All posts tagged "England"
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: When WRU sneak tried to ban us over £50 expenses
On the Sunday before we played England at the Arms Park in February 1975, five of the Wales team chosen the...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain talks to England’s great grand-slam winning captain Will Carling
Will Carling, the triple Grand Slam captain who helped to transform England into one of the best teams in the world...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Taulupe Faletau veto good news for Wales and regions
Taulupe Faletau’s transfer saga may have been a mess but hopefully it could prove a turning point for Welsh rugby. For...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher feature: England apart, this has been a World Cup to remember!
So how will history view Rugby World Cup 2015? The biggest and grandest in terms of crowd numbers and stadia? Unquestionably,...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Jebb Sinclair – London Irish flanker
What do you make of Canada’s World Cup campaign? We played well but the truth is that we didn’t play well...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Big-bucks Sam Burgess short-changed by England
Sam Burgess is the swagman, that’s why it’s hard to summon huge sympathy for the way his cross-code sortie into Rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher feature: This was just a complete blast from start to finish
The construction – or in this case deconstruction – gangs will arrive at Twickenham first thing this morning to start ripping...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoEngland moaners should keep traps shut blasts Danny Care
Danny Care has launched a broadside at anonymous members of England‘s failed World Cup squad for airing their personal grievances in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Darren Fox – former Northampton flanker
If I’m brutally honest with myself I didn’t fulfill my potential as a player. Yes, I played 149 games for Saints...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoDan Biggar set to sign on for 2019 World Cup
Welsh fly-half is finalising a new deal to stay in Wales for another crack at the World Cup.
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoLouis Picamoles signs with Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints have announced that Louis Picamoles has signed a contract to join the club from the beginning of the 2016...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Micheal Hills – Doncaster and former London Welsh and Sale lock
1. Andrew Sheridan – The former England powerhouse is the strongest man I have ever played rugby with. For that reason...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Sam Aspland-Robinson – Harlequins wing
International duties made it hard for Sam Aspland-Robinson to settle at Harlequins this summer but, after only a few weeks of...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: RFU review panel will have zero credibility
Let the whitewash begin! The RFU review panel eventually announced last Monday – two long weeks after England‘s ignominious World Cup...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Crucial to reintroduce level between club and country
For the first time since its 1987 inception, the Rugby World Cup does not have Northern Hemisphere side in the semi-finals...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoIDRC Final to be Broadcast Live on Forces TV
The military version of the Rugby World Cup – the IDRC (International Defence Rugby Competition), which has been running in parallel...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoHenry Thomas: I’ll state case for England
Overlooked England tighthead has his sights firmly set on a Six Nations recall following the national side’s troubles at the scrum.
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Chris Cracknell – former England Sevens star
I’ve always been a bit of a nomad so playing Sevens around the world for 10 years suited me. In so...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoLondon Irish to play Saracens Premiership match in USA
London Irish and Premiership Rugby confirmed today that the Club will be the first to play an Aviva Premiership fixture overseas...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Freddie Burns – Leicester and former Gloucester fly-half
1. Nick Wood – A great friend and he’s become a Gloucester legend over the years. For a prop, he knows...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoGet Warren Gatland in and sort RFU mess says Mike Friday
RFU chiefs must pay whatever it takes to buy Warren Gatland out of his Wales contract, according to former England 7s...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Johnny Williams – London Irish centre
It has been a busy summer for Johnny Williams but the centre is eager to kick start his senior career with...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoElliot Daly’s looking to put hand up for England
Wasps centre believes another stellar club season can boost his international claims after overcoming the disappointment of England rejection.
