All posts tagged "Australia"
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Features
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS Zimbabwean protest was really just a cry for help
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rough treatment: Zimbabwe players sleep on the streets of Beja...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSan Fran can put Sevens World Cup back on map
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at how the World Cup Sevens has evolved since its 1993 inception World beaters: England celebrate their success...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhen unfancied England stormed to the first title
HE days of a first choice Test prop captaining his national Seven to a ‘world title’ are probably long gone but...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHansen’s moan shows Lions effects still linger
NICK CAIN looks at New Zealand rugby a year on from that epic drawn series Ruling the roost: Crusaders pack have...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Lack of TV coverage makes referees the fall-guy
Peter Jackson uses the recent aerial incidents involving Israel Folau and Benjamin Fall to show how referees are sometimes tied up...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSummer rugby way forward for the minis
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND AS a parent I read with interest the Welsh Rugby Union’s plan to trial mini...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWelfare is still key but refs need more empathy
I’VE watched a lot of rugby this summer and I have to raise my concern over players competing for the high...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLack of TV footage makes refs Fall-guys
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Benjamin Fall goes up for a high ball and his midair opponent, Beauden...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGold’s Eagles have found wind beneath their wings at long last
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Dan Lyle about the changing landscape of rugby in America OVER the years we have heard so...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWorld rankings bit of a mystery to me
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE World Rugby rankings...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBarbarians return to Twickenham this December for Argentina grudge match!
The Barbarians team packed full of global superstars, will light up the stadium with their unique brand of rugby, proving perfect...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones has a plan for life without Billy Vunipola
Any coincidence that England's 2018 losing streak came when Big Billy was out injured?
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Dylan Hartley will be back as captain for the autumn
Jeremy Guscott gives his verdict on England's tour of South Africa
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Features
/ 8 years agoAcid test awaits against All Blacks
NICK CAIN sits down with former Springboks captain Gary Teichmann – a hero in South Africa and Newport… Cornerstone: Tenda Mtawarira...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDavies after a fresh start under Boyd
By NEALE HARVEY New challenge: Charlie Davies is hungry for action after being frozen out at Dragons PICTURES: Getty Images New...
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/ 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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