All posts tagged "France"
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Featured
/ 7 years agoFabien Galthie calls time on the fabled French eccentricity
Nick Cain assesses the challenge a new-look France side pose to England in the World Cup pools
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Theatrics have no place on the great stage in Japan
Expecting histrionics from Yoann Huget at the World Cup?
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Featured
/ 7 years agoRugby World Cup 2019 – What the Bookies Say on the Eve of Tournament
The bookmakers don’t always get it right when it comes to rugby union. If they did, then the All Blacks would...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoGatland: Wales in fine shape for Japan
WARREN Gatland insisted Wales are in fine fettle for the World Cup and still have some tricks up their sleeves for...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoNo sweat, we’re ready for Georgia and Aussies
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Phenomenal prospect: Aaron Wainwright stood up to the Irish PICTURE: Getty Images I’VE SAID for...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoStop-go Scots are dogged by injuries
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Early promise: Ali Price scores for Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images GREGOR Townsend flies out with his players...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoTheatrics have no place on great stage in Japan
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK YOANN Huget is one of the best attacking talents in Rugby Union, and...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoJonny clone Carbonel should be at RWC
LOUIS Carbonel is the closest thing there is to a young Jonny Wilkinson, and it is no surprise that he comes...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLoved Quins but France offer too good to refuse
Neale Harvey talks to former Harlequins lock George Merrick about his surprise move to France Winning start: George Merrick in action...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland ace Sinckler is a wanted man
HARLEQUINS tighthead Kyle Sinckler is set to have at least three Premiership clubs chasing his services if he doesn’t agree a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDefeat to Wales led to big changes
Neil Fissler talks to Peter Winterbottom about the lasting effects of the 1987 World Cup ENGLAND badly needed a kick up...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMitchell aims to impress in brother’s absence
■ By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA SCRUM-HALF James Mitchell hopes being in the shop window at Northampton will help him slash...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTruth about that players World Cup pool in 1991
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Money raiser: Brian Moore celebrates a try against France in the 1991...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoAshes hero Ben Stokes shows Ben Youngs how to hit peak
Ben Stokes produced heroics at Headingley when the England cricket team needed it - and the same might be for Ben...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoFrance name World Cup squad with Picamoles and Penaud set to dazzle
Jacques Brunel names a team for Japan boasting eight Toulouse players
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoHutchinson stakes claim with classy try-double
By GARY FITZGERALD RORY Hutchinson swept over for his first Test tries to throw down his challenge for a place to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoPatchell has last word but is it enough?
PETER JACKSON VERDICT The Welsh scrum had splintered like a trunk of rotting balsa wood when Romain Poite stepped aside from...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoHuget try catches Italy cold in their warm-up for England
By SAM JACKSON FRANCE got their rugby World Cup preparations back on track with a powerful seven-try win at the Stade...
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Features
/ 7 years agoJarrod has the ability to be a star in Japan
Self-belief: Jarrod Evans has that little bit of arrogance that’s priceless in a No.10 PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland names his...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAshes hero Ben shows Youngs how to improve
On stand by: Richard Wigglesworth, Dan Robson, Danny Care ENGLAND’S stand-by No.9s like the Saracens duo Ben Spencer and Richard Wigglesworth,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCole wants to be king at his third attempt
By ADAM HATHAWAY Paid price: Stuart Lancaster Last chance: Dan Cole has had two World Cup failures PICTURE: Getty Images VETERAN...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: The day the floodgates opened on the pro rugby era
Peter Jackson digs deep into the story of how rugby turned professional 25 years ago
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Featured
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Manu Tuilagi must be wearing the 12 shirt for the big Pool games
Jeremy Guscott shares his thoughts on when it would be best for England to deplot the Ford-Farrell combination
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie’s still a work in progress
NICK CAIN PROBES ENGLAND’S AREAS OF WEAKNES JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE WORLD CUP THE biggest challenge of England’s World Cup...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDay the floodgates opened on the pro era
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW On this very Sunday almost a quarter of a century ago, Rugby Union...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHuge win puts England third in world rankings
ENGLAND’S 57-15 victory yesterday has seen them move up to third in the world rankings, leapfrogging both South Africa and Ireland....
