All posts tagged "England"
-
Features
/ 4 years agoBath’s celeb stars must find their old hard edge
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE DEMISE OF THE PRIDE OF THE WEST COUNTRY WHAT is wrong at Bath? The club which...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoDawe: It’s all about everyone working as a team
GRAHAM Dawe’s links with Bath remain intact, not least because as head coach of Wellington RFC, the Somerset club promoted recently...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ALEX MATTHEWS THIS WEEK... WORCESTER BACK-ROW World Cup winner and...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoBEN MURPHY
YOUNG GUNS Murphy feels his Lucs in on dual-reg WORCESTER WARRIORS LOOSEHEAD As one of 14 players to head out of...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoErasmus delay dreadful says RFU president Jeff
Colin Boag talks to RFU president Jeff Blackett about the state of the game RFU president Jeff Blackett says he shares...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoJeeps one of many Rolls Royce players
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoPatriot Mobbs raised his own army
EDGAR Mobbs might be a rugby name that is recognised and honoured to this day but as a schoolboy he failed...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoDiversity’s problem? Lack of Asian stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why is rugby so keen to raise issues and set out to...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoBrown on panel to explore women’s Lions tour
By SAM JACKSON Star: Shaunagh Brown ENGLAND international Shaunagh Brown will be part of the 13- strong group set up to...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoMarcus and Alex are musts for England says Esterhuizen
By GARY- FITZGERALD ANDRE Esterhuizen insists Marcus Smith and Alex Dombrandt would be two of the first names on his team...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoWilliams wants to shine with proud dad ringside
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHNNY Williams hopes to be given the chance to finally wear the red of Wales in front of...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoBrown: I’m still ready for you Eddie
By PAUL REES MIKE Brown is primed and ready to add to his 72 England caps – even at the age...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoIgnore lower tiers at your peril, RFU
ANOTHER well informed column by Jeff Probyn in TRP (Oct 10). The Premiership has effectively been ring fenced now it is...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoEngland can win World Cup if Eddie takes off the shackles
Paul Rees talks to Newcastle full-back Mike Brown about his hopes for club and county World class potential: Marcus Smith in...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
OLLIE STEDMAN, THE BEDFORD AND FORMER NEWCASTLE, LONDON WELSH, LEEDS, EALING AND DONCASTER No.8, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
-
Six Nations
/ 4 years agoSix Nations 2022 Preview
The Six Nations is just around the corner and, with it, the chance to see if England can recover from last...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoReaders complete Rugby XV name game
THANKS to all those prompted by the Max Wiltshire story last week, the assembly of a Place Name XV can now...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoMarcus wants England shirt for rest of his career – Murley
By NEIL FISSLER CADAN Murley was not surprised to see his landlord Marcus Smith return to Harlequins action in such emphatic...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoEngland women call up 11 debutants
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON Impressed: Middleton SIMON Middleton has included 11 uncapped players in his 40-woman England squad for the...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoHard to replicate those post-war halcyon days
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools RUGBY success at Christ’s Hospital School over the decades has been...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoHill’s rigid stance led to ‘great schism’
POSSIBLY the most notable Old Blue is George Rowland Hill, an influential rugby administrator in the game’s formative years and the...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoExodus of players is real threat for game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME A few weeks ago this paper had an interview with Peter Winterbottom,...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoJersey Reds lose their scrum anchor to Irish
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed former Munster prop Ciaran Parker from Championship leaders Jersey Reds. The 26-year-old, who began his...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoWomen’s World Cup countdown: Alphonsi hired to inspire
By STELLA MILLS ONE year out from the Women’s World Cup, headline sponsor Mastercard have named England hero Maggie Alphonsi as...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Marcus Watson playing for his future at Wasps
MARCUS Watson aims to start persuading Wasps he deserves a new contract by putting Northampton to the sword today. Constant setbacks...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoWallabies not giving up just yet
AUSTRALIA coach Dave Rennie still has hope of persuading Louis Lynagh to play for the Wallabies. Harlequins winger Lynagh – the...
-
Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoCare: Let Alex Dombrandt show just how great he is
DANNY Care has urged Eddie Jones to not just pick Alex Dombrandt but stick with him throughout the entire Autumn campaign....
