All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGleeson glee as Irish hold off England fightback
By BEN JAYCOCK Champions: Ireland U20s celebrate the Slam IRELAND’S U20s withstood a late comeback from England in Cork last Sunday...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoU13 Boys
THE Welsh schools outperformed their English counterparts as of the 11 groups that had Welsh participation just shy of half of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDu Toit heading to The Rec as Hatley departs
NEWS EXTRA BATH have signed South African World Cup-winning tighthead Thomas du Toit from the Sharks. The 27-year-old, who has 15...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSkosan leaves Saints but Waller signs on
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Springboks winger Courtnall Skosan will leave Northampton at the end of the season. He arrived in England in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGloucester recruit giant Cardiff centre Llewellyn
NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER have signed Cardiff centre Max Llewellyn. The 6ft 5in, 16st 5lbs 24-year-old qualifies to play for both Wales...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWarr stepping into Faf’s shoes
By HARRY BAMFORTH The pressure of replacing one of the world’s best rugby players could see many crack, but not Gus...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMost-capped player Hunter announces retirement
Red Roses captain Sarah Hunter will retire after Saturday’s Six Nations opener against Scotland, bringing to an end a 19-year playing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSeries 2 Episode 11 – Ireland Grand Slam Glory with Willie John McBride
Congratulations to Ireland, who secured a deserved Grand Slam against England at on St Patrick’s day weekend – we can only...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoHansen: Weight of expectation could be Ireland’s toughest Rugby World Cup opponent
With unbeaten Six Nations and Autumn Nations campaigns and a series victory in New Zealand under their belts inside the last...
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Steward red was not right’
By ADAM HATHAWAY in Dublin Ellis Genge leapt to the defence of Freddie Steward after the full-back’s red card put England...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoPollard helping to put life into Tigers
By PAUL REES Handre Pollard says that his experience in the Premiership with Leicester has made him a more rounded player...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoPainter looking forward to ‘exciting’ Exeter challenge
Exeter confirmed the signing of prop Ehren Painter from Northampton Saints, as revealed in last week’s TRP. The 24-year-old tighthead comes...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoA party for the ages as Sexton brings Grand Slam joy to Ireland
By NICK CAIN Ireland…………………………. 29pts Tries: Sheehan 33, 68; Robbie Henshaw 62, Herring 77 Conversions: Sexton 35, 63, 70 Penalties: Sexton...
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Paul Rees
/ 4 years agoBetter, yes, but there’s still a long way to go…
PAUL REES A red letter day for Ireland who achieved a first Grand Slam victory in Dublin after a red card...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoA small, self-serving elite which bars all others from access
BEFORE the creation of club leagues in 1987, a group of around 24 self-appointed leading clubs played against each other (plus...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoMoney problems hit England and Wales
WITNESSING the gulf in abilities between England and France had me thinking of the issues going on in the WRU and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAu revoir! French requiem for old warrior
By PETER JACKSON France……………………………41pts Tries: Penaud 10, 77; Danty 34, Atonio 44, Fickou 49 Conversions: Ramos 12, 35, 45, 50, 78...
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Shane Williams
/ 4 years agoStanding tall as we finish on a high
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND What a brilliant start by Wales at Stade de France and what an encouraging performance...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGloucester duo set to join Ealing
Championship leaders Ealing are close to pulling off a double swoop on Gloucester for former England international Billy Twelvetrees and former...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBedford set to land Saints hooker Fish
Northampton hooker James Fish is set to drop down into the Championship next season to join Bedford, and started for them...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoChiefs lead chase for lock star Williams
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Rising star: Cardiff lock Teddy Williams is wanted in Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images Follow me...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 4 years agoWomen’s Six Nations Team-by-Team Previews, England: Red Roses are still the team to beat
Once again, we enter a Women’s Six Nations with the same question on everyone’s mind. Can anybody topple the unrelenting England...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 4 years agoWomen’s Six Nations Team-by-Team Previews, Wales: Jones confident Welsh can start to close the gap
Wales captain Hannah Jones believes her side can close the gap to England and France. Since the introduction of professional contracts,...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 4 years agoWomen’s Six Nations Team-by-Team previews, France: Forlani eager to prove her worth
France are desperate to shake their runners-up tag but will have to contend with losing a wealth of experience. Les Bleues...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 4 years agoWomen’s Six Nations Team-by-Team Previews, Italy: New faces are exciting for Turani
By Cameron Stephens It is the beginning of a new Italian era as Le Azzure must navigate the tournament without some...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLark sticks with Bears
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND hooker Lark Davies has signed a new contract with Bristol to stay for the 2023-24 season. The 28-year-old...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew deal for Thorley
NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER winger Ollie Thorley, 26, has extended his contract. He won his first - and so far only -England...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoCracknell fears for his old friends
By PAUL REES Olly Cracknell fears for the future of former team-mates at the Ospreys as the contract uncertainty in Wales,...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Andy Booth: ‘I’ve got every cap bar the senior one’
The former Neath, Swansea, Cardiff, Cambridge University and Wales B scrum-half talks about his life in the game I played back...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 years agoMcKinney will donate his brain to science
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Stewart McKinney’s name will forever be enshrined in the Lions pantheon alongside the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 years agoBob Burrows, the man who opened door for Living with Lions
PETER JACKSON Bob Burrows joined the BBC from Fleet Street via the Yorkshire Post during the heady days of late summer...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 years agoBenny’s charity gets off to a flier
PETER JACKSON Phil Bennett would not have believed it possible that a dinner to mark the launch of a charity in...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoPlymouth plan statue for Peters
Plymouth Albion RFC have organised a Go-Fund-Me page to raise money in order to erect a statue of James ‘Jimmy’ Peters...
