All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSorrell enjoying the buzz
By BEN JAYCOCK AFTER 30 years tied to Saracens, Kevin Sorrell admits it was emotional to depart the north Londoners, but...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoBest Head-to-Head Matchups in the Women’s World Cup Semis and Pacific Nations Cup
With World Cup dreams on the line and silverware within reach, this weekend promises some of the most intense and emotional...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoWeekend Talking Points: Women’s World Cup semi-finals set to bring drama
It’s a blockbuster weekend across the global rugby landscape, with major storylines unfolding in both the international and domestic arenas. From...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEngland: Red Roses urged to hit heights
Hooker Amy Cokayne has urged England to live up to their favourites billing as the World Cup heads into its business...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAxing two Welsh regions may work, says George North
George North believes talk of reducing the number of Welsh regions from four to two cannot be dismissed outright in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoLewis Ludlow is still a key player for Gloucester – George Skivington
Lewis Ludlow will remain a central figure for Gloucester despite being replaced as captain after five years in charge.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAldcroft returns to lead from the front
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... England v Scotland Today. Kick-off 4pm, Ashton Gate, Bristol ENGLAND captain Zoe Aldcroft returns to start today’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCatherine Spencer: Now it’s time for teams to cut loose
At the mid-point of this incredible World Cup we can switch off the Ilona Maher show, we can say a fond...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoJeremy Guscott: Centre combinations now so hard to unlock
The midfield is still a centre of attention in international rugby, but it seems that the long-standing 12-13 partnerships that were...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland add Lee Blackett as attack coach
Steve Borthwick has restructured his England coaching team ahead of the Nations Series, with Lee Blackett joining from Bath as attack...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoChristian Wade has his eye on scoring record
Christian Wade will have another chance to overtake Chris Ashton as the Premiership’s leading try scorer after agreeing to join Newcastle...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDREAM TEAM
ANDY KEY, THE FORMER LEICESTER, BEDFORD AND NOTTINGHAM FULL-BACK/CENTRE, WHO IS NOW COACH AT OUNDLE IN NATIONAL TWO EAST, CHOOSES THE...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoNick Cain: Four roaring Lions make my star-studded World XV
Two years out from the 2027 World Cup, at the midway point of the 2025 Rugby Championship, with the 2025 Lions...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThis funding train could hit the buffers
IT’S bonkers. First, we have an agreement between the RFU and the Premiership where an eight-year PGP deal signed in late...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoChris Hewett: Ollie Lawrence looks a good fit for 13 shirt
Nearly there. Ollie Lawrence, the talented Bath and England centre, is within touching distance of a return to competitive rugby after...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoTigers smash Saracens but Parling wants more
By GARY FITZGERALD Leicester ...............20pts Tries: Liebenberg 33, Blamire 55, Ilione 64, Wand 73 Saracens .................7pts Try: Michelow 4 Conversion: Johnson...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoMafi hits the ground running as Red Bulls take charge
By BEN JAYCOCK Newcastle ........26pts Tries: McGuigan 15, McCallum 41, Spencer 53, Hearle 62 Conversions: Connon 16, 42, 54 Harlequins .......14pts...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoPeter Jackson: Rhys Patchell – I knew it was time to bow out
Rhys Patchell tells a story from a time long gone when family members would inquire about what he wanted from life...
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Features
/ 1 year agoNorth’s concussion crusade
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE PROBLEMS THE WELSH STAR HAD WITH HEAD INJURIES AND HOW THE GAME IS DEALING WITH THE...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoSheppard leads Hornets flock to top success
By WILLIAM BULL Hornets.....................57 Taunton Titans.....22 THE Hornets secured a resounding victory over their locals rivals. From the opening whistle, Hornets...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoDan Robertshaw writes a new chapter with surprise Barnes debut
Dan Robertshaw spent last season on work experience with The Rugby Paper, interviewing players across the National Leagues – but the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCurry hopes to be fit for November Tests
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND flanker Tom Curry has undergone wrist surgery and will miss the start of the new season with Sale,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGive players the freedom to call shots
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Billy Woof, below, the head coach at Birkenhead Park RFC who play at Level...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoJeff Probyn: One-sided games not what we want
I hate to be the one that says this, but as much as I want the Red Roses to win this...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns: Honey Kerslake – England U18 No.8
Honey Kerslake wore a New Zealand shirt during the last women’s World Cup final but stresses that if there’s a repeat...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, September 14, 2025 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoBest Head-to-Head Matchups in the Rugby Championship & Women’s World Cup quarter-finals this weekend
It’s shaping up to be one of the biggest weekends of rugby this year. With pressure mounting, teams aren’t just chasing...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoWeekend Talking Points: Women’s World Cup quarter-finals could bring shock results
Rugby fans are in for a treat this weekend as the global calendar delivers intrigue, intensity, and plenty of talking points....
