All posts tagged "France"
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Features
/ 6 years agoGeorgia will use the Boks to gatecrash Six Nations
Brendan Gallagher looks at the strength of the countries playing in the European Nations Cup WHILE the clamour for Georgia to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
THEODORE DAN SARACENS HOOKER Brought up as a centre/ wing while coming through the junior ranks at Blackheath RFC, Theodore Dan...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRenegade Russell on parade to help Racing
Back in Paris: Finn Russell helped Racing to a 27-0 cakewalk against Castres Second versus third. Fourth versus sixth. Ninth versus...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: New Broom Galthie has the leeway to go for broke with France
Brendan Gallagher writes how a new-found desire to nurture homegrown talent in the Top 14 has allowed Fabien Galthie to rewrite...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago“I’d done my time in Cape Town” – Eben Etzebeth talks Toulon move
Springboks enforcer Eben Etzebeth switched the Stormers for Toulon after winning the World Cup
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Mystery of James Hook and the Wales No.10 shirt
Peter Jackson ponders why James Hook was rarely considered to play at outside half for Wales under Warren Gatland
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBilly Vunipola ruled out of the Six Nations for England
Who can replace England's talisman with no Sam Simmonds or Alex Dombrandt in the squad?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins sign Andre Esterhuizen after meeting lofty wage demands
Quins win race for Springbok centre's signature after facing competition from rival Premiership club
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Simon Amor can get England to be more instinctive
From Wisemantel to Amor, England's fast-paced attack play can become more expressive
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoKockett hat-trick completes Castres revival as Warriors suffer second half collapse
By ROGER PANTING Match winner: Rory Kockott celebrates his late try CASTRESscrum-half, Rory Kockott, scored 23 points as Worcester crashed out...
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Features
/ 6 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Williams will stay at the Chiefs EXETER Chiefs have won their battle with Gloucester...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNew broom Galthie has the leeway to go for broke
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Golden generation: Frace win the 2019 Junior World...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup hero focused on European domination
By ALEX BYWATER South Africa enforcer: Eben Etzebeth EBEN Etzebeth ended 2019 on top of the world and South Africa’s giant...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDo England need scrum coach? We never did!
Doing it naturally: Jeff Probyn playing for England against Wales in 1991 As we all wait with anticipation for the start...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCodling calls on U20s lads to take lead
News By NEALE HARVEY Challenge: Alex Codling ENGLANDU20s forwards guru Alex Codling has challenged his Red Rose stars of the future...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: The Fabien Galthie guillotine could chop up rivals
Nick Cain dissects the youth movement France head coach Fabien Galthie is has endorsed for the Six Nations
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCobus Reinach to leave Northampton Saints at the end of the season
Will Chris Boyd be bringing in a new signing to replace the departing Reinach?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoFarrell got away with another cheap shot
It seems that Saracens just cannot keep out of the headlines for all the wrong reasons, no matter what they do....
