All posts tagged "Chris Robshaw"
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Chris Robshaw has to earn his shirt wherever he plays
Chris Robshaw‘s credentials as an honest man were burnished this week when, in his first post-World Cup interview, the incumbent England...
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/ 10 years ago‘Workaholic’ Eddie Jones suits me says ambitious Mike Brown
Mike Brown insists having an Aussie as England head coach will not be a problem because he has to “put up...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoPremiership round 6 teams
Bath v Northampton Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Ollie Devoto, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Chris Cook; Nick Auterac, Rob...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoJoe Trayfoot out to beat his diabetes fright
London Irish flanker Joe Trayfoot says he is determined not to allow the onset of diabetes to ruin his chances of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoChris Robshaw’s ‘great strengths should not be jettisoned’
England‘s new head coach has been warned to think long and hard before ditching Chris Robshaw as either captain or openside...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoChris Robshaw re-signs with Harlequins
Chris Robshaw has committed his future to Harlequins signing a new deal with the only club he’s ever played for. The...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Hype surrounding Sam Burgess is biggest issue for England
Decisions, decisions, when are they right and when are they wrong? That is a question that all of England has been...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland name team to take on Uruguay
Henry Slade has been named in England‘s starting XV to take on Uruguay in their last World Cup match. Stuart Lancaster‘s...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: Slammin’ Sam will deliver – I’d start him against Wales
The lack of big match international experience showed on Friday night and England cannot afford another performance like that in this...
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/ 10 years agoSerge Betsen backs Chris Robshaw and England to make it to the final
England’s back-row is not in the same class as Australia and Wales but the legendary French flanker is still tipping Stuart...
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/ 10 years agoOpenside duo key for Wallabies says George Smith
Breakdown master George Smith has backed Australia to cause England and Wales no end of trouble in the ‘Pool of Death’...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Two ‘big hits’ not enough to put Sam Burgess ahead of Henry Slade
Looking back at last week’s game and the England team’s performance against France at Twickenham, I have the feeling that I...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoVIDEO: Chris Robshaw returns to lead England against France
Chris Robshaw will captain England against France for the second of their World Cup warm-up games in Paris on Satruday. The...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Joe Gray – Harlequins and former Northampton hooker
1. Tom Smith – He was awesome at the set piece but he was also able to step in at fly-half...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: Jonny May must keep improving to make himself invaluable
There is always a dilemma for international coaches such as Stuart Lancaster when it comes to cutting players, because it is...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoThe Rugby Paper present the National Rugby Awards
The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Zeus events to organise the world’s largest rugby awards on September 2, 2015. The...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain talks to England captain Chris Robshaw
Chris Robshaw does not come from the Eric Evans school of England captaincy. Evans, who was captain of the 1957 Grand...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoVIDEO: Chris Robshaw and Alex Payne preview the National Rugby Awards
For more information about the inaugural National Rugby Awards, click here.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: No Steffon Armitage means no exile will ever get in
The exclusion of Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon had been well documented before the selection of England’s 50 man World Cup...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Stuart Lancaster must not bow to PRL double-standards
Stuart Lancaster should bring Steffon Armitage into the World Cup training squad he will announce later this month using the ‘exceptional...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoForget Steffon Armitage, Red Rose needs Matt Kvesic
Matt Kvesic is overdue an England call-up, according to Gloucester legend Andy Hazell, who believes the in-form openside has the potential...
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/ 11 years agoGeorge Ford and JJ have given us a cutting edge – Chris Robshaw
England captain Chris Robshaw has welcomed the introduction of George Ford and Jonathan Joseph into England’s backline saying the Bath duo...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland squad update
Stuart Lancaster has retained 16 England players for the remainder of the training week at Pennyhill Park. They will therefore not...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’s column: We’re on the wrong road to Rio with Joe Lydon
Phil Greening is concerned that Great Britain, and their qualification nominees, England, are taking the wrong road to Rio. The former...
