All posts tagged "France"
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoPacker out to defend WXV crown in Canada
By PAUL EDDISON Marlie Packer enjoyed one of the greatest nights of her rugby career in the first edition of WXV...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGlory for a band of brothers
By WILLIAM GUPWELL England.................................................21 Tries: Bailey 35, Green 53 Conversions: Kerr 35 Penalties: Kerr 47, 56, 66 France...................................................13 Tries: Ferte 80 Conversions: Reus 80 Penalties: Reus 10,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoYoung England impress as win over Ireland takes them through to final
SUNDAY WRAP ■By JAMES ORPIN LAST Sunday in the U20’s World Championship in Cape Town, England secured a long-awaited victory over...
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Guest columnists
/ 2 years agoBest team in the world, I screamed
OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U20 SECOND ROW Friday night was the highlight of my short-lived rugby career so far and was the...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 2 years agoEngland dominate in team of tournament
After the 2024 U20s World Championship came to a close on Friday, our reporters Ben Jaycock, William Gupwell and James Orpin...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoEngland going in the right direction
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK If we measure England from the time Steve Borthwick took over as head coach...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWorld Cup 2031 will be a tough sell in USA
Nick Cain World Cup USA is six and a half years away. Yet, outside the fraught situation World Rugby (IRB) faced...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoEngland need to beat the big boys
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK It is intriguing to see England being touted already as serious 2027 World...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoA drop of magic is just what we need
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED STRANGE as it may sound to generations of rugby lovers raised on a fizzy-drink, dopamine-heavy diet of...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoBuilding for a brighter future
PAUL REES LOOKS AT WHAT WENT RIGHTAND WHAT WENT WRONGFOR THE TOURING HOME NATIONS After Wales had lost the second Test,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoNo stopping the American battlers
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S exactly 100 years ago since France and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoDon’t let our sport move to summer
RUGBY MATTERS NOT for the first time I offer a heartfelt warning against those who continue to argue for a switch...
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Features
/ 2 years agoPlaying for your country is the biggest honour
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER USA HOOKER AND HEAD COACH, WHO PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY FOR HARLEQUINS AND PONTYPRIDD TOM BILLUPS IWAS born...
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/ 2 years agoProtesters who lit the flame under apartheid
Brendan Gallagher looks back on the 1969/70 Springbok tour to England and the huge opposition it generated SPORT’s important role in...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoVannes facing a tough early test
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Promoted ProD2 winners Vannes will kick off their first-ever season in the Top 14 at home against...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCromack: We can follow path set by footballers
Women’s U20 Summer Series By PAUL EDDISON Women’s rugby can follow the example set by the growth of women’s football according...
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/ 2 years agoSaracens move for ex-England U18s forward
SARACENS have signed former England U18 forward Harry Wilson from Doncaster. The 27-year-old, who can play lock or back row, scored...
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/ 2 years agoEngland crowned Junior World Cup champions
Under a full moon at the DHL stadium, the Under 20’s World Championship came to an enthralling end as England emerged...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 2 years agoEngland u20s take on France for World Championship glory
By James Orpin This Friday will see England’s next generation look to end France’s reign on the u20 championship, it will...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 2 years agoDon’t judge us on this one game – Mapletoft
Mark Mapletoft has taken the pressure off his World Championship hunting England side by saying this week’s final is not the...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoGeorge: I just can’t wait for rematch
From ADAM HATHAWAY at Eden Park England captain Jamie George is desperate for a rematch with the All Blacks after another...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoOnly our best will do, says Carnduff
By JAMES ORPIN FINN Carnduff leads England U20s out to face old rivals Ireland today knowing they must produce their best...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoUnderhill so impressed by England’s improvement
By ADAM HATHAWAY Sam Underhill is a decent barometer of England’s progress in the last 12 months having watched them from...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoAgony for England as they fail to breach the All Black fortress
By Adam Hathaway in Eden Park New Zealand................... 24pts Tries: Tele’a 11, 61 Conversions: McKenzie 12 Penalties: McKenzie 21, 38, 69,...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoA thunderous match that had no losers
PAUL REES The first thing that needs to be said is that this was an absorbing Test match between two teams...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoWales show defiance but the wait goes on
PETER JACKSON All week long the Red Dragon legions had planned their regimental mobilisation with just enough military precision to let...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoIreland’s ecstasy as cool Frawley steals it
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER South Africa..................... 24pts Penalties: Pollard 19, 35, 45, 48, 53, 57, 61, 65 Ireland............................... 25pts Tries: Murray 14...
