All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 12 hours agoCarreras: I’ll play where I’m needed
■ By PAUL REES Great balance: Santi Carreras in action for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images SANTI Carreras has settled in quickly...
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/ 12 hours agoWade sets sights on Ashton record
■ By SAM JACKSON CHRISTIAN Wade is back and hungry to chase down Chris Ashton’s record as the all-time leading try-scorer...
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/ 12 hours agoColes out to seize chance
■ By PAUL REES ALEX Coles has enjoyed a stand-out year with club and country but is not getting ahead of...
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/ 12 hours agoMartin will not be the last, says McCall
SARACENS boss Mark McCall says there will be more big signings after confirming the arrival of England lock George Martin for...
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/ 12 hours agoDREAM TEAM
LEWIS GJALTEMA, THE FORMER HARLEQUINS AND BLUES SCRUM-HALF WHO NOW PLAYS FOR TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Columnists
/ 12 hours agoJeremy Guscott: Bath will need the big boys to shine
Bath have got a squad now which, when at full strength, and at home, can take on anyone, whether it’s in...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 hours agoGlasgow Warriors 28-21 Toulouse: Rampaging Warriors fight back to stun Antoine Dupont & co
A stunning second-half comeback from 21-0 down saw Glasgow Warriors topple six-time European champions Toulouse in a thunderous Champions Cup encounter...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 hours agoToulon vs Bath: Billy Sela handed Will Stuart role as Johann van Graan’s side take on French flyers
Billy Sela has been tasked with locking out the Bath scrum against Toulon in the absence of the injured Will Stuart.
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Champions Cup
/ 12 hours agoMunster 31-3 Gloucester: The Red Army take their time to dispatch Cherry and Whites
A largely reserve Gloucester side frustrated Munster for 67 minutes before a yellow card broke their resistance and they conceded three...
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Latest News
/ 12 hours agoThis farce could rip the game to pieces
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Top dogs: Matas Jurevicius on the charge for Ealing who are flying at...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 hours agoHarlequins vs Bayonne: Oscar Beard – I want to test myself against the best out there
Marcus Smith returns against Bayonne as Harlequins look to build on an impressive display against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium.
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Champions Cup
/ 12 hours agoLeicester Tigers 15-23 Leinster: Adam Radwan told to force England to pick him
Geoff Parling had some straight advice for try-scoring Adam Radwan after the wing had raised hopes of a first Leicester Tigers...
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Latest News
/ 12 hours agoSo, what IS going to happen next year?
BEFORE long, the start of next season will be closer in time than the beginning of this one. Not that it...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 hours agoNorthampton Saints vs Pretoria Bulls: We’re ready for a battle, says George Hendy
Buoyed by their impressive win in Pau last Sunday, Northampton Saints boss Phil Dowson has made only two changes to the...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 hours agoBristol Bears vs Pau: Pat Lam says victory would be huge for his side
Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam has named a strong team for today’s clash against French high-flyers Pau, saying a...
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Latest News
/ 12 hours agoThe Big Brekky feeding the soul as well as body
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ON THE filthiest of winter mornings last Tuesday when the squalls rattled everybody...
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Challenge Cup
/ 12 hours agoNewcastle Red Bulls 14-10 Johannesburg Lions: It’s two in a row for battling Bulls
Murray McCallum powered over the try line in the final minutes as Newcastle Red Bulls left it agonisingly late to break...
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Challenge Cup
/ 12 hours agoRacing 92 vs Exeter Chiefs: Rob Baxter urges Chiefs to step up to the plate in Racing challenge
Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter has thrown down the gauntlet to his emerging talent, challenging them to “step up...
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/ 12 hours agoKeylock has final say as Doncaster crash again
■ By GUY Doncaster .........30pts Tries: Davidson 12, Veainu 17, Kerr 48, Viliamu 58 Conversions: Bunting 17, 58 Penalty: Bunting 69...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 hours agoI fear the worst in RWC mismatches
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY’S obsession with micro-management long ago became a...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 hours agoPaul Rees: Lawrence Dallaglio’s reasons to cheer for Prem clubs in Europe
Paul Rees talks to England’s World Cup winner about the Champions Cup – and Steve Borthwick’s selection choices
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Latest News
/ 12 hours agoCraggs is the spirit of Park, present and yet to scrum…
■ By CHRIS COLLYER Powerhouse: DMP’S Joe Craggs SINCE returning to National Two North after relegation from National One last season,...
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National League 2W
/ 12 hours agoCanterbury ruin Botterill’s big day
■ By WILLIAM BULL Esher ........................29 Canterbury .............33 ESHER were edged out by Canterbury in a dramatic encounter, despite a memorable...
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Club Rugby
/ 12 hours agoChris Robshaw: Henry Pollock is a breath of fresh air for the game
Chris Robshaw admits he has caught the infectious Henry Pollock bug, which is sweeping around the rugby world.
