All posts tagged "Japan"
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/ 8 years agoJackson column: Wigan still leaving their mark on rugby union
Peter Jackson highlights to work of Andy Farrell and Shaun Edwards as well as other members of Wigan's past
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMagnificent seven of Wigan make their mark
PETER JACKSON Wigan won the Rugby League Challenge Cup final at Wembley for the eighth time in a row on Saturday...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoControversy over ‘no try’ as Russia fall to Spanish
By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up RUSSIA’S chances of taking the direct route to Rugby World Cup 2019 were left in tatters after...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJamie may stay say Quins as their injury woe starts to ease
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS supremo John Kingston has refused to rule out the possibility of Wales centre Jamie Roberts remaining at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEastmond’s No to France gives Sale hope of signing
Staying in England: Kyle Eastmond KYLE EASTMOND has turned down a move to France next season where Toulouse were keen to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLos Teros edge out Canucks for place in Japan
WORLD CUP PLAY-OFF By JON NEWCOMBE Uruguay …32 Canada …31 URUGUAY qualified for RWC 2019 by beating Canada 32-31 in the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoJacques Brunel must turn France’s Cup aces into champs
Can the 64-year-old turn France into a team to fear? He's certainly making changes in selection
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames Haskell to leave Wasps at the end of the season
England flanker has been linked with a move to a Premiership rival
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoForce yourselves into Eddie’s plan for Japan
NEALE HARVEY finds England head coach Steve Bates has set his lads a big challenge Under 20s Returning stars: Quins flier...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHaley on wanted list as Chiefs look for new full-back
Saxons star: Mike Haley EXETER Chiefs have been linked with a move for Sale Sharks full-back Mike Haley despite him having...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie won’t hang about if England flop again
Nick Cain gives his thoughts about England renewing Eddie Jones' contract and including a get-out clause should the team disappoint in...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEddie won’t hang about if England flop again
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HERE’S a prediction. If Eddie Jones does not win the 2019 World Cup,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAmid all the tension and turmoil French rugby had its finest hour
Brendan Gallagher recalls the times rugby exploded in France with the 1968 Grand Slam Heroes: How the French media hailed the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoFotuali’i: Change eligibility rules to aid Tier 2
NEWS EXTRA ■By NEALE HARVEY SAMOA star Kahn Fotuali’i has urged World Rugby to ease their eligibility rules and allow players...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJones wants his succesor to grow legacy
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones has outlined why it is so important his successor is taken under his wing in order...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Smith facing assault rap WALLABY George Smith has been released from detention in Japan – but prosecutors say investigations into his...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland call up for Saracens flier Ellery
WORLD SERIES 7S SIMON Amor has named an experienced squad for next weekend’s Sydney Sevens. Currently fourth in the World Series,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSuccession planning only way after that 12-year blip
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sideways star: Harlequins No.10 Marcus Smith PICTURE: Getty Images Don’t you just...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoKiwis left short at No.10 as Sopoaga signs off
NEWS EXTRA ALL Blacks coach Steve Hansen is disappointed at Lima Sopoaga’s decision to leave New Zealand and sign for Wasps....
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/ 8 years agoPolledri pushing for Test debut against England
By SAM JACKSON Rising star: Jake Polledri JAKE Polledri was not expecting his Italy call-up so soon but the Gloucester flanker...
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/ 8 years agoKennedy brings in Bok pair to fight off relegation
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA SOUTH African duo, scrum-half Piet van Zyl and back rower Arno Botha, have signed for London...
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/ 8 years agoNo X-factor, but captain Hartley’s still right man to lead out England
By NEALE HARVEY Big character: Dylan Hartley has a fine record with England PICTURES: Getty Images NICK Easter believes Dylan Hartley’s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRoberts considering swansong in Japan
WALES centre Jamie Roberts is weighing up a move to Japan at the end of the season when his contract at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago‘I was frustrated by how the ARU dumped the Western Force’ says Tigers arrival Polota-Nau
The Australia international reveals Michael Cheika gave him the seal of approval to move to Welford Road
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoHow to make money on rugby betting
Rugby union is one of the world’s oldest team sports. From its origins in the British Isles, the game has spread...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRennie factor would help Wales develop – Elliot
By STEFFAN THOMAS DAVE Rennie is the “perfect fit” to succeed Warren Gatland as Wales head coach according to Former All...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Springboks need to pick best XV on ability alone
Time for the SARU to be more welcoming of overseas player selection?