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Features
/ 2 years agoEntertaining the crowds is not the only thing
Paul Rees says that, while attracting a new audience is important, the game must not ignore its core support Scott Robertson...
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Features
/ 2 years agoSix Nations may stick to Saturdays
The Six Nations is considering playing all three matches in a round on Saturdays, something that has been reserved only for...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChampions march on
POOL A By JAMES ORPIN France..............29 Wales................ 11 THREE-TIME defending champions France grabbed a bonus point victory to see off Wales...
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/ 2 years agoPowerful England roar into last four
POOL C By WILLIAM GUPWELL England................ 17pts Tries: Carnduff 26, Bailey 44, Isaacs 86 Conversions: Kerr 27 South Africa....... 12pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFiji demolition not enough for Los Pumitas to qualify
By BEN JAYCOCK Argentina........52 Fiji...................... 12 ARGENTINA boosted their slim hopes of a semi-final berth with a eight-try demolition job on...
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Features
/ 2 years agoExpect the Chiefs Mk2 to be real contenders
PAUL REES LOOKS AT WHY EXETER’S DOR HAS PUT PLAYER RETENTION AHEAD OF RECRUITMENT AT SANDY PARK The most eye-catching result...
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/ 2 years agoOn the road to glory in Europe
BRENDAN GALLAGHER ON THE RUGBY VISIONARIES WHO, AFTER A SLOW START, CHANGED THE GAME Brendan Gallagher looks back at the first...
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/ 2 years agoTHE 1995-96 HEINEKEN EUROPEAN CUP
AND so it came to pass that the Heineken European Cup finally became reality on October 31 1995 at a small...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoTime for players to behave properly
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN There are no ‘good’ responses to Melvyn Jaminet’s violently racist outburst on social media, or the serious...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSwailes gunning for revenge in Le Crunch
Women’s U20 Summer Series ■ By LUCY WILDE NIAMH Swailes has warned France they will be taking on a very different...
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/ 2 years agoUnbeaten England get act together
■ By BEN HART ENGLAND U20s captain Steph Else hailed her side for ‘putting on a show’ after they dispatched Wales...
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/ 2 years agoHunslet become dual-code outfit
■ By JON NEWCOMBE A DUAL-CODE rugby club is set to return to the Rugby League heartland of Leeds, with Jason...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEx-Bath wing to play for Knights
■ By SAM JACKSON Moving on: Semesa Rokoduguni in action for Bath FORMER England winger Semesa Rokoduguni will play for Doncaster...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoThe key talking points ahead of the second Test between Australia and Wales
Wales have not won a Test match since the 2023 World Cup. Wales will have another chance to try and end...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales u20s knocked out as France do all they can
By James Orpin France – 29 Tries: Bosmorin 7, 36, Lacombre 32, Castro-Ferreira 43 Conversions: Reus 8, 33, 37 Penalties: Desperes...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoAussies prove too powerful for Wales
By ROGER PANTING Australia........................... 25pts Tries: Tupou 21, Daugunu 53, Wright 69 Conversions: Lolesio 21, Lynagh 69 Penalties: Lolesio 6, 14...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWainwright stands out as Wales fail to impress
PETER JACKSON Political swings being all the rage, the sixth-best team in the Six Nations duly fell victim to one of...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoHigh life proves step too far for Ireland
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER South Africa .................... 27pts Tries: Arendse 3, Kolbe 65, Penalty 78 Conversions: Pollard 4, 67 Penalties: Pollard 18,...
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Features
/ 2 years agoBig guns in danger of just looking after No.1
ANALYSIS PAUL REES WONDERS HOW THE SPORT CAN KEEP PAYING FOR ITSELF IN HARD TIMES....WHILE UNIONS BUILD FOR THE FUTURE When...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales keep dream alive
U20S WORLD CUP By BEN JAYCOCK POOL A Wales................ 31 Spain ................ 10 WALES have a shot at qualifying for the...
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/ 2 years agoSimpson hits late winner
By SAM JACKSON France..............26 New Zealand....27 RICO Simpson converted a wide left, match winning penalty in windy conditions to guide New...
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/ 2 years agoPlaying high stakes game to stay alive
OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW We’re coming off the back of another good win against Fiji this week and one...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThere’s more than money to Toulouse
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There have, rightly, been acres of words written...
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