All posts tagged "Japan"
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Shane Williams
/ 2 years agoThe NextGen needs to be close at hand
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IT WAS great to see the World Rugby U20 Championship back in full swing and...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEaling swoop for Red Rose flier Wilson Hardy
NEWS EXTRA EALING have signed England flier Amy Wilson Hardy. The 31-year-old centre or winger was part of the squad which...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoAzzurrini survive at Japan’s expense
Italy ................. 45 Japan ...............27 Italy condemned Japan to relegation from the World Rugby U20 Championship as Dewi Passarella scored a...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoSpirited England out for revenge
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW...England v France (Today, Kick-off 6pm) England U20s have the opportunity to make amends for their dismal defeat...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoBaby Blacks set for Aussie clash
Preview: New Zealand v Australia (Today, 1pm) New Zealand have had to settle for a fifth-place semi-final against arch rivals Australia...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoYoung stars need more room to grow
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER A fascinating Junior World Cup has reached the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWe trained for hours in baking sun – then lost!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As England ramp up their preparation for this year’s Rugby World Cup,...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoDupont is looking to take a sabbatical
Antoine Dupont could take a sabbatical year after the 2024 Olympic Games, reports in France suggest. The France captain, 26, is...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoRichardson keen on Scotland role
By GRANT SHUB When Dylan Richardson was called up to play for Scotland against Japan at Murrayfield in 2021, the South...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoThe eyes have it! Marler sees Borthwick’s serious
By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick revealed he had to eyeball Joe Marler to persuade the prop to return to international rugby...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoLively Japan make Wales battle hard
By BEN JAYCOCK Wales................... 41pts Tries: Hughes 17, Lloyd 41, Florence 66, Edwards 76, Bradley 77, Hennessey 80 Conversions: Edwards 18,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoEngland run in eight to leave Fiji in pieces
By BEN JAYCOCK England ......................... 53pts Tries: Cleaves 15, Penalty 27, Jibulu 33, Thomas 47, Thame 50, Michelow 54, Woodman 67,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGloucester are keen to get Savage
Gloucester have been linked with a move for their former star Tom Savage who has been playing in Japan with Suntory...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoEx-Tiger Burns making his way back to Japan
Former England fly-half Freddie Burns is heading back to Japan next season after a spell playing in Super Rugby for the...
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Features
/ 2 years agoTake it to the limit one more time
Paul Rees says the heat will be on for England and Wales as the training ramps up It is boot camp...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLamaison brought the house down
The 1999 World Cup was a curate’s egg of a tournament, combining the crass with the truly historic. This was the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoCrusaders to the fore in Team of the Season
Ben Jaycock selects his best XV from this season’s Super Rugby Pacific championship The Crusaders’ incredible dynasty continued as they lifted...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoThe Low-down of the New Rugby World League Format
The world of sports as we know it is changing and new formats are being introduced to change the sporting world....
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Latest News
/ 2 years ago“What we prepared for was way off” – O’Kelly on Ireland’s doomed RWC 2007
Malcolm O’Kelly has revealed why Ireland‘s last World Cup in France was such a disastrous campaign, but is confident such problems...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoFrance prove too strong for Japan
By TOM RILEY France .............75 Japan .............. 12 France ran in 11 tries to steamroll a determined Japan outfit. Les Bleuets,...
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Features
/ 2 years agoFading myth of invincibility
As the World Cup approaches, Paul Rees reports on why the All Blacks need to hit the ground running For the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWilliams heading for Japan
WALES and Lions wing Liam Williams has left Cardiff midway through his contract to join Kubota Spears in Japan. The 32-year-old...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoEligibility rules are cause for concern
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER These newish eligibility regulations are still open to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoFamiliar faces find some new identities
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Nine New Zealanders, four Australians, a goalkicking Irishman and an English prop are...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years ago2023 – Can it change the sport of Rugby? What’s missing?
As the most celebrated event in the oval ball sport comes closer with the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, we...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBorthwick: Mercer a contender for France
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick claims Zach Mercer has “grown” into a true World Cup back row contender for during his...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoBorthwick has it all to play for
Paul Rees considers the head coach's options as he prepares to name his World Cup squad on August 7 England may...
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Features
/ 2 years agoKing Campo was simply the best
World Cup icons...1991 >> Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage All sorts of players...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoThe wake of the Northern Hemisphere & the Rugby World Cup
The biggest celebration of the oval ball sport is here – the Rugby World Cup 2023 is just a few months...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoNo more excuses: Time to get serious, England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK AS soon as Steve Borthwick got the England head coach job he will have...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoHow a boat trip on the Seine swung the vote
The IRB took the momentous decision to stage a first World Cup in March 1985 in strange circumstances. Prior to their...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘England are dark horses for big prize’
By GARY FITZGERALD England can be World Cup dark horses who “sneak up” on the rail and gallop off with rugby’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWe will have to front up, says Laidlaw
By BRYN PALMER Scotland's players need to swiftly “front up” to the reality of their World Cup pool if they are...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Scarlets & Wales U20 scrum-half Archie Hughes
Archie Hughes is looking to show the Scarlets and the world what he can do at the U20s World Championship later...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoStrewth, mate! Fast Eddie’s cash jackpot
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Eddie Jones returned to Twickenham this week as an RFU-made millionaire coach. Jones,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoOdogwu gets Italy chance
ITALY have called up former England prospect Paolo Odogwu as one of five uncapped players in their pre-World Cup training squad....
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Features
/ 3 years agoWales refs fail to make the World Cup grade
Jon Newcombe talks to WRU head of refereeing Paul Adams about the dearth of top officials in Wales For the first...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoJapan League One round-up
It's advantage to Mitsubishi Dynaboars and Honda Heat in the Japan Rugby League One relegation play-offs as both sides were victorious...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoRugby World Cup France 2023: A Celebration of Rugby and Culture
France is getting ready to welcome the world for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which will be the second time they...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawes, Tuilagi provide boost for England
Courtney Lawes has rejected offers from abroad to sign a new deal with Northampton. The 34-year-old England forward, who has 97...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson annoyed by Ashman’s move north
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson is unhappy with the departure of Ewan Ashman to Edinburgh next season, adamant the hooker would...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoHow Far Will England Go at the Upcoming 2023 Rugby World Cup?
Since reaching the Rugby World Cup final four years ago, England have endured a turbulent time in the international arena. They...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEvans is plotting another Fiji shock
By PETER JACKSON A globe-trotting Welshman has become a major part of Fiji‘s grand plan to make World Cup history repeat...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTuilagi agrees one-year extension
BY NEIL FISSLER England and Lions centre Manu Tuilagi will this week sign a contract that will keep him with Premiership...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoPoliticians should give sport wide berth
CHRIS HEWETT The current US President and leader of the free world (so it says on the press release) is almost...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoGoing abroad won’t make players better
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I really am getting fed up with the constant call from players...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoItoje warned: Be ready to take pay cut
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England lock Maro Itoje has been warned to lower his salary expectations when his current...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoHard to stop the drain of players going overseas
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Am I the only one thinking that Maro Itoje is living in...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoUnbeaten Knights charge on against the Rams
Japan League One round-up By BEN JAYCOCK SHOTA Horie celebrated his 150th game for Saitama Wild Knights with a try to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFarrell can play the Jonny role, says May
By GARY FITZGERALD Owen Farrell can be the “Jonny Wilkinson figure” England will need to capture a second Webb Ellis Cup...
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