All posts tagged "France"
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThree Premiership clubs eye demolition man Virimi Vakatawa
France centre Vakatawa has been on form for Racing 92 this season in the Champions Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: LNR chief warns Top 14 may need state aid
James Harrington reports on the situation facing French clubs, with COVID cases propping up in the player pool and TV rights...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNorth in race to be fastest ton-up kid
Hitting six: Marland Yarde goes over for Sale’s sixth try against Bristol PICTURE: Getty Images Match action - starts Page 8>>...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDouble helping of Curry may be on Eddie’s menu
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Tracing the career trajectory and development of Ben...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoIreland elated after long years of hurt in France
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSome stats are simply codswallop…not these
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some years ago, a small group of Twickenham modernisers introduced a trendy statistical software package designed to...
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Features
/ 6 years ago‘Homely’ Chiefs don’t need Bears’ cash riches
EXETER Chiefs’ secondstring scored a famous win at Ashton Gate on Tuesday night with a squad of 23, only one of...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNo let-up… increasing momentum key for Sam
■ By NEALE HARVEY EXETER No.9 Sam Hidalgo- Clyne says there will be no complacency against Worcester as the leagueleaders seek...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins seek to ease loss of Jack Clifford with imposing South African
Clifford was forced into retirement last week after trying to work his way back from two major shoulder surgeries
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExclusive: The club which tried to sway Jack Willis to play for Ireland and not England
An offer was made to the Wasps flanker this summer to lay on the chance to play for Andy Farrell's team
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoWales ditch Twickenham plans and turn to West Ham’s Olympic Stadium
The WRU are racing to find a venue to host their Six Nations match against Scotland on October 31
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Stade Francais looking less and less likely to be ready for Top 14 season
The Paris-based club has reported COVID-19 positive players have developed lesions on their lungs
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Features
/ 6 years agoWillis says No to Ulster as he waits for Eddie
England ambitions: Jack Willis JACK WILLIS rejected a move to Ulster this summer because he wants to force his way into...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoKiwis make our game look utterly pedestrian
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The Sale coach and former hooker Steve Diamond, honorary life member of the Front Row Union, thinks...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQuins in search to replace Clifford
Retired: Jack Clifford HARLEQUINS have started the search to replace Jack Clifford following the announcement that the England international back row...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Overseas players are both cheaper and always on call
Jeff Probyn analyses Chris Boyd's claim that England's senior Men's team should have more English coaches and how its relative to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoImanol goes through pain barrier in Basque country
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 6 years agoForeign players are both cheaper and always on call
Gone to Premiership: Steve Borthwick, left, and Paul Gustard PICTURE: Getty Images Chris Boyd, a New Zealander, has questioned why England...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCovid spike puts Top 14 on high alert
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN An abundance of caution marked professional rugby’s preseason return on Friday, 166 days after Toulon beat Stade...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSocino: I’m here to give Barritt a run for his money!
Jon Newcombe talks to the Pumas centre who is joining Saracens JUAN Pablo Socino arrived in Hertfordshire in mid-June blinking into...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Shaun Edwards rules himself out of Lions tour of South Africa
2023 Rugby World Cup hosts France remain defence guru Edwards' top priority
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Features
/ 6 years agoTest match golden goose may stop laying her eggs
Louis Luyt may have been his own worst enemy, but it was a close-run thing. There were plenty of contenders for...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Survivor Sonny Billy Williams finds new payday in NRL
After his stint in Toronto came to an end, the former All Black is back in 'footy' with the Sydney Roosters
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoMore misfortune hits Wales star Gareth Anscombe in recovery from knee injury
Anscombe will miss the rest f the PRO14 season and is a doubt for Wales' internationals starting in October
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Will Eddie Jones be able to pick Exeter players for Rome finale?
