All posts tagged "England"
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to Neil Back about Lions, Tigers and Woodward
Neil Back identifies strongly with the team GB athletes who have lifted the country with their performances at the London Olympics...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoDragons’ Ian Nimmo causing a ruck by launching betting website
Newport Gwent Dragons lock Ian Nimmo has laid bare what he calls the gambling culture at the heart of rugby dressing...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: David Flatman – Bath and England prop
When I was at Saracens I was ten times more scared of going to training than I was of playing –...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoThree more years at Quins for Care
Danny Care has signed a three-year contract extension with Harlequins that will keep him with the Premiership champions until the end...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: It’s a riot in Paris as Olympic rugby champs are crowned
Of all the foregone conclusions at the London Olympics, one stands out above Usian Bolt, Michael Phelps, Bradley Wiggins and the...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 13 years agoMan Behind the Match: Jon Callard and the 1998 Heineken Cup final
Bath were not given much of a chance of becoming the first British and Irish side to win the Heineken Cup....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years ago‘Battered’ Sale Shark flanker Hendre Fourie in battle to play again
England flanker Hendre Fourie has suffered another setback in his comeback from a debilitating shoulder injury. The 32-year-old admits that the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Every World Cup referee is ‘inept’ in his own way
I must admit to some surprise at the reaction to Graham Henry’s claim in his autobiography, that he wondered if Wayne...
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Moment In Time
/ 13 years agoMoment in Time: Newcastle and the 2001 Tetley’s Bitter Cup final
Sensational game, sensational finish. Widely considered to be one of the best cup finals of all time, two star-studded teams went...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSA Schoolboys 36 England U18 29
England U18 conceded a 36-29 defeat against South Africa Schoolboys in Cape Town for the last game of their tour in...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoWorcester name side to face Scarlets
Worcester have named their team to face Welsh side Scarlets at Sixways tomorrow. England prop Matt Mullan will captain the Warriors...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoGary Gold and Bath look at tie-up with Super Rugby side
Bath are considering forming an alliance with a Super Rugby side in a groundbreaking move which could involve trans-hemisphere player swaps....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoElliot Daly’s rise means Dai Young won’t miss Dominic Waldouck
The emergence of Elliot Daly as a star for Wasps this year made director of rugby Dai Young‘s decision to let...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoRetiring prop Matt Stevens gave quitting England ‘lot of thought’
Saracens boss Mark McCall insists Matt Stevens’ decision to retire from international rugby was not made on the spur of the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLondon Welsh: “We’ll stick to our principles”
Ed Jackson believes the culture at London Welsh this season will not change despite the arrival of a host of foreign...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoDeacon injury blow for Tigers
Leicester Tigers have been dealt a huge blow ahead of the new season with second-row Louis Deacon suffering a shoulder injury....
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Man Behind The Match
/ 13 years agoMan Behind the Match: Rob Andrew and the 1995 Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final
England went into the 1995 World Cup quarter-final in Cape Town having seen many highs since the desperate low of losing...
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20 Questions
/ 14 years ago20 Questions: Danny Care – Harlequins and England scrum-half
Enjoying pre-season at Quins? Loving it! It’s great to be back around all the boys again. It is hard work but...
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International Rugby
/ 14 years agoPeter Jackson charts the league stars who moved to union to become dual internationals
Martin Gleeson’s planned conversion from Rugby League comes eight years after England earmarked him for their defence of the World Cup...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 14 years agoJeremy Guscott: Sniffer Ashton should get back on scent with Sarries
Whether Chris Ashton likes it or not we all know he has gone to Saracens because he’s got a better contract....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoLondon Welsh capture hard men Kirill Kulemin and Paulica Ion
London Welsh have plunged into the European transfer market and signed a pair of international forwards born behind the then Iron...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoSerge Betsen shrugs off the Sir Graham Henry fixing accusations
France legend Serge Betsen has laughed off Graham Henry’s claims that the infamous 2007 World Cup quarter-final in Cardiff could have...
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Champions Cup
/ 14 years agoSerge Blanco lets me know if I’m kicking too much says Iain Balshaw
World Cup winner Iain Balshaw knows all about instinctive rugby and would love England to show more of it. We meet...
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoFinal offer from RFU would see Championship clubs receive £4.3m backing
Championship clubs are close to agreeing a funding deal for the next four seasons after receiving what has been described by...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoBen Ryan asks: Can Ashton adapt to Sevens in time?
