All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBack row Barbeary ready to rumble
By PAUL REES ALFIE Barbeary endured a nightmare 2021 when most of his time was spent recovering from injury, but he...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSanderson’s sights are on O’Flaherty
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks boss Alex Sanderson is on the lookout for a new winger this...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMillfield roaring back to their best again
SCHOOLS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK MILLFIELD School first XV coach John Mallett is ‘delighted with his team’s success’ this season after...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland sevens captain Tom Mitchell signs for Major League LA Giltinis
England‘s rugby sevens captain Tom Mitchell has been signed on a two-year deal with American Major League side LA Giltinis. Mitchell...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoEddie Jones full of praise for Jack Nowell
Eddie Jones has said that Exeter’s Jack Nowell “looks more like a rugby player and less like a bodybuilder” as the...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoEngland hot favourites to win at Murrayfield
The hotly anticipated RBS Six Nations 2022 will begin on Saturday 5th February as followers of rugby union and sports fans...
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All
/ 4 years agoFarrell the right man to lead England as Six Nations squad is announced
Eddie Jones has reiterated that his captain Owen Farrell ‘is the right man to lead the team’ as he named six...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoEngland name six uncapped players in 36-man Six Nations training squad
Eddie Jones has named a 36-player England squad to begin preparations for the Guinness Six Nations. The squad will meet in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWatson and Joseph will stay at Rec – for now
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BATH chairman Ed Griffiths has moved to keep England stars Anthony Watson and Jonathan...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMarcus reminds me of great King John
SHANE WILLIAMS WHAT a shame there were no fans at the Arms Park to watch that great European clash between Cardiff...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBester had me doing 100 scrums after a night of booze!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY STUART CORSAR THE FORMER SCOTLAND A, GLASGOW, ROTHERHAM AND DONCASTER PROP THE two-and-a-bit years I spent at...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoBarnstorming ‘Bill’ put even the Liddells in the shade
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I am indebted to Andrew Beattie, the archivist at Eltham College, for more ‘gen’ on AL ‘Bill’...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGet the front row right, Eddie, and it all follows
NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK’S ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT WITH SOME ADVICE FOR EDDIE JONES SIX Nations Grand Slams are...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IIN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players GEORGINA THOMAS-ROBERTS THIS WEEK... DMP DURHAM SHARKS SCRUM-HALF DMP Durham...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoCleall claims bonus try as Sarries surge on
By BEN JOHNSON Loughborough..12 Saracens ........27 SARACENS opened up a two-point lead at the top of the table with Poppy Cleall’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoWales ace Carys returns to beef up pack
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Worcester v Wasps Today. Kick-off 2pm WARRIORS open their 2022 account at Sixways with Wales pair Carys...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoEuro rugby chiefs have made a right mess of it
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME If there has been more muddled thinking by a sports governing body...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLike so many schools, it took a Welshman to spur Plymouth
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEFORE the mid-1970s Plymouth College, although competitive enough locally, had no...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoQuins defeat cost me my form admits Simmonds
By PAUL REES A YEAR after captaining Exeter to the Premiership and Champions Cups double, Joe Simmonds found himself on the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoGreat pass, but Hill was obvious
WHILE I’ll concede to Jeremy Guscott that scrum-half Richard Hill had a superb pass, I’ve always held the belief that one...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTime to split the pro and amateur game
COLIN BOAG I’ve believed for a long time that a schism between the professional game and the lower echelons is inevitable,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
ALLAN DELL, THE SCOTLAND AND LONDON IRISH PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Cian Healy...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEddie won’t drop Farrell, but he’s behind Marcus
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ENGLAND found a way to win without Owen Farrell at the end of an...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDamages for Hankin over blow on head by teammate
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON FORMER Saracens prospect Matt Hankin has been awarded an undisclosed settlement after an ex-teammate hit him...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLate Coombes try puts O’Mahony’s men through to knockout stages again
By TOM SHEEDY Castres ..............13pts Try: Larregain 27 Conversion: Botica 28 Penalties: Botica 54,66 Munster ............16pts Try: Coombes 77 Conversion: Crowley...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWelsh crowds set to return for Six Nations
Crowds are set to return in Wales from January 21st after the Welsh government announced an easing of coronavirus restrictions. All...