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Club Rugby
/ 1 week agoAlex Sanderson says it is ‘criminal’ to devalue the scrum
Alex Sanderson has called on World Rugby to allow teams to exploit their dominance in the scrum amid calls for change...
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International Rugby
/ 1 week agoEngland head coach Steve Borthwick hopes it will be fifth time lucky at 2027 Rugby World Cup
Steve Borthwick has been around the World Cup block a few times and knows his England side have to keep on...
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International Rugby
/ 1 week agoWales drawn with England in Rugby World Cup pool
Fierce Six Nations rivals England and Wales will clash in the pool stage of the 2027 World Cup.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 week agoSouth Africa lock Eben Etzebeth gets 12-week ban for eye gouge
South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth has been banned for 12 weeks for an eye gouge on Wales flanker Alex Mann.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 week agoNo action taken over Tom Curry & Felipe Contepomi row in England-Argentina Test match
England flanker Tom Curry will not face punishment for a tunnel row with Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi following last month’s Test...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 week agoNorthampton Saints full-back George Furbank fighting fit on his new fish diet
George Furbank has put the frustrations of the last year behind him as he looks to regain his place in the...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoEngland ace Brown takes charge at Esher
FORMER England fullback Mike Brown has been appointed as sporting director at National One club Esher, replacing Peter Winterbottom who has...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 week agoGloucester aim to build momentum in Europe, says Ben Redshaw
Ben Redshaw wants Gloucester to use last weekend’s Prem victory over Harlequins as a springboard when they welcome Castres today in...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 week agoHow Scotland put a lock on New Zealand-born utility back Tom Jordan
Tom Jordan came to the UK as a 21-year-old for the experience and ended up staying after the pandemic struck.
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/ 1 week agoEngland prop Asher ruled out for six weeks
SALE and England prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour is set to miss the next six weeks with an elbow injury sustained in last...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoDREAMTEAM
HAYES, FORMER CHESTER, CALDY, CHESHIRE AND ENGLAND COUNTIES FLY-HALF/FULL-BACK, WHO IS NOW HEAD COACH OF CHESTER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE...
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoJeremy Guscott: England short of World XV starters
The 2027 Rugby World Cup draw held last week in Sydney produced a good result for England, mainly because Wales, their...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 week agoSaracens 47-10 Clermont Auvergne: Elliot Daly’s star of the show as Sarries open in style
Elliot Daly showed there is plenty of life in the old dog yet as Saracens opened their Champions Cup account with...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 week agoToulouse v Sharks: Visitors will fight hard to send John Plumtree off with a victory
Record six-time winners Toulouse launch their Champions Cup title pursuit today with several star players returning to a fixture that will...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 week agoSale Sharks 21-26 Glasgow Warriors: Sharks reeled in by rugged Warriors
Sale Sharks has proved a notoriously difficult venue for visiting teams, as evidenced by their outstanding home record in recent years.
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoNick Cain: Selection skills key to delivering big prizes for Steve Borthwick’s England
Where does England’s 4-0 Autumn Series success over southern hemisphere opposition leave them? The answer is having to take the next...
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoNick Cain: Recruiting Benhard Janse van Rensburg sends out the wrong message
The decision by the RFU to petition World Rugby for Bristol’s South African-born-and-bred centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg to be granted...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 week agoPau v Northampton Saints: Phil Dowson’s side ready for rumble with French high-flyers
Last season’s finalists Northampton Saints begin their campaign with a daunting trip to high-flying Section Paloise today and Phil Dowson is...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 week agoChris Hewett: Eben Etzebeth top billing in Springboks rogues’ gallery
Clint Eastwood knows a thing or two about cinema, but if anyone is to make a sequel to his Springbok-inspired Invictus...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoExpansion theory has killed pool jeopardy
IT’S official: the “pool of death” is dead. Daisy-pushing, maker-meeting, Python-parroting dead. When the newly expanded World Cup group stage unfolds...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 week agoPhillips hat-trick as Quins turn on the power
■By THOMAS SCOTT Leicester Tigers .... 28 Harlequins ............... 56 HARLEQUINS eventually claimed a high-scoring bonus-point victory against a determined Leicester...
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Features
/ 1 week agoPaul Rees: R360 threat can force change
Paul Rees on how the proposed breakaway league could revamp rugby amid increasing stresses on top players
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Features
/ 1 week agoMy Life in Rugby: Sam Nixon – Loved Bath but I lived my best life in France
Sam Nixon, the former London Scottish, Bath, Bayonne, Exeter Chiefs and Grenoble tighthead, reflects on his life in rugby.
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoRatier in to drive
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Falling short: England beat France in World Cup semi-final PICTURES: Getty Images women’s revival In seven days’...
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/ 1 week agoMaro Itoje and Steve Borthwick set clear ambition after 2027 Rugby World Cup draw
England captain Maro Itoje and head coach Steve Borthwick insist that their ambition is nothing short of winning the World Cup,...
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