All posts tagged "England"
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoSevens needs stars on show to grow fanbase
Six new clubs, ten-minute matches and a Test match Saturday to compete with... Ultimate Sevens launches into a crowded calendar with...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 weeks agoHunt sets sights on Lions tour
ENGLAND scrum-half Natasha Hunt is back from injury and desperate to prove she deserves to become a Lion next autumn on...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoPrem 2026-27 preview – Sale Sharks: Title odds, key players and squad changes
Sale Sharks head into the 2026-27 Prem season as 12/1 outsiders after finishing seventh last term, with Alex Sanderson’s side hoping...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoPrem 2026-27 preview – Saracens: Title odds, key players and squad changes
Saracens enter the new Prem season with Brendan Venter back at the helm, a talented squad and plenty to prove after...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoFin Smith: Northampton Saints must go on the front foot
Fin Smith says Northampton Saints must forget about defending their Prem crown and instead focus on improving as they target back-to-back...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoWales flanker Jac Morgan is looking to impress the locals at Gloucester
Jac Morgan is relishing the challenge of playing in front of Gloucester’s passionate Shed supporters after making the move from Wales...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 weeks agoChris Hewett: Is Eben Etzebeth the best Springbok ever? That’s a big call
Chris Hewett examines Victor Matfield’s claim that Eben Etzebeth could be the best Springbok of all time and assesses the South...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoJack van Poortvliet confident that Leicester Tigers can deliver Prem success next season
Jack van Poortvliet has had a whirlwind summer but is back with Leicester Tigers determined to turn last season’s semi-final heartbreak...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoNick Cain: RFU Board needs an immediate overhaul
Nick Cain argues the RFU Board must act now to restore trust in the game, overhaul its governance and address the...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoBristol Prop Max Lahiff re-elected to RPA role
Bristol prop Max Lahiff has been re-elected as chair of the RPA’s Men’s Rugby Board, with Bath captain Ben Spencer appointed...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoCaluori played through the pain
■By SAM JACKSON SARACENS wing Noah Caluori has revealed that he spent the back half of the season playing with a...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoObano on his way to France
ENGLAND loose-head Beno Obano will leave Bath at the end of the season to join Top 14 side Pau. His departure...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoBaxter backing Quins to shine
■By ADAM HATHAWAY Fit again: Fin Baxter RETURNING prop Fin Baxter is bullish a new-look coaching team can haul Harlequins out...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoJeremy Guscott: South Africa and New Zealand in a class of their own? I don’t think so…
Jeremy Guscott rejects the idea that South Africa and New Zealand are in a class of their own, while praising their...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoSanderson to let his new boys run loose
By BEN JAYCOCK Old hand: Courtney Lawes starts on the blindside for Sale PICTURES: Sale Sharks PREVIEW... Sale Sharks v Bath...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoBattling adversity inspires me, says Ford
■By GARY FITZGERALD SALE set out on their Premiership Cup hunt today with George Ford claiming his illustrious playing career will...
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Letters
/ 3 weeks agoOne player who could bounce Billy Vunipola
DREAMTEAM MAX NORTHCOTE-GREEN, THE FORMER BATH, COVENTRY, ROSSLYN PARK, LONDON IRISH, EXETER CHIEFS AND EALING TRAILFINDERS FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 weeks agoMadness of World Cup draw
THE idea of a 2027 World Cup in which the two leading teams in the world, South Africa and New Zealand,...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoChinnor give Tiger cubs a brutal lesson
By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor...............55pts Leicester............. 0pts Treble time: Grant Hughes scoring the first of his three tries PICTURE: Simon Cooper CHINNOR...
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Features
/ 3 weeks agoPaul Rees: South Africa boss Rassie Erasmus is pushing his luck with the top brass
Paul Rees looks at why South Africa’s head coach Rassie Erasmus may be playing fast and loose with the laws of...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoNew Taunton role for former England centre
NEWSEXTRA FORMER England centre Ollie Devoto has returned to Taunton following his retirement from playing to begin a new off-field career....
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoPeter Jackson: One-club Alex Waller set the bar high at Northampton Saints
Peter Jackson looks at the dying breed of one-club players and explains why Northampton Saints legend Alex Waller now stands alone...
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All
/ 3 weeks agoWXV Global Series preview: England boss John Mitchell says World Cup places are on the line
John Mitchell says World Cup places are on the line as England begin a new era in the redesigned WXV Global...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoSeb Atkinson eyes England World Cup place and Gloucester Prem glory
Seb Atkinson is targeting a big season with Gloucester as the England centre eyes Prem success and a place on the...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoWigan show us that silence can be golden
WIGAN Warriors did rugby on both sides of the Rubicon a favour with their resurrection of the minute’s silence in honour...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoAll Stars XV: Cardiff – A team packed full of greatness
Brendan Gallagher selects his greatest-ever Cardiff XV, featuring club legends including Bleddyn Williams, Gareth Edwards, Gerald Davies and Martyn Williams.
