All posts tagged "England"
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Features
/ 6 years agoTyro No.10 McBryde ready for battle with the Knights
NEWS EXTRA BILLY McBryde is using Josh Adams as his inspiration as he keeps on working his way north to try...
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/ 6 years agoHogg can finally show his Lions credentials
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... FULL-BACKS Waiting his chance:...
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/ 6 years agoRobshaw shows rugby’s heavy toll
Letters CHRIS Robshaw, who is leaving English rugby to join San Diego Legion, predicts more senior players could follow him to...
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/ 6 years agoForget protein, players need shrinking pills!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Human Bowling Ball: England’s Manu Tuilagi PICTURE: Getty Images When it comes to progress, rugby stands on...
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/ 6 years agoExpand the Prem to 16 clubs and PRO14 to 20
Expansion: Let the Jaguares join a new PRO20 PICTURE: Getty Images ■ HAVING a global season is all well and good....
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/ 6 years agoKiwis prove derbies pull the crowds
CROWDS for the domestic Super Rugby Aotearoa tournament in New Zealand are more than 100 per cent up on those for...
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/ 6 years agoRugby fans have been left in dark
ENGLISH football has returned along with other sports such as horse racing and snooker. Sadly, I am still unable to see...
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/ 6 years agoLions beware, thes Boks are strong
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS COMPOSITE TEAM FROM THESPRINGBOKS AND POTENTIAL LIONS Loose-head: Steven Kitshoff (SA) Hooker: Bongi Mbonambi (SA) Tight-head: Tadhg...
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/ 6 years agoClubs hold aces in global power game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK “What is wrong about having two international windows rather than a two-month block?”...
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/ 6 years agoIslanders snub reeks of a new apartheid
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Shameful: Segregated crowds in South Africa The Lions...
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/ 6 years agoBiased Booy must step down
THE administrative shortcomings at the professional end of the game in England have been highlighted by the failure of the Professional...
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/ 6 years agoFrance set to launch their third pro league
WHILE all the talk in England is of contraction and putting the financial squeeze on the Championship, the French Federation have...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWelsh players set for long-term pay cuts
By ALEX BYWATER Crisis talks: Martyn Phillips and Gareth Davies, right WALES’ leading players have been told long-term pay cuts will...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWinning the World Cup made it right time to go
Q&A FRANCOIS LOUW ON THE RECORD Elation: Francois Louw with Prince Harry after winning the 2019 World Cup PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoCotton and co wallow in not-so-glorious mud
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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Features
/ 6 years agoAled still hoping to brew up business
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Athletic: Aled Brew takes a high ball for Bath PICTURE: Getty Images “I...
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/ 6 years agoCan Robbo be crowd pleaser San Diego and USA need?
IT might not have been uppermost in his decision but social-distancing is unlikely to be an issue when Chris Robshaw joins...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFurbank: I don’t plan to be 2-cap wonder
By NEALE HARVEY England rivals: Elliot Daly and Anthony Watson Ambitious: George Furbank attempts a break for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRegrets? Robshaw bows out with a few to mention
By JON NEWCOMBE Champions: Quins lift the title in 2012 PICTURES: Getty Images CHRIS Robshaw says Harlequins’ failure to build a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoKerrod’s in from the cold and feeling good at Quins
By ADAM ELLIS Learning curve: Simon Kerrod SIMON Kerrod finally feels settled on his career path after a year under the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAmbitious Beziers sound out England stars
BEZIERS have been busy seeing if England players are unhappy with their contract arrangements. The Pro D2 club are in the...
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/ 6 years agoLam has the ability to turn his Bears into champions
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Spectacular: Semi Radradra playing for Bordeaux PICTURE: Getty Images Iwouldn’t underestimate anything about Pat...
