All posts tagged "Japan"
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/ 5 years agoShow your hand, Eddie – no more time for bluffing
NICK Cain was spot on last week when challenging what Eddie Jones has been doing and achieving since becoming the rugby...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoArgentina makes more RWC sense than USA
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST There is a very good reason why rugby’s dollar-desperate establishment has failed to secure a place for...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJapan has a yen for showing clubs matter
CHRIS HEWETT ALL that publicity about the setting up of a new “global” 12-a-side tournament and positioning it as rugby’s answer...
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Features
/ 5 years agoEddie stirs the pot and comes up with new recipe for success
PAUL REES TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT THE LATEST ENGLAND SQUAD SIGNALS Eddie Jones is like a Michelin star chef...
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/ 5 years agoZebo earns Ireland recall but no room for Stockdale
SIMON Zebo is back in the Ireland squad for the first time since 2017 following his return to Munster from Racing...
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/ 5 years agoWorld Cup could help make Pugh’s US prediction reality
By PAUL REES USA Rugby will in January formally submit its proposal to host either the 2027 or 2031 World Cup...
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/ 5 years agoEngland talent pool strongest since 2003 says Thomas
By ADAM HATHAWAY WORCESTER head coach Jonathan Thomas believes Ollie Lawrence and Ted Hill are victims of the English rugby scene...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoSamoa head coach Seilala Mapusua announces coaching staff for Killik Cup
Samoa‘s clash against the Barbarians for the Killik Cup at Twickenham on November 27, will be from a selected team to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoJosh Navidi is out for six months, Wales told
WALES have been hit by yet another crippling blow with Josh Navidi out for as long as six months. The multi-purpose...
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/ 5 years agoCanucks deserve all our sympathy
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Canada’s failure to qualify for the World Cup...
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/ 5 years agoAlun Wyn stays shtum on private matters
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Say Nothing is an awardwinning book on ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, its...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJourneymen Saffers won’t excite the Celtic fans
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST As the first of this season’s Billionaires’ Row derbies between Bristol and Bath, two wealthy clubs separated...
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/ 5 years agoProctor keen to extend his stay as Saints near potential
By GARY FITZGERALD Hungry for silverware: Matt Proctor MATT Proctor admits the huge promise and potential to win trophies at Northampton...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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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