All posts tagged "Ireland"
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoMark Ella & Co were the true pass masters
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Nineteen eighty four might have been...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoIreland cash in on USA errors to finish on a high
By BEN JAYCOCK Ireland.............26 USA....................14 IRELAND came from behind to round off an impressive WXV1 campaign with a win over an...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSpain delighted to take top spot
ROUND-UP SPAIN concluded an incredible WXV 3 campaign as champions after conceding just eight points in three games. The champions will...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHat-trick for Breach as England stun New Zealand
By BEN JAYCOCK Style: Jess Breach scores against New Zealand JESS Breach scored a hat-trick as England produced an attacking masterclass...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHigh ticket prices for All Blacks cast dark shadow
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW WHEN the RFU finished doing their sums for the autumn series of Twickenham’s...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoDorking far too quick for Quins
■By KEVIN BEAL Dorking.....................36 Oxford H..................... 7 A BLISTERING first-half performance was enough to see Dorking take the inaugural league meeting...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPlaying out in France was brutal -it really was
MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRIAN MULLEN THE FORMER LONDON IRISH & CLERMONT FLY-HALF NOWADAYS it is a trend: players moving across the...
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Features
/ 1 year agoJONNOBALDING
YOUNG GUNS GLOUCESTER & ENGLAND U18 LOCK England U18s second row Jonno Balding is hoping performances for Radley College can impress...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoPremiership Rugby plays down talk of a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league
Premiership Rugby appears to have killed off proposals for a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league in favour of retaining a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoCenturion Harvey Skinner out to join elite club
By Paul Rees Ever since Harvey Skinner made his debut for Exeter eight years ago, players from the club have been...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDorothy would have had final word
HERE’S a thought: if Dorothy Parker had played rugby, she’d have run rings around Rieko Ioane, Johnny Sexton, Brodie Retallick, Peter...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHunt prepares to face up to Black Ferns challenge
By BEN JAYCOCK England v New Zealand PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 8.30pm, Langley Events Centre Wise head: Natasha Hunt is looking forward...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoClassy Red Roses get off to a flier against USA
By BEN JAYCOCK At the double: Ellie Kildunne goes over for a try CAPTAINED by Alex Matthews for the first time,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBreen called up to captain Ireland
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Canada v Ireland Saturday October 5. Kick-off 11.45pm MUNSTER centre Enya Breen was named captain of Ireland...
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Features
/ 1 year agoRemembering those early trips
THE Lions staged three tours to Argentina in the early days before giving up on the idea. The 1910 tour was...
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Features
/ 1 year agoAdair runs riot for Ireland
ROSS Adair, acknowledged in this column last week as the first ex-rugby professional to play international cricket, rose so magnificently to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoIn-form hosts are in seventh heaven
By DAN JACOBS Westcombe P.........46 Oxford H...................24 WESTCOMBE Park recorded their biggest win of the season with victory over Oxford Harlequins....
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Features
/ 1 year agoDYLANHICKS
YOUNG GUNS MUNSTER & IRELAND U20 FLY-HALF Tyro Munster fly-half Dylan Hicks is hoping to continue progressing through Ireland’s successful age-grade...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoIreland outclass Pumas
EMERGING Ireland started their tour of South Africa with a 3624 win over the Pumas in Bloemfontein on Wednesday. Zac Ward,...
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Features
/ 1 year agoCampese:Schmidt is wrong man for Aussies
By CAMERON STEPHENS DAVID Campese delivered a blunt message regarding Joe Schmidt’s position as Australia’s head coach, claiming the Kiwi isn’t...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTwo matches, two defeats but Steve Diamond keeping the faith
By Ben Jaycock Harlequins ran in four tries yesterday to condemn Newcastle Falcons to a 28-14 defeat at The Stoop –...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoNewcastle Falcons show spirit but Harlequins do enough
By Brendan Gallagher Harlequins ....................... 28pts Tries: Jibulu 15, Evans 24, Halfpenny 31, Porter 41 Conversions: Smith 16, 25, 32, 42...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoLeinster take control to put Dragons in their place
By Simon Thomas Leinster ........... 34pts Tries: Conan 18, R Byrne 38, Deegan 47, J McCarthy 64, Larmour 69, King 81...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoJordie Barrett a doubt for England re-match in Autumn Internationals
New Zealand centre Jordie Barrett has injured the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and is a doubt for the...
