All posts tagged "Ireland"
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNorth to miss start of the Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON In the roar: Joe Marchant celebrates scoring Harlequins’ fourth try against Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images GEORGE North’s comeback...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNew women’s union will offer protection
By PAUL REES DANIELLE Waterman set up the Women’s Rugby Association, which launched last week, to ensure players do not lose...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMARTIN MASTERS WEEKLY BATTLE OF THE BASTARDS
THE back five of the young Leicester pack have the look of combatants who survived the ‘Battle of the Bastards’ in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoI feel so much happier since stepping back
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER IRELAND U20 AND, HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF NOW AT UTAH WARRIORS NIALL SAUNDERS In early 2017, I...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSchmidt to be selector for All Blacks
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt, 56, is to join New Zealand as a selector. The 56-year-old, who led...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoO’Gara won’t be filling Van Graan role at Munster
FORMER Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara has ruled himself out of the Munster head coach job. South African Johann van Graan will...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMunster to line up Kidney for Van Graan
By NEIL FISSLER MUNSTER are weighing up a move for London Irish director of rugby Declan Kidney after confirming Johann van...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBarbeary returns to the back row
PREVIEW... Wasps v Munster Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Coventry Building Society Arena The boy’s back: Alfie Barbeary returns to the Wasps starting...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoTigers show their bite in big mauling
By WILL KEIGHLEY Sheffield Tigers....27 Luctonians.................0 SHEFFIELD captain Mark Ireland hailed his team for fronting up in an excellent victory. The...
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Features
/ 5 years agoKingsholm, Welford Rd host Roses
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND will play their 2022 Women’s Six Nations home games at Gloucester’s Kingsholm and Leicester’s Welford Road. Kingsholm will...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRingrose commits his future to Leinster
IRELAND and Leinster centre Garry Ringrose has agreed a three-year extension to his IRFU contract. The contract will see the 26-year-old...
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Six Nations
/ 5 years agoLooking Ahead to Six Nations 2022
The Six Nations may not be the biggest rugby competition in the world, but it’s certainly one of the most loved....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFifth place again for GB Sevens in Dubai
GREAT Britain men finished fifth at the second Dubai Sevens event of the season with a 10-5 win over Kenya in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPark power up their defence in bid to reach Championship
By WARREN MUGGLETON ROSSLYN Park are in a “good place” but want to “get better” in the hunt for promotion, says...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoYouthful Harrogate take heart in loss
By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate.................. 7 Sheffield Tigers....27 AN horror injury list forced Harrogate to field inexperienced players, all of whom showed...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoURC will press on despite Omicron
NEWS EXTRA THE United Rugby Championship remains committed to the competition’s format and playing all postponed matches despite a turbulent week...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRugby was religion in the Douai sixth form
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S over 22 years since anybody laced up their boots and...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThinking prop Ray believed persistence trumped all
Peter Jackson remembers the life of Ireland‘s great British Lion Ray McLoughlin When they laid Ray McLoughlin to rest last Wednesday,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoThe smoking priest fired up Crescent
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools CRESCENT College in Limerick – now styled Crescent Comprehensive – lies...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoSinckler must change his technique or lose place
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What can I say, last weekend the northern hemisphere rugby unions did...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoEnthralling series but the big issues need addressing
WORLD Rugby recently dispensing lifestyle advice you could find in a GP surgery leaflet reflects their woeful inability to resolve the...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoRespect for refs is rugby cornerstone
AS bad as some of the officiating was in last weekend’s internationals (referees and TMOs) I still agree with everything in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOspreys fail to find lift off as Friend’s men plunder seven
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ..........46pts Tries: Hansen 2, Bolton 13, McNulty 23, Arnold 43, Penalty 58, Blade 70, Fitzgerald 78 Conversions:...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoUSA rout wraps up dominant autumn
By SAM JACKSON Flyer: Lydia Thompson scores England’s third try ENGLAND Women completed their autumn clean sweep with an 89-0, 15-try...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoHigh-flying Bears bring back their big guns