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoThe four biggest rugby events for betting
Rugby is one of the most popular sports around and there are dozens of events for you to enjoy. Rugby is...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLewis Ludlam interview – I was called some bad names but it never held me back
The England and Northampton flanker talks in-depth about his experience as a mixed-race British man and his education at St Joseph's
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Dan Leo is the Rashford figurehead rugby needs
Leo's examinations of World Rugby's governance, or lack thereof, can create pertinent change
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland lock Maro Itoje pledges his future to Saracens
The Saracens lock has been widely tipped to captain the British & Irish Lions next summer in South Africa
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Bath and England captain Phil de Glanville
A captaincy with England which started with its challenges after succeeding Will Carling
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGareth Edwards-led Millfield really started Rosslyn Park Sevens dynasty
Brendan Gallagher begins a new feature looking at Britain's esteemed rugby schools
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTed Hill signs long-term extension with Worcester Warriors
The flanker has signed a further extension to the one he agreed last December
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoA different Call of Duty takes England’s Luke Cowan-Dickie to the Warzone
Nick Cain speaks to the Exeter Chief about his appetite for streaming the first-person shooter game on Twitch
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Northampton Saints and England flanker Tom Wood
An embarrassment of riches to choose from at No.8 for the 50-cap England back row
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘Bath is the best place for me’ – Will Spencer returns to the Rec
Things have come full circle for lock Will Spencer, rejoining Bath after seeking a move away in 2016 after a string...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEarl eyes up Prem crown
England flanker Ben Earl is gunning for Premiership glory on loan at Bristol from Saracens Full Story: P5 PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 6 years agoItoje pledges his future to Saracens
Committed: Maro Itoje. Inset, Will Skelton MARO ITOJE is set to confirm he is staying with Premiership and European champions Saracens...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoSo stylish even Sir Clive came for a lesson
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE are very few rugby clubs that can claim to have...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoChampion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards
IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
GWILYM BRADLEY CARDIFF BLUES NO.7 When Gwilym Bradley suffered a serious wrist injury that wiped out his 2018/19 season and caused...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRing-fence could reduce the drain on RFU funding
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Ireally enjoyed last week’s article interviewing Plymouth Albion commercial manager Chris Bentley and his...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMandela effect unites a nation as Boks put the brakes on Jonah
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union THE 1995 World Cup is a story...
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/ 6 years agoDismal England needed radical shake up and Carling delivered
TIME offers up perspective and what has become known as the ‘Carling era’ looks ever more important with the passing years,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoKvesic sold on prospect of re-joining mentor Matt
By NEALE HARVEY Coach: Jonathan Thomas MATT Kvesic says being reunited with the man who kick-started his rugby career is one...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMallinder has big respect for Marcus
MARCUS Rashford’s efforts to ensure children don’t go hungry during the Covid-19 pandemic is inspiring sports stars everywhere, says community- minded...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDriven by desire for Bristol’s champagne!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY HAYDN THOMAS THE FORMER EXETER CHIEFS, GLOUCESTER & BRISTOL SCRUM-HALF THE other day we had a 10th anniversary...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 5-1
Brendan Gallagher reaches No.1 in the countdown and tells the stories behind how the five on this list originated
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Features
/ 6 years agoLions contenders RANKED – Jon Davies can still ruffle Bok feathers
Nick Cain pins Wales centre Jon Davies as the main man for the Lions No.13 shirt
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Features
/ 6 years agoShaun Edwards interview – Coming to France has probably taken me out of the Lions job
In such little time, Shaun Edwards has helped France deal with the intensity of sporting cauldrons
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Rugby has benefitted from ill-gotten gains
Colston College has been one of rugby's strongest schools in the country, but play under an infamous name
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Keith Lyons, the bushfire hero who blazed a trail in rugby analytics
Lyons' influence and keen eye for breaking down rugby helped the likes of Alan Davies, Alec Evans and Kevin Bowring
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 10-6
The national anthems of Italy and Scotland appear next in the next phase of our countdown
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHeavy-hearted Ben Spencer on why Bath move meant cutting Sarries ties
Why the England scrum-half averted going on loan to pursue a permanent move away from Allianz Park













