All posts tagged "France"
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Features
/ 7 years agoMoney talks loudest when it comes to club priorities
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Over the line: Saracens are England’s sole representatives in the Champions Cup...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEdwards: Loss two years ago still hurts
SHAUN Edwards hopes Wales’ Six Nations opener with France will have none of the “shenanigans” which dominated their last trip to...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: All-change Wales aim for Six Nations-RWC double
Nobody has won the Six Nations-Rugby World Cup double since England in 2003
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPaddy Jackson set for reunion with Declan Kidney and Les Kiss at London Irish
Fly-half to leave Perpignan after turning down one-year option to extend his contract
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSix reasons you’ll want to be at Twickenham for the Six Nations 2019
It’s unmissable – The oldest rugby tournament in the world, the Guinness Six Nations sees Europe’s top rugby nations compete in...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWesley Fofana announces international retirement date
Clermont Auvergne centre set to retire from France duty after the World Cup in Japan
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoCarty crowns big week with late winner
■By JOHN FALLON Bordeaux ……27 Connacht ……33 A GLORIOUS week for Connacht was appropriately capped off by Jack Carty as he...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoOspreys sent crashing by Bouchet’s late winner
■By JAMES LLOYD A LATE Pau try dumped the Ospreys out of the Challenge Cup despite a brave effort in France....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLambie to call time
SPRINGBOKS star Pat Lambie is set to call time on his playing career following a series of concussions according to reports...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAll-change Wales aim for 6 Nations RWC double
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON When Wales open the Six Nations in Paris on Friday week, their team...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLooks like Eddie is going straight down the middle
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Power runners: Joe Cokanasiga can open up space like the great Jonah...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRegions should open talks with CVC – Moffett
NEWS EXTRA WALES’ four regions have been told to cut their losses and attempt to form an Anglo-Welsh league with the...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEdinburgh vs Montpellier: Champions Cup Preview
Edinburgh vs Montpellier – 18/1/19 It’s first versus second on Friday night in Pool 5 of the Champions Cup. Edinburgh have...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSinoti Sinoti commits future to Newcastle Falcons
'The supporters have been awesome right from day one' – Sinoti Sinoti
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWarren Gatland names his final Wales Six Nations squad
Wasps flanker Thomas Young included in 39-man squad
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoFootball boss Dyche gets Billy in the mood for a battle
BILLY Vunipola hopes an emotional speech words from Sean Dyche can help him get back into World Cup form and fitness…and...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years ago‘World class’ French show their firepower
By ALEX BYWATER DEAN Richards saw Newcastle’s European dream end as he admitted the Falcons were blown away by “worldclass” Montpellier...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPivac faces Welsh exodus
WALES coach-elect Wayne Pivac could be handed a massive headache before he even starts work with a host of players being...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRFU must name and shame the first time drug abusers
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Caught out: Gloucester’s second row Gerbrandt Grobler was a confessed steroids abuser...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Hardie stays at Falcons SCOTLAND international flanker John Hardie has signed a new two-year deal at Premiership side Newcastle Falcons. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNtamack can make Les Bleus great again
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Poster boy for French youth: Romain Ntamack French rugby supremo Bernard Laporte says his country will find...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUnderhill set to miss Dublin showdown
ENGLAND flanker Sam Underhill will likely miss the opening rounds of the Six Nations after he damaged ankle ligaments in Bath’s...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe must make sure Alun-Wyn remains in Wales
ALUN-WYNJones is a leader, pure and simple. In my opinion he defines Welsh rugby, which is why it must be one...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWales face crunch talks over player contracts
By ALEX BYWATER WELSH rugby’s system of National Dual Contracts is at an end with the country’s four regions now funding...
