All posts tagged "Japan"
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFinn Russell says no to Japan’s offer of ‘at least’ £1m
FINN Russell has turned down the chance to become the best-paid player in the world and will see out the remaining...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJonny May is target for Top League
ENGLAND winger Jonny May has been sounded out about a potential move to Japan despite being under contract at Gloucester until...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoOne World Cup is fraught, let alone two!
CHRIS HEWETT YOU have to laugh. After years of dissing football as a “below stairs” kind of sport, wholly bereft of...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoAnalysis: Eddie decides to go the way of Harlequins, not Saracens in autumn training squad
Paul Rees looks at the winners and losers from Eddie Jones' autumn international training squad
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLeicester Tigers on the hunt for George Kruis return
BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers are hoping to bring former England and Lions second row George Kruis back to the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAgents row will take players abroad
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FRENCH and Japanese clubs are looking to pick off Premiership stars as the standoff...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOspreys have the talent to head regions’ challenge
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND So, a new season of club rugby is finally upon us and it’s a new...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCanucks face Chile in bid for RWC 2023
BRENDAN GALLAGHER CANADIAN rugby is invariably a roller coaster and never more so than during the week of their back-to-back World...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExclusive: Ex-Scarlets head coach Glenn Delaney gets job in Japan
GLENN Delaney has landed a job in Japan, four months after leaving his position as head coach of Scarlets. The 47-year-old...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAlun Wyn: More left in tank and I’m enjoying it
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones says he will continue playing until his form and enjoyment decline....
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoRugby Has Roughly 475 Million Fans in the World Today
The next time the BBC decides to put the Six Nations results near the bottom of its home page, they may...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSchreuder: Falcons have laid a strong foundation
By GARY FITZGERALD LOUIS Schreuder believes Newcastle Falcons can ruffle some more high profile feathers in the new season...starting with champions...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRowlands finds a new direction
By ALEX BYWATER PREVIEW… Wasps v Dragons Date. Kick-off 2pm, Stadium WILL Rowlands admits making to-and-fro dashes from Wales to Coventry...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRennie changes the rules in battle to beat All Blacks
THE determination of Australia’s new Kiwi coach Dave Rennie to bridge the gap between the Wallabies and the All Blacks after...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCarnage among No.7s makes Navidi key man
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ONE of the biggest things that has gone under the radar this summer is the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoMatson is welcome addition to melting pot
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Younger readers will find this hard to believe, but the art historian Kenneth Clark knew so much...
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Features
/ 4 years agoIslanders’ flair can give Super Rugby real boost
COLIN BOAG If it’s hyperbole you’re after, then Rugby Australia’s CEO, Andy Marinos, is your man. Formerly at SANZAAR for five...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBoobbyer quit at his peak to aid post war reconciliation
BRIAN Boobbyer was arguably Uppingham’s finest ever rugby player – certainly in modern times – but, as a committed Christian who...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHuw’s that new star in Quins back line?
