All posts tagged "Australia"
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEddie won’t hang about if England flop again
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HERE’S a prediction. If Eddie Jones does not win the 2019 World Cup,...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe’ll prove we’re no softies at Wasps says Gaskell
Preview Wasps v Ulster Today, Kick-off 3.15pm. Ricoh Arena JAMES Gaskell knows Wasps must sharpen their defence or forget about silverware...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAmid all the tension and turmoil French rugby had its finest hour
Brendan Gallagher recalls the times rugby exploded in France with the 1968 Grand Slam Heroes: How the French media hailed the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe class of 68 – the team that took the Grand Slam in Cardiff
I5 Claude Lacaze (Angouleme): A fixture in the French side during most of the 60s until he retired in 1969 with...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Smith facing assault rap WALLABY George Smith has been released from detention in Japan – but prosecutors say investigations into his...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEarning a national jersey is the pinnacle in every sport
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Development tool: Tier Two sides such as Samoa need games against the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWronged Jon will get chance to state case
PETER JACKSON Dejection: Greig Laidlaw, left, and Finn Russell are devastated after Scotland’s last-gasp loss to Australia in the 2015 World...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDonald puts those fishing rods away again
A FEW months back, at the end of the New Zealand season, Stephen Donald found himself out of work. The Chiefs...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHealy heads new coaching team for Germany after axe falls on Potgieter
By JON NEWCOMBE In: Paul Healy Out: Kobus Potgieter GERMANYhave announced a new coaching team on the eve of the Rugby...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoQuins come up short after Marler sees red
By COLIN NEWBOULT JOEMarler, at times a cantankerous individual, is prone to the odd brain fade but his red card offence...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBring back magic of Six Nations trial matches
THE first week of January always used to be the occasion of the final England trial at Twickenham – England v...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHogg should be fit for Cardiff opener
STUART Hogg hopes to return from a hip injury ‘in the next couple of weeks’, with Scotland’s Six Nations campaign kicking...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Obano’s call-up shows Eddie Jones still has vacant spots when picking forwards
Jeremy Guscott gives his thoughts on Eddie Jones' training squad ahead of naming his team for the Six Nations
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Featured
/ 8 years agoThe rugby people we lost in 2017
In a series of obituaries, we remember the former players and club personnel who graced the sport
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Features
/ 8 years agoMore than a tough guy but Meads was tough!
Memorial: Sir Colin Meads and his wife Lady Verna with a new statue of himself Uncompromising: Meads charges down a kick...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJoost faced death with defiant courage
JOOST VAN DER WESTHUIZEN (Blue Bulls and South Africa) Died February 6 aged 45 One of the best scrumhalves the game...
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Features
/ 8 years agoStack knew how to make most of his many talents
BRIAN ‘STACK’ STEVENS (Cornish Pirates, Cornwall, England and Lions tourist) Died October 10 aged 76 Cornish farmer and a rock of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBath fined £60k for releasing Faletau
BATHhave been fined £60, 000 by Premiership Rugby for allowing No.8 Taulupe Faletau to play for Wales against South Africa in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNorth have stolen a march on southern pace-setters
JEFF PROBYN Big gains: Stuart McNally scores in Scotland’s eight-try victory over Australia PICTURE: Getty Images Well that’s it, 2017 is...
