All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoFiji and Canada to prepare for World Cup in Stoop clash
Fiji and Canada will play in a World Cup warm-up match at the Stoop on September 6 it was announced today....
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Guest Blogs
/ 10 years agoExeter Preparations for 2015-16 Season Pleases Baxter
Exeter City players appear to be determined about improving on last season’s fifth place finish. They have been hitting the training...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain gets out his crystal ball and the form book to pick his 2017 Lions
Two years from now the Lions will be in the midst of a three Test series against a New Zealand side...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: Heading off to the hills on another mission from God
Training camps and altitude training in far-flung foreign fields do make you wonder what the game is coming to. As big...
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/ 10 years agoTom Youngs backed to become the best hooker in world
England man now rivals Bismarck du Plessis as the world’s best hooker according to Lee Mears.
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Accept it, Gatland’s Law is now a nonsense
Like Mo Farah’s front doorbell when the drug testers came calling, Warren Gatland’s eponymous law has much to answer for. As...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams’ column: Liam Williams’ loss gives the likely lads a chance
There’s no hiding from the fact that losing Liam Williams would be a major blow to Wales. It would have been...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher speaks to Firebrand Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu about preaching the message of alofa
As well as being a cracking Test centre and fly-half and a ‘have boots will travel’ professional for a decade or...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoWhy Danny Care is gearing up for the father of all battles in pursuit of his World Cup dream
Quins star is on a mission to re-establish himself as England’s first-choice scrum-half for the World Cup.
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoVIDEO: Graham Rowntree discusses England hookers and Sam Burgess
Video credit: Nick Heath @rugbymedia.
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoGloucester prop Shaun Knight joins the Dragons
Gloucester today confirmed that tighthead Shaun Knight has moved across the border to sign for the Newport Gwent Dragons. The 25...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: In-form Matt Banahan would be my first choice wing
Wingers are try-scorers first and foremost, as they always have been, but in the modern Test arena they’ve had to develop...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain talks to England captain Chris Robshaw
Chris Robshaw does not come from the Eric Evans school of England captaincy. Evans, who was captain of the 1957 Grand...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Paul Dodge – former Lions, England and Leicester centre
When I first started playing for Leicester at the grand old age of 17 we were lucky to get 200-300 people...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoGeorge Ford is key to England success – Martin Johnson
Martin Johnson believes Stuart Lancaster should build a successful World Cup winning side around George Ford. Johnson, who lifted the Webb...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoVIDEO: Martin Johnson – “Home tournaments are a double edged sword”
Video credit: Nick Heath @rugbymedia.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: Let’s hope Ian Ritchie’s warning does not stop team bonding
As England prepare to jet off to their Colorado training camp the words of RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie must be...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: When Bill Samuel kept Gareth Edwards from lure of football
The making of Gareth Edwards as a rugby superstar, humble human being and now knight of the realm, would probably never...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoVIDEO: Chris Ashton opens up ahead of the World Cup
Video credit: Nick Heath @rugbymedia.
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Featured
/ 10 years agoGlasgow’s stardust can light up Scotland says Gregor Townsend
Scotland will prosper at this year’s Rugby World Cup, according to Gregor Townsend, who believes the dark blues can capitalise on...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain casts an expert eye over last week’s European Champions Cup draw
The recruitment rosters of the Premiership and Pro12 teams make them look like a pop-gun parade compared to the heavy artillery...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoStephen Myler will be my guru but I want his place, says JJ Hanrahan
JJ Hanrahan has fired the first warning that he will be snapping at the heels of Stephen Myler next season. Hanrahan...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: You can bet Richie McCaw and Dan Carter will be ready
One of the big stories so far in the Super 15 is the Crusaders failing to make the play-offs for the...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain’s column: Megabucks Toulouse give Manu Tuilagi a dilemma
Manu Tuilagi has one year left on his Leicester Tigers contract and Toulouse have sounded out the 24-year-old England centre about...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: The day South Africa was cleared for take-off
It’s 20 years ago today that President Nelson Mandela presented Francois Pienaar with the World Cup at Ellis Park to bring down...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSam Burgess is pure gold to have in the camp says Dave Attwood
Cross-code star is a “live contender” to make England’s final World Cup squad according to Bath teammate.