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Features
/ 7 years agoReckless Brown must be mindful of his own safety
Challenge: Mike Brown battles for the ball with Josh Bassett and Lima Sopoaga. PICTURE: Getty Images As a former Wasps player...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
FORMER LEINSTER, MUNSTER, MOSELEY, BEDFORD, SARACENS AND IRELAND WING DARRAGH O’MAHONY IWENT from absolutely nowhere to all of a sudden being...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoVarndell couldn’t pass up chance at Tigers
NEWS EXTRA TOM Varndell struggled to adapt to life in France and says he is pleased to be back playing in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLocal gem Lester adds sparkle to the Parisians
What a find: Stade Francais flyer Lester Etien PICTURE: Getty Images ■Former New Zealand prop Carl Hayman has been suspended by...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Wales’ route to hitting expectations at the World Cup
Peter Jackson looks at how the northern hemisphere's two in-form teams, Wales and Ireland, could meet in the RWC2019 semis
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Features
/ 7 years agoTeague says No to Exiles job offer
FORMER England skills coach Rory Teague has turned down the chance to work for London Irish next season. Teague, who has...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThat was the year that was
Peter Jackson looks back at 2018 and reflects on 2019 Top try: Jacob Stockdale strikes against New Zealand PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWales’ new belief makes them real World Cup hopes
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Dragons roar: Shane Williams scores Wales’ first try as they beat Ireland 22-10...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUnbeaten, but Worsley knows axe is coming
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES On his way back home: Joe Worsley is making plans Joe Worsley had seen it all as...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoSecret of how French rugby stars dodged jail time in Wales
Peter Jackson's column details the role of a French reporter in securing the release of three France players in Cardiff
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Features
/ 7 years agoCreevy prices himself out of move to Quins
France bound: Agustin Creevy FORMER Worcester Warriors hooker Agustín Creevy looks set to head to France next season after pricing himself...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWonder of Webb but Stade are heroes all
DAVID BARNES Standing ovation: Rhys Webb starred for Toulon Stade Francais brought a tragic week to a winning close that allowed...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSix Nations fitness race
ULSTER and Ireland forward Iain Henderson has been ruled out for ten weeks after with a thumb injury. The 26-year-old will...
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago8 scrum-halves who guided their team to World Cup glory
A who's who of nines to have lifted the Webb Ellis trophy
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Steve Hansen has known ups and downs like no other
Peter Jackson looks at Steve Hansen's time at the WRU
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJake proving he’s cut out for the big time
■By JOHN HARDING Advice: Harry Williams WHAT to take when you are going away, even for a few days, can be...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJackson, Olding bid for costs rejected
THE two Irish players who were acquitted of rape have lost a court bid to recoup legal costs. Ex-Ulster players Paddy...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTackle law review as more die in France
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Concerns: Giant prop Jefferson Poirot PICTURE: Getty Images Jefferson Poirot, the France international prop, has most things...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDead-shot Weir boots Warriors top of the pool
■By GEOFF BERKELEY Dangerman: Worcester’s Alafoti Fa’osilva AN IMMACULATE kicking display from fly-half Duncan Weir helped Worcester see off Pau in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoRed card puts Sale on the back foot
■By ROSS HEPPENSTALL On the prowl: Jean-Luc du Preez charges forward for the Sharks PICTURE: Getty Images SALE saw red for...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoTop 14 like look of Brookes
KIERAN Brookes is attracting interest from France’s Top 14 clubs who are looking to add some bulk. Wasps are losing a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEtzebeth to Toulon
CLUB president Mourad Boudjellal has confirmed that Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth and All Black wing Nehe Milner-Skudder are heading to Toulon....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDragons and Bernard Jackman part ways
Forwards coach Ceri Jones will take interim charge of the struggling PRO14 club
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Nick Cain
/ 7 years agoPromotion stays but 16 teams is good move
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Concerns: Ealing Trailfinders have gates of around 1,000 APremiership table in which there is only...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Kyle off till New Year LEICESTER Tigers centre Kyle Eastmond has received a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Bristol...
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Top 14
/ 7 years agoLaporte rides the outcry over £7m loss
DAVID BARNES Dogged: Bernard Laporte is still fighting to stage the 2023 World Cup in France ”Laporte asked an annual meeting...
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