All posts tagged "Ireland"
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The Rugby Championship
/ 5 years agoIrish prudence poses RFU more questions
NICK CAIN Major contsruction: Ireland’s Aviva Stadium PICTURE: Getty Images RUGBY Union is fourth in the pecking order of popular team...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 5 years agoErasmus’ insults will come back
THE behind-the-scenes 2019 World Cup documentary Chasing the Sun shows footage of South Africa’s head coach, Rassie Erasmus, referring to Ireland...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGlasgow boosted by Scotland returnees
■By ADAM ELLIS Preview Glasgow v Leinster Monday, Kick-off 8.15pm, Scotstoun GLASGOW WARRIORS welcome back eight players released by Scotland head...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTykes revamp gathers pace
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Big break: Will Hardwick playing for University of Birmingham LEEDS TYKES have signed a bright spark of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: All Blacks slayer ‘Chico’ faced up to his demons
The man who backed up the injured Gareth Edwards on the Lions 1971 tour but who never started a Test match
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones needs tries to make up ground on Ireland in Six Nations finale
Nick Cain shines the spotlight on England's midfield being the main area requiring clear thinking in selection ahead of facing Italy
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoAbbie Ward and Marlie Packer return to Red Roses squad
England head coach Simon Middleton has named his squad to travel to Italy in search of a Women's Six Nations Grand...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Clubs pay heavy price for out-of-window Test
James Harrington delivers his column on all things French rugby, with Toulouse the hardest hit by international call-ups
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Features
/ 5 years agoMuddle-headed England selectors missed so many
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Entertainers: Bob Demming, left, and Ralph Knibbs OCTOBER...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBaabaas become part of rugby’s omnishambles
COLIN BOAG Frailties: Wallabies v All Blacks matches just keep coming The madness that plagues our game continues to deepen: after...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoDupont at the double in French high five
By ALEX BYWATER France ………………….38pts Tries: Baille 13, Dupont 31, 35, Ollivon 66, Thomas 73 Conversions: Ntamack 14, 32, 36, 67,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSensational Sheehan steals show on debut
■ By JOHN FALLON IRELAND flanker Dan Leavy returned from a knee injury for his first action in 19 months but...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAmos keeps big picture in mind after Wales snub
■By ALEX BYWATER Getting up to speed: Hallam Amos HALLAM Amos wasn’t selected by Wales for their autumn campaign, but the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGareth’s golden boot sets Exeter on their way
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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Features
/ 5 years agoAll Black slayer Chico faces up to his demons
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Maesteg has long been renowned for its music and muscle, its male voice...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRunners nobbled in Sexton’s race to glory
Favourite: Irish fy-half Johnny Sexton leads the poll for Player of the Decade PICTURE: Getty VOTING for World Rugby’s Player of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSafety first but losing Boks is a huge blow
SOUTH Africa v New Zealand has always been the heavyweight clash in world rugby and the decision taken by the Boks...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRed card rules out Irish lock
IAIN Henderson will miss the remainder of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign after receiving a three-match ban for his red card against...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTyro Italy scrum-half Varney self-isolating
GLLUCESTER’S uncapped Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney is isolating having tested positive for Covid-19. Welsh-born Varney, 19, who is asymptomatic, joined the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoGo-ahead for six Tests but under restrictions
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Weeks of posturing, fingerpointing and metaphorical chest-beating ended with something approaching a temporary detente earlier this week,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLos Lelos bolster coaching team for Cup run
FORMER Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys will take on a high performance consultant role with Georgia for the Autumn Nations...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCrucial bubble doesn’t burst before Six Nations
We’ve just seen the 2020-21 club season kick-off in Wales, Ireland and Scotland and already we are moving into international mode....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSchmidt takes on new role in Dublin
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt will start a new role next month as World Rugby’s director of rugby...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCooney’s left out in the cold by Farrell
ULSTER scrum-half John Cooney has been left out of Ireland’s squad for the final two rounds of the Six Nations. Connacht’s...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWilliams column: Don’t kill the Cheetahs off for the ‘Big Four’
Cheetahs could pay the price for the PRO14 wants to expand its broadcast revenue
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Features
/ 5 years agoBrian got two passes, then was dropped!