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Featured
/ 1 year agoWomen’s World Cup Round Three Team of the Week: Red Roses secure top spot after convincing win over Wallaroos
The Women’s World Cup pool stages have now reached their conclusion, and the final round didn’t disappoint. It was a weekend...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoRugby’s Social Media Moments of the Week: All Blacks top The Rugby Championship after beating Springboks in Thriller
Rugby fans were treated to another action-packed week, with excitement both on and off the field sparking plenty of conversation online.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRed Roses rocked by Ellie Kildunne injury blow for Women’s World Cup quarter-final
World player of the year Ellie Kildunne has been ruled out of England’s World Cup quarter-final clash against Scotland next weekend...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSeb Atkinson: Gloucester have to start the Prem Rugby season fast
Seb Atkinson has told the Gloucester faithful to expect a more streetwise team this season – as they look to add...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoUSA fight hard but are knocked out on points
■ By MATT EVANS USA ......................60pts Tries: Tafuna 6, 44, 51, 66; Rogers 11, 24, Bargell 27, Coulibaly 30, Jarrell 41,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMatthews ensures England cover the cracks
■ By BEN JAYCOCK England ...............................47pts Tries: Breach 8, Ward 32, Kabeya 38, 44; Clifford 53, 58; Bern 65 Conversions: Harrison...
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News Extra
/ 1 year agoWorld Rugby Chief Sally Horrox: Heavy defeats ‘inevitable’ at Women’s World Cup
Chief of Women’s Rugby at World Rugby Sally Horrox says heavy defeats suffered by lower ranked, mostly amateur teams such as...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoScots go down but still in hunt
■ By SAM JACKSON Canada .................. 40pts Tries: Hunt 11, Penalty 32, Tuttosi 34, 57; Kassil 64, DeMerchant 78 Conversions: de...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoFrench rugby deserves praise regarding scrum laws
French rugby deserves high praise for its brave decision to expose World Rugby’s woeful mismanagement of a key rugby union law....
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Josh Bragman
Josh Bragman, the Rosslyn Park and former Ampthill, Hartpury University, Durban Collegians and Durban Crusaders Colts fly-half, chooses the best XV...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoJeremy Guscott: Henry Arundell can lead charge for Bath’s young guns
You have to give your top players the right amount of rest, and therefore the Prem Cup – which kicks off...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoNick Cain: Steve Borthwick snared in unworkable fudge with new player welfare stipulation
If international rugby union is the “shop window of the game”, the part that fires the imaginations and ambitions of young...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBlamire off to a flyer at Tigers
■By BILL HASTINGS Leicester ........76 Nottingham ....26 DEBUTANT Jamie Blamire scored a hat-trick as Leicester began their pre-season action in style...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoConnacht give Sale runaround
■By DAN ANJOS Sale Sharks ..... 5 Connacht ........40 A YOUTHFUL Sale Sharks side endured a tough evening at Heywood Road...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoChris Hewett: Captains need the consent of others
There are almost as many good jokes about leadership as there are leaders who fall into the “bad joke” category. Here’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFreddie Burns is on a rugby journey we should all admire
Rugby nomads are a tribe unto themselves, pitching up in all manner of out-of-the-way places for reasons best known to...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoPeter Jackson: Four famous names facing firing squad
Only four clubs ever beat the All Blacks during their 15 European tours throughout the 20th century. How ironic that all...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTom Pittman’s long route to American dream
Tom Pittman landed in the Test arena on the Canadian prairie the other week at the end of a leap which...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoWhat if England had won the Rugby World Cup back in 2015?
It comes as a surprise – shock almost – to realise that it’s ten years give or take that Rugby World...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoA midweek game would improve this brilliant Women’s World Cup
I’m enjoying just about everything to do with the Women’s World Cup thus far from the big enthusiastic crowds, the excellent...
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Features
/ 1 year agoOwen Farrell’s fiery Racing 92 send-off is par for the course
A case of sour grapes? Jacky Lorenzetti, the owner of Racing 92 since 2006 as well as four Bordeaux wine chateaux,...
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Features
/ 1 year agoNostalgia isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
IN THE past the future lies, so the saying goes. Yet everything changes, from politics to sport, as time marches remorselessly...
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