All posts tagged "Australia"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSmith back for another crack at the Premiership
FORMER Australia international captain George Smith has penned a sixmonth injury cover deal as Bristol embark on a return to the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCook Islands aim to make most of ‘lucky’ reprieve
Excited: Stan Wright The Pacific region plays host to the first leg of another World Cup play-off game next Saturday when...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEddie has to plan for life without Big Billy
Injury prone: Billy Vunipola has spent months on sideline PICTURE: Getty Images IT is no surprise that England’s five Test crash,...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup
Except for a brief break last August we seem locked into a never ending season which has been trundling along for...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDrowning Eddie needs a life raft
By Nick Cain England are in danger of drowning and their one time saviour, Eddie Jones, is starting to look like...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoD’onofrio hat-trick in vain
Italy..................15 Australia ........44 AUSTRALIA prevailed in the fifth-place semi-final despite going down to 14- men after 20 minutes. Lock Michael Wood...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCurrent crop will yield best ever harvest
BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup Still only 17: France No.8...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPumas look to capitalise on Ledesma gameplan
From ALEJO MIRANDA in Argentina Changing mindset: Mario Ledesma AFTER finishing fourth at RWC2015, Argentina struggled to push on and their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPichot is picking on wrong target in Shields
AGUSTIN Pichot wants to make the eligibility laws in rugby more stringent, so more power to his elbow. They are an...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWalker’s positivity inspired Coventry
HARRY WALKER, England’s oldest surviving international, passed away earlier this week aged 103 but hopefully his ‘can do’ spirit will continue...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoBeaumont must go into bat for smaller nations
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Man in charge: World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoLang takes centre stage as Jackson returns at 10
By SAM JACKSON HARLEQUINS playmaker James Lang and Edinburgh flanker Jamie Ritchie were set to make their make Scotland debuts in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPolota-Nau takes summer break to repay Tigers and deliver play-off shot in 2019
The Leicester hooker wants to take a run at next year's World Cup but only after taking Leicester to the Premiership...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoFamilies need to stay away from big matches
ON the 2005 Lions tour Sir Clive Woodward was accompanied by his wife and their teenage son. My view after that...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDebut for Williams as North moves to centre
WING George North was named at centre with Ellis Jenkins captaining Wales for the first time in last night’s Test match...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWales earn their revenge
Wales U20s ………26 Australia U20s…21 WALES got revenge for last year’s last-minute Pool defeat to Australia with a tight victory on...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWales seek upset against favourites
WALES Under-20 head coach Geraint Lewis has told his charg es they can’t rest on their laurels after their 26-21 win...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JORDAN OLOWOFELA LEICESTER FULL-BACK Atry-double in the Junior World Cup opener against Argentina continued the recent run of success for England...
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Featured
/ 8 years ago50 tournaments for England captain Tom Mitchell and he says Sevens can only grow
England have been drawn in a pool with Kenya, USA and Russia for the event at Twickenham
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Elliot Daly is in many ways England’s best back
Jeremy Guscott says Ben Te'o should be key to England's plans for victory in South Africa
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoEddie must unleash Te’o against the Springboks
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Explosive: At his best, Ben Te’o can tear defences apart PICTURE: Getty Images ALL three of...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAustralia prop James Slipper banned for taking cocaine on two occasions
86 time capped Wallaby, James Slipper banned for two months following two positive cocaine incidents
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Ever-improving Anthony Watson is my player of the season
Jeremy Guscott looks at the past 12 months for the Bath, England and B&I Lions full-back
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPaul Gustard to leave England duties for Harlequins’ head coach job
Premiership team Harlequins have recently named the current England coach for defence, Paul Gustard as their newly appointed head coach. The...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNew Laws would give a different complexion
SPORT – especially athletics and cycling – is getting to grips with the ‘astrix’ when compiling rolls of honour and I’m...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years ago‘Tahs finally end the Kiwi winning run over Aussies
By JAKE JONES Try time: Israel Folau scores for the Waratahs THE Waratahs ended Australia’s unwanted record of 40 games without...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNick Malouf confirms return to Australian Sevens
Australian Malouf to return to Sevens circuit
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRory Best a doubt for Champions Cup playoff against Ospreys
Ulster stalwart Best a doubt for Champions Cup playoff
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoVictories come at a cost to Jaguares
New skipper: Lezana THE Jaguares are beginning to bare their teeth after four consecutive road trip victories – two in Australia...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoChiefs’ red hot rivalry taking Nic to new level
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER Chiefs had already won their first Premiership title when former Australia scrum-half Nic White arrived at Sandy...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: No need for gimmicks, just sort out the breakdown issues
Fix the breakdown and and sort the scrum and our game will be one hell of a spectacle
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoLions feel the bite as Hurricanes’ predator extends purple patch
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Dangerman: Ben Lam scores for Huricanes PICTURE: Getty Images BEN Lam scored a hattrick as Hurricanes beat Lions...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRuairidh Jackson extends his stay at Scotstoun
Ruairidh Jackson extends his stay in Glasgow by a further 12 months
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNick Phipps fined for urinating on bar at Sydney club
Wallabies international apologies and says he was a 'bloody idiot'
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt was a long old wait for Test lift-off
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM PALMER FORMER ENGLAND SECOND ROW Pinnacle: Tom Palmer playing for England in the 2012 Six Nations PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Connor brought a hint of terror to his writing
NEWS EXTRA By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND had fallen to an abject home defeat in the early Seventies when the coach, captain...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Yes, I’d let Brad Shields face the Boks, Eddie needs him!
Jeremy Guscott argues the Hurricanes flanker is the right man at the right time for England ahead of the tour to...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCommonwealth bosses got it wrong with Sevens competition
THE recent Commonwealth Games Sevens produced one game for the ages – New Zealand’s epic win over Australia to take the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoNew-look Saints can help my England bid – Hill
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY FORGOTTEN Northampton tighthead Paul Hill is banking on new coaches and the arrival of All Black...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIsrael Folau escapes sanction by ARU for comments about gay community
Australia and Waratahs star Folau calls out ARU chief executive Raelene Castle for 'misrepresenting' his position on homosexuality
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNew Zealand get another helping hand from the schedulers
WHEN are SANZAAR going to pep up their ailing tournament by bringing a little even handedness to the competition? The schedule...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEngland v Barbarians: Bristol coach Pat Lam to take charge of Baa-Baas
The Baa-Baas assemble at Twickenham at the end of May
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Saracens badly need Billy Vunipola back at his world class best
Jeremy Guscott says Brad Barritt's side are missing their cloak of invincibility in Billy Vunipola
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLions front row Grant set to retire in summer
GLASGOW Warriors loose head prop Ryan Grant will retire from rugby at the end of the season following a 13-year career....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMako set for big late push after energiser in Tenerife sun
Mentally rested: Mako Vunipola WORKHORSE England prop Mako Vunipola says he has no desire to rest and will fight tooth and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBlitzbokke defeat pits England against Australia
HONG KONG SEVENS ENGLAND Sevens face Australia in the Challenge Trophy quarter-final at the Hong Kong 7s today after finishing third...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAustralia skipper left ‘heartbroken’ after attack by thug fractures his skull
James Stannard misses the Commonwealth Games after punch by British man led to hospital stay
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIsrael Folau sparks controversy on his birthday with comments about gay community
The Wallabies full-back says God will condemn gay people to 'hell'
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE NEATH AND WALES FULL-BACK PAUL THORBURN Born in Germany but Welsh through and through, to captain my country on ten...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoPaul’sgoing strong – 15 years after his first cap
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Any day now Paul James will qualify for membership of an exclusive club,...
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