All posts tagged "France"
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoFriend defends selection policy
CONNACHT coach Andy Friend accepted his team had made too many errors to really push Sale in this quarter-final. “With it...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoFranks craving more of winning feeling at Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Learning from the master: Paul Hill PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Franks says he is relishing his role as...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoNever on Sunday please, for sake of the fans
THE 20,000 empty seats at the Stade de France for the host nation’s opening game of the 2019 Six Nations against...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoShingler signing indicates Ealing ambition
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA EALING Trailfinders have pulled off a coup for next season with the signing of former Cardiff...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRock ‘n’ roll rugby is on the bill at Racing
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The new Parisian home of Racing, the biggest indoor stadium in Europe, was inaugurated by three performances...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFranchise in Exeter will boost exposure says Riley
■By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND Grand Slam winner Leanne Riley says there are no limits to how far women’s club rugby can...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby are ‘turning the game into a joke’
By PETER JACKSON WORLD Rugby stand accused today of turning the international game into ‘a laughing stock’ by allowing too many...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPriestland eyes Blues and Sale
RHYS PRIESTLAND has been having talks with Cardiff Blues and Sale Sharks about a contract when he leaves Bath at the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPocket rocket primed for European explosion
SCOTTISHrugby’s man of the moment Darcy Graham feels his tries against Wales and England will count for little if he cannot...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoItaly proved professional status isn’t everything
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN The Grand Slam performance of the Red Roses was head and shoulders above the rest. The...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGrandest of the Slammers
PETER JACKSON PICKS HIS BEST WELSH TEAM EVER WE asked Peter Jackson to pick his way through a subject even more...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFrench test to kick off next year’s Six Nations
ENGLANDwill begin their next quest for Six Nations glory against France in Paris on Sunday, February 2. They then travel to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSo why has it taken so long for mental scars to appear?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Congratulations to Warren Gatland and the Welsh team who always managed to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHamstring injury forces Coman out
LONDONIrish prop Mike Coman is retiring from professional rugby with immediate effect. Coman sustained a hamstring injury in February 2018 and...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Owen Farrell has a host of questions to answer
Jeremy Guscott's reaction to England's 38-38 draw with Scotland and the 2019 Six Nations
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix Nations fixtures announced for 2020 and 2021
There are no Friday matches, but England open their 2020 Test year in Paris on a Sunday
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoThe 4:30am phone call that ex-France coach Guy Noves will not forgive
“Noves, you are a *****, a crook, a s***"
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoEngland save best for last with crushing win
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Earning the bonus: Cameron Redpath scores England’s fourth try PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS ENGLAND: de Glanville 8...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoFrance hang on to edge thriller in Biella
■ By SAM JACKSON Italy U20…31 France U20…35 REIGNING champions France spent the week coming to terms with their title defence...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoCrabb’s ready to put claws into Irish
PREVIEW Wales Women v Ireland Women Today. Kick-off 1.30pm, Arms Park ROWLAND Phillips will be hoping the footballing ability of lock...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoRed Roses regain the crown in sizzling style
■ By TOM JAMES Scoring spree: Jess Breach scored again to take her tally to nine for the championship THE RED...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPuma Tomas may turn into a Tiger
LEICESTER TIGERS are looking to strengthen their forward pack for next season with a move for Argentina second row Tomás Lavanini,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFrench props go walkabout
IN DUBLINlast Sunday afternoon a pair of French props would have needed a sophisticated piece of sat-nav gadgetry to let them...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoVictory in Vancouver has got Blitzbokke believing
■ By ADAM ELLIS Confidence boost: South Africa triumph in Vancouver ENGLAND have fallen further from contention for the World Rugby...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHigh-speed Hadleigh has Cardiff in a frenzy as party time starts early
■ PETER JACKSON at Principality Stadium What a start: Hadleigh Parkes scores for Wales after 69 seconds PICTURES: Getty Images AND...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoThat Cardiff crowd roar put a lump in my throat
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Standing tall: Josh Navidi nullified CJ Stander PICTURE: Getty Images WHAT A day to be...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoSo close to glory, but Zanon lets it slip away
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE Tireless: Jake Polledri makes yards for Italy CONOR O’Shea refused to point the blame at youngster Marco...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoRobson sidelined by blood clot in his leg
Out: Blair Kinghor ENGLAND and Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson is facing a spell out of action after suffering with blood clots....
