All posts tagged "England"
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Featured
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun – Sale Sharks fly-half Kieran Wilkinson
... A fly-half named Wilkinson
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones answers 13 questions on his squad announcement
Why no Attwood, Goode or Armand? Is Farrell going to start at 10 from now on?
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps and Christian Wade reach agreement to terminate contract, ending the wing’s rugby career
Wasps have confirmed wing Christian Wade has retired from rugby with immediate effect. It emerged last week that Wade had grown...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWasps want NFL to pay off Wade’s deal
EXCLUSIVE Quitting rugby: Christian Wade WASPS could block Christian Wade’s move to the NFL unless they are compensated for the last...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoShields at the ready to bring edge to back row
Physical: Brad Shields BRAD Shields aims to provide Eddie Jones with exactly what he wants by bringing some hard-nosed Kiwi physicality...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDoor is open for a Graham U-turn, says Townsend
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend has not ruled out a call-up for Newcastle Falcons back row Gary Graham...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCut out the goading Maro, it’s just not classy
COLIN BOAG Poor form: Maro Itoje celebrates Edinburgh’s non-try In the Glasgow v Saracens match Champions Cup match, Maro Itoje let...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKiwis call up Papalli
NEW Zealand have named uncapped flanker Dalton Papalii in a 32-man squad for their tour involving matches against Australia, England, Ireland...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGain-line busters will give England a new dimension
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Risk worth taking: Joe Cokanasiga is in devastating attacking form but could be a defensive liability...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoThe Kiwi conveyer belt keeps coming
WALES pick an Englishman who has never played for a Welsh club in a squad weakened by the omission of a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSmith getting square eyes from analysis of the greats
By ADAM HATHAWAY Master and apprentice: Evans and Smith HARLEQUINS’ assistant coach Nick Evans has been clocking up the hours in...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks in Dublin is the litmus Test
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks ahead to another jam-packed schedule to thrill us this Autumn Famous victory: Ireland defeat the All Blacks at...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoBurns back on song but Bath miss last-gasp kick
Early power: Joe Cokanasiga breaks clear to score the first try for Bath after just three minutes PICTURES: Getty Images Fightback:...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoYoung tyros warming up for RWC2019
Big force: Titi Lamositele SANTIAGO ARATA (URUGUAY): A+- genuine talent. TITI LAMOSITELE (US EAGLES): The USA are beginning to tap into...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNo reason to boo Eddie says Dai
WASPS Dai Young admitted a “few honest words” had transformed his team at half-time when they were 21-7 down. “I was...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoTen tasty dishes from this Autumn’s smorgasbord of Test rugby
Talent: Teddy Thomas WALES V SCOTLAND (Principality Stadium, November 3) A bit of a curiosity down at the Principality. Not a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoNow Eddie has to prove he’s not a one-trick pony heading for a fall
NICK CAIN HEARS EDDIE JONES’ EXPLANATION ABOUT HIS LATEST SQUAD DECISIONS Questions: Why has Elliott Stooke, left, been preferred to Dave...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones on…
…wrapping Billy Vunipola in cotton wool until the World Cup “I only have him for nine weeks between now and July....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoVunipola injury puts Wray in frame for star role
SARACENS stalwart Jackson Wray admits he would love to captain the club one day as he once again prepares to fill...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoDallaglio ‘distressed’ by lack of dead certs
By GARY FITZGERALD He’s still splashing: Chris Ashton dives in to score his hat-trick try for Sale against Connacht PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCharlie indebted to Cipriani ‘brilliance’
By NEALE HARVEY In form: Gloucester winger Charlie Sharples PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER hitman Charlie Sharples has hailed Danny Cipriani’s impact...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoOff goes Cipriani as his week gets worse
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Collision: Danny Cipriani, left, tackles Munster’s Rory Scannell, centre, and gets a red card MUNSTER claimed a bonus...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoWilson’s boot wins the war at Hinckley
By STEVE SMITH Hinckley................16pts Fylde ........................5pts Break: Hinckley centre Ryan Hough dashes towards the try line PICTURES: Phil Hutchinson Off you...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years ago‘He just couldn’t get out the way’
GLOUCESTER coach Johan Ackermann sympathised with Danny Cipriani over his sendingoff. “He wasn’t even wanting to tackle the guy. He wanted...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
FORMER ORRELL AND LEEDS HOOKER ROB RAWLINSON OUR celebrations lasted well into the night when we beat Bath to lift the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoItoje ensures Sarries don’t lack firepower
By GARY FITZGERALD BRAD Barritt’s face was left cut and bruised as Saracens were made to scrap their way to a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
KIERAN WILKINSON SALE FLY-HALF Sharing your surname with one of England’s greatest players might be seen as a double-edged sword by...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYes, Wade is small but his talent is giant-size
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN CHRISTIAN Wade encapsulates English rugby’s irrational fear of the X-Factor players it produces,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTaqele sure Boyd’s ‘super’ style will bring success
By NEALE HARVEY Feeling at home in Northampton: Taqele Naiyaravoro GIANT Northampton wing Taqele Naiyaravoro admits his fitness must improve if...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTwo’s a crowd
THE concept of the England co-captaincy announced by Eddie Jones in which Dylan Hartley and Owen Farrell share the role defeats...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMercer stakes his claim to face Boks
By NEALE HARVEY ZACHMercer is ready to answer England’s call for a No.8 capable of facing down the might of South...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoNo place for Danny Cipriani in England’s squad for autumn internationals
A place on the plane bound for Japan now looking a longshot for the Gloucester fly-half?