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoRyan dares to hope despite his Dragons’ six-try pasting
By TOM COLEMAN DEAN RYAN is refusing to give up on his side’s European dreams despite being hit for six in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoSad Irish are thumped again after slow start leaves them playing catch-up
By GARY FITZGERALD IRISH are in danger of finishing bottom of their European pool after slumping to yet another dismal loss...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoZebre shock Stade’s aristos
ROUND-UP ZEBRE produced the shock of the round with a dramatic 29-24 victory over Stade Francais – only their fourth-ever win...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoWasps sign off in France with eight-try salvo as Sopoaga weighs in with 12 points for the visitors
By SAM JACKSON Double: Jimmy Gopperth DAI Young’s men are clearly keen to end their dismal European crusade on a high...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBeattie calls time at 34
RUGBY SHORTS FORMERScotland No.8 Johnnie Beattie has retired from rugby. The 34-year-old ex-Glasgow Warriors, Montpellier and Castres forward finished his career...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSqueeze is on for Pacific Island players warns Leo
By NEALE HARVEY Snared by Tier One: England No.8 Billy Vunipola PACIFIC Island players, for so long a hugely popular feature...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNorthampton’s restoration under Chris Boyd owes much to freedom of youth
The Northampton Saints director of rugby hasn't been afraid to offer opportunity to the club's brighest academy prospects
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoClassy Jacob Umaga has the genes to succeed, says Wasps teammate Fekitoa
Wasps centre Malakai Fekitoa sees a bright future for starlet fly-half Jacob Umaga
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Top signing for Ospreys by Rhys Webb must earn Wales spot
Rhys Webb's availability for Wales is welcome but shouldn't threaten Gareth or Aled Davies, writes Shane Williams
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJordan Taufua urges Crusaders boss to follow him north
The Leicester Tigers flanker believes head coach Scott Robertson can boost his All Blacks aspirations by gracing the Premiership
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Features
/ 6 years agoBoyd reaping rewards of letting kids off the leash
Exceptional: Full-back George Furbank impressed at 10 against Gloucester PICTURES: Getty images World Cup ace: Lewis Ludlam Scotland call: Rory Hutchinson...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER WASPS AND LEINSTER PROP WILL GREEN WHEN I’m asked if I miss rugby, I always say I don’t miss...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDickens’ lads start prep for French test
NEWS EXTRA ALAN Dickens has named his 32-man England U20 elite player squad for the 2020 campaign with their first game...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGalthie plots his opening gambit from Paris hot seat
Key man for Clermont: France centre Virimi Vakatawa This weekend’s Top 14 matches – the 13th round of the season –...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: New breed of coaches take centre stage in 2020
Only Eddie Jones and Gregor Townsend remain from the World Cup as the Six Nations nears
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Six Nations excitement can light up the New Year
Jeremy Guscott lends some advice for any players set to grace the Test stage for the first time in the upcoming...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeone Nakarawa to rejoin Glasgow Warriors on short-term deal
The former European player of the year had his contract terminated by Racing 92 last month
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHomecoming for Rhys Webb at Ospreys
Toulon agree to release the Welsh scrum-half a year early from his contract
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRainbow nation got its colour from Chester
Obituaries: BRENDAN GALLAGHER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT PLAYERS WHO DIED IN Star player: Chester Williams on the way to a...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMan of steel who nurtured Baa-Baas
Grand master: President Micky Steele-Bodger visits the Barbarians dressing room after the Killick Cup match with Argentina last year MICKY STEELE-BODGER...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLochore brought true style on and off the field
SIR BRIAN LOCHORE (Wairarapa-Bush and New Zealand) Died August 3, aged 78 ALL BLACKnumber 637. One of the New Zealand greats...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Slade sidelined after double ankle injury EXETER and England centre Henry Slade is set for a spell on the sidelines with...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCoaches take centre stage in the New Year
Challenge: Franco Smith has taken over the Italian national team Insets: Fabian Galthie, right Andy Farrell, below PICTURES: Getty Images Making...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSix Nations excitement can light up the New Year
MY wish list for the New Year starts with the teams competing for the 2020 Six Nations title to either play...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
MIKE McCARTHY FORMER IRELAND, WASPS, NEWCASTLE, CONNACHT & LEINSTER LOOSE FORWARD IWAS a late bloomer with Ireland. I thought that ship...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBig worry that no English coach wants the top job
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There are times when I think that nobody really cares or listens...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWhy some Premiership clubs are angling for a format change to the Champions Cup
Saracens owner Nigel Wray details how player welfare grounds affect Premiership clubs in the Champions Cup
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Ross Moriarty should stay in Wales with Dragons
Shane Williams praises the back-row forward for filling in for Taulupe Faletau, but that he should turn down interest from overseas
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoJonny May is latest Leicester Tigers star to be targetted
SARACENS are weighing up a move for England winger Jonny May who is coming into the last six months of his...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix Nations aim to draw £750m TV mega deal as CVC near stakeholding
Could the era of free-to-air Six Nations viewing be coming to an end?
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoMoriarty should stay in Wales with the Dragons
Stick or twist: Ross Moriarty will have numerous options for next season PICTURE: Getty Images ROSS Moriarty has quickly become one...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWe got over 1991 – now class of 2019 must develop
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Gold standard: David Campese of Australia holds the World Cup after beating England 12-6...
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