All posts tagged "Edinburgh"
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Features
/ 6 years agoI’m no Manu but I have my strengths
Jon Newcombe talks to Scotland centre Matt Scott about filling the Tuilagi void in Tigers’ midfield STRONG-RUNNING centre Matt Scott is...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Short-swap stars can carry on regardless
Peter Jackson looks at the players set to qualify for Scotland, Ireland and Wales on residency grounds
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Features
/ 6 years agoReffing comes so naturally to Nigel, it’s like driving a car
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby referees 1. Nigel Owens (Wales) Owens was poised on...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBooth wants Manu to bolster his pack options
By ALEX BYWATER NASI Manu has emerged as a No.8 target for Ospreys head coach Toby Booth. The six-cap Tongan international...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMemo to PRO16: Dublin to Cape Town is 15 hours
COLIN BOAG If Coronation Street is our longest-running soap, then the PRO14 is doing its best to rival it. Its chequered...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Can Finn Russell help Scotland gain more Lions places?
Jeremy Guscott looks at the case for Scotland to have a first Test starter for the Lions since Tom Smith in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRugby was just part of the plot for these super heroes
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby all-rounders TOP 20 …RUGBY ALL-ROUNDERS NEXT WEEK Rugby ref...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCan Russell help Scots gain more Lions places?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT World class? Finn Russell needs to be back playing for Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLions contenders RANKED – Adams and May lead the way for wing combination
Nick Cain offers the five wings ready to make life difficult for the Boks' defence in 2021
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoWales face oblivion in new World Club Cup
By PETER JACKSON WALES will be without a single contender for the proposed World Club Cup unless all four regional teams...
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Features
/ 6 years agoItoje pledges his future to Saracens
Committed: Maro Itoje. Inset, Will Skelton MARO ITOJE is set to confirm he is staying with Premiership and European champions Saracens...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDismal England needed radical shake up and Carling delivered
TIME offers up perspective and what has become known as the ‘Carling era’ looks ever more important with the passing years,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoShaun Edwards interview – Coming to France has probably taken me out of the Lions job
In such little time, Shaun Edwards has helped France deal with the intensity of sporting cauldrons
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPRO14 eyes August 22 restart with shortened season
Two rounds of the regular season will be held before 2019-20 season knockout stages take place
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJono Lance signs for Western Force after hitting wall with UK visa
The former Worcester Warriors fly-half had agreed to sign for Edinburgh
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Features
/ 6 years agoEdwards: I talk to them with body language
NICK CAIN CALLS A VILLAGE IN FRANCE TO TALK TO THE MAN HELPING FIRE LES BLUES Off: Mohammed Haouas punches Scotland’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLance’s switch to Edinburgh collapses
JONO Lance will not be joining Edinburgh after the Australian failed to get a UK visa. The 29-year-old fly-half spent two...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOghre, Willis and Barbeary can all get Wasps firing, says Richard Blaze
Blaze has moved back into coaching in the Premiership after success with England's Red Roses
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoHow American Football Grew Out of British Rugby
There’s no question America has borrowed traditions from the British. Even the melody to the national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner”...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoLeinster wing Dave Kearney is king of Europe’s elite tryscorers
Peter Jackson looks over the stats for Europe's top performing players in terms of tries and points scored
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Features
/ 6 years agoOvernight success took Chiefs 13 years!
On Tuesday, Exeter Chiefs celebrate the tenth anniversary of winning promotion to the Premiership. NEALE HARVEY marks that momentous day by...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoStar prop Du Plessis gets back in the front line to help the NHS
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Help: Petrus du Plessis, and, inset, in his NHS mask PETRUS du Plessis’ career has come full circle...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens keen on adding Argentine points machine as cover for Owen Farrell
The latest on Saracens' squad-building for life in the Championship
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Tigers chop CEO Cohen SIMON Cohen’s eight-year stint as Leicester Tigers chief executive has come to an end, with chief operating...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Global game? Germany are decades behind
Given Germany's size and appetite for sport, what are the chances of them making a World Cup?
