All posts tagged "Final"
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSpringboks are best one-trick pony in world rugby | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on just how difficult the Springboks are to beat
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoLions series needed Buzz Aldrin at full-back | Chris Hewett
There are those revered for their kicking ability over the decades, but the sport has changed its dynamics and expectations since...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoErasmus had every right to sound off like he did | Jeff Probyn
What a week we have had, between the First and Second Lions Tests with most of the Home Unions rugby media...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIncessant TMO calls become so annoying | Jeff Probyn
The tour should be ended without the third Test being played if the Lions win again next week, argues Jeff Probyn
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPoite was plain wrong, there is no justification | Peter Jackson
The All Blacks may still hold rancour up to the next Lions tour over Romain Poite's decision to not penalise Ken...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoDave Rennie may find principles changing | Chris Hewett
DAVE RENNIE is a New Zealander from the Tana Umaga corner of Wellington’s metropolitan area and like virtually ever other Kiwi...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoShaunagh shines in captivating contest | Chris Hewett
The best rugby action was on show in last Sunday's Premier 15s final, not in the Premiership's non-contest between Exeter and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSuper Rugby TT: Highlanders head for final with record points tally
Ben Jaycock wraps up the latest round of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman action, with the Brumbies flying the flag for Australia
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoUlster all about zero once again | Peter Jackson
Ulster's wait for silverware drags on with a miserable way to end their season
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoKeep politics out of rugby? You’re joking! | Chris Hewett
Rugby Union has its flaws, but a thin skin is not among them. The game has the hide of an armadillo,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSuper Rugby Aotearoa: Hodgman red card helps Highlanders
Ben Jaycock reports on Round 8 of Super Rugby Aotearoa, as the Highlanders clinched victory at the Forsyth Barr Stadium
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTime to get the rules right over TV replays | Nick Cain
THE confused protocols surrounding camera angles, TV match directors, referees, and TMOs have been a contentious area throughout the professional era....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Premiership Rugby Cup gets the surprise go-ahead
Jon Newcombe reports exclusively on the PRL's plan to slot the 'cancelled' Premiership Rugby Cup into the 2020-21 schedule
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Lions must be ready, Springboks will only get better
For a third consecutive tour of South Africa, the British & Irish Lions will be facing a world champion team
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSimonds’ guile lights up grim affair in Nottingham
By ROB WILDMAN GRIM is a fair word to use to describe this windswept quarter-final but one moment of guile by...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Aussies look like a junior team
Michael Cheika's future as Wallabies coach has been called into question Down Under
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPressure time as Burke gets own back on Guscott
RUGBY’S version of the Ryder Cup may have had a subterranean profile compared to the real thing but for one player...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Cut the number of subs to see the game improve
Jeremy Guscott outlines why reducing the number of replacements will make professional rugby an even better watch
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions prove they have stomach for the battle
To beat an All Blacks side that have lost only six games since the World Cup in 2011 – and not...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher picks his all-time Lions XV
15. JPR Williams Ever present in 1971 and 1974 and a player who took the fight to the ‘enemy’ more than...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Too high a price for ‘fame’ but it’s not the game’s fault
Writing this article every week often makes me think and reflect over my time playing, coaching, administrating and also watching the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Payback as Lions bare their teeth in New Zealand
Only those of a certain age can fully appreciate the excitement, and sheer disbelief, as news filtered back in the summer...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: It’s a tough job but refs can be their own worst enemy
The game is never short of talking points, and refereeing is facing some serious challenges going into 2017. After my 43...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Are China ready to rush through the open door?
Will Rugby ever crack China or indeed vice versa? I ask that question again in light of the rather startling announcement...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: I won the ball; took the punch … and Brian Moore got the credit!
Sometimes it’s difficult not to feel a slightly nostalgic tinge when you hear of the French having a mass brawl during...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The All Black tour that left Olympics in chaos
It’s 40 years pretty much to the day that a rugby tour wreaked havoc with the 1976 Montreal Olympics, a financially...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: Return to the Exeter Championship title in 2010
The last time Exeter finished second in a regular season and contested the play-offs we witnessed a master class from Rob...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher feature: How the ale and hearty Varsity girls reached HQ
It all started in a pub, as most of the best rugby stories do, back in the summer of 1987 and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: I thought I had tackled Jonah Lomu – but like so many I was wrong!
Jonah Lomu was the most exciting rugby player I have ever had the privilege to watch, play against or play with....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher comment: A fittingly Olympian venue for these sporting giants to bid their farewells
It was all about farewells at the Olympic Park on Friday night, as the latter stages of a World Cup often...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott verdict: I’m delighted classy Dan Carter could savour his fitting finale
For a man who for four years has had a memory of not being involved in the match that won New...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Stuart Lancaster must try to keep his own emotions in check
What was Stuart Lancaster thinking of when he thought it would be necessary to address the players and explain to them...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Too much expectation riding on the shoulders of England
I’m sure you have all seen the TV adverts featuring the England players being carried on the shoulders of supporters as...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: You’re right Steve, new maul is ‘bloody boring’
How unusual, a New Zealand coach bemoaning the opposition’s tactics despite winning the game. Steve Hansen’s complaint about the Argentinian driving...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Bok boys can do lot more than just bash
It would be a huge surprise if these sides continue to play this type of expansive rugby in the World Cup,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Heading off to the hills on another mission from God
Training camps and altitude training in far-flung foreign fields do make you wonder what the game is coming to. As big...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Let’s hope Ian Ritchie’s warning does not stop team bonding
As England prepare to jet off to their Colorado training camp the words of RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie must be...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Sam Burgess can be deadly force as Bath’s back-row destroyer
I’ve backed Sam Burgess to make England‘s World Cup squad from the start because I think he is that talented –...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Glory will always be given to the coach
Coaches or captains? Who should get the glory, who should take the blame and, who should be the visible face of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Yes, Stuart Lancaster has makings of World Cup-winning squad
During last week rugby was a bit like the Clint Eastwood film, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. The Good...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoJonny Bentley on board to steer Leeds through playoffs
As the sixth former Pirate to jump on board the good ship Leeds Carnegie, loan signing Jonny Bentley is already feeling...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Taller props are causing more front row injuries
Last week Nick Cain asked where are all the tighthead props – when what he could have asked is, why are...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: The good, bad and ugly of the scrum machines
So at last we have the answer to all scrum problems – the new scrum machine being used by Bath Rugby...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: McCaw’s a worry…but bring on the Boks. I can’t wait!
We must hope All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is right in his assessment of the injury to his captain Richie McCaw....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Our sixteen years of pain end in 80 minutes
Forward dominance has been fundamental to this series from the off and yesterday the Lions power pack well and truly stuffed...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions must play Welsh way and look for tries
As much as we Lions supporters didn’t want it to go to the last game we really do have something special...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: North and Folau made this a truly great Test
What a match, what an occasion. So many times these events don’t live up to the hype. But the entrance price...
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