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Features
/ 8 years agoObano’s call-up shows Eddie still has slots to fill
JEREMY GUSCOTT Explosive: Ben Obano has rocketed into the England thinking PICTURE: Getty Images THERE won’t be many surprises with Eddie...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago‘I was frustrated by how the ARU dumped the Western Force’ says Tigers arrival Polota-Nau
The Australia international reveals Michael Cheika gave him the seal of approval to move to Welford Road
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Features
/ 9 years agoAll time Coventry XV
Blond bomber: David Duckham was one of England’s finest wings 15: Peter Rossborough Attack-minded full-back from the local King Henry Vlll...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHenson urges Wales to keep faith with Williams at 12
By ROB COLE GAVIN Henson sees a bit of himself in Wales’ new midfield playmaker Owen Williams and believes he will...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoStan’s fag break kept Wallabies waiting in Mendoza
IN WHATsome remember as the good old, bad old days, many an international would go through the pre-match ritual of a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAuthorities must clamp down on thugs ruining game
I WAS delighted to see Glasgow hooker George Turner cop a four-week ban for his ridiculous off the ball shoulder into...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTuilagi starts as O’Connor demands reaction
LEICESTER Tigers fullback Telusa Veainu is set to be out for at least eight weeks after sustaining a double fracture of...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoReid playing catch-up after concussion woe
By NEALE HARVEY FIT-AGAIN London Irish prop Gordon Reid has vowed to put his concussion strife behind him as he bids...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWorld Cup ban would end abuse of Test window
ENGLAND’S decision to play four Autumn Tests in 2018 flaunts the World Rugby delineation of three weekends allocated for international rugby...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYoungsters get a bonus
NOT before time, Wales are offering juniors under 16 the chance to sample the Six Nations experience for £20. The cut-price...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoJackson column: Gregor Townsend is showing Wales the way to play
Peter Jackson on the evolution of Scotland and how they may be firmer favourites for the Six Nations than Wales
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoWales in good place insists Gatland
WARREN Gatland insists he’s happy for Wales to go into the Six Nations under the radar after his side sealed a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHit and miss campaign but some stunning tries
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMSVERDICT Master controller: Wales key man Dan Biggar, and new openside contender Josh Navidi PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHenson is draw card as Dragons dig deep
By STEFFAN THOMAS DRAGONS head coach Bernard Jackman hailed the character of his young side as they thrillingly shared the spoils...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYes, Eddie’s right to be obsessed by the All Blacks
One of few: Maro Itoje is ahead of his All Black rival PICTURE: Getty Images ARE England obsessed by New Zealand?...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFainga’a fired up for Irish relegation fight
By NEALE HARVEY Defiant: Saia Fainga’a FIT-again London Irish hooker Saia Fainga’a is ready to take the Premiership by storm as...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEddie’s got too much talent to choose from
COLIN BOAG Now that the Autumn internationals are behind us, whose stock rose, and whose fell? Eddie Jones’ problem remains that...
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Features
/ 9 years agoScotland have an outside chance of a Grand Slam
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT THE outright winners from the Autumn series are Scotland, especially as England and Ireland were pretty...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoThe Ella brothers: the pop stars of Aussie rugby
Brendan Gallagher remembers the wonderful Junior Wallaby side that boasted a fabulous trio...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoJackson: North’s good for Wales but what about the region?
(Picture: Getty Images) By Peter Jackson George North arrived at Franklin’s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoCain column: Chatty refs have aided the growth of dissent
By Nick Cain Dissent is an evil genie that was always going to escape from the bottle when Rugby Union referees...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoShane Williams column: Learn lessons and put South Africa to the sword!
Wales must learn from New Zealand loss and be more clinical against the Boks this weekend...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoGuscott column: Eddie needs more power to reach All Black level
(Picture: Getty Images) By Jeremy Guscott England are deserved No.2 in the world after beating Argentina, Australia and Samoa. That’s because...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoChurlish to suggest Farrell ‘s action anything but generous
AFTER a week when England ‘s players ended up on the back foot over their refusal to donate a penny of...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNone of these would get in 2003 team – Robinson
JASON Robinson says not one of Eddie Jones ‘ players would get into England ‘s World Cupwinning side from 2003. Robinson,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoEddie needs more power to reach All Black level
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMY Needs to find his mojo: Jonathan Joseph has been quieter than usual England are deserved No.2...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoSo far so good for England but scrum coaching must be reviewed
JEFF PROBYN COMMENT Still winning: Eddie Jones after Samoa victory With the autumn internationals drawing to a close, what have we...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoLearn lessons and put Boks to sword!
SHANE WILLIAMS Excellent: Dan Biggar WHAT A Test match that was! Wales came out on the wrong side of the result,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoNorth ‘s good for Wales but what about the region?
George North arrived at Franklin ‘s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The Welsh...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoGuscott column: England will improve this year, but so will the All Blacks
With Eddie Jones saying England need to play catch up with the All Blacks, Jeremy Guscott looks at their chances
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