All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTime for RFU to put those tin hats on
If there has been an unusual amount of activity in one corner of the commodities market over recent days, blame Twickenham,...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoJacques Vermeulen excited to visit old friends
By Paul Rees Exeter start their Champions Cup campaign away in South Africa on Saturday, but Jacques Vermeulen will feel very...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoMy body is telling me to quit, says Rob Evans
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know Wales are about to be hit by another loss despite spending...
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Features
/ 1 year agoTime for big guns to deliver in the Six Nations
PAUL REES ASSESSES THE FORM OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, WALES AND ITALY IN THE BUILDUP TO THE SIX NATIONS ENGLAND Result:...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSeveral clubs are battered by Storm Bert
By Luke Jarmyn A number of rugby clubs across England and Wales have been left “devastated”, decimated and at risk of...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Grant Hughes
GRANT HUGHES, THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND STIRLING COUNTY WING, NOW WITH CHINNOR, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoIt’s hard to recall when the RFU was so ineptly run
YOU know something really bad is afoot when an annual report reads like an expensive defence document being presented at the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoIt’s Bristol or nothing for me – Hollie Cunningham
By Ben Jaycock Proud Bristolian Hollie Cunningham hopes to inspire the next generation of Bears players and can’t see herself ever...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMacDonald eager to get going
■ By MARK STEVENS ENGLAND international Claudia MacDonald hopes to put her latest injury nightmare firmly behind her as she sets...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoThen came Taylor’s Titans too strong for brave Macc
■ By RICHARD PHELPS Macclesfield.........3 3 Taunton Titans.....55 ROCKY Prowse scored a hat-trick as Taunton Titans overpowered Macc in a high...
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Features
/ 1 year agoAll my energy is the going into Beziers
MY LIFEIN RUGBY JOHNNY HOWARD THE FORMER NORTHAMPTON, BEZIER AND ENGLAND SEVENS SCRUM-HALF IT’S a dream to be a part-share owner...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRowland is gearing up for world cup challenge
■ By MARK STEVENS Triumph: England celebrate with the WXV1 trophy PICTURES: Getty Images HELENA Rowland believes England Women have been...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoOur club ethos is to build from within
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Tim Robinson, below, head coach at Scunthorpe in Regional North East 1 Why did...
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Latest News
/ 1 year ago40-player training squad selected
ENGLAND UNDER-18 ENGLAND U18s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury named a 40-player training squad for this week’s development camp at Bisham Abbey....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoBorthwick needs to sort out defence
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Promising: It would be good for Asher Opoku-Fordjour to gain more experience...
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Features
/ 1 year agoOSCAR WILSON
YOUNG GUNS SARACENS CENTRE Oscar Wilson hopes to make it onto Mark Mapletoft’s radar this season and then make the transition...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGreening and Byrne join head injury lawsuit
NEWS EXTRA BRITISH and Irish Lions Lee Byrne and Phil Greening are among 390 rugby union players taking part in the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoOjo: Fin wasn’t played enough
■ By CAMERON STEPHENS TOPSY Ojo believes that England’s lack of experimenting in the Autumn Nations Series meant that they didn’t...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBath vs Exeter Chiefs – Match Betting Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Bath will look to remain at the top of the table as they enter the second...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoThis weekend’s best matchups in the Gallagher Premiership and United Rugby Championship
By Charlie Elliott With most players back from the Autumn Nations Series, the Premiership and URC return with a bang. With...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoIreland vs Australia – Autumn Nations Series Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports As Ireland prepares to host Australia this Saturday, both teams are coming off contrasting results. Under...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNorthampton Saints vs Gloucester – Match Betting Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The reigning champions, Northampton, will kick off the second phase of the Gallagher Premiership by welcoming...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoJoe Marler’s most memorable moments
By Charlie Elliott With rugby saying farewell to an absolute legend both on and off the field in Joe Marler, with...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoNewcastle Falcons vs Saracens – Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports In a rare treat for Gallagher Premiership fans, there will be two games on Friday. While...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoHarlequins vs Bristol Bears – Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The Gallagher Premiership is back, and the ten teams are set to resume after a long...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoCould Toby Booth be Wales’ next head coach?
It’s safe to say the sun isn’t shining on Welsh rugby right now. Warren Gatland’s team suffered a record 12th consecutive...
