All posts tagged "All Blacks"
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoWhen value for money is not part of the deal
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED ENGLAND’S bench strategy against New Zealand – goodbye “bomb squad”, hello “squib squad” – has been investigated,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAngus Scott-Young keen to follow his father
By Jon Newcombe Typical of most Australians, Angus Scott-Young has a fairly sunny disposition and the loose forward is confident that...
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Features
/ 1 year agoEngland need to be more consistent
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Man in the middle: Referee Angus Gardner seemed to be doing his...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoIronmen take the spoils on derby day
Welsh Premiership round-up THE Rhondda derby day bragging rights belonged to Merthyr who defeated rivals Pontypridd 28-25 at the Wern. Flanker...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoSteve Borthwick hails England collaboration as Danny Care criticises Eddie Jones
Steve Borthwick has distanced his England from the Eddie Jones regime damningly described by Danny Care by revealing he has an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland prop Dan Cole was surprised by timing of Joe Marler’s retirement
England prop Dan Cole admits he was surprised by the timing of Joe Marler’s instant retirement from international rugby. Marler, who...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoAutumn Nations Series Team of the Week: Wallace Sititi and Darcy Graham Shine
By Charlie Elliott Wallace Sititi and Darcy Graham put in immense performances as New Zealand and Scotland showed their quality on the opening weekend of...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland prop Joe Marler calls time on his international career
England prop Joe Marler has announced his retirement from international rugby. The 34-year-old was a member of Steve Borthwick’s squad for...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEngland’s heartache goes on as Ford fails to land the killer blow
■ By NICK CAIN at Twickenham England ............................. 22pts Try: Feyi-Waboso 45 Conversion: Smith 45 Penalties: Smith 5, 13, 31, 60;...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoAnother failure to use the bench properly from England
By Paul Rees It was Groundhog Day for England as they slumped to a fourth successive narrow defeat. A difference this...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoBraveheart Wallace Sititi takes top billing as the star of the show for All Blacks
By Brendan Gallagher You could write a short book on how England somehow managed to lose that match in the final...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRowntree’s old charges fall short in a thriller
■By BEN JAYCOCK Munster ........... 24pts Tries: Haley 35, Penalty 40, Hodnett 50, Farrell 60, Conversion: Butler 60 New Zealand ...38pts...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPearce walks in his father’s footsteps
■ By PAUL REES PADDY Pearce is living a dream after emulating his father and great-uncle by playing for the club...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoNew England group will cause uncertainty
By Jeff Probyn - A front-row view of game So just when we thought that everything was getting sorted between the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoHeartbreak for England as All Blacks leave it late
England 22-24 New Zealand By Ben Jaycock at Twickenham George Ford missed a late penalty and last gasp drop goal as...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland vs All Blacks Preview: Key things to know
England face New Zealand in the first game of their Autumn Nations Series campaign, hosting them at the Allianz Stadium (Twickenham)....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoDylan Hartley: England need to match All Blacks’ intensity from the off
By Charlie Elliott Dylan Hartley spent some time around the England camp on Tuesday and offered his thoughts on what he...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland vs All Blacks – Autumn Nations Series Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The autumn internationals get kicked into high gear this Saturday as England look to get their...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoMaro Itoje confident there is ‘no divide’ in England squad over enhanced deals
Maro Itoje does not believe England’s decision to award a limited number of enhanced contracts will cause division within the squad....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoTommy Freeman: I want to make life a misery for Sevu Reece and New Zealand
Tommy Freeman intends making it a miserable afternoon for Sevu Reece when England face New Zealand at the Allianz Stadium on...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoElliot Daly calls for another All Blacks demolition
By Adam Hathaway in Girona Elliot Daly has not had a crack at the All Blacks in five years but has...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoTom Pearson enjoys ‘Dragons’ Den’
By Paul Rees Tom Pearson will not let missing out on the England squad for the autumn internationals drag him down...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEverything has happened so quickly, says new-boy Josh Hathaway
By Simon Thomas Josh Hathaway is still having to pinch himself to make sure what has happened to him over the...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoNow Jonny Gray harms his chance to be a Lion
By the time the British and Irish Lions head for Wallaby country next summer, it will be 32 years since a...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDominant All Blacks get in the mood for England
■By BEN JAYCOCK Debut delight: Super sub Ruben Love reaches out to score a try and, PICTURES: Getty Images NEW Zealand...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoAlex Sanderson: George Ford wants to be a player, not a coach
By Jon Newcombe George Ford returns to training next week but it has come too late for him to be included...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoTime for England to walk the walk
By Nick Cain Right here, right now, English rugby union craves forward momentum. It needs something to knock the negatives surrounding...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTrouble in store for the All Blacks at No.7
It's an old joke, with a touch of truth about it. When an England supporter on tour in New Zealand pops...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThe day Glasgow had the last word down in Cardiff
A MEMORIAL service is to be held at Dollar Parish Church on Friday week in honour of a Scot who carried...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCall for All Blacks to pick from players based abroad
By GRANT SHUB BRUCE Reihana, who played two Tests for the All Blacks in 2000, believes it’s time for New Zealand...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPonty take memorial shield
Premiership round-up PONTYPRIDD went top of the Welsh Premiership and bagged a piece of silverware in the process after winning 42-12...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWill Hoskins Sotutu make the switch to England?