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones left precariously short at number 8 as Billy Vunipola breaks arm for third time
England now without Vunipola, Simmonds and possibly Nathan Hughes for November Tests
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWhat have we learned from the opening rounds of the Heineken Champions Cup?
The Champions Cup pools are taking shape after two intriguing rounds that served up an exhilarating blend of drama, entertainment and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDingwall relishing his opportunity in Saints midfield
Chance: Fraser Dingwall HOME-GROWN defensive dervish Fraser Dingwall is determined to prove why Northampton need not break the bank to find...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBrown wins award as new Bionic Elbow man
PETER JACKSON Indefatigable: Mike Brown has made a remarkable 300 appearances for Quins PICTURE: Getty Images Back in the old days...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDanny boy playing for his future at Quins
By NEALE HARVEY Aiming to be No.1: Danny Care celebrates a try against Saracens on his 250th appearance for Harlequins PICTURE:...
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/ 8 years agoKnee injury keeps Joe on sidelines for Autumn
ENGLAND lock Joe Launchbury has been ruled out of the Autumn internationals after having knee surgery. The 27-year-old, who has 54...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBath may have to choose between glory and safety
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Losing start: Bath took on Toulouse yesterday at the Rec As we...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJack’s back to fend off Cokanasiga challenge
By HARVEY NEALE Upping the ante: Nathan Earle and Joe Cokanasiga Threat: Jack Nowell goes close against Bath PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSmokin’ Joe tipped to be England’s version of Sivivatu
NEALE HARVEY POWERHOUSE wing Joe Cokanasiga can enter the annals of rugby fame in the way Fijian legend Sitiveni Sivivatu once...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
KIERAN SASSONE HARLEQUINS TIGHT-HEAD Role models play a vital part in any young player’s career and academy tight-head Kieran Sassone could...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEddie stays no matter what insists RFU chief
By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has been given an unequivocal assurance by RFU chief executive Steve Brown that “come what may”...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSeventh heaven as Firwood meet their Waterloo
Firwood Wat 10 Gloucs-Hart 43 By BRADLEY WEST Hat-trick: Kelly Smith GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY earned their second victory of the Premier 15s season...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYoung unfazed by Toulon galacticos
By JON NEWCOMBE Big game experience: Falcons scrum-half Micky Young PICTURE: Getty Images Ace: Julian Savea A TRIP to the Mediterranean...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaracens need to make a big statement at Scotstoun
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Threat: Huw Jones picks good lines and has gas to burn PICTURE: Getty Images SARACENS’ trip...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoHughes is a tweet for misjudging the mood
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NATHAN Hughes may feel that a relatively light right-handed punch from a prone...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWe’re 6/10 so far but still have a way to go
NEALE HARVEY sits down with supremo Paul Gustard to assess Harlequins’ start to the new campaign Big job on: Quins head...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMarchant back on track for World Cup place
PAUL Gustard reveals how a pre-season kick up the backside has pushed electric centre Joe Marchant back towards England selection. With...
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Features
/ 8 years agoI still feel the stress of that French fightback in ‘99
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Comeback kings: France beat New Zealand in 1999 RUGBY MATTERS...















