All posts tagged "Italy"
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/ 5 years agoCrowley steps up for Azzurri
RUGBY SHORTS BENETTON coach Kieran Crowley has replaced Franco Smith as Italy’s coach. Smith had been in the role since 2019...
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/ 5 years agoKieran Crowley to lead Italy at the next World Cup as FIR reshuffle coaching staff
Current head coach Franco Smith will step into a director of high performance role with the FIR
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/ 5 years agoEnd salary cap and fat cats will take cream | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett contemplates how the salary cap can be conflicted between financial fairness and rugby's narrow corridor of frequent contenders
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/ 5 years agoNorth v South final is on
PRO14 Rainbow Cup organisers are close to finalising plans for a June final in Europe between the best Europebased team and...
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/ 5 years agoCardiff to host entire U20 Six Nations
THE 2021 U20 Six Nations will take place entirely in Wales, TRP can reveal. It was confirmed in January that the...
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/ 5 years agoHarlequins sign 61-Test Tommaso Allan to reinforce fly-half stock
As first revealed in The Rugby Paper last month, Quins have finalised an agreement to sign Italy fly-half Tommaso Allan from...
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/ 5 years agoHarlequins eye Tommaso Allan to deputise for Marcus Smith
With Brett Herron and James Lang moving on, Quins are looking for immediate depth behind Smith
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/ 5 years agoAlun Wyn Jones deal lets him go to World Cup
Signed to a new deal at the WRU and Ospreys this week, a contract clause could take the Wales captain through...
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoPromotion and relegation are essential at all levels of game – Francis Baron
What does former RFU chief executive Francis Baron think of CVC's growing influence in northern hemisphere rugby and the strategy plan...
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/ 5 years agoIreland 25-5 Italy: Irish finish in style to seal third place
IRELAND signed off with a win to secure third place in the Six Nations. Dorothy Wall barged over in the corner...
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/ 5 years agoSimon Middleton names England squad for Six Nations final
Emily Scarratt to lead the Red Roses against France on Saturday, as captain Sarah Hunter is named on the bench
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoMassimo Cuttitta was heart and soul of Azzurri | Brendan Gallagher
Brendan Gallagher remembers Massimo Cuttitta and the Italy of the late prop's era
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/ 5 years agoRainbow Cup in tatters as PRO14 cancel cross-hemisphere matches
Restrictions prohibiting travel between South Africa and the UK & Ireland forces PRO14 to offset Rainbow Cup dates
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/ 5 years agoRFU complete Six Nations review and reiterates its ‘full support’ of Eddie Jones
Bill Sweeney and the RFU have completed their review of England's poor Six Nations campaign
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/ 5 years agoScotland 20-41 Italy: Captain’s hat-trick kills off Scotland
ITALY captain Manuela Furlan grabbed a hat-trick as the Azzurre secured second place in the Women’s Six Nations Pool A behind...
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/ 5 years agoBenetton denied in the final frantic moments
Montpellier....31 Benetton ........25 A TREMENDOUS defensive effort in the closing minutes saw Montpellier book their place in the semi-finals after back...
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/ 5 years agoItaly 3-67 England: Nine-try England book date in final
Italy played their best rugby in years in a first half which England still managed to score two tries in, before...
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/ 5 years agoThere’s still room for skill in the women’s game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At last the women’s game has an equal platform to the men. The...
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/ 5 years agoCaptain Sarah Hunter returns to England starting line-up
Hunter will form a completely new back row selected by head coach Simon Middleton for the trip to Italy
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNorthampton Saints go shopping in Italy
Chris Boyd is looking to go talent-searching at Benetton
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/ 5 years agoEngland’s ‘power’ scrum looks more powder puff | Nick Cain
Nick Cain looks at England's troubles at the scrum, with the same errors holding back the front row that occurred at...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoThat Rome weekend puts block on Georgia | Chris Hewett
If Italy are not all washed up as a permanent member of the Six Nations elite –a sporting society so exclusive,...
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/ 5 years agoThree gripes to put in Room 101
ALWAYS enjoy the Room 101 column, and I would like to share three rants with TRP. What is going on with...
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/ 5 years agoPaolo Odogwu was given an explanation why England didn’t play him
Wasps winger Odogwu saw no game-time with England and was not released back to Wasps during the Six Nations
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/ 5 years agoSarah Hunter back to lead England’s challenge
Previewing the Red Roses hopes of defending their Women's Six Nations title
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/ 5 years agoRachel Malcolm heads Scots’ charge
WINGER Elizabeth Musgrove and scrum-half Jenny Maxwell return to the Scotland squad after long-term injuries. Evie Gallagher, Shona Campbell, Coreen Grant...