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Schools / Universities
/ 4 years agoDark Blues set for hard Varsity challenge
By ROB COLE Tom Osborne ended up a winner at Twickenham in last season’s Varsity match, but the Aussie prop who...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoDid RFU give job to Borthwick too soon?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME After watching a record defeat at home against a side that had...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoI’m off to the farm after this, says Jessy
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France have had a quietly dramatic week in the lead-up to the Women’s Six Nations, which kicks...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoVan Zyl set for spicy clash with Harlequins
By GARY FITZGERALD Ivan van Zyl is bracing himself for another extra “spicy” confrontation with Harlequins in front of a large...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland’s historic humbling
By GARY FITZGERALD at Twickenham Ellis Genge attempted desperately to rally England‘s battered, bowed and bewildered troops after being taught a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCarpenter loving life as a predatory Shark
By JON NEWCOMBE Strong running and as game as they come, 21-year-old Joe Carpenter looks certain to challenge Freddie Steward for...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSaints set to swoop for Falcon Davison
By JON NEWCOMBE Northampton have lined up former England prop Trevor Davison as a replacement for Exeter-bound Ehren Painter. The Rugby...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoMagnificent France run riot to destroy dreadful England
By NICK CAIN at Twickenham England .............................. 10pts Tries: Steward 48 Conversions: Smith 49 Penalties: Smith 34 France................................ 53pts Tries: Ramos...
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Paul Rees
/ 4 years agoThere’s no quick fix for England’s woes
PAUL REES England picked a team to pull France from one side of the field to the other and so tire...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoResurgent Scots can give Irish tough test
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK There is no question that Ireland’s visit to Murrayfield today against a resurgent Scotland...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoAt last! Webb steps up to give Wales something to celebrate
By PETER JACKSON Italy..................................... 17pts Tries: Negri 42, Brex 67 Conversions: Allan 43, 67 Penalties: Allan 15 Wales................................. 29pts Tries: Dyer...
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Shane Williams
/ 4 years agoGreat shout, Warren! Rhys justifies his recall
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Buzzing: Rhys Webb celebrates Taulupe Faletau’s try Right: Rio Dyer PICTURES: Getty Images LET’S hope...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoFord backing Hogg to race past his record
By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Scotland v Ireland Today. Kick-off 3pm, Murrayfield Scotland's most capped men’s player Ross Ford has backed Stuart...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoThis is the best Scottish team I have faced – Sexton
By PAUL REES Johnny Sexton’s travelling in the Six Nations started in Paris 13 years ago and it is set to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGeorgian beefcake on menu for Baxter
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs have signed Georgian international loosehead Nika Abuladze, above, on a two-year deal as...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSaracen Peel set to sign for Borthwick
ON THE BLINDSIDE Steve Borthwick is closing in on securing Ian Peel’s services as England’s scrum coach when Richard Cockerill departs...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Dave Tiueti: ‘I loved the Mem – it got me a Tonga recall’
The former Tonga, Bristol, Neath & Ospreys centre talks about his life in the game Fond memories: Dave Tiueti in action...
Autumn Internationals
Steve Borthwick explains how England predecessors helped him block out the noise
Autumn Internationals
England scrum-halves Alex Mitchell and Archie McParland ruled out of Australia clash
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