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoYOUNG GUNS
SOLANA SHAW DE LEON HARLEQUINS FULL-BACK HARLEQUINS youngster Solana Shaw de Leon is living out a childhood dream having gone from...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoDan Robson’s back in the Prem and relishing big return at Gloucester
The former Wasps scrum-half spent four years in France after the club’s collapse but now believes Gloucester have the quality to...
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoKyran Bracken: England ‘central contracts’ just seem to be a way for the RFU to save money
Kyran Bracken questions the purpose of England’s central contracts, arguing the list should not be viewed as a definitive guide to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoPrem review: Phil Dowson’s found a winning formula at Northampton Saints that money can’t buy
Paul Rees finishes his summer series reviewing the Prem season, with the focus this week on Northampton Saints.
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoPeter Jackson: Sir Billy Boston’s legacy will last a lifetime
Peter Jackson pays tribute to Sir Billy Boston, reflecting on the dual-code legend’s remarkable career, trailblazing impact and lasting legacy.
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoSeb Driscoll’s powered up for big Harlequins job
Harlequins flanker Seb Driscoll has added four or five kilos of muscle and pushed his fitness to new levels as he...
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoBurns lands Tigers role
FREDDIE Burns has returned to Leicester Tigers as kicking coach. The 36-year-old recently retired from a glittering playing career which took...
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoBristol bring in Wells on short deal
BRISTOL Bears have signed former Leicester Tigers lock Harry Wells on a short-term deal. The 32-year-old, who can operate across the...
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoCaptain Spencer to miss start of season
BATH captain Ben Spencer will miss the start of the Prem season after having surgery on a long-standing shoulder injury. The...
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoPrem Cup purpose is changing but competition still has value
Charge: Tom Hooper, of Exeter Chiefs, carries the ball THE Premiership Cup kicks off on Saturday and it will be an...
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Miscellaneous
/ 4 weeks agoAll Blacks gave hope to rest of chasing pack
Strategy: Fabian Holland in action against South Africa NEW Zealand against South Africa last weekend was one of the best Test...
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoProud of Carley’s rise to top
KENT’S Matt Carley deserves huge congratulations for reaching the top of the refereeing ladder. As a west-countryman long resident in Kent,...
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Letters
/ 4 weeks agoBert left his mark on me!
READING Brendan Gallagher’s article on Coventry, the mention of hooker Bert Godwin sent me back to the 50s and my National...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoRed Roses glory leads to mass Premiership Women’s Rugby boom
The PWR enjoyed significant growth last season, with Genevieve Shore hailing rising attendances, record digital engagement and efforts to put fans...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoGavin Fitzgerald on making ‘Lomu’ – an intimate study of rugby’s first truly global superstar
Ahead of the release of LOMU on September 7, director Gavin Fitzgerald, below, speaks to Ben Jaycock about bringing Jonah Lomu’s...
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Feature
/ 4 weeks agoPaul Rees: Matt Carley shows who’s boss in first Test between South Africa and New Zealand
Paul Rees says referee Matt Carley was right to stand his ground in Johannesburg and not be swayed by the TMO.
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoMy Life in Rugby: Matt Garvey – It’s bittersweet watching Bath win big prizes now
Matt Garvey, the former London Irish, Bath, Gloucester, Worcester Warriors and England Saxons second row, reflects on his life in rugby.
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoSpringbok Deon comes of age
DEON Fourie of the Cape Town Stormers hit the history books in Durban yesterday like a tornado. Four weeks short of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 weeks agoAll Stars XV: Bedford Blues – Mike Rayer leads brothers with real style
Brendan Gallagher picks his greatest-ever Bedford Blues XV, featuring club legends such as Budge Rogers, Mike Rayer, James Pritchard and Martin...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoYOUNG GUNS
JAYDEN WROTTESLEY GLOUCESTER BACK ROW GLOUCESTER’S Shed Challenge winner, back-rower Jayden Wrottesley, believes learning to take ownership of his career has...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoNational League One preview: Battle for promotion should go to the wire
Plymouth Albion lead a host of promotion hopefuls into a new National League One campaign, with relegated London Scottish and Cambridge...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoNational Two East preview: New-look Oundle in a drive for success
Oundle have strengthened significantly after last season’s near miss, but a reshaped National Two East promises plenty of competition for promotion.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: Core question is – why were protocols relaxed?
Brendan Gallagher examines rugby’s long history of concussion awareness and questions the suggestion that players were unaware of the potential dangers,...
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Feature
/ 4 weeks agoDan Cottrell: Five ways to win the race to the gain line
Dan Cottrell continues his coaching series by examining how teams can win the race to the gain line through better passing,...
International Rugby
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