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European Rugby
/ 4 years agoBath won’t travel to France unless French restrictions eased
Bath Rugby have confirmed that they will only fulfil Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup fixture against La Rochelle if French travel restrictions...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAlex Dombrandt signs long term contract at Harlequins
Alex Dombrandt has signed a new “long-term” contract at Harlequins. Capped four times by England, the 24-year-old number 8 has become...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBath record first win of the season over 14 man Worcester
Bath………….22 Tries: Rokoduguni, Ojomoh, De Glanville Cons: Bailey 2 Pen: Bailey Worcester….19 Tries: Shillcock, Batley, Simpson Cons: Smith 2 HT 14-19 Bath’s first win of the season came against...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSupermen aplenty sculpted at Stowe
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GIVEN that the ethos of Stowe and its founding father JF...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHastings was the star in school’s best XV
ONE of the great names of Stowe rugby is PRH Hastings – Peter Robin Hood – who after the war morphed...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoArrival of Lomu was seismic moment
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The start of the new year always brings hope, and the hope...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMACKENZIE GRAHAM
YOUNG GUNS BATH FLANKER Bath-born and bred Mackenzie Graham has achieved his childhood dream of signing a contract with the club...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTwickenham ‘too costly’ for Wales to switch Six Nations matches
By PETER JACKSON WALES will almost certainly abandon a contingency plan to use Twickenham as their home base for the Six...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRugby needs fans
I FULLY endorse Louis Rees-Zammit’s tweet that ‘rugby is nothing without fans’, even if it means Wales play their home games...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRing-rusty stars may struggle in Six Nations
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND All the international coaches used to want to wrap their star players in cotton wool...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSix Nations must follow government guidelines
COLIN BOAG With the Six Nations still four weeks away, it’s already dominating the rugby headlines. First we had the storm...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAleki Lutui exclusive: Love of the game spurs on Lutui at 43
Ben Jaycock talks to Ampthill’s Tongan legend Aleki Lutui about his longevity Ampthill’s Aleki Lutui grew up in Tofoa, Tonga and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
NICK WALSHE, THE FORMER ENGLAND, HARLEQUINS, SARACENS, BATH, SALE AND BEDFORD HALF-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThe game is nothing without jeopardy
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Apips-and-core Australian with vast experience of top-end rugby on both sides of the Equator sends his season’s...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoDupont nowhere near Gareth – but he’s got time
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE amount of hype surrounding France’s brilliant scrum-half Antoine Dupont raises the question whether...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoWe need Wray back in black as soon as possible
CHRIS HEWETT PLENTY of words have been written about Jackson Wray in this corner of the paper but, in light of...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLudlow’s late show grounds Saracens
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ..........24pts Tries: Morris 20, Segun 28, McFarland 54, Lewington 87 Conversions: Lozowski 21, 29 Gloucester ........25pts Tries:...
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Features
/ 4 years agoI didn’t ask Deano about money, I just said yes!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND STUDENTS, LEEDS, JERSEY & NEWCASTLE PROP SAM LOCKWOOD ALL my family are from Yorkshire...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoKing: It’s a proud day for players
ALEX King feels the rare and memorable triumph in Saracens’ backyard will ensure Gloucester carry on the upwardly mobile curve towards...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoThe genius of Liddell is recognised at last
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS column has long argued there should be...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSound the gong for two women pioneers
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE were gongs aplenty for sporting folk in the New Year’s honours list and it would have...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMetronomic Hodgson doesn’t miss a beat
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAlfie’s part in Ruddock resignation is revealed
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ashred of new evidence is shining a light on the most intriguing St...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLight Blues shone golden light upon the great game
Brendan Gallagher charts the rich history of 150 years of Cambridge University rugby As we nudge into 2022 it’s time to...
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