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoSemesa Rokoduguni in as David Strettle withdraws from England World Cup training squad
David Strettle has withdrawn from England‘s World Cup training squad and will be replaced by Bath‘s Semesa Rokoduguni. The 31-year-old wing,...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoInside this week’s edition of TRP
Another busy week in the world of rugby, another brilliant issue of The Rugby Paper! TRP will have all the action and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland and Australia announce first ever three-Test series
England will play Australia in a first ever three-Test series between the teams Down Under in June 2016. The opening Test...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland unchanged for World Rugby U20s Championships final
England have named an unchanged squad for tomorrow’s World Rugby U20s Championships final against New Zealand in Italy. Following Monday’s 28-20...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain’s column: Memo to Stuart Lancaster: Avoid the dwarves
The inexorable trend towards spin over substance in the running of the professional game reached new peaks this week. As part...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams’ column: Jonathan Davies’ loss more disruptive than Manu Tuilagi’s
With fewer than 100 days until the World Cup, Stuart Lancaster will be far happier than Warren Gatland is right now...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoStuart Lancaster’s got a mess in midfield warns Dean Ryan
England midfield remains the most urgent concern according to Worcester boss.
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Marcus Watson – England Sevens
What a year for England Sevens? It’s been awesome even if it’s been up and down. The Olympic situation made it...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Martin Hynes – former Orrell, Northampton and England prop
When I told Ed Morrison I was retiring from rugby to start my own pest control business his response was that...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland to host 2016 World Rugby U20s Championships
World Rugby and the RFU have today announced that the World Rugby U20 Championship 2016 will be held in Manchester, England....
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Mark Lilley – London Scottish and former Bath and Bristol loosehead
1. Nathan Catt – Best prank caller I’ve ever worked with and a very good friend. Moved from back-row to prop...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoIf Manu Tuilagi needs a bodyguard on a night out he just has to ask, says Billy Vunipola
Manu Tuilagi deserves to be cut some slack, according to his England pal Billy Vunipola, who is backing the errant Leicester...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Bull-dozing Ross Moriarty may be Wales’ missing link
When Wales beat Australia in the World Cup for the first and only time, amid the geothermal geysers of Rotorua, their...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The 69-match journey to the World Cup
Nations Cup The tenth year of this competition and the ninth to be held in Bucharest. Only the inaugural tournament, in...
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/ 10 years agoQuiting never crossed my mind insists George North
George North has read some nasty stories about the effects of concussion over the past nine weeks – but not once...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Stuart Lancaster’s left with more questions than answers
Well, well at last the bridesmaids have become the brides as Saracens stormed to victory last weekend in the Premiership final...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain discusses the political dangers which are threatening Championship clubs
Chris Pennell’s superb two-try contribution to the thrilling 30-30 draw in the second-leg of the Championship final at Sixways on the...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoJon Fisher: Alex Corbisiero can prove doubters wrong, like me
Saints loosehead Corbisiero will leave no stone unturned in his bid to make the World Cup team.
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain’ column: George Ford still gets my England vote over Owen Farrell
Ford or Farrell? It was predictable that the meeting of two fly-halves who have been close friends since schooldays, and are...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Get the scrum sorted or risk damaging our great product
This season as a whole has been very positive, and the attitude of teams in the Premiership will, hopefully, help to...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoEXCLUSIVE: BT Sport set to showcase Championship rugby
By JON NEWCOMBE BT Sport are ready to add the Championship to their growing rugby portfolio. The broadcaster is said to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoClown prince Joe Marler plays it seriously now
TRP sits down with the one and only Joe Marler.
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Will Owen – England U20s and Leicester openside
Breaking into the Leicester first team is no mean feat but Will Owen will be attempting just that next season after...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSix Nations TV deal set to rocket past £50m a season
The next Six Nations television deal is expected to increase by 25 per cent.
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