All posts tagged "France"
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoMorgan needs to lead way for Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ONE thing is certain about today’s vital Pool C clash between Wales and Australia in...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoGreat to see Ardao shine on world stage
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK One of the great joys of World Cups is the platform that gives...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU hierarchy must address core financial issues
NICK CAIN The reaction to the landmark RFU Council letter in which 30 members have challenged the current leadership of RFU...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMitchell hits high notes to keep Cov on front foot
By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury Uni .... 19pts Tries: Short 63, Penalty 73, Crane 79 Conversions: Chamberlain 64 Coventry ...........35pts Tries: Titherington...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoMinnows beginning to prove their worth
Paul Rees reports on how World Rugby's investment below decks has started to make a difference THE Adelaide Oval is arguably...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoMacron’s winning ways with Shaun
PETER JACKSON Shaun Edwards has been winning friends and admirers all his rugby life. Now he has a new one who...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoAdam Hathaway’s World Cup Diary: Week Three
TRP reporter Adam Hathaway gives the lowdown on the latest inside stories at Rugby World Cup 2023 How much? And there’s...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoSpain flanker Super Mario’s hat-trick tears up fourth tier
By BEN JAYCOCK Rather than scoring a hat-trick in Loughborough Students’ big win last weekend, Mario Pichardie should have been turning...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 24/09/23
One of the most widely anticipated World Cup pool matches in history takes place this Saturday, and you can find all...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoComplete Owen Farrell Judgement won’t be released!
The Six Nations have drawn criticism for their decision to withhold the complete disciplinary ruling over Owen Farrell’s overturned red card....
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Rugby Paper News
/ 3 years agoThree Areas England Will Need to Sharpen Up to Advance Deep into World Cup
The 27-10 success against Argentina was an excellent result for England in their opening game of the 2023 World Cup. After...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoEngland need to extend control
By NICK CAIN PREVIEW...England v Japan, Today. Kick-off 8pm, Stade de Nice Can Japan produce another “Brighton Miracle”, mirroring their incredible...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoGreat to see the spine of a new team emerge
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND JOB DONE . . . just! Five vital points to Wales, but many of the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoIreland get in mood for Springbok clash
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland............................ 59pts Tries: Beirne 21, Doris 26, Hansen 33, Sexton 38, Lowe 59, Aki 62, 69; Herring 79...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoTime aspiring nations received more even-handed officiating
IT WAS hard not to feel for Fiji at the end of one of the epic World Cup matches. Not because...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoPJ keeps on rolling, against all the odds
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE rain hadn’t long stopped sheeting down when the Grand Old Man of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWhy Vernon would take a dim view of this kicking game
PETER JACKSON Roughly 30 years ago, a new coach took charge of a junior club in a suburb of Cardiff, a...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHigh-flying Codling is perfect fit for Falcons
By PAUL REES Alex Codling has taken a roundabout route to land a top coaching job in the Premiership – and...
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Rugby Matters
/ 3 years agoWallabies benefit from Fiji brilliance
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NATIONALITY is a pretty fluid concept in the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNational anthems to be altered in France
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Cup organisers have announced plans to record new renditions of the national anthems of competing countries after those...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoChance for Ford to prove he’s No1
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WHAT a start to this World Cup with host France beating the...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoSix Nations statement: Committee, date named for Billy Vunipola hearing
The following week will be a busy day for England on the independent disciplinary hearing front, with both Billy Vunipola and...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoOne Game In: Who Are Stacking Up As RWC Favourites?
Most nations have played a match in the Rugby World Cup now, with all the favourites having done so. But has...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRandall out to get Bristol motoring
By PAUL REES Harry Randall is using his disappointment at missing out on the World Cup to ensure Bristol make a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRaiwalui has transformed Fiji, says old mate Gough
By ROB COLE IF Fiji get off to a flyer at the World Cup and beat Wales in Bordeaux today, then...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years ago27-point Ford helps England rediscover their soul
From NICK CAIN at Stade de Marseille England ............................. 27pts Penalties: Ford 10, 46, 54, 59, 66, 75 Drop-goals: Ford 27,...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoWhere does this leave Farrell?