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpringboks need to pick best XV on ability alone
JEREMYGU SCOTT Selected on merit: South African back rower Siya Kolisi PICTURE: Getty Images EVER since South Africa adopted a quota...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWorld Cup ban would end abuse of Test window
ENGLAND’S decision to play four Autumn Tests in 2018 flaunts the World Rugby delineation of three weekends allocated for international rugby...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoYou could select six teams of expatriated Springboks
WHILE Allister Coetzee is fighting for his coaching life with South Africa it is impossible not to sympathise with his predicament...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFrance need revolution to catch up says Saint-Andre
By NEALE HARVEY Hope: Philippe Saint-Andre PHILIPPE Saint- Andre claims France are now lagging “ten years behind England” and that radical...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJapan making strides after Wallaby pasting
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the Autumn’s big winners and losers from Test rugby’s second tier BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stunner: Shota Horie scores...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPiutau could stand in way of England World Cup bid
ENGLANDwill be on a World Cup collision course with the most expensive wing in the game if Tonga succeed in repatriating...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFainga’a fired up for Irish relegation fight
By NEALE HARVEY Defiant: Saia Fainga’a FIT-again London Irish hooker Saia Fainga’a is ready to take the Premiership by storm as...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie’s got too much talent to choose from
COLIN BOAG Now that the Autumn internationals are behind us, whose stock rose, and whose fell? Eddie Jones’ problem remains that...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoThe Ella brothers: the pop stars of Aussie rugby
Brendan Gallagher remembers the wonderful Junior Wallaby side that boasted a fabulous trio...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoAshton try touch can ‘t save Toulon strugglers
FRENCH COLUMN The last time Toulon lost three games in a row they ended the season as domestic and European champions....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEddie bottled it with his team to face Wallabies
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME You can never judge a man by what he says, only by...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAussies offer acid test of Eddie’s back row mobility
Payback. It’s 4-0 to ‘English’ Eddie Jones on Michael Cheika’s watch, and that bashing by the Poms will be more toxic...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: World Cup vote would save Springboks from disaster
(Photo: Getty Images) By Nick Cain With South African rugby on the road to the cliff-edge, the Rugby World Cup board...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGet your fire back, Jones tells Courtney
By GARY FITZGERALD Gee up: Courtney Lawes EDDIE Jones has given Courtney Lawes a verbal kick up the backside and told...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNine-try Wallabies send their warning to Wales
By SCOTT WILSON Australia ………63 Japan ……………30 THREE second-half tries in a spirited fight-back were not enough for Japan as they...
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/ 8 years agoTonga first up for Jones’ would-be world beaters
By SAM JACKSON Champions: New Zealand kick off their defence against South Africa PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND’S opening Pool C game...
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/ 8 years agoNICK CAIN
World Cup vote would save Boks from disaster READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK With South African rugby on the road...
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/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
How Canucks could do with Charron nowadays BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points CANADA have...
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/ 8 years agoCrossword
ACROSS 1. Aussie-born Scotland lock with Edinburgh, Leinster and Sale from 1999 5 3. Saracens and England second row - a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTime to start the fine-tuning two years out from Japan
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for another intriguing autumn and picks his stars to watch Giant-killers: Scotland beat Australia in the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoBlood the kids now George is ruled out
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT’S a shame George...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie should look to adopt Wallabies’ double No.7 threat
AUSTRALIA made it all the way to the 2015 World Cup Final with what was perceived at the time as a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMostert puts Premiership on red alert
SPRINGBOK lock Franco Mostert is attracting the interest of a host of Premiership clubs for when his contract in Japan and...
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