Jeremy Guscott looks at how the Premiership final could clash with England's Six Nations match with Italy
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ex-Wallabies, Reds, and Worcester full-back Chris Latham
Latham shares the stadium where he delighted in playing rugby and how Jason Robinson was one of his toughest tests in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 Rugby Captains countdown: Part Two
Sam Warburton lands inside the Top 10 of Brendan Gallagher's rankings
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHave England Shown Enough in 2020 To Suggest They Are World Cup Contenders?
The 2020 Six Nations Championship is set to resume in October, and it is England which tops the standings after four games....
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Features
/ 6 years agoAbendanon rejects Prem to stay in France
FORMER England fullback Nick Abendanon has rejected the chance of moving back to the Premiership to stay in France next season....
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Features
/ 6 years agoMr Motivator Telfer scales the peaks of rugby rhetoric
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s ‘goosebump’ moments 1: Jim Telfer’s Everest speech (1997) Like many games...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRocky ride at times, but rugby is the best team game in the world
Brendan Gallagher concludes his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of Rugby: PART 20 STORY...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBattle lines drawn in star player release row
JAMES HARRINGTON “A form of squad rotation could be agreed limiting the number of internationals for which a player can be...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWill Eddie be able to pick Exeter players for Rome?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT IT will be great when Rugby Union gets going again in England on August...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEverybody has to earn their place – even Cipriani
Q&A GEORGE SKIVINGTON ON THE RECORD Challenge: George Skivington After a distinguished playing and coaching career with Wasps, Leicester, London Irish...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoWoodward’s Holy Trinity were just untouchable
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFiji provide fireworks as rugby thrills on its return to Olympics
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union THE return of rugby to the Olympics...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHow did Ealing academy starlet Harrison Obatoyinbo come to be signed by Toulon?
Obatoyinbo, 19, signed for Toulon last week after being approached by the Top 14 club
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: So vital Warren Gatland goes for tried and tested coaches
A renewed link-up between Gatland and Shaun Edwards?
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Features
/ 6 years agoCueto and Hodgson believe Manu Tuilagi can banish any doubts over Sale’s staying power
Sale Premiership winners Mark Cueto and Charlie Hodgson offer their two cents on the boost Tuilagi offers the Sharks
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGareth Anscombe looking forward to marking his comeback with Webb at Ospreys
A Wales half-back combination coming to the Liberty Stadium
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Sotutu for England? Has Eddie Jones forgotten Dombrandt?
Blues No.8 Hoskins Sotutu has been one of the breakthrough players in Super Rugby Aotearoa, and Eddie Jones has been watching
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Features
/ 6 years agoSo vital Gatland goes for tried and tested coaches
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Winning team: Warren Gatland, right, with Rob Howley in 2017 PICTURE: Getty Images THE...
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Features
/ 6 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler GLOUCESTER are still looking to add another coach to George Skivington’s new-look coaching team...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBattered Jonny rises again to become a folk hero in Toulon
Captain marvel: Jonny Wilkinson raises the Heineken Cup ONE of the more heartwarming stories of this era was a golden Indian...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDo you speak French? Toulon want to sign you!
TRAILFINDERS Academy starlet Harrison Obatoyinbo will always be grateful to the club that gave him a second chance after sealing a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBeziers takeover hits the buffers
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN No deal: Agen remain keen to sign Harlequins wing Gabriel Ibitoye PICTURE: Getty Images It’s taken several...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEnglish and Welsh clubs in chase for Bevan
By ALEX BYWATER WELSH regions Cardiff Blues and Scarlets are understood to be rivalling Harlequins and other leading English clubs for...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBooth wants Manu to bolster his pack options
By ALEX BYWATER NASI Manu has emerged as a No.8 target for Ospreys head coach Toby Booth. The six-cap Tongan international...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Can Finn Russell help Scotland gain more Lions places?
Jeremy Guscott looks at the case for Scotland to have a first Test starter for the Lions since Tom Smith in...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby seek new referees chief as Alain Rolland moves on
The former Leinster scrum-half is leaving his role as high-performance officials manager
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