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Features
/ 1 year agoWhen every story always seems to lead back to that lineout…
WHILE his native Ulster were in Johannesburg for their fixture against the Lions, one of the province’s old players was otherwise...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoLymm hold on by narrowest margin
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....27 Lymm........................28 LYMM maintained their unbeaten start to the season by the width of a post in...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoQuins are held as Hawks swoop to take fair share
By HAMISH OGILVY Oxford H.............19pts Henley H.............19pts Try time: Archie van Dijk on his way to scoring for Oxford and, PICTURES:...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoIreland face tough New Zealand test
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... New Zealand v Ireland Monday. Kick-off 3am IRELAND take on world champions New Zealand this morning looking...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Tom Dye
YOUNG GUNS NORTHAMPTON & ENGLAND U18 PROP Tom Dye has the rare ability to play both sides of the scrum and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoContepomi right man for Pumas, says Bosch
By CAMERON STEPHENS Landmark win: Pumas celebrate beating South Africa and, inset top, Felipe Contepomi and, below, Marcelo Bosch PICTURES: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSouth African influence on European Rugby
By Peter Ryan South Africa is a phenomenal rugby nation that is at the top of its game right now. Talent...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoEmiliano Boffelli injury woes add to Edinburgh problems
By Bryn Palmer Edinburgh......... 31pts Tries: Schoeman 11, Van der Merwe 32, 65, Cherry 42, Scott 80 Conversions: Thompson 12, 43,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoMaverick Shea the hardest of them all
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW NEWPORT heralded the season with a birthday bash on a lavish scale, filling...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoConor O’Shea backing England A to bridge the gap
By Ben Jaycock England A return to action in November and RFU director of performance Conor O’Shea feels they have a...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWales and Scotland are in the mood to prove themselves
Star: Jasmine Joyce WXV 2 FOLLOWING their bottom-place finish in the Six Nations, Wales head coach Ioan Cunningham has galvanaised his...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoTigers are tamed in late, late show
By TOM KELLY Preston G.................27 Sheffield Tigers....26 A last-minute converted try saw Preston Grasshoppers snatch the win against Sheffield Tigers. After...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Fraser Rawlins
Young Guns Fraser Rawlins burst onto the scene during the England U18s tour to South Africa, scoring a brace of tries...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoEasterby looking forward to Ireland job
SIMON Easterby is relishing the chance to lead Ireland when expects Andy Farrell takes a sabbatical to become the British and...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoChristian Day confident new PGP deal will attract big guns
By Adam Hathaway Players' chief Christian Day predicts the new Professional Game Partnership agreement will help attract more foreign big guns...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoRichard Barrington ready to power up Ampthill
By Jon Newcombe Richard Barrington has signed up to the Ampthill “Mob” and reassured that he’ll still have a target on...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoQuite right, Brendan, don’t indulge All Blacks
I couldn't agree more with Brendan Gallagher’s suggestion that we must stop indulging the All Blacks and their haka. He missed...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoTime for Steve Borthwick to prove his worth
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s talking points By Brendan Gallagher Honeymoon periods are not set in stone...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoResurgent Irish hit Wallaroos for six
Ireland.....................36 Australia................. 10 IRELAND started their season with an impressive six-try win in Belfast with back row Aoife Wafer scoring a...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMagic of the Lions will attract record crowd
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know At the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 25 next year, the...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoTigers tamed by familiar adversaries
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers.... 13 Sheffield..................22 SHEFFIELD maintained their unbeaten start, edging their way to a three-try victory in a...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Harlequins’ Felix Champain
Young Guns Felix Champain felt his trip to South Africa last month with England U18s was a great indication in what...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMarlie Packer: We want to win Rugby World Cup in front of sell-out Twickenham crowd
By James Reid Marlie Packer’s legacy will not be defined by what happens at next year’s Rugby World Cup, but the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMarx on parade to make it four in a row
By Paul Rees South Africa ………………… 18pts Tries: Kolisi 48, Marx 73 Conversions: Pollard 49 Penalties: Pollard 31, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 54 New...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoTime we stopped indulging the haka
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE is so much disingenuous hypocritical twaddle surrounding...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoDominant Dale pass Tigers test
Wharfedale............22 Sheffield Tigers...... 8 ■ By EDWIN WILLIAMS WHARFEDALE grabbed a bonus-point win to start their campaign, while a plucky Tigers...
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