All posts tagged "Edinburgh"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoQuins fly-half Lang brings physicality to midfield
Scotland summer squad Call up: James Lang HARLEQUINS playmaker James Lang will relish the chance to make an impact at international...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
BARRY STEWART THE FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, SALE AND NORTHAMPTON PROP My journey from medical write-off in my mid-20s to winning Premiership...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoScotland select emerging players for summer tour of the Americas
Gregor Townsend rests seven first-teamers for June Tests
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTigers opt for Samoan powerhouse
LEICESTER TIGERS are continuing to make changes to their squad for next season by signing Samoan international prop Nephi Leatigaga. Blindside...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoZebo magic sets up big date with Leinster
By DECLAN ROONEY MUNSTER coach Johann van Graan paid tribute to Simon Zebo as he lit up Thomond Park on his...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTEAMS for Guinness Pro14 Semi Final Qualifiers
(Photo: Getty Images) By Jake Jones Munster v Edinburgh (15:15) Munster 15 Zebo; 14 Conway, 13 Arnold, 12 Scannell, 11 Earls;...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTim Visser calls time on Scotland career
Dutch born winger brings an end to his international career
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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 agoSam Hidalgo-Clyne signs for Scarlets
Edinburgh scrum-half to move on when his contract comes to an end this summer
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEdinburgh set for Munster battle
By JACK WILLIS Edinburgh …24 Glasgow …19 EDINBURGH beat Glasgow Warriors to clinch the 1872 Cup in a pulsating Murrayfield battle....
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Features
/ 8 years agoNo room for mercenaries in O’Shea’s new vision for Italy
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Italy coach Conor O’Shea about the changing fortunes at his franchises It probably hasn’t escaped your notice...
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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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Columnists
/ 8 years agoDon’t block Cornwall’s rise with ring-fencing
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Pirates in control: Alexander Day puts his backs away...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRichard Cockerill extends his stay with Edinburgh until 2021
Richard Cockerill signs two-year contract extension in the Scottish capital
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHerbst may have to go under the knife
ULSTER have received a blow with news that Wiehahn Herbst is likely to miss the rest of the campaign with a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLewis glad to learn from the old master at Blues
HE MIGHT be a Wales international and old beyond his years, but Cardiff Blues prop Dillon Lewis is more than happy...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEuropean Cup semi-finals through the years
1995-1996: Toulouse 30 Swansea 3 (Sept Deniers, 10,000); Leinster 14 Cardiff 23 (Lansdowne Road 7,350) 1996-1997: Leicester 37 Toulouse 11 (Welford...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOne-club man Darren Cave gets new deal with Ulster
Ulster centre set to play his 12th season at the Kingspan after penning one-year extension
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoExpendables would put up a good fight
JUST for a bit of fun, Blindside has put together a top XV of players who are out of contract at...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRotatation will be key to Scarlets’ double bid
SHANE WILLIAMS Been there, done it: Scarlets triumphed in last year’s PRO12 final at the Aviva Stadium PICTURE: Getty Images WALES...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoUlster still in mix for honours with bonus point win
By RONAN O’NEILL Edinburgh …20 Ulster …32 RICHARD Cockerill blamed a poor first-half showing for the defeat at the hands of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWatson ruled out of Scotland’s tour
EDINBURGH flanker Hamish Watson has been ruled out for the rest of the season and Scotland’s summer tour of the Americas...
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Features
/ 8 years agoUnderdogs? Not if Sarries show Barritt’s bulldog spirit
NICK CAN TALKS TO THE SARACENS CAPTAIN ABOUT THEIR GREAT CHALLENGE TODAY NO FEAR is the Saracens mantra as the European...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWhy defeat by France was biggest blow of all
NICK CAIN Upper hand: France celebrate victory over England PICTURE: Getty Images THERE has been too much of a shoulder-shrug about...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoScarlets add Springbok No.8 Cassiem to their hit-list
THE Scarlets have targeted the signing of Springboks No.8 Uzair Cassiem from the Cheetahs. Cassiem, 28, has won eight South Africa...
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Features
/ 8 years agoToo many poor games in this year’s Six Nations
COLIN BOAG All week there were adverts on television proclaiming that the Six Nations was the best rugby tournament in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ FORMER RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie could be on his way back to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSearle off to understudy Sopoaga
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WASPS have completed the signing of Bristol fly-half Billy...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: French team is so poor England can recover pride
Jeremy Guscott says England should win in Paris but selection issues ahead of next year's World Cup are clear for Eddie...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoLaunchbury: We’re aiming to put on the Ritz in Paris
By GARY FITZGERALD Falcon in flight: Ally Hogg breaks clear to score Newcastle’s first try against Gloucester PICTURE: Getty Images JOE...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoSix Nations needs no hype – it’s all genuine – and raw – emotion
IF Eddie Jones was not warned by his RFU minders about the pitfalls of buying a standard class rail ticket from...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTrue rugby fans have no cause to hate English
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Back in the early Nineties, the RFU would hold a monthly Monday Press...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHack job that became a must-read for rugby fans
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY’S only genuine best selling author, Michael...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWarriors show why ring-fence is wrong
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With lots of razzmatazz last week, the clubs took over the headlines...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTEAMS: Round Three of the Six Nations
Rest week over, here's the all the team news ahead of this weekend's rugby
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoThomas dropped
FRANCE head coach Jacques Brunel has dropped a number of players who went out in Edinburgh after defeat by Scotland on...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBennett lifts Scots after bench press
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh 29 Leinster 24 MARK Bennett scored a late winner to clinch a thriller at Myreside which puts...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEastmond’s No to France gives Sale hope of signing
Staying in England: Kyle Eastmond KYLE EASTMOND has turned down a move to France next season where Toulouse were keen to...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDeano: Eddie Jones can do the Slam and win the World Cup if Farrell and Vunipola stay fit
Newcastle Falcons head coach Dean Richards talks England's prospects in Six Nations and beyond
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Features
/ 8 years agoHaley on wanted list as Chiefs look for new full-back
Saxons star: Mike Haley EXETER Chiefs have been linked with a move for Sale Sharks full-back Mike Haley despite him having...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoStade rule in Paris to rock the Scots
Std Francais …17 Edinburgh…10 By TOM ROBBINS STADE Francais held firm in the French capital to ensure their position in the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoFowlie hits double but Irish crash out
Krasny Yar …17 London Irish …24 By SAM LEWIS LONDON Irish thought they had boosted their chances of qualifying for 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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/ 8 years agoFront row warriors bucking the trend
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Carnegie coach Steve Boden about his new endurance athletes Try time: Carnegie hooker Joe Buckle scores against...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWhy has the drop-goal gone way of the dodo?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At the Parc des Princes one sunny Sunday afternoon, Jannie de Beer launched...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWhirlwind year for new Irish prop star Lovejoy
By NEALE HARVEY AFTER beating England cricketer Gary Ballance to become Zimbabwe’s UKbased sports person of the year for 2017, unheralded...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCockerill brings in prop reinforcement
EDINBURGH boss Richard Cockerill has signed Samoa loosehead Jordan Lay from New Zealand-based outfit Bay of Plenty until the end of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPRO14 pair banned following red cards
SCOTLAND prop Simon Berghan will miss the Six Nations opener against Wales after being banned for six weeks. Edinburgh star Berghan,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRefs need to make sure justice is equal for all
COLIN BOAG Escape: Sean Maitland got away with taking out Clermont’s Isaia Toeava Les Kiss, Ulster’s director of rugby, and formerly...