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Podcast
/ 1 year agoS4, E13: England Autumn Series review with Topsy Ojo
England got back to winning ways with a routing of Japan at Twickenham on Sunday. However, after five consecutive defeats prior,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoThe most surprising results of the Autumn Nations Series
By Charlie Elliott A combination of strong teams underperforming and perceived ‘weaker’ teams overperforming has resulted in a lot of shocks...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoAutumn Nations Series: Biggest Stock Risers and Fallers
By Charlie Elliott This Autumn Nations Series there have been plenty of moments and performances which are enough to define a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoAutumn Nations Series Team of the Week: England trio impress in final game of disappointing campaign
By Charlie Elliott England managed to salvage some dignity in their final game against Japan, while Australia failed to continue their form over the...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoWaisea Nayacalevu filling Manu Tuilagi-shaped hole at Sale Sharks – Alex Sanderson
By Ben Jaycock There’s only one Manu Tuilagi but Alex Sanderson is hoping Waisea Nayacelavu can partly fill a void left...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEddie Jones fires back at Danny Care as Steve Borthwick vows to persist with blitz
By Tom Jeffreys In typical Eddie Jones fashion the Japan head coach, following his side’s 59-14 defeat to England on his...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland solidify flat-track bully status to spoil Eddie Jones’ comeback
By Tom Jeffreys England……………… 59 (35)Tries: Earl 10, Underhill 14, George 24, 31, Sleightholme 37, Furbank 53, Cowan-Dickie 60, 65, Roebuck...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland vs Japan – Match Betting Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports England, currently on a five-game losing streak, is in a crucial position as they prepare to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoScotland vs Wallabies – Match Betting Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports As Australia head to Murrayfield in pursuit of a clean sweep in the autumn series, both...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoWe’ll reject changes to promotion, vow Championship clubs
By Nick Cain Championship clubs are refusing to accept late changes to promotion-relegation regulations. They assert it contravenes the RFU Council’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBristol Bears’ fitness not in question – Pat Lam
By Jon Newcombe Bristol boss Pat Lam has absolutely no concerns over the fitness of his players in the wake of...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoNic White: We’ll make it hard for the Lions
By Mark Stevens On the rise: Nic White in action for Australia PICTURES: Getty Images Nic White believes Australia have sent...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoShadow of Eddie Jones still hangs over Steve Borthwick – England vs Japan Preview
By Adam Hathaway PREVIEW... England v Japan Today. Kick-off 4.10pm, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Steve Borthwick is in the ultimate no-win situation...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGeorge calls on Twickenham crowd to show Jones some respect
By ADAM HATHAWAY Leading from the front: Captain Jamie George JAMIE George has urged the Twickenham crowd to give a little...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLawrence is working hard to stay in step with Smith
OLLIE Lawrence admits playing with Marcus Smith takes some getting used to but the Bath centre insists the link-up is moving...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoEngland have bullets but not the right gun
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK I WAS optimistic about England’s chances at the start of the autumn series, given...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoWales are battered by force of Storm Sprinbok
By Simon Thomas Wales .................................. 12pts Tries: Dyer 40, Botham 80 Conversion: B Thomas 80 South Africa .................... 45pts Tries: Mostert...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoSione Tuipulotu: This is where I’m supposed to be – Scotland vs Australia Preview
By Bryn Palmer PREVIEW... Scotland v Australia Today. Kick-off 1.40pm, Murrayfield Sione Tuipulotu’s journey from the suburbs of Melbourne to the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoSteve Borthwick can’t afford another run of failure
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week When it comes to “jam tomorrow” England teams have produced more...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoPatience is running out
I DON’T like to say it, but I think that England could be heading for a first-ever Six Nations wooden spoon...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoPaul Sheehan
French show how it’s done AFTER five successive defeats, should England get rid of its overseas player rule? While they’re about...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoWe need an agenda for regeneration and change
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SACKING head coach Steve...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDREAMTEAM
ALFIE PETCH, THE GLOUCESTER AND FORMER ENGLAND U20, EXETER, CORNISH PIRATES, BIARRITZ AND NORTHAMPTON PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoKolbe’s majesty is a delight to behold
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CHESLIN Kolbe won the “man of the match” award for his two-try contribution to South Africa’s victory...
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