All posts tagged "Australia"
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEddie keen to get his RWC timing just right
By GARY FITZGERALD Balance: Eddie Jones EDDIE Jones has spoken of his determination to ensure England top their World Cup Pool...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix-try Fiji fire up for challenge of Samoa
By ADAM ELLIS Forward power: Fiji pack truns the screw on Canada FIJI bounced back from a first round loss to...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSuddenly Erasmus has three top No.9s
FORMER SARACENS AND SPRINGBOKS SCRUM-HALF NEIL DE KOCK Competitive position: Faf de Klerk PICTURE: Getty Images After two rounds of the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBrailsford model teaches Eddie important lessons
BRENDAN GALLAGHER IN MY VIEW Bubbling: Chris Froome and team boss Dave Braislford toast a Tour de France victory ACOUPLE of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCricketers have shown us the way says Daly
By GARY FITZGERALD No easing up: Elliot Daly will be going flat out in the warm-up matches PICTURE: Getty Images Schoolmate:...
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World Rugby Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoCan anyone stop the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup?
New Zealand have been installed as the clear favourites to win a third consecutive World Cup when they march into battle...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoSonny Bill Williams issues retort to critics doubting his All Blacks spot
"Get your priorities right" - Sonny Bill makes fierce riposte to New Zealand media
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Features
/ 7 years agoWales search the world for young talent
Steffan Thomas discusses how Wales are counteracting the English poachers Wake up call: Tomas Francis came through the English system WELSH...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBoyd: Lesser men might have quit but Dylan’s still so mentally tough
Neale Harvey talks to the Northampton Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd Cover: Dylan Hartley is still battling his knee problem,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks relief as Cake Tin gets tasty crowd
IT IS a sign of the times that the New Zealand Rugby Union chose to issue a statement of the ‘breaking...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPumas need to oil their machine to be a threat
World class: Argentina captain Pablo Matera fends off Ngani Laumape PICTURE: Getty Images Argentina are searching for a new identity before...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFarrell ‘needs to win RWC to captain the Lions’
By GARY FITZGERALD OWEN Farrell would have to lead England to World Cup glory to stand any realistic chance of being...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHansen: Brodie may have a fracture
NEW ZEALANDboss Steve Hansen bemoaned the loss of Brodie Retallick and attributed the paucity of his side’s display to rustiness. He...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJantjies double act to handle for wobbly too much Wallabies
■By GARY FITZGERALD HERSCHEL Jantjies produced a dazzling two-try debut to throw his cap firmly into the World Cup ring at...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM WOLSTENHOLME WASPS SCRUM-HALF Twenty-year-old Sam Wolstenholme has packed a lot of life experience into his tender years. As an outstanding...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup snub will fire up Chiefs’ back row rejects
■By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S failure to embrace Exeter’s array of “world-class” back rowers should spark fear throughout the Premiership, according to...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAlun Wyn is favourite now to lead the Lions
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ALUN Wyn Jones staying in Wales is the best pre-World Cup news we could have...
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Features
/ 7 years agoJapan is such a happy hunting ground for Josh
Alex Bywater talks to Josh Navidi about his roundabout route to international stardom JAPAN has played a crucial role in Josh...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoFiji fire out World Cup warning to Wales
FIJI made a statement of intent with a resounding win over their Kiwi rivals in Suva in the first match of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCan Rabbit put Cheika back in the running?
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Early promise: A young James O’Connor playing for the Wallabies PICTURE: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoLealiifano back for Wallabies after cancer
By SAM JACKSON Recall: Brumbies captain Christian Lealiifano Out: James O’Connor CHRISTIANLealiifano is back in the Wallabies set-up for the first...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoBoks take it slow with captain Kolisi
Injured: Siya Kolisi SOUTH Africa will ease Siya Kolisi back into action this summer with the injured team captain likely to...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoErasmus’ squad can do serious damage
New star at No.9: Herschel Jantjies For the first time since 2015, there was no South African representation in the Super...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoA mature O’Connor will still deliver
HE MAY have missed out on the initial squad but the return of James O’Connor, who trained with the Wallabies in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOwens: We’ll run ourselves into the ground
By ALEX BYWATER KEN OWENS will take a mantra of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ into Wales’ World Cup...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWarren’s in line for World Cup double
Warren Gatland has put himself in position to win the World Cup with Wales this autumn and again with New Zealand...