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Features
/ 7 years agoSpare a thought for speedsters who will miss World Cup
THERE is no question that some bright new shiny stars on the wing will announce themselves in Japan next month so...
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Features
/ 7 years agoStresses and strains have never been higher in sport
RICHARD CRAMER SPORTS LAWYER We are now less than a month from the start of the Rugby Union World Cup. Every...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTe’o off to Japan after his pit stop in France
By NEIL FISSLER EXCLUSIVE BEN TE’O will be heading to Japan despite England coach Eddie Jones leaving him out of his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRuddock: My cash is on Wales all the way in RWC
By PETER JACKSON MIKE Ruddock is backing Wales to win the World Cup and end the debate over their elevation to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCruden fails with last-gasp kick to hand Castres win
Seventy days after Toulouse lifted the Boucliers de Brennus for the first time in nine years, the new Top 14 season...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoTuilagi must be wearing 12 for the big Pool games
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE beauty of warm-up games is that you can mix and match and see...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoGrady’s double sees Wales sign off with victory
France ..............14 Wales................18 LIVEWIRE centre Mason Grady was the hero for Wales in their 18-14 comeback victory against Six Nations Grand...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJoseph strikes to seal victory
ENGLAND U18s bounced back from the opening game defeat to Argentina with a four-try victory over France. France held a narrow...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoO’Connor must thank Diamond for his rehab
Where’s he been? James O’Connor runs the ball against New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images LIKE many socalled ‘bad boys’ I’ve always...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLucky start with a mentor like Doddie
FORMER ENGLAND, NEWCASTLE AND SARACENS LOCK AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT GALLAGHER MY LIFEIN RUGBY HUGH VYVYAN Signing off in style:...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCan M. Poirot solve the prop riddle the way John Lloyd did?
His name is synonymous with a revered American president and a famous Belgian detective and in Nice last night Jefferson Poirot...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoFrench show their class in 40-point romp
SA Schools A …19 France …………43 SIX NATIONS Grand Slam winners France U18 made light work of SA Schools A by...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoScrap the warm-up games and take a short tour instead
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Proper preparation: Ben Kay and Steve Thompson celebrate...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie mind games can give England an edge
COLIN BOAG Mystifying: Eddie Jones doesn’t seem to rate Alex Goode The phoney war starts this weekend in the northern hemisphere,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRecord man Varndell set for a final spin at Carnegie
By JON NEWCOMBE Swansong: Tom Varndell YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE have held talks with Premiership Rugby’s record try-scorer Tom Varndell in a move...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEddie keen to get his RWC timing just right
By GARY FITZGERALD Balance: Eddie Jones EDDIE Jones has spoken of his determination to ensure England top their World Cup Pool...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNo more room at top for gym monkeys says Fisher
■ By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U18s coach Jon Fisher insists modern day academy players are set up for success and that...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks ‘will call for Gatland in next couple of years’
Mark ‘Sharky’ Robinson gives his verdict to GRANT SHUB on World Cup prospects and the future of the All Blacks Using...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBrailsford model teaches Eddie important lessons
BRENDAN GALLAGHER IN MY VIEW Bubbling: Chris Froome and team boss Dave Braislford toast a Tour de France victory ACOUPLE of...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
CLAIRE ALLAN, ENGLAND WOMEN’S 7s AND FORMER ENGLAND 15s, RICHMOND, WASPS, WORCESTER AND SARACENS UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES HER BEST XV PLAYED...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoLionesses could roar but only if done right
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN Lion kings: Danny Grewcock and Jason Leonard after the first Test win in Brisbane 2001...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHorsman’s boys hunt big game in South Africa
HEAD COACH Chris Horsman takes his Wales squad to South Africa this weekend for the U18 International Series for what will...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoThe French get big on cheese and wine!
Former Bath prop Kane Palma-Newport talks about his experiences in French rugby, one year after his move to Colomiers KANE PALMA-NEWPORT...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMoody: Curry can prove he’s world class in Japan
By GARY FITZGERLAD Choice: Lewis Moody TOM Curry celebrated his 21st birthday earlier this summer but it will be on Japan’s...
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