All posts tagged "England"
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Tom Cruse – Rotherham Titans hooker
1.Robin Hislop – The Titans stalwart is strong and confrontational at the scrum but is also very effective around the park....
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland Sevens change three for Port Elizabeth
England have made three enforced changes to their squad ahead of the Port Elizabeth leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Joe Schmidt’s success lies in the simplicity of his method
Ireland have quietly moved into third place in the world rankings without any great fireworks or fanfare. Even their Kiwi coach,...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Pay for a proper TMO system or bin it off
The TMO was introduced into the Premiership just over two years ago, and into international rugby a year later, and the...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoTyro Chiefs are putting hands up for England
Chiefs skills coach reckons Nowell and Co. are staking claims for Six Nations' inclusion.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Samoan president accuses players of drinking culture
Players left raging by president's hint at drinking culture and accusation of not training hard enough.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoMouritz Botha to join the Sharks
Mouritz Botha has been released by Saracens to join the Sharks in South Africa with effect from January 1, 2015. Botha...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland through to Dubai Sevens quarter-finals
England qualified for the Dubai Sevens quarter-finals but they will have take on New Zealand tomorrow morning. Simon Amor’s men lost...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoDanny Care will come out fighting says Conor O’Shea
Quins boss says scrum-half has nothing to prove to anybody but himself.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHalaifonua to boost Gloucester’s back-line resources
Gloucester have added more depth to their back-line option with the signing of Tonga international David Halaifonua. The 27-year-old, who was...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoSuccessful surgery for Jean de Villiers
Jean de Villiers has set his sights on next year’s World Cup after undergoing surgery to rebuilt his left knee. The...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoEngland’s pack is best in world says Dan Cole
Leicester tighthead knows he has a fight on his hand to regain place in the world's premier pack.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoTwice as nice for Ben Youngs after post-Lions struggle
Scrum-half out to nail down his World Cup spot after putting post-Lions depression behind him to end the autumn as England’s...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoTom Marshall to join Gloucester
Gloucester today announce their first new signing ahead of the 2015-16 season with the news that Tom Marshall will move to...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHighlights: England v Australia
England did not have the best of times this November but they will head into 2015 on the back of a...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoTwo “supporters” banned from Twickenham for homophobic abuse
Two individuals have been banned from all matches at Twickenham for a period of two years after being found guilty of...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Piers O’Conor – Wasps full-back
Making an LV=Cup appearance for Wasps was the primary target of Piers O’Conor at the start of the season. But two...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland v Australia preview
As widely expected, Billy Twelvetrees will start at inside centre for England on Saturday as they take on Australia at Twickenham....
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBurgess to make Bath debut
Convert superstar named on the bench as centre cover.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: England need a coherent attack to test the top teams
Last Saturday’s game against the All Blacks drew the usual response from Stuart Lancaster and the media. Lancaster extolled the progress...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Sabotage of Samoa is indictment of the IRB
Samoan rugby is in meltdown a year away from the 2015 World Cup, and the fact that a Pacific Island nation...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Ross Batty – Bath hooker
How’s your season so far? Happy to be playing again after a shoulder injury. Club-wise, we started well then had a...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict on England: Beating the Wallabies will keep RWC hopes alive
England being ranked fifth in the latest World Rugby (IRB) pecking order is about right. I wasn’t surprised by the adverse reaction...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland captain Tom Mitchell returns for Dubai Sevens
England Sevens captain Tom Mitchell will make his return to competition at the Dubai leg of the HSBC World Series. The...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland keep faith in same 23 for Australia Test
England have named an unchanged match 23 for Saturday’s Test match against Australia at Twickenham. George Ford should remain at No.10 after...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoUnder-fire Owen Farrell was not match-sharp says Andy Goode
Wasps fly-half mounts staunch defence of under-fire England fly-half insisting he remains an “integral part of the England set-up”.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoFord to wear England’s No.10 shirt against Australia
But will Owen Farrell remain at No.12?
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland No.8 Vunipola out of Wallabies Test
Billy Vunipola will not feature for England against Australia on Saturday after suffering a concussion playing for Saracens on the weekend....
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Simon Hammersley – Newcastle full-back
Simon Hammersley was supposed to be one of Dean Richards’ long-term projects yet, ten games into the season, the young full-back...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoAutumn internationals teams
England v Samoa England: Mike Brown; Anthony Watson, Brad Barritt, Owen Farrell, Jonny May; George Ford, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Rob...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The one cap wonders woefully short-changed
Mention of David Bishop last week and the subject of the best Welsh one cap wonders in the game has known...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: A few dickheads can brighten up the game
There is always a danger in professional team sports like rugby that brilliant players who are different – idiosyncratic in their...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoMichael Cheika ‘can turn Wallabies into World Cup winners’
Brian Smith and Dean Mumm back appointment of Super Rugby winning coach
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Paul Simpson – Gosforth, Bath and England flanker
In the space of a week, in 1987, I went from playing for England against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in front...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoFord and Farrell to form England’s 10-12 combo against Samoa
George Ford will make his first Test start for England on Saturday after being named in Stuart Lancaster‘s starting XV to...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWigglesworth, Haskell and Twelvetrees return for England
Richard Wigglesworth, James Haskell and Billy Twelvetrees will make their first appearances in a match day squad this month after being...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoThe 3 big questions Lancaster must face
Stuart Lancaster’s stewardship of the England rugby team is in crisis ten months before the World Cup.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland recall Burrell for Samoa Test
Luther Burrell is in contention after being named in the England group preparing to face Samoa at Twickenham on Saturday. The...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Alex Gallagher: Blackheath fly-half
Blackheath were the first English club to have a World Cup winner in their ranks with John Gallagher and, 20 years...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Professional game must not take the Blockheads literally
To paraphrase Ian Dury, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll is all that rugby needs. Sex is the easy part...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoDomestic leagues teams
Despite the Autumn internationals being in full swing, the domestic leagues resumes in England this weekend with the seventh round of...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWatson to make first England start against Springboks
Anthony Watson will make his first international start for England in Saturday’s clash against South Africa at Twickenham. Watson replaces Bath teammate...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVIDEO: Martin Corry v John Smit RWC memories
Land Rover has caught up with two Rugby legends to talk about their memories of England and South Africa clashing at...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Andy Farrell can bring Sam Burgess up to speed – at centre
Sam’s the man. Or he could be if Bath and England can get their act together to work out quickly and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoScotland v New Zealand teams
Scotland have named an unchanged team to face New Zealand at Murrayfield on Saturday. There are four changes on the bench...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Samoa strike threat to England Test
Players are threatening to boycott next week’s Test match against England at Twickenham unless concerns over governance issues are addressed.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoIRB respond to Samoa threats
Following our exclusive story regarding the possibility of Samoa players boycotting the Test match against England next week, the International Rugby...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoRucks or rubbish, I’ll clean up – Calum Green
In-form Newcastle lock finds clearing up rucks much more enjoyable than tidying up after his landlord, England prop Kieran Brookes.
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Ben Spencer – Saracens scrum-half
How’s your season been? It’s gone well. Playing in the Double Header and our first couple of games was great and...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Dick Best about England’s best chance of beating South Africa
Dick Best says that South Africa, the big beasts of the world game, are on the hunt. He says that Springbok...