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoLondon Irish 16-21 Leicester: Ford steers Tigers off the rocks just in time
GEORGE Ford kicked three penalties in the final 25 minutes to haul Leicester over the line and make it four from...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoSmart money’s on a depressing winter
LEICESTER versus Saracens last week was a bore-fest. With international half-backs on both sides, by my reckoning there was a kick...
-
Columnists
/ 4 years agoDash for cash must not damage rugby’s ethos | Nick Cain
THE £32m takeover of Saracens by a polyglot international consortium comes with a health warning as the club’s erstwhile banker and...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoDitch World Rugby, put northern pros in charge
COLIN BOAG It’s not unknown for me to be critical of World Rugby, but last week a much more significant voice...
-
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSevens stars return to ignite Gloucester attack
By NATHAN ROCHE PREVIEW... Wasps v Glo-Hartpury Today, 5.15pm, CBS Arena WASPS welcome back their GB Sevens trio of Abi Burton,...
-
Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoFord’s not as sharp as Smith but he’s still class
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK GEORGE Ford is a player I’ve always admired, and I would call him a...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoMartin Johnson interview: Borthwick is reviving Tigers – my mission is to save lives
Alot is made of the advantage England enjoy over most of their rivals in terms of player numbers, commercial clout and...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoAlun Wyn stays shtum on private matters
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Say Nothing is an awardwinning book on ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, its...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoJersey good enough for Lions but not for Prem
JERSEY Reds are top of the Championship. They have outstanding training facilities, complete with altitude training chambers, at the Strive complex...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoLoss of county pathway has blocked young stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It’s interesting to note that there are people out there who profess...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoHogg’s back and so is the Exeter ‘edge’
Paul Rees talks to Henry Slade and Rob Baxter about Exeter’s stumbling start to the new season PREVIEW... Sale v Exeter...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoMax is Wright fit for depleted Falcons
RUGBY SHORTS BATH centre Max Wright has joined Newcastle on a three-month deal. Wright, 24, who was a Junior World Cup...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoThe fly-half’s name is Wilkinson and his talent is blossoming!
By JON NEWCOMBE Play-maker: Kieran Wilkinson KIERAN Wilkinson is set to make his third Premiership appearance of the season for Sale...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoSensational Scarratt is simply irreplaceable
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND have not “found a solution” to playing without Emily Scarratt, 31, who is out for four to six...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLam’s chat with Ojomoh triggers transfer talk
PAT Lam was seen in a deep touchline conversation with Bath’s highly-rated inside centre Max Ojomoh after Friday’s West Country derby...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoGleeson aims to help England pull trigger
RUGBY SHORTS ATTACK coach Martin Gleeson says England want to be able to “create opportunities and finish them”. England’s attack was...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoO’Shea hunts Eddie’s successor
THE RFU have already started their search for Eddie Jones’ successor as England coach. The Australian has said he will stand...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoGeorge is in awe of ‘ridiculous’ Radwan
By PAUL REES IT WAS not that long ago that big was regarded as beautiful on the wing as teams looked...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoWayne Pivac has to nail key combos for World Cup | Shane Williams
I WAS sat down watching Scrum V with a cup of tea last Sunday when Wayne Pivac made a surprise appearance...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoHalf-back unity helping drive Worcester turnaround
Meticulous: Owen Williams attacks for Worcester OWEN Williams is relishing being reunited with his former partner-in-crime Willi Heinz in a Worcester...
-
Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoLondon Irish aim to break into Eddie’s England clique
LONDON Irish were the only one of the Premiership 13 who were not called on by England for last week’s training...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoI agree – it’s not all the RFU’s fault but change is needed
JOHN Allanson, rightly points out (TRP Sep 26) that “the issue of local volunteer succession” is a major concern. He refers...
-
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoFive-star Saracens secure another bonus
By PAUL BROWNING Worcester ........5 Saracens ........34 WORCESTER were unable to stop a clinical Saracens outfit littered with England stars from...
Features
OSCAR WILSON
BUCS Super Rugby
Cardiff Met’s Gus Patterson on becoming Bridgend’s next rugby star
The best betting sites