■By GARY FITZGERALD HUW Jones is ready to fight like crazy for his first-team place at Harlequins and show Gregor Townsend...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWarriors will attack from the back says Forbes
■By GARY HEATLY COLE FORBES believes the new-look Glasgow Warriors back three will click quickly and play a fast brand of...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 4 years ago3 Brand Merchandising Lessons to Learn from Rugby World Cup Tournaments
Organised sports and competitions are an integral part of human civilisation. From the time of the earliest Olympics, men, women, and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAnscombe agony will finally end next month
■By PETER JACKSON GARETH Anscombe is scheduled to start his longawaited come back next month after a two-year fight to save...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJosh Matavesi could be heading out of Bath
Bath could free up space on the salary cap by allowing Josh Matavesi to explore interest from Japan, and have space...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoThe club hoping to make Scotland ace Finn Russell rugby’s richest man
Michael Cheika wants to bring the star of the third Lions Test to Japan
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle eye Matu’u
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LONDON Irish, who last week released veteran back rower Blair Cowan to Japan, could...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoKick-fests will make us all turn off the TV | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on rugby's beige kicking game
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLondon Irish announce surprise departure of Blair Cowan
The Exiles co-captain will leave the Premiership to pursue opportunities in Japan
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoIt’s high time globetrotter Eddie honed home stars | Nick Cain
After surviving a review into a poor Six Nations campaign, Nick Cain is stumped by Eddie Jones' continued day-tripping to other...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie gets his holidays in before new season
SO Eddie Jones is off on his travels again in the next month although, still a long way out from the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEverything was stacked against Lions from the start | Nick Cain
No, rugby is not coming to an end. This Lions tour posed significant challenges to both teams, it was just the...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoThe Biggest Free Agents This Summer
Very few players remain with the same team for their whole career. When they do, they usually become legends. Players are...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoVerdict: Waterboy Rassie Erasmus can’t gloss over this
Brendan Gallagher's view on the second Test and how the signs were there from the off that Rassie's video had an...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHarry Mallinder set to take Goode’s place in Japan
Where will Harry Mallinder be playing after announcing he will leave Saints for the Top League?
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSimon Amor’s Tokyo Olympics verdict on the Men’s Sevens
The former Team GB Sevens coach previews the action in Japan
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoKiwis are on a mission to turn silver into gold, says Heather Fisher
Looking at Team GB Women's chances of claiming a medal in the sevens competition at Tokyo
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWolfpack landlords Alistair Hargreaves and Chris Wyles say cheers to Saracens
Life after rugby for Alistair Hargreaves and Chris Wyles involves a few beers. Some two million of them after the former...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe Lions can climb Everest again this time says their coaching legend
The legendary British & Irish Lions forwards coach discusses the 2021 tour and the odds of Gatland tasting success as he...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoRugby Matters: Wolves poised for World Cup return
Portugal appear to be on the brink of qualifying for their first Rugby World Cup since 2007
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoFiji favourites but anything can happen
Jon Newcombe looks ahead to the men’s rugby Sevens competition at the Olympic Games which gets underway in Tokyo on Monday,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoThe Springboks are a beacon of hope in a tormented country
South African writer Daniel Gallan offers a personal view of what the Springboks mean to an economic and politically unstable country
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoWhat’s in Store for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
2020 was not kind to sports fans. The COVID-19 pandemic forced event after event, tournament after tournament, to be canceled at...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoAlun Wyn Jones could make shock return to Lions squad
Warren Gatland to make call on whether to have tour captain fly out to South Africa once Wales hold a training...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoStill no Robbie Henshaw for the Lions as team named to face South Africa ‘A’
Conor Murray to captain the Lions for the first time as a starter, as Gatland makes 12 changes to team that...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSmall props always give Springboks big trouble | Jeff Probyn
As the Lions continue their crusade through South Africa on Warren Gatland’s quest to find a team to beat the current...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoThese are the 9 stadiums of the Rugby World Cup 2023
The tenth edition of the Rugby World Cup 2023 will be a global celebration of the rugby sport. The best players...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland 43-29 USA: Underhill leads way for Eddie’s all-sorts
ENGLAND awarded so many new caps, Twickenham seemed like a millinery, but it was hats off to an older hand given...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTeam GB face Pool rematch with Fiji
Previous: Great Britain take on Fiji in 2016 Olympic final PICTURES: Getty Images SQUADS GB men: Dan Bibby, Alec Coombes, Alex...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoSigma Lions 14-56 Lions: ‘Warrenball’ no more as fluid Lions show flair
A RUNAWAY victory against markedly inferior opposition usually offers little value, but for Warren Gatland’s Lions every match in the build-up...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGatland’s big decision is still about Farrell | Jeremy Guscott
THIS was a step up in performance from the game against Japan last weekend and that’s all head coach Warren Gatland...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoLions will need to stage their own full-on scrum sessions
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Possible bolter: Chris Harris LIONS trips to South Africa are glorious in so many ways but one or...