By Charlie Elliott Blues loose forward Hoskins Sotutu is at the centre of plenty of speculation following his withdrawal from the All Blacks side for the Autumn...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoInsight into Heol-y-Cyw – An incredible Welsh grassroots club
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyan Sports From cities to the valleys, rugby is a way of life; it is the heartbeat...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoSteve Borthwick confident in his England approach despite exit of key coaches
Steve Borthwick has defended his England coaching regime by insisting the sudden departure of Felix Jones and Aled Walters is not...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland omit Alex Mitchell from Autumn Internationals squad due to neck injury
Alex Mitchell has been left out of England’s squad for the autumn with a neck problem that places his involvement in...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoRichard Wigglesworth named Steve Borthwick’s number two ahead of Autumn Internationals
Richard Wigglesworth has been installed as Steve Borthwick’s number two in England’s finalised coaching team for the upcoming autumn series. Wigglesworth’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGeorge Furbank: I can’t wait to take on All Blacks
By Adam Hathaway George Furbank missed a chance to get one over the All Blacks in July – now he has...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoSam Graham injury a blow for Phil Dowson
Northampton boss Phil Dowson described Sam Graham’s first-half knee injury as “pretty nasty” on a tough night for the champions. The...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoWorldwide Springboks still get it together
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Assuming those with their ears to the ground haven’t gone deaf, Handre Pollard, the Springbok...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoMark Ella & Co were the true pass masters
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Nineteen eighty four might have been...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPlaying out in France was brutal -it really was
MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRIAN MULLEN THE FORMER LONDON IRISH & CLERMONT FLY-HALF NOWADAYS it is a trend: players moving across the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoPonty take time to get into gear
Premiership round-up PONTYPRIDD maintained their 100 per cent winning start to the season as they got the better of Narberth 52-23....
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoManu Tuilagi makes mark for Bayonne
French Column, by James Harrington While the focus of French rugby attention is on Stade Ernest Wallon and the return to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoAntoine Dupont & Co need to take on the very best
Rugby Matters By Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game's other talking points I think we established long ago...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoFiji deserve to play with best in world
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Every underdog has its day, as Daniel Dubois reminded us in knocking an entire cathedral’s...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoJordie Barrett a doubt for England re-match in Autumn Internationals
New Zealand centre Jordie Barrett has injured the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and is a doubt for the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoNext generation of All Blacks looks special – Sam Cane
By Ben Jaycock New Zealand ................... 33pts Tries: Reece 16, Jordan 22, Clarke 41, 64; Williams 55 Conversions: Barrett 23, 42,...
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Features
/ 1 year agoWhen every story always seems to lead back to that lineout…
WHILE his native Ulster were in Johannesburg for their fixture against the Lions, one of the province’s old players was otherwise...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoMerthyr make it four in a row
Premiership round-up MERTHYR continued their relentless start in the Welsh Premiership with a thumping 61-10 defeat of Ystrad Rhondda at the...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoWallabies push All Blacks to the limit in thriller
By Ben Jaycock Australia....................................................... 28pts Tries: McReight 18, Faessler 36, Paisami 65, Wright 79 Conversions: Lolesio 19, 37, 66, 79 New...