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo surprise Ireland thrived after they quit the Berkeley!
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best drinking venues 1. The Berkeley Court (Dublin) The manic Berkeley...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGatland has such riches in key area
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… OPENSIDES OPENSIDE flanker is...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Harlequins wing Charlie Walker opts for homecoming after stint with Zebre
Walker had been a target to replace Jonny May for Leicester Tigers
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo French champions for first time since WW2
JAMES HARRINGTON Big signing: Wallaby Kurtley Beale will join Racing 92 PICTURE: Getty Images The 30 presidents of the Top 14...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Principality pointed way perfectly for the new millennium
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best grounds TOP 20 …RUGBY GROUNDS NEXT WEEK Rugby Scandals Sheer...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorcester fly-half Jono Lance set to take the Tartan shilling
Billy Searle's pending arrival at Worcester leaves door open for Lance to make PRO14 move
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPRO14 consider fast-tracking season to one-off Leinster and Edinburgh final
The PRO14 have a big decision to make...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEngland No.1 Joe can also roar for The Lions
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... LOOSE-HEAD Ayear from now the jockeying...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWe must go down, reprieve would cause bitterness – Saracens coach Alex Sanderson
In our extensive interview with Saracens defence coach Alex Sanderson, he tells TRP it's only right they are relegated
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWe must go down,reprieve would cause bitterness
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SARACENS COACH ALEX SAN DERSON ABOUT THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS ALEX Sanderson says Saracens are...
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Features
/ 6 years ago15 Kings of the North – Nick Cain’s team of the Six Nations 2020
Some nailed-on selections and some choice which may create debate
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoExodus of coaches will benefit England – Hatley
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S elite coaching exodus is testament to the strength of the Premiership and will only benefit the national...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Alun Wyn Jones needs to walk tall at Twickenham
Wales need their captain and Ken 'The Sheriff' Owens to be on point for their Six Nations clash against England
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoEbbw ace Rubasniak earns first Test call for Poland
NEWS EXTRA ■By ROB COLE DAWID Rubasniak should have been battling relegation and the elements for Ebbw Vale at Carmarthen Quins...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoEngland bring down Ireland’s Grand Slam dream
In their first match at Twickenham of 2020, England kept the game out of Ireland's control to win 24-12
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoScarratt: England are a team for all seasons
By ADAM ELLIS High hopes: England’s Emily Scarratt TEAMS ENGLAND: McKenna, Dow, Scarratt, Reed, Breach, Daly- McLean, Riley; Cornborough, Davies, Bern,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSpringbok ace Werner takes reins for Scarlets
By SAM JACKSON Captain: Werner Kruger Back in: Elrigh Louw SOUTH African international Werner Kruger takes over the captaincy as Scarlets...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCockerill’s lads cruise to another five-pointer
Edinburgh……..41 Connacht ……..14 EDINBURGH eased past Connacht on Friday to stay top of Conference B. They were 20-7 up by half-time...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCourtney aiming to give Irish a shiner
By GARY FITZGERALD Black eye: Lawes COURTNEY Lawes shrugged off a nasty training ground eye injury and insisted it will not...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoRomain holds glory in his gifted hands for France
By NICK CAIN Power: Paul Willemse scores France’s second try ANY lingering doubts that France are on their way back as...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIrish high-ball bombardment will test out the fumblers
Keeping your nerve: George Furbank is challenged for the high ball by France centre Gael Fickou ENGLAND’S Six Nations campaign is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEngland ease past Scotland to go top of table
NEWS EXTRA CHAMPIONS England beat Scotland 53-0 in freezing conditions to go top of the women’s Six Nations table. The match...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Lions eye 2021 tour warm-up in Cardiff
The Lions plan on facing the Barbarians on home soil before jetting off to South Africa in 2021
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoLions eye warm-up in Cardiff
The Lions will decide at a board meeting this week whether to transfer their next fixture from Twickenham to Cardiff rather...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoMighty Genge unleashes his own storm to spur England
By NICK CAIN Rare sight: Elliott Daly tries a break COMETH the grudge match, cometh the Genge. England dug themselves out...
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