All posts tagged "France"
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Recalling Liam Williams and Josh Navidi would be a panic move
Wales want to avoid a third successive defeat at Twickenham, but Shane Williams writes why they shouldn't rush two of their...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoMako Vunipola to miss England’s clash with Wales as prop self-isolates following flight via Hong Kong
Coronavirus fears have seen Mako Vunipola held back from rejoining his England teammates in camp
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Manu Tuilagi is ready to find holes in Wales’ defence
Jeremy Guscott gives his thoughts ahead of England versus Wales at Twickenham, where the hosts will be looking for a display...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChris Ashton leaves Sale Sharks and is heavily rumoured with Harlequins
The former England wing hits the open market after leaving Sale
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEdwards bedevils old employers
THE stupidity of the WRU in not giving Shaun Edwards a four-year extension came back to haunt them last week. The...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFreddie quits Bath to try out life in France
Marksman: Freddie Burns has 1,342 Prem points FREDDIE Burns is weighing up moving abroad after telling Bath he won’t be staying...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPowerhouse Boks get the French firing
Brendan Gallagher looks at the history of great lock pairings during France’s golden eras of rugby Threat: Bernard le Roux of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSouth African XV who have adorned the Five/Six Nations
Grand Slams: Pieter de Villiers 1 Pieter de Villiers (France) Native of Malmsbury in the Western Cape. Made 31 appearances for...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCaptain Morgan puts full focus on Scarlets
NEWS EXTRA ■By STEFFAN THOMAS JAC Morgan is determined to use his experiences as Wales U20 captain to help establish himself...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJarrod enjoying new voice in Wales camp
NEWS EXTRA ■By STEFFAN THOMAS WALES haven’t had the best of times in the Six Nations, but Jarrod Evans hopes his...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTop 14 shun virus threat to go ahead on schedule
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Joris Jurand ran in three tries in the first half for Brive Yesterday’s Top 14 matches...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSix Nations to go behind Sky paywall for £300m
■ By PETER JACKSON EXCLUSIVE Taking over? Sky THE Six Nations is in ‘very real danger’ of vanishing from free-toair television...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFunds aren’t available to follow French route
Decline: Yorkshire Carnegie over-extened to fund huge wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images SO now the answer to English rugby’s problems is...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Pro D2 can show the RFU how to run a second tier
Former Bath captain and Worcester DoR, Richard Hill, is currently in charge at Rouen in the second tier of French rugby
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie Jones calls up Plan B at No.8 for England training squad
Mark Wilson has been recalled by the England head coach for a training camp ahead of the clash with Wales
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Escape from the Nazis got Olly Kohn his Welsh cap
The extraordinary story of how Olly Kohn's Slovakian ancestors escaped a train bound for Auchwitz and found their way to Shropshire
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams verdict: Shaun Edwards is the difference between Wales and France
Shane Williams analyses France's first win in Cardiff for a decade
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoStorm Ciara Halts Jonny May’s Try Scoring Surge
As Scotland got their Six Nations Calcutta Cup match underway in testing conditions, it was telling that the first kick of...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoEngland bring down Ireland’s Grand Slam dream
In their first match at Twickenham of 2020, England kept the game out of Ireland's control to win 24-12
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Manu Tuilagi is so vital, Eddie must find another like him
Jeremy Guscott outlines how England are at their best with Manu Tuilagi in the team
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoSkipper Lllicrap is up for the scrap against France
WALES captain Siwan Lillicrap is anticipating the toughest match of the Six Nations so far for her young teammates when they...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoTuilagi is so vital, Eddie must find another one!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Missile: England have missed Manu Tuilagi in midfield PICTURE: Getty Images THE debate over...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoChampions keep dream of a second Slam alive
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Threat: Theo Dan tries to break Decisive: Max O’Reilly scores Ireland’s fifth try as England’s George Barton closes...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoStrong second half sees Wales earn first victory
By SAM JACKSON MORGANStrong’s secondhalf try helped Wales to their first win of the championship – and their first over France...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThis crowing cockerill can show RFU how to run Tier Two
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE desultory manner in which the Championship clubs have been treated by the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoEscape from Nazis got Olly his Welsh cap
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Six Nations has never been short on journeys of a miraculous nature but this...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoRomain holds glory in his gifted hands for France
By NICK CAIN Power: Paul Willemse scores France’s second try ANY lingering doubts that France are on their way back as...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVolunteers step up to aid clubs caught in the storm
By ROB COLE THE true spirit of Welsh rugby has been revealed in the flood-ravaged community clubs who battled all week...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWales face top two in world rankings
WALES will face World Cup winners South Africa and New Zealand in two of their four 2020 Autumn Internationals. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAll-rounder Kolbe wows Toulouse as a fly-half
FRENCH COLUMN It’s official. There are more active ingredient molecules in a homeopathic remedy than there are things Cheslin Kolbe cannot...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoNorth looked magnificent – for 11 minutes!