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Ed Slater – Leicester captain
How’s pre-season been? It has been really long but it’s a good thing because of the changes we’ve had in the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoSam Burgess challenge spurs England hopeful Matt Garvey
Flanker Matt Garvey concedes that the presence of ex-Rugby League man Sam Burgess in Bath‘s back-row has stymied his own international...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: England must move on, without Stuart Lancaster
Stuart Lancaster said he would be looking for some solace this week in the Lake District. Before departing the England camp...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoPanel revealed for England World Cup inquest
The RFU have revealed the five-man panel that will look into England‘s World Cup failure. England beat Fiji and Uruguay but...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Ryan Burrows – Yorkshire Carnegie and former Rotherham No.8
1. Ben Harris – He’s moved to Newcastle now but he had a couple of very good seasons for us at...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoBristol’s risen Phoenix Gavin Henson is enjoying his revival
The one good thing about hitting rock bottom is that the only way is up – but as Gavin Henson can...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Stuart Lancaster must go now so the healing can begin
This week there was an unavoidable sense of Stuart Lancaster as a hard-working but beleaguered schoolmaster trying in vain to keep...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: England’s debacle? It’s all fault of Boris Johnson!
Boris Johnson is addressing the great and the good on the occasion of the World Cup draw at the Tate Modern...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoJoel Stransky asks: Do Springboks have variety to go all the way?
World Cup winner doubts South Africa can go all the way and lift a record third Webb Ellis Cup unless they...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s World Cup departed XV
15: Ayumu Goromaru (Japan): Sensational player in attack and defence and the team’s goal-kicker to boot. Burst on the scene over...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: column: If selection was unanimous coaches should take blame
Well that’s that, time to get out the knives and let the carnage begin, as everybody with an axe to grind...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain previews the Premiership season
The English game is in urgent need of a lift after the Red Rose blight at the World Cup, and, thankfully,...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoBasic errors by Stuart Lancaster cost us says Mike Friday
Critical pre-tournament errors in selection by head coach Stuart Lancaster and a failure to deploy X-factor players during losses to Wales...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Central contracts and fewer games will help us build a far better future
The rugby world is envious of England‘s mammoth financial resources but they are laughing at us now, having seen how ineffectual...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoWales give moneybags England a £1.2m hand-off over Warren Gatland
Wales have issued a ‘hands-off’ warning to England over Warren Gatland. England have been urged to do everything they can to...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: Blood these youngsters to revive the Rose
Stuart Lancaster and Conor O’Shea have been attempting the defence of England‘s 2015 World Cup realm this week by side-stepping the...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoPicking Sam Burgess upset England morale blasts Gareth Chilcott
England’s obsession with Sam Burgess should cost Stuart Lancaster his job.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoMental battle is last hurdle for ambitious Saint Ben Foden
Northampton full- back is targeting silverware, an England recall and a place on the 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand as...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: This golden generation of Pumas WILL top the world
As befits a good Yorkshire man, Les Cusworth is not a betting man. But if he was he would invest heavily...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Kiwi coaches rule – and that’s good for game
Wales have done it with Warren Gatland, and so have Ireland with Joe Schmidt, and Scotland with Vern Cotter. However, England‘s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Brynmor’s lad is still selling to dummies
The man in Seat 54, Row U of the middle tier of the East Stand looked down on a familiar figure...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoJustin Tipuric to start for Wales against Wallabies
Justin Tipuric has been named in the Wales starting XV as Warren Gatland is looking to answer fire with fire in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Hype surrounding Sam Burgess is biggest issue for England
Decisions, decisions, when are they right and when are they wrong? That is a question that all of England has been...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Ireland’s big name players are enhancing reputations
My forecast for an England Ireland semi-final looks to be 50 per cent true at this stage, with Ireland pretty much...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain takes to the road to find the true spirit of the World Cup alive in Exeter
It was a blessed relief to break away from the the trials and tribulations of the 2015 World Cup’s most badly...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWe must play for the full 80 minutes warns Neil Jenkins
Neil Jenkins insists Wales will prove they have learned from their Wallaby woes when they meet at Twickenham. After winning six...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain Inquest: Disastrous failure of nerve and judgement
As England limp out of the 2015 World Cup into the annals of great sporting failure as the first host nation...
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