All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoEngland have an identity crisis – Vesty
By SAM JACKSON NORTHAMPTON head coach Sam Vesty feels England have suffered an identity crisis under Steve Borthwick. The RFU are...
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/ 2 months agoDaly to stay at Saracens
ENGLAND full-back Elliot Daly has extended his stay at Saracens until the end of the 2027-28 season. The 33-year-old, who is...
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/ 2 months agoBorthwick has time to prove me wrong
JOHN Mitchell’s remarkable impact on the Red Roses, culminating in World Cup success, is illustrative proof of the importance of being...
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/ 2 months agoDREAMTEAM
JAKE FARNWORTH, THE FORMER LEICESTER TIGERS, BIRMINGHAM MOSELEY AND NOTTINGHAM HOOKER, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoQuins drown out the noise
ALEX Dombrandt hit out at Harlequins’ many critics after they ended a six-match losing streak in the league with a nuggety...
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/ 2 months agoWealthy backers leave us in limbo
WHY would a bloke with around £20 billion in the bank be unduly worried about whether he was investing in a...
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/ 2 months agoGray moves up at London Scottish
CHAMP strugglers London Scottish have promoted former England hooker Joe Gray to director of rugby following confirmation that Bryan Redpath will...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoChris Hewett: Wales boss Steve Tandy has reasons to be more cheerful
March is not the cruellest month, as every student of 20th Century poetry knows, but it may be the most unfathomable.
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoBreaking down the borders is just the job
ROBBIE Deans, eh? And Brendan Venter too. London is a multinational, multicultural kind of place in virtually every walk of life,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 months agoBears find welcome in the hillsides
THERE used to be a time when every clubhouse in England marvelled at the magnetic appeal of the Welsh club scene,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 months ago16,000 crowd see Saracens run riot
■By BEN JAYCOCK Saracens ..............54pts Tries: Apps 4, Cleall 6, Senft 9, Packer 20, Crake 24, Clifford 61, Sharp 65, Breach...
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Features
/ 2 months agoMatt’s legacy will live in his players
Wyn Tingley, a former chairman of Clifton RFC, pays tribute to Matt Salter, the club’s head coach who died this month...
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Features
/ 2 months agoYOUNG GUNS
CHARLIELAWSON LEEDS BECKETT WINGER England U19s call-up Charlie Lawson is relishing his time in the international environment and believes the experiences...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 months agoCardiff can’t stop brilliant fightback by Bath
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY BUCS Super Rugby league champions Bath University fought back from four converted tries down to defeat...
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News Extra
/ 2 months agoWe punch above our weight in Wales – hooker
NEWS EXTRA By JOSEPH TERRY CARDIFF University hooker Jamie Goldsworthy is grateful for his experiences playing BUCS Super Rugby as his...
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Features
/ 2 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Billy Harding – I’ll play until the wheels fall off
Billy Harding, the former England Counties, Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, who now plays for Blackheath,...
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Top 14
/ 2 months agoWomen keen to join the 6N party
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TWO-THIRDS of the 2026 Six Nations season is complete. It’s old news, but France – Les Bleus...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoAsh enjoying a lifelong affair with Twickenham
■By BEN JAYCOCK TWICKENHAM Rugby Club stalwart Joe Ash reached a remarkable milestone yesterday when he made his 300th appearance for...
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/ 2 months agoPendlebury’s seeing signs of progress
TRP Hewett: Tandy has reasons to be more cheerful than Borthwick By BEN JAYCOCK ENGLAND men’s U18s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury...
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/ 2 months agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: 70,000 fans for Red Roses opener! Meg Jones captaincy + Women’s Six Nations ft Victoria Rush
In this week’s episode of The Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by No Woman No Try director...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 months agoWhat is the Nations Championship? Format, fixtures and how rugby’s new tournament works
The Autumn Nations Series is dead. Whether you think that is a positive or not, or even if you didn’t really...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoDion Khumalo interview: The Zimbabwe & Cobras star chasing a World Cup dream
At the time of our interview, Zimbabwe international Dion Khumalo was still able to measure his time as a professional rugby...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWomen’s Six Nations 2026: England target eighth straight title
With the Women’s Six Nations just around the corner, England have begun their preparations by announcing their new leadership team for...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoFormer England wing Chris Ashton urges RFU to listen to players on Steve Borthwick decision
England bosses have been urged to copy the All Blacks lead and give the players influence over the future coaching direction...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoIt’s a hard road back to the top of the Prem for Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints returned to the top of the Prem table with a hard-fought one-point win over Newcastle Red Bulls.