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/ 11 years agoHendre Fourie: England have the right mix
James Haskell may favour playing in the seven shirt but former England openside Hendre Fourie believes the reason he’s playing his...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s verdict: No more Mr Nice Guy as Robbo’s men get ruthless
Chris Robshaw isn’t one of rugby’s great smilers but the megawatt beam on his face on Friday night at the Millennium...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Fitness tells and so do Jonathan Joseph’s twinkle toes
England’s victory over Wales in Cardiff was about energy, discipline and defence, and they proved that when those three elements come...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland name squad for Italy
Stuart Lancaster has kept faith in his 23 Cardiff hero to take on Italy in the second round of the Six...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBurrell and Joseph to take centre stage against Wales
Twelvetrees on the bench but four Lions return.
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/ 11 years agoNo ambush in Cardiff this time, vows Chris Robshaw
England will be ready for anything fired-up Wales can throw at them.
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Adam Kwasnicki – London Scottish and former London Welsh hooker
1. Alex Corbisiero – I played with him in the London Welsh academy and although he wasn’t the lean-muscular specimen he...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Tyro tens are the big plusses of the autumn
These days it seems to be impossible to make a judgement on any of the Home Union teams without referring to...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoQuins suffer double injury blow ahead of Leinster clash
Harlequins today confirmed that both Chris Robshaw and Nick Evans will be unavailable for Saturday’s European Rugby Champions Cup match against...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland v Australia preview
As widely expected, Billy Twelvetrees will start at inside centre for England on Saturday as they take on Australia at Twickenham....
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWatson to make first England start against Springboks
Anthony Watson will make his first international start for England in Saturday’s clash against South Africa at Twickenham. Watson replaces Bath teammate...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoChris Robshaw is the real deal says Nick Easter, lay off him!
Quins veteran has urged critics of England captain to resist comparing him to Martin Johnson and judge him on his own...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoRokoduguni in line for England Test debut
Semesa Rokoduguni will make his Test debut on Saturday after being named in England’s 23-man squad to take on New Zealand...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Those magnificent seven victories
England have beaten New Zealand seven times in 39 meetings, which sounds like a modest enough record until you appreciate that...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to James Haskell about his world tour of self discovery
James Haskell doesn’t do run-of-the-mill. If the guinea-pig generation of Academy pro-players are among the most pampered but least colourful that...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Martin Johnson’s out and firing – at wrong targets!
Martin Johnson broke cover for the first time in the three years since he resigned as England manager when he gave...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to World Cup winner Neil Back about England’s back-row
Neil Back wants to accentuate the positives for England in the week that the 2015 World Cup countdown began in earnest....
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Pete Browne – London Welsh and former Harlequins & Newcastle lock
1. Joe Marler – A great player, Supreme at the scrum and can also make a big impact in the loose....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years ago“We just have to beat big guns this autumn” – Chris Robshaw
England skipper targeting a perfect international season as the countdown to the 2015 World Cup begins.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoMarler named Harlequins captain
Harlequins have named Joe Marler as their new captain for the upcoming season. The England loose head takes over from Chris...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: it’s time for Stuart Lancaster to decide on his style of forward play
The heat has been turned up following England‘s blackwash in New Zealand with the All Blacks and their cheerleaders in the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: England must get fit to compete
Stuart Lancaster will have learned some important lessons on this tour, first and foremost that you cannot chop and change a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years ago“I’ll prove a point to Harlequins,” says Tom Guest
London Irish recruit Tom Guest admits he spent too long wasting his prime years stuck on the bench at Harlequins.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland ring the changes for last Test against New Zealand
Stuart Lancaster has rung the changes ahead of England’s third and final Test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Saturday. Like in...
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/ 11 years agoManu Tuilagi to wing it for England in second Test against All Blacks
Leicester star named on the wing as five others return to starting XV
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Referee Nigel Owens let All Blacks off hook with his card calls
Chris Robshaw and his troops will be mightily disappointed at this defeat which speaks volumes as nobody gave them a chance...












