All posts tagged "England"
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Peter Short – former England Saxons and Exeter lock
Bath felt like champions the day we beat Tigers Winning away at Leicester in the Heineken Cup quarter-final with Bath in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoAlistair Hargreaves excited to join old friends at Saracens
South Africa second row Alistair Hargreaves has revealed that it is the link between Saracens and his native Sharks which convinced...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoEngland legend Jonny Wilkinson still living for kicks after all these years
A campaign which began on England duty against Wales before 80,000 at Twickenham in early August ended ten months later for...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoChris Whitehead ready to make most of Heineken Cup
But Exeter‘s all-action hooker has vowed to put the pain of rejection behind him by proving his worth in next season’s...
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South Africa Memories
/ 13 years agoSouth Africa Memories: Paul Hull and the 1994 tour
I’d been around the England squad for four years and had been on the outer 1991 World Cup squad, but it...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoDanny Cipriani is ‘ready for an England comeback’
O’Connor played outside the former London Wasps talisman in Super Rugby and is a self-confessed admirer of the outside-half’s full range...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Progression of sorts – but where are leaders?
In the end it was all a bit like kissing your sister; comforting but not particularly satisfying. England had the chances...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Losing England captain Chirs Robshaw will have done England some good!
This may sound odd, but the loss of captain Chris Robshaw for the final Test may have been something of a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Wales Morgan Stoddart deserves to avoid scrapheap
After 20 Tests spanning 46 weeks, the curtain came down in Sydney yesterday on the busiest and longest Welsh international season....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: The spirit of braveheart England will not be broken
At no point in this Test did England look like winning. And at no stage did their spirit look like waning....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Yes, winning is important, but the 2015 World Cup is the real target
Following last week’s defeat the headlines in almost every paper was about the reality check that England had faced when playing...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 13 years agoMan Behind the Match: Brian O’Driscoll and the 2000 Six Nations’ France Ireland
There are certain moments in sport when a realisation dawns that what you are watching is not run-of-the-mill; an extraordinary talent...
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Moment In Time
/ 13 years agoMoment in Time: Leeds and the 2005 Powergen Cup final
An epic day for the Tykes. Bath, whose record in senior Cup finals prior to this read played 10, won 10,...
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South Africa Memories
/ 13 years agoSouth Africa Memories: Jason Robinson at the 2003 World Cup
We had hammered the South Africans 53-3 the year before at Twickenham, but we knew this game would be different. To...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: David Flatman – England and Bath prop
1. Try-scoring celebrations I have to contest Dave Jackson’s claim that celebrations have a place in rugby (TRP, June 3). I...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Catherine Spencer – former England women’s captain
I was half-way out the door to go training when England coach Gary Street asked me to captain my country. He...
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20 Questions
/ 14 years ago20 Questions: Brad Barritt – Saracens and England centre
Looking forward to the England tour? Hugely excited… it’s a massive opportunity for this young squad. A Test series in SA...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 14 years agoJeremy Guscott: Owen Farrell must play flatter and Ben Morgan needs help
Stuart Lancaster has a dilemma going into Saturday’s second Test in Johannesburg – does he take a step back in development...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 14 years agoJeff Probyn: Why do we always have this hype about brutality?
As the England players are recovering from the first of their three Tests they might well be wondering what all the...
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Nick Cain
/ 14 years agoNick Cain: Country is divided on inflexible Heyneke Meyer
Heyneke Meyer knows that ultimately his reign as Springbok coach will be defined not on whether he produces a South Africa...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 14 years agoJeremy Guscott: Come on Stuart Lancaster, make us more like Harlequins than Sarries
Listening to Stuart Lancaster talk about his England rugby team, the words are pretty familiar. There’s nothing unusual, nothing that makes...
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Nick Cain
/ 14 years agoNick Cain: A sizeable problem is wrecking our game
Bigger is better. That is the false mantra that coaches and talent scouts appear to be chanting with the brainless devotion...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoEngland put Ireland to the sword
England claimed second place in this year’s Six Nations with a crushing 30-9 victory over Ireland at Twickenham. Owen Farrell kicked 20 points...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoEngland battle to win in France
England produced a heroic performance to defeat France 24-22 in Paris on Sunday afternoon. Tries from Manu Tuilagi and Ben Foden...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoLast-gasp Wales break English hearts
A late Scott Williams try was enough for Wales to claim a 19-12 victory over England at Twickenham and take the Triple Crown...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoEngland rally to beat Italy
England made it two wins from two in this year’s Six Nations with a 19-15 victory over Italy in a wintry Rome on...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoLancaster’s reign starts with a victory
England took the Calcutta Cup bragging rights with a hard-fought 13-6 win over Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Two Dan Parks...