PAUL REES Steve Borthwick tore up his playbook with the team he selected to face Argentina and his boldness saw a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhen you go down to 14, it’s flight or fight… and England fought
BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOMETIMES a little adversity does you good and it certainly sparked a reaction from England in Marseille last night....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAllez Angleterre – for now…
THE road up to England’s Holiday Inn digs in Le Touquet was decorated with shirts emblazoned with the entire squad’s names...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSlade in starring role as Chiefs too hot for young Bears
■By DAN ANJOS IN the last throws of summer, the Exeter sizzled as they blew away a vastly less experienced Bristol...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoCipriani’s spat more suited to Colosseum
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED ONE of these fine days, with the grace of God and a following wind, a World Cup...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoToo many clubs, not enough players
If it ever turns out that the governing body at Twickenham has a monopoly on rugby wisdom, we are all up...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for islanders to prove their worth
Analysis >> Paul Rees says Bill Beaumont's slow but steady approach as chairman of World Rugby is seeing its reward WORLD...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJeffrey: This Scottish side the best ever
WHEN the Scotland squad arrived in Nice last week, they were greeted by John Jeffrey, a flanker who was part of...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins and England U18 scrum-half Lucas Friday
Lucas Friday starred for Jonathan Pendlebury’s England U18s in their tour of South Africa this summer and is aiming to progress...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 3 years ago2023 Rugby World Cup Preview and Predictions
The 2023 Rugby World Cup kicks off on Friday the 8th of September as host nation France takes on the favourites...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDallaglio: Get rid of this siege mentality
By GARY FITZGERALD England's failing stars have been ordered to cut out the “siege mentality” and begin “owning their performances”. World...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWillis aiming to be the local villain
By ADAM HATHAWAY Jack Willis headed back to France on Thursday with England aiming to go from local hero to villain...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWarburton: Ball in play time ‘crucial’ in France
By BEN JAYCOCK Sam Warburton believes fitness and management of ball in play time could be the difference in this World...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFlying Fijians ready to take on the world
By NICK POWELL Fiji winger Jiuta Wainiqolo says his side are not feeling any pressure as they prepare for their critical...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Duncan Hodge: ‘It was great to score all 19 points v England’
The former Scotland, Edinburgh, Leeds and Watsonians fly-half talks about his life in the game I WAS a mad-keen cricketer growing...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoHealy sorry to be joining Crocks XV
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW After 14 years at the sharp end of Test combat, Cian Healy never...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoMiracle worker Capuozzo can make difference
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER ITALY Coach: Kieran Crowley Captain: Michele Lamaro Resurgent Italy may have landed the toughest of groups but they...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoDupont’s in mood to prove he is the best
By JAMES HARRINGTON FRANCE Coach: Fabien Galthie Captain: Antoine Dupont Fly-half Romain Ntamack, loosehead Cyril Baille, centre Jonathan Danty and, now,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoLos Teros will be looking to add to their famous victory over Fiji
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER URUGUAY Coach: Esteban Meneses Captain: Andres Vilaseca Uruguay are beginning to shed upstart status. This will be their...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoWelwitschias still looking for their first win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NAMIBIA Coach: Allister Coetzee Captain: Johan Deysel INDEPENDENCE from South Africa, in 1990, came a little too late...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks are still the team to beat
By PAUL REES NEW ZEALAND Coach: Ian Foster Captain: Sam Cane This year’s World Cup is unusual in a number of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoMillions set to enjoy all of the razzmatazz
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK RUGBY World Cups are an exciting time because they are the biggest shop-window for...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoCotter hopes the Oaks will not be easy to cut down
By BEN JAYCOCK ROMANIA Coach: Eugen Apjok Captain: Christian-Marian Chirica ROMANIA return to the World Cup after missing out four years...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoFarrell’s men on edge of history
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND Coach: Andy Farrell Captain: Johnny Sexton IF not now, when? Not only are Ireland the number one...
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