PREVIEW... Bristol Bears v Wasps Today, Kick-off 2.30pm BRISTOL centre Phoebe Murray believes the team have what it takes to “go...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeo: Battle is won, but war is not over
By GARY FITZGERALD DAN Leo says World Rugby’s landmark decision to allow players to swap allegiance is a step in the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoChiefs believe they can work through issues at Sandy Park
EXETER are looking to rediscover home comforts to reboot their Premiership campaign and get them off to a winning start in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoQuins eye deal for prop Dooley
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEINSTER loosehead Pete Dooley could be heading to the Premiership next season with Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRing-fenced cup with weakened teams is turn off
LAST weekend’s match report on Gloucester v Bath in the Premiership Cup is headed ‘Bath’s second string destroyed in record defeat...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBerry has been squashed by Erasmus controversy
COLIN BOAG Watching last weekend’s match between Wales and Fiji I was somewhat bemused by referee Nic Berry’s performance. I can’t...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoIreland v All Blacks is rugby’s new rivalry
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is defined by its great rivalries: Bath- Leicester and Llanelli-Swansea back in the amateur days; Martyn...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoThompson tames Tigers at the death
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 31 Sheffield Tigers....27 A LAST-MINUTE try from Callum Thompson clinched victory for 14- man Huddersfield in the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLobbe confident Pumas can make history
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER ARGENTINA legend and current Jaguares head coach Carlos Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe believes the Pumas can cause...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoIce-cool Priestland provide Wales with
By PETER JACKSON Wales ................29pts Tries: Elias 23, Tompkins 48 Conversions: Biggar 24, 48 Penalties: Biggar 6, 16, 38, 65; Priestland...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoNo guff, just gumption from my top XV pundits
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is falling-off-a-log easy to poke fun at the battalions of exrugby professionals who earn a living...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoIreland end turbulent week with gutsy win
Ireland ............20 USA ....................10 IRELAND battled to a hard-fought win in Dublin after a week dominated by comments made by IRFU...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEason selects strongest line-up for Japan
Preview... Scotland v Japan Today, Kick-off 4.10pm SCOTLAND head coach Bryan Easson has made just one change to the side that...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDallas was not a big hit for Kiwis
GEORGE Watson’s College have produced a host of notable players but one of their rugby alumni also went on to achieve...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoWhy send minnows cruising for a bruising?
CHRIS HEWETT THE Rugby Europe Championship was back up and running this weekend, with the Netherlands facing Russia in Amsterdam, and...
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National Leagues
/ 5 years agoTigers left caged by the elements
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ................24 Sheffield Tigers.... 18 TYNEDALE did just enough to claim victory in this grueling game rearranged from...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoNew faces in Irish squad
IRELAND coach Adam Griggs has named six uncapped players in the squad for the Tests against USA and Japan. Leinster pair...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGlobal salary cap way forward says URC chief
By STEFFAN THOMAS UNITED Rugby Championship chief executive Martin Anayi has called for a global salary cap. There is no salary...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPotter draws on gambling hell to help save others
PAUL REES talks to Mark Potter about his fall and rise after gambling addiction When Mark Potter tells sportsmen and women...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players JENNY MAXWELL THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND SCRUM-HALF Loughborough...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMyler kicks Ospreys to rare win over Munster
By STEFFAN THOMAS O spreys ..............18pts Penalties: Myler 2, 32, 37, 46, 64, 72 Munster ............10pts Tries: Casey 55 Conversions: Crowley...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKelleher leads the way for Leinster
By JIM SHEEDY Glasgow ..........15 Leinster ..........31 GLASGOW coach Danny Wilson was disappointed his side weren’t able to end the opening...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRugby is king for the night at Adelaide Oval
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoZebo earns Ireland recall but no room for Stockdale
SIMON Zebo is back in the Ireland squad for the first time since 2017 following his return to Munster from Racing...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Glasgow Warriors lock Max Williamson
Scotland will boast plenty of experience at next year’s U20 Six Nations after prioritising first-year academy players in their squad last...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCup specialists await their next golden era
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools CAMPBELL College Belfast have a fine record in the Ulster Schools...
Junior International Rugby
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Junior International Rugby
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