All posts tagged "Ireland"
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Features
/ 5 years agoForget protein, players need shrinking pills!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Human Bowling Ball: England’s Manu Tuilagi PICTURE: Getty Images When it comes to progress, rugby stands on...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIslanders snub reeks of a new apartheid
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Shameful: Segregated crowds in South Africa The Lions...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCan Robbo be crowd pleaser San Diego and USA need?
IT might not have been uppermost in his decision but social-distancing is unlikely to be an issue when Chris Robshaw joins...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFurbank: I don’t plan to be 2-cap wonder
By NEALE HARVEY England rivals: Elliot Daly and Anthony Watson Ambitious: George Furbank attempts a break for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRugby fans have been left in dark
ENGLISH football has returned along with other sports such as horse racing and snooker. Sadly, I am still unable to see...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoLeinster’s glory trail runs into a roadblock
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Had the season run its natural course, one team might well by now have succeeded...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoAll Black-slayer Carwyn deserved better than this
WHAT Carwyn James achieved during successive seasons had never been achieved before, nor since. He coached three teams to celebrated victories...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoDream debut …then tutor to a rock star
IRELAND had never beaten anyone from the southern hemisphere when the Wallabies turned up at Lansdowne Road in January 1958. A...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPhillips wants rebirth of Ospreys galacticos
By ADAM ELLIS Glory days: Kristian Phillips playing for the Ospreys PICTURES: Getty Images KRISTIAN Phillips hopes the takeover of the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 5-1
Brendan Gallagher reaches No.1 in the countdown and tells the stories behind how the five on this list originated
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 10-6
The national anthems of Italy and Scotland appear next in the next phase of our countdown
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 15-11
The passionate national anthem of Argnetina features on Brendan Gallagher's countdown
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Features
/ 5 years agoGreen’s witty classic stays the course as rugby’s bible
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby books and DVDs TOP 20 ...RUGBY BOOKS AND DVDS...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKiss: We have to protect league rugby
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish head coach Les Kiss says World Rugby must not sacrifice league rugby on the altar of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Les Kiss: Dec and I have come a long way since our days in an Airbnb
We ask the London Irish head coach about Brentford, the Championship, and the big money outlay last summer paying off
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Features
/ 5 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie interview – Hooked on being the best for England
Is the gap closing on Jamie George after the Exeter hooker's form this season?
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card
Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoQUIZ ANSWERS from P24:
1. Mike Campbell-Lamerton - 1966 New Zealand; born in Valletta, Malta in 1933. 2. Serge Blanco 3. Ray Gravell (Llanelli, Wales...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGolden Era ends with Welsh Slam but France are also formidable
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union Power: France before their game against Wales...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRFU facing new round of staff cuts in cash crisis
By NICK CAIN Plan: Francis Baron THE RFU look to be heading for another round of redundancies as world rugby teeters...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHeffernan must wait for move to Prem
OISIN HEFFERNAN has been left in limbo despite this week being named in the Championship team of the season. The Nottingham...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMoving Six Nations will work – Conrad
By NEALE HARVEY World champ: Conrad Smith playing for the All Blacks PICTURES: Getty Images DOUBLE World Cupwinning ex-All Black Conrad...
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoHow American Football Grew Out of British Rugby
There’s no question America has borrowed traditions from the British. Even the melody to the national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner”...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Owen Farrell has the game to replace Sexton and stay ahead of Biggar
Owen Farrell can live up to the challenge of Dan Biggar and Johnny Sexton on the 2021 Lions tour
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Brad Mooar: I’m leaving Scarlets with them ready to explode
We ask the outgoing Scarlets head coach about what he's leaving behind in west Wales and his final message to fans
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins find tighthead to fill void left by Kyle Sinckler
The Premiership club are set to bolster their front row across all three positions
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRUGBYQUIZ
FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE Making an entrance: Erika Roe at Twickenham 1. Who were England’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders bolster backline with top flight duo
Versatile: Max Bodilly EALING Trailfinders have strengthened their squad for next season with the arrival of centre Max Bodilly from Exeter...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBaron’s Coronavirus Cup proposal dismissed
FRANCIS Baron’s idea of a major international tournament to be held in England in 2021 to ease the financial impact of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWas this the greatest club Seven of all time?
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image Iconic Rugby Pictures:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhere have all the Welsh coaches gone?
NO MATTER how different it may look or when it will start, next season will have a depressingly familiar look about...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime for rugby to make some good TV
WHEN it comes to promoting itself on screens, either big or small, Rugby Union trails behind most sports. Nowhere is this...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoBritish & Irish Lions select Murrayfield as host venue for pre-2021 tour Test
Lions set to play at home of Scottish rugby for only the second time in history
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Playing for British & Irish Lions was most special honour for Rory Underwood
England's all-time leading tryscorer played in a World Cup and was a spectator at the 2003 triumph in Sydney
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSam Underhill goes back to his roots during lockdown, but embraces future with Bath, England and as a possible Lion
The England flanker recalls working with his painter/decorator Grandad, and the grind required to bring success to Bath and a Lions...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Apartheid so sickened Tony Ward, he did not go back
The Ireland fly-half tells Peter Jackson how the disparaging sights of Apartheid South Africa he witnessed on the 1980 Lions tour...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDavid Humphreys in power struggle, as Gloucester braced to lose two South African stars
The Gloucester director of rugby faces challenges to bring in an outside hire to succeed Johan Ackermann as head coach
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby stadiums countdown: 5-1
Twickenham enters the rankings outside of the Top 3
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Features
/ 6 years agoHumphreys in coaching power battle
GLOUCESTER director of rugby David Humphreys is locked in a power struggle with the Cherry and White’s players and board over...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAugust restart in Ireland
THE PRO14 hopes to return to play on August 22 with a series of behind closed doors matches. The Irish Rugby...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: All Blacks must ditch Mo’unga and give No.10 shirt back to Beauden Barrett
Jeremy Guscott looks at how Ian Foster must address how fly-half and full-back will function in his All Blacks team and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoExclusive: England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland plot Four Nations contest
Unions move to keep autumn Test window viable as travel restrictions knock out plans with southern hemisphere nations
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLoyalty to Waterloo runs deep for Dick
MY CLUB WATERLOO WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEvans’ policy turns erratic England into champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 9 1953-1959...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions go on the attack to capture imagination
Try-a-match: Tony O’Reilly NOT only did this era (1954-59) include two of the greatest ever Lions tours - 1955 to South...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSad day as blind Fleury bails out the All Blacks
YOU don’t often hear a New Zealand crowd cheering loudly for the opposition so you know something pretty special must have...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPlaying for the Lions was special honour
MY LIFEIN RUGBY RORY UNDERWOOD THE FORMER ENGLAND, LIONS AND LEICESTER WINGER Roaring in: Rory Underwood scores for the Lions on...
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Features
/ 6 years agoColtish O’Driscoll oozed class right from the start
Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 9 Brian O’Driscoll makes his World Cup debut October 2 1999 Brendan Gallagher delves into some of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten season champions Caldy
The Rugby Paper’s National 2 North correspondents pick a Team of the Season Key man: Rhys Hayes shone at full-back for...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Bill Beaumont wears the crown, others wield the power
Chris Hewett shares his view that World Rugby's governance makes FIFA look like a beacon of democracy
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