BRIAN Davies survived a stormy debut for Wales at Lansdowne Road in a draw against Ireland marred by an Arctic wind...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGlorious party amid a sea of red and white
SIMON MASON FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER, ORRELL, RICHMOND, TREVISO & STADE FRANCAIS FLY-HALF MY LIFEIN RUGBY Getting the party started: Simon Mason...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAki exploits porous defence to leave Wilson frustrated
By JOHN FALLON GLASGOW Warriors coach Danny Wilson blamed illdiscipline and some poor defending for their opening round loss in Galway....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeinster up and running but Sexton limps out
By DECLAN ROONEY DEAN Ryan’s Dragons got little change from a trip to face the PRO14 champions as Ashton Hewitt’s wonder...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDon’t kill Cheetahs off for the ‘Big Four’
SHANE WILLIAMs WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Facing extinction: Cheetahs, with Nico Lee on the charge, playing against Southern Kings PICTURE: Getty...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoParisse defies the odds… and gravity
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Why can I mingle in a shop but not at rugby?
It's time for Bill Sweeney to rattle the government's cage, writes Nick Cain
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Features
/ 5 years agoHastings aims to be more than just Finn’s stand-in
NEWS EXTRA By BRYN PALMER ADAM Hastings has warned Finn Russell he is not ready to give up the Scotland No.10...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHumble beginning but Heineken dreamt big
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO now, in this most unusual and mind-bending season, we finally have the two finalists for the...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoBristol Bears’ Callum Sheedy can fit Wales’ present need at No.10 this autumn
Bears director of rugby Pat Lam says he trusts Sheedy enough to know the fly-half can operate on the Test stage
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBangor lead the way – when will RFU follow?
By JON NEWCOMBE THE long wait for community rugby to be played in the UK has finally come to an end...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Johnny Sexton captains Leinster in Champions Cup showdown with Saracens
Leo Cullen and Mark McCall have named their line-up for the repeat of last year's Champions Cup final
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBlackrock’s class of ’96 is a story of future Ireland stars and hidden gems
Leo Cullen and Brian O'Driscoll both came through the corridors of Blackrock College
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Featured
/ 5 years agoBen Curry happy to play waiting game at Test level
Ben Curry says his job involves so much more than being just a 'jackaler'
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoEngland to face Georgia as eight-team Autumn Nations Cup confirmed
November and December dates confirmed for Autumn Nations Cup involving Georgia and Fiji
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGuscott column: Is there a role for Scott Robertson with the Lions?
Jeremy Guscott puts across the argument to have Scott Robertson involved as a specialist coach on the 2021 Lions tour
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoNapoleonic air of disdain from diminutive Dominici
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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoNo place for BOD in Rock’s ‘96 all-stars
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Starter at 10: Brian O’Driscoll playing fly-half for Blackrock College in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTwinkle toes Vasily danced a merry jig at Blackrock
ONE of Blackrock’s more exotic recent products is Russia’s captain Vasily Artemyev, who made such a big impression at RWC2019, first...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tigers centre Dan Kelly
Kelly fielded a call from an unknown number last year where Geordan Murphy was on the other end when he picked...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLet Lions play on without travelling supporters
THE suggestion by Jurie Roux, the South African rugby chief executive, that the 2021 Lions tour could be postponed if coronavirus...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoScott’s excited to develop his all-court game under Flannery
■ By JON NWCOMBE Evolving: Harlequins hooker Scott Baldwin WALES hooker Scott Baldwin is embracing the all-court game he is being...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: Champion Bill Shankland showed Jacklin how it was done
Warrington RLFC's Shankland possessed an expertise that spanned more than just one sport, as Peter Jackson recounts
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoExclusive: The club which tried to sway Jack Willis to play for Ireland and not England
An offer was made to the Wasps flanker this summer to lay on the chance to play for Andy Farrell's team
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoDay the towering red army tasted epic defeat
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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