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/ 7 years agoWales can win it, says Roberts, but there’s more to do
By STEFFAN THOMAS High hopes: Jamie Roberts playing for Wales WALES might be Six Nations Grand Slam champions, 14 games unbeaten...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones to take charge of Barbarians in clash with Fiji
Twickenham match will be the first time Jones will have been head coach of the Baa-Baas
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMunster fly-half Joey Carbery eager to learn from Stephen Larkham
Joey Carbery notes Larkham's career which excelled at fly-half and full-back
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester change tack in recruitment with Jan McGinity appointment
"I see my role as supporting Geordan (Murphy) and all of the coaching staff in constructing the best squad possible" -...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMore Fijians on their way to Scotland as Mesu Dolokoto signs for Glasgow Warriors
Dolokoto becomes latest player to join Glasgow Warriors, with Edinburgh already recruiting heavily from Fiji
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEngland battle to win despite yellow to win
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Match-winner: Tom Willis Proud: Fraser Dingwall TOM Willis scored an injury time try to secure victory for England...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years ago14-man Wallabies are class above
Argentina …13 Australia …34 AUSTRALIA displayed huge guts and determination to beat Argentina and reach only their second ever final despite...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLions give Gatland punch line
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW WARRENGatland ‘joked’ on more than one occasion about the RFU not being able...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBig test for Berne
THEcontinuing fall-out caused by the Israel Folau imbroglio tended to obscure yet another change to the Wallaby management team. Shane Berne,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoFolau asks fans to fund his legal fight
NEWS EXTRA ISRAEL Folau has appealed for public donations to help him legally contest his dismissal by Rugby Australia. Folau, 30,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIt was right for Marcus to play the Barbarians
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U20s supremo Steve Bates insists Marcus Smith’s senior World Cup callup justifies the gifted playmaker’s controversial withdrawal...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoIsrael Folau sets up GoFundMe page asking for £1.6m in donations to aid legal battle against Rugby Australia
Sacked Wallabies star sets up Gofundme page asking for donations so he can 'fight for what is right'
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Premiership final must be brought forward to accomodate 2021 Lions tour
Lion #628 Jeremy Guscott dissects how the planning for the Lions tour holds multiple facets
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoGilmore boys are gunning for glory
Rousing finish: Fraser McReight scored a late try for Australia AUSTRALIAhave reached the final of an U20 Championship only once, a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGatland will need all his steel to take on the Boks
NICK CAIN ON THE DEBT THE LIONS OWE THEIR NEWLY-APPOINTED 2021 HEAD COACH Pilloried in 2005: Clive Woodward Mission accomplished: Warren...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWelshmen will play key role in South Africa
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND One club man: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images THERE is no rest in rugby...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRemove this loophole allowing players to switch allegiance
ISRAEL Folau’s sacking by Rugby Australia has been one of our sport’s biggest controversies this year. I don’t want to get...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIrish count cost of signing Jackson
Controversy: Paddy Jackson leaves court after his acquittal on a rape charge COLIN BOAG I’ve never much enjoyed watching rugby at...
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Features
/ 7 years agoInexplicable not to bring Premiership final forward
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK England’s finest: This year’s Premiership final contained a number of would-be Lions starters PICTURE: Getty Images...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoDingwall frustrated by England’s ill-discipline
■By ADAM ELLIS Leader: Fraser Dingwall ENGLAND will grit their teeth in the hope of making it third time lucky against...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMunster recruit Stephen Larkham to new-look coaching staff
Johann van Graan adds Larkham to coaching staff one week after announcement of Graham Rowntree
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoWarren Gatland confirmed as Lions coach for 2021 tour
Tour to South Africa will be the Kiwi's third as head coach
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks great Dan Carter reveals next career move
Dan Carter is currently playing in Japan for Kobe Kobelco Steelers
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Features
/ 7 years agoMaking amends for my Wales mess up
JON NEWCOMBE talks to former England lock Geoff Parling about his new role as a coach Highs and lows: Geoff Parling...
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