Chris Ashton and Alex Goode’s interest in being included in Great Britain’s Sevens squad for the 2016 Olympics Sevens has been...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoSaracens talisman Schalk Brits is hooked on helping talented young guns
Saracens hooker Schalk Brits says he expects to take an occasional backseat at the club this season to accommodate the development...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 14 years agoMeyer names five new caps for the Boks
Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer has included five uncapped players in his 30-man squad for the inaugural Rugby Championship. Stormers loose forward...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 14 years agoMan Behind the Match: Jason Robinson and the 2006 Premiership final
World Cup hero, Lions star, Great Britain rugby league icon, multiple trophy-winner with Wigan … Jason Robinson’s cv is awesome and...
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Champions Cup
/ 14 years agoMoment in Time: Northampton Saints and the 2000 Heineken Cup final
Few people had rated Northampton’s chances of lifting the Heineken Cup. Still fewer gave them a prayer after they had lost...
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Young Gun
/ 14 years agoYoung Gun: Gerard Ellis – London Irish hooker
Glenn Delaney has already converted Tom Youngs from a centre into an international hooker and he is confident he can repeat...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoGeorge Ford has the attitude to be a truly great No10 says Dave Alred
In just under 18 months Dave Alred had transformed golfer Luke Donald from world No 32 in the rankings to world...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoSaracens pair will push for role in Rio 2016 Olympics
England duo Chris Ashton and Alex Goode are prepared to put their Premiership careers on hold when Sevens makes its inaugural...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoNew captain Declan Danaher reveals six players will run the London Irish ship
Declan Danaher, after 13 years at Irish, was the obvious choice to captain the Exiles next term but the flanker has...
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoNew Leeds boss Ian McGeechan keen to embrace Leeds Rhinos
John Bentley has hailed the appointment of Sir Ian McGeechan as being massive for the profile of Leeds Carnegie. Bentley, selected...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoKick-chase will destroy the game warns London Irish new boss Brian Smith
Brian Smith has blasted South African-style ‘kick-chase’ rugby, insisting it is killing the game and that English teams should instead look...
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Champions Cup
/ 14 years agoNorthampton captain Dylan Hartley urges Saints to shake off that losers’ tag
Saints captain Dylan Hartley has demanded his side shake off their tag as the nearly men of English rugby. While Northampton...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoExeter winger Matt Jess: “Team ethic is only concern for Chiefs”
When Bath chairman Bruce Craig told the club’s end-of-season dinner that there wasn’t a single player in his side whom he...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoIt’s time for Nathan Catt to sparkle says Bath new boss Gary Gold
This is the season that loosehead Nathan Catt will stop being talked of as a potential talent and start becoming a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoLeicester Jordan Crane looking for Leicester Tigers and England place
Jordan Crane is itching to put a season-long absence behind him and challenge Thomas Waldrom for his place in the Leicester...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoEngland Ben Morgan’s advance no shock to Brad Harrington
Brad Harrington has not been surprised by the impact Ben Morgan has had in an England shirt. Gloucester‘s new No.8 has...
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoNewcastle Falcons revival will be key for Jon Golding’s England call
A Newcastle pack getting the better of their Wasps counterparts at Adams Park sounds a familiar tale but this scene took...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 14 years agoMan Behind the Match: Bill Beaumont and the 1980 Grand Slam
The Sixties and Seventies were dark times for English rugby. While Wales were enjoying a golden era, each turning year across...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoI’m now tougher and smarter, says returning golden boy Danny Cipriani
Danny Cipriani says the defensive frailties which have blighted his career have been sorted out and that his critics will see...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoIt’s great to feel up for the England challenge, says Saracens full-back Alex Goode
For a player who always seems so confident, full-back Alex Goode makes the surprising admission that a lack of self-belief had...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoPromising London Wasps back row Sam Jones happy to learn from Haskell
Sam Jones was just a schoolboy apprentice the last time James Haskell was playing in a Wasps shirt – now the...
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoNew Bristol signing James Grindal gears up for big time again
James Grindal ended a 13-year consecutive run in the top flight when he swapped Leicester for Bristol this summer, but such...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoBath winger Tom Biggs has still got that blond ambition
Winger Tom Biggs believes his England ambitions will remain on the backburner while Bath are languishing in the lower reaches of...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 14 years agoMan Behind the Match: Stuart Barnes and the 1992 Pilkington Cup final
During the dying embers of amateurism, Twickenham on Cup final day was a very special occasion, and more often than not...
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Dream Team
/ 14 years agoDream Team: Chris Cracknell – former Bath and Worcester flanker and England Sevens Star
1. Nathan Catt – Not a household name yet, but he will be. I am certain he will be pulling on...
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