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoSix Nations in need of relegation to stay relevant
WORLD Rugby’s plans for a Nations Championship/ World League are in the balance as the two most ‘old guard’ Unions in...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoIrish history boys fight back for a first clean sweep
■ By ROB COLE Europe’s finest: Ireland celebrate the clean sweep IRELAND were forced to come from behind twice before they...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHenderson fired-up for Schmidt’s swansong
By JOHN FALLON Winning streak: Ireland second row Iain Henderson has not lost to France PICTURES: Getty Images TEAMS IRELAND: Ireland:...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTigers chasing Lions star Davies to replace Manu
Wanted: Wales centre Jonathan Davies LEICESTER Tigers are considering a move for Llanelli Scarlets and Wales centre Jonathan Davies as they...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHunt for club goes on for wantaway Rhys
RHYS PRIESTLAND is struggling to find a club in France next season according to Blindside sources. In January it was announced...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Falcon off to France NEWCASTLE centre Pedro Bettencourt, 24, will join French side Oyonnax this summer. The 24-year-old joined from French...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoUnforgiving Noves plots downfall of old enemy
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Big rivalry: Guy Noves, left, and Bernard Laporte Former France team boss Guy Noves did not pick...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoGame-changer Joe proves he’s too hot to handle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Needs a rest: Tom Curry Prolific: Jonny May scores THERE is still so much to...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEven with Ireland’s autumn win, Northern Hemisphere still playing catch up with All Blacks, says Lawrence Dallaglio
The Wasps, England and Lions legend argues New Zealand are still clear favourites for the Rugby World Cup
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Featured
/ 7 years agoFrance keep the faith with squad which beat Scotland for Dublin trip
Head coach Jacques Brunel names unchanged squad to face Ireland in the Six Nations
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoKyle’s critics know nothing about game, raps George
By GARY FITZGERALD JAMIE George has fired a broadside at critics claiming England’s Cardiff defeat is evidence that Eddie Jones’ men...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSeymour wants to hit 50 as a winner
By GARY HEATLY Happier times: Tommy Seymour scores Scotland's third try against Fiji in the Autumn TOMMY Seymour and Jonny Gray...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland can win big ones Warren, just not like this!
Antenna off beam: Ben Youngs kicks for position PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND’S World Cup chances may not have crashed and burned...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBordeaux mayor puts boot into Teague
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Maestro: Finn Russell starred for Racing with a try and an assist The exciting surge of Bordeaux-...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDallaglio: European game still playing catch-up on Kiwis
By GARY FITZGERALD LAWRENCE Dallaglio fears the present battle for Six Nations supremacy has demonstrated that Northern Hemisphere teams are still...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoThe top tips to help you bet on rugby for 2019
If you are a rugby fan, then you know that all roads will be heading to Japan for the 2019 Rugby...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoShane Williams column: Do I think this is the best Wales team ever? You’re damn right I do
Stop asking the question, they've hit the heights
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby’s 12-team World League proposal shot down for casting away Pacific nations
The story of the year may have just hit the sport
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester’s offer to Manu Tuilagi is ‘fairly stingy’, says ex-Tiger Lewis Moody
Racing 92's megabucks stokes conversation of loyalty towards Leicester and if it works both ways
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers back Mathew Tait announces immediate retirement from rugby
Full-back/centre has been struggling with an achilles injury all season and brings to an end an outstanding 15-year professional career
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJoseph’s late brace kills off Scotland comeback
By GARY HEATLY FRANCEbossed the second half of this 11-try thriller in Pau after Scotland had forged a fight-back following a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScott takes charge of new-look England
By SAM JACKSON Captain’s call: Harlequins second row Abbie Scott ENGLAND centre Emily Scarratt will sit out the women’s Six Nations...
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