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/ 5 years agoWhat’s Wrong With England’s Rugby Stars?
England invented the game of rugby. You already know that because the press rarely misses an opportunity to tell you. The...
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/ 5 years agoIt’s your fault Eddie, blasts Woodward
ENGLAND’S World Cup winning boss Sir Clive Woodward blasted Eddie Jones after the disaster in Dublin. “Eddie has to look in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNow Stade Francais keep their eyes on Ollie Lawrence progress
Stade Francais have a void to fill after midfield star Gael Fickou appears set to join Racing 92
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/ 5 years agoTRP’s 2021 Six Nations team of the tournament
15 Stuart Hogg (Scotland) Scotland have been patchy but their skipper has been superb throughout both in attack and defence. Once a...
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/ 5 years agoCVC cash must be shared with the needy
CHRIS HEWETT IT DOES not require years of detailed analysis from a political theorist to reach the conclusion that Rugby Union has...
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/ 5 years agoNo protests this time about unequal TV cash!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Penalty try? Henry Slade’s kock-on prevents Matthieu Jalibert from scoring PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoEngland’s Lions hopefuls hit skids with Triple Frown | Brendan Gallagher verdict
Critics have raised the alarm bell over England's slump, so why hasn't Eddie listened? Brendan Gallagher's verdict on the loss to...
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/ 5 years agoScotland 52-10 Italy: Worst-ever finish for under-fire Italians
Scotland wrapped up the try bonus point within the first half-four at Murrayfield
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/ 5 years agoNo Leigh Halfpenny for Wales’ Grand Slam pursuit
Alun Wyn Jones will equal Richie McCaw's record for the number of Test caps against France
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/ 5 years agoEngland head coach Eddie Jones named team to face Ireland
Henry Slade has been ruled out with a calf injury for England's trip to Dublin
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/ 5 years agoI’m backing wonderful Wales all the way in Paris | Shane Williams
The Grand Slam is on for Wales, Shane Williams considers the likelihood after their win in Rome
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/ 5 years agoBayonne push Agen one step nearer the inevitable | James Harrington
Midway through the second half of Italy v Wales, the Top 14 caught up with its Covid-hit schedule as the final...
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/ 5 years agoItaly 7-48 Wales: A Golden Slam beckons as Italians self-destruct in tragedy of errors
George North equals Shane Williams' tally of tries in the Six Nations, as Wales run riot in Rome
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/ 5 years agoFired-up Wales eye payback in Paris
WAYNE Pivac has warned France they will face a different side to the one which was hammered in Paris last autumn...
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/ 5 years agoThe secret of youth for Richard Wigglesworth? Luck and excellent player rotation
DURABLE Leicester No.9 Richard Wigglesworth says luck allied to an insatiable appetite for self-improvement are fuelling his desire to keep playing....
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/ 5 years agoHalaholo: ‘I was involved in heavy drinking and in my last year at high school I had my daughter’
Halaholo opens up on the trials of his youth on the rough side of Auckland, his dark past with the bottle,...
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/ 5 years agoGrand Slam-hunting Wales rest Adam Beard for trip to Italy
Wales head coach Wayne Pivac has revealed who is the preferred No.9 now Kieran Hardy will miss the rest of the...
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/ 5 years agoNo tantrums from Callum Sheedy just a focus on the team | Peter Jackson
It's been a rapid rise for Callum Sheedy to the Wales Six Nations set-up, Peter Jackson looks at the Bristol No.10's...
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/ 5 years agoLam’s ‘kick up backside’ made Sheedy Wales’ star
By NEALE HARVEY In control: Callum Sheedy dictates play against England in Cardiff Inset, Pat Lam PICTURES: Getty Images MODEST Wales...
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/ 5 years agoClifton’s hackers caused public school stand-off
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALTHOUGH Clifton will reluctantly concede that the annual game between Edinburgh...
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/ 5 years agoCanal Plus keep rights in bumper Top 14 deal | James Harrington
James Harrington reports on the megan deal Top 14 bosses and broadcaster Canal Plus have struck in France
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/ 5 years agoHapless Jack faces year out
ENGLAND and Wasps flanker Jack Willis “could be out for up to a year” after having surgery on a medial collateral...
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/ 5 years agoGalthie in clear but French day trips forbidden – Laporte
FRENCH federation boss Bernard Laporte says there was no wrongdoing by the France squad before a coronavirus outbreak caused the postponement...
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/ 5 years agoBenetton 17-19 Connacht: Hero Aki’s last-minute try saves Connacht
Connacht continue to collect points on their travels, with Bundee Aki leaving it late to rescue the win
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