PETER JACKSON VERDICT He came blasting out of the tunnel like a man on a mission as if nothing would stop...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoHeartbreaker Shaun is the difference
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Crunch: George North collides with Gael Fickou PICTURE: Getty Images Flashback: Emile Ntamack of France...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoCaptain Hogg showshis class on Roman holiday for the Scots
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER End of a 17-phase siege: Chris Harris goes over for Scotland’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images IT WASN’T...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEx-RFU chief raps Tier Two cash cuts
By NICK CAIN ‘It’s poor’: Cattermole GRAEME Cattermole, former RFU chairman, has added his criticism to the slashing cuts to Championship...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years ago‘I wasn’t going to mess up that one’
SCOTLAND captain Stuart Hogg was delighted to bury the memory of his butchered try against Ireland – and even more pleased...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoPivac blast at ref in row over Wales ‘penalty try’
WALES boss Wayne Pivac slammed the refereeing of Matthew Carley after his team’s Six Nations title hopes came to an end...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoScarratt: England are a team for all seasons
By ADAM ELLIS High hopes: England’s Emily Scarratt TEAMS ENGLAND: McKenna, Dow, Scarratt, Reed, Breach, Daly- McLean, Riley; Cornborough, Davies, Bern,...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoItaly plot a new shock victory over Russell-less Scotland
Scotland are a team Italy know they can beat, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: England need to get smart or pay the price against Ireland
As we reach the half-way mark of the Six Nations, Jeremy Guscott writes of the significance of the Twickenham clash
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTop 14 column: Second coming of Jules Plisson is down to TLC of O’Gara
It’s astonishing what careful and empathetic player management can do. Jules Plisson – remember him? – returned to the club where...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCallard fears rugby may be losing its core value
By JON NEWCOMBE Concern: Jon Callard RUGBY must clamp down on the growing lack of respect for officials or risk losing...
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Features
/ 6 years ago2020 is no comparison to the thuggery of 1980!
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Clash: Wales lock Geoff Wheel, left, and England...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIrish high-ball bombardment will test out the fumblers
Keeping your nerve: George Furbank is challenged for the high ball by France centre Gael Fickou ENGLAND’S Six Nations campaign is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAdvent of Adams puts North at big risk
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW True Test class: Josh Adams takes on Ireland’s Andrew Conway PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTraining with Eddie driving U20 standards says Dickens
By NEALE HARVEY England ‘apprentice’: Josh Hodge ENGLAND’S chances of achieving a first U20s Six Nations Grand Slam since 2016 have...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEddie’s insults may have lost the players
It may not have been pretty, but at last England have kickstarted the journey to France 2023 with a much-needed win...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Game in Spain flying high after Rugby World Cup anguish
Brendan Gallagher insists Spain shouldn't be disappointed by their defeat to Georgia last weekend, as they close the gap in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBen Youngs told to take pay cut if he wants to stay at Leicester
The scrum-half is out of contract at Welford Road at the end of the season
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Fabien Galthie and the new-look France set to maximise potential
France have a rich depth of talent to pick from in the Top 14. James Harrington examines JIFF rules and Galthie's...
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