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoJeremy Guscott: Now is the time for England to learn to be streetwise
It’s been hailed as the best ever Six Nations because of its topsy-turvy nature, unpredictability, and exciting edge-of-the-seat stuff, as well...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHarlequins 19-26 Gloucester: Arthur Clark has a day to remember
George Skivington’s Gloucester savoured the spring sunshine to stun Harlequins and lift their Premiership morale.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBath 62-15 Saracens: Champions stir up a storm to blow away Sarries
Bath, playing like millionaires and why not with Sir James Dyson now on board, dismissed Saracens from their presence with a...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoJohn Mitchell: Meg Jones is my choice for England captain for the Women’s Six Nations
Centre Meg Jones will take over the England captaincy after lock Zoe Stratford, who led the side to World Cup glory...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLeicester Tigers vs Bristol Bears: We’re out to prove ourselves – Fitz Harding
Bristol Bears skipper Fitz Harding has challenged his players to use the next two months to prove they are up to...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSir James Dyson takes 50% stake in Prem champions Bath
Sir James Dyson has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Bath Rugby, which will see the billionaire commit “substantial” capital...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoLee Mears backs England head coach Steve Borthwick to stay in charge
Steve Borthwick is “loving” the pressure on his shoulders and will turn England into a formidable World Cup force insists former...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoElior UK the new sponsors of Champ Rugby
Contract catering company Elior UK has become the title sponsor of Champ Rugby after signing a multi-year partnership deal with the...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoOllie Chessum: Six Nations performance in Paris gives England belief for the future
Ollie Chessum feels that, for all the frustration England felt at losing to France with the final kick of the match...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoA backwards step
I DO not care that France was England’s best performance of this year’s Six Nations, for the second week running we...
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/ 2 months agoJVP is not right man for the job
JACK van Poortvliet should never play for England again! Against Italy, he box-kicked with minutes to go. We lost. Then, guess...
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/ 2 months agoHave confidence to run with the ball
MANY current and former England players say they cannot put their fingers on what’s gone wrong. I can. They keep kicking...
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/ 2 months agoLimit role of the TMO
AMONG the highs and lows of last Saturday’s France-England clash was yet again the calling into question of the referee/TMO relationship....
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/ 2 months agoWrong call made against Genge
HAVING been involved with rugby union for 71 years as a player, teacher and avid spectator there are a few points...
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/ 2 months agoDREAMTEAM
MATT CORNISH, THE EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER LONDON IRISH & ENGLAND COUNTIES HOOKER, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: Resolute Thomas Ramos shows England how to do it
The only team to go backwards in the 2026 Six Nations was England. Where every other nation had something positive to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoChris Hewett: Less snooze-on-sofa, more edge-of-seat…
After the Lord Mayor’s Show comes… you know the rest, so let’s not go there.
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Louis Bielle-Biarrey has another record in sight
For his next exercise in shredding the Six Nations try book from A-Z, Louis Bielle-Biarrey will attempt to do something nobody...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: 2026 Six Nations was terrific but, for my money, 2015 still best there has been
The stampede to acclaim the 2026 version as ‘the greatest’ Six Nations of all raises a pertinent question over the collective...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 months agoChampions face tough test
Women’s Premiership PREVIEW... Loughborough L v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. Kick-off 12.15pm, Franklin’s Gardens CHAMPIONS Gloucester-Hartpury will put their unbeaten record on the...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBurton snatches it for Trailfinders
■By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO that had lasted England’s squad for th ph Else come eout steals. Harlequins .......17pts Tries: C Powell 35,...
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/ 2 months agoSale pushing for play-offs
PREVIEW... Sale Sharks v Bristol Bears Today. Kick-off 3pm, Morson Stadium SALE are looking to maintain the winning streak that has...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: The rise of Italy lifted the whole Six Nations
You can make a decent case for 2026 being the best Six Nations ever – whatever ‘best’ means – but it...
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Features
/ 2 months agoPaul Rees: Was England’s performance in Paris down to Steve Borthwick – or not?
Paul Rees says England’s Six Nations review must decide what roles the head coach played in the revival against France.
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoMaddison backing his girls to find a big finish
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK TRAILFINDERS boss Barney Maddison says his side are embracing the pressure of the PWR playoff race...
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
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