owen Farrell score a try like that
It was a good win for England if not the most convincing of performances – but coaches and players are, in...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years ago‘Mental block’ is stopping Wales
Wales will have to smash a ‘mental blockage’ when they go big-game hunting against the Springboks in Cardiff on Saturday.
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Fifty years on, the kick that rocked the world as Newport beat the All Blacks
Dick Uzzell and his old comrades will be given the freedom of Newport next week in belated recognition of something they...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNew Zealand v Australia preview
Cory Jane was due to make his long awaited return in an All Black shirt after being named on the right...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEddie Jones suffers stroke
Japan head coach Eddie Jones has been hospitalised after reportedly suffering “signs of a minor stroke”. Jones was in Japan for...
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/ 12 years agoSBW saga: he feels like s**t and meets with Chiefs
Sonny Bill Williams spoke about his controversial inclusion in the New Zealand Rugby League World Cup squad, and admitted he felt like...
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