All posts tagged "Japan"
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Featured
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup
Except for a brief break last August we seem locked into a never ending season which has been trundling along for...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDrowning Eddie needs a life raft
By Nick Cain England are in danger of drowning and their one time saviour, Eddie Jones, is starting to look like...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGatland’s right, we will be contenders
By Alex Bywater Martyn Williams is certain that Wales‘ summer tour has rubber stamped Warren Gatland‘s claim his team are genuine...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE BAY OF PLENTY, CHIEFS, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND BRISTOL LOCK MARK SORENSON Iwas different to the norm in New Zealand because...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoIreland battle relegation
Ireland ............29 Scotland ........45 FINALAISTS two years ago, Ireland will be relegated unless they defeat Japan today. Defeat will see Ireland...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoDouble for Demur
Georgia............24 Japan ..............22 GEORGIA fought back from ten points down to snatch victory at the death. Late tries from winger Demur...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCurrent crop will yield best ever harvest
BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup Still only 17: France No.8...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoAllan fires late double to ensure Azzurri level series
Japan …22 Italy…25 TWO late penalties by flyhalf Tomasso Allan were enough for Italy to hold off a resurgent Japan and...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoVictory over Georgia makes it four on the spin for Fiji
PACIFIC NATIONS CUP ROUND-UP SCRUM-HALF Henry Seniloli scored two firsthalf tries and his replacement Frank Lomani added two in the second...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoCrisis time – can England stop the rot in Cape Town
From NICK CAIN in Bloemfontein It tastes bitter: Captain Owen Farrell and fly-half George Ford leave the field PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPumas look to capitalise on Ledesma gameplan
From ALEJO MIRANDA in Argentina Changing mindset: Mario Ledesma AFTER finishing fourth at RWC2015, Argentina struggled to push on and their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNorth is a winger, let him do his thing
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Best on the wing: George North PICTURE: Getty Images IT’S going to be vital for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBack Jenkins to be in the starting XV come Japan
AS Warren Gatland’s boys prepare for their second Test with Argentina this week, a special word on back row co-captain Ellis...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoYou haven’t heard the last of Spain insists Nava
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER High praise: King Felipe VI of Spain congratulates Nava after Spain’s victory over Germany Warrior spirit: Veteran Spain...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSpencer has the complete package to star for Eddie
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SOUTH AFRICA SCRUM-HALF Star in the making: England scrum-half Ben Spencer PICTURE: Getty Images England...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago’Quotas’ in SA rugby will soon become a distant memory
THE Springbok starting XV which faced England in the first Test at Ellis Park featured more than a handful of African...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Shea’s Azzurri fall to eighth defeat on the spin
By GEORGE LAWRENCE WORLD Cup hosts Japan extended Conor O’Shea’s Italy’s winless run to eight games and provided a timely boost...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoLang takes centre stage as Jackson returns at 10
By SAM JACKSON HARLEQUINS playmaker James Lang and Edinburgh flanker Jamie Ritchie were set to make their make Scotland debuts in...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDallaglio: Eddie must give Danny Cipriani a chance at fly-half
Dallaglio says Eddie Jones is waiting on a prayer after four defeats on the bounce for England
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Features
/ 8 years agoUS game critics are all just talking nonsense
I SIMPLY can’t understand those who have spent the last week slamming Wales’ clash with South Africa in Washington. Yes there...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNew cap Kinghorn plots route to Japan
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ace: Blair Kinghorn PICTURE: Getty Images BLAIR Kinghorn knows that Gregor Townsend has put a lot of...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWales earn their revenge
Wales U20s ………26 Australia U20s…21 WALES got revenge for last year’s last-minute Pool defeat to Australia with a tight victory on...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEllis Jenkins to skipper Wales against the Boks
All four touring Dragons to play in Washington
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJoey Carbery set to end speculation over his future with move to Munster
Joe Schmidt could comment on the move later on Thursday when he faces the media
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMark McCall follows up Premiership title with new contract at Saracens
McCall will mark ten years at Saracens next year...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
More rough treatment for rugby’s underclass BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT WAS all smiles...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoApprentice Hansen can be master of Wales
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Four New Zealanders have been touted for the imminent vacancy of running Wales,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGermany set to storm Europe says Botha
News Coach: Mouritz Botha MOURITZ Botha believes German rugby is on the rise as the European minnows continue to dream of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWales kids in last chance saloon
By ALEX BYWATER ROBIN McBryde has warned Wales’ young guns to impress this summer or face missing out on the World...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIf England aren’t pulling together Eddie must take share of blame
NICK CAIN VISITS THE RED ROSE TRAINING CAMP AND FINDS IT’S ALL PEACE AND LIGHT ON THE SURFACE Learning curve: Owen...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNew Laws would give a different complexion
SPORT – especially athletics and cycling – is getting to grips with the ‘astrix’ when compiling rolls of honour and I’m...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEngland up the heat in Pennyhill sweat-shop ready for Japan
Things will get tropical for Eddie Jones' selection of players he plans on taking to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRussia qualify after Spain, Belgium and Romania sanctioned
Russia qualify for the World Cup in Japan as a result of sanctions handed to Spain, Belgium and Romania
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGeorge will need to get defence up to speed
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS I WAS surprised and delighted in equal measure to see Warren Gatland reveal George North...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPremiership rivals raid Irish gems
TRANSFER WRAP BATH have confirmed the signing of London Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga on a three-year deal. Cokanasiga, part of Eddie...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGustard, Edwards on Quins’ wanted list
ENGLAND defence coach Paul Gustard has emerged as a contender for the head coach role at Harlequins, along with Wales counterpart...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFarcical that players must quit their club for England
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Farcical situation: London Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga must leave the club to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRecord haul from Danish debutant Cassius
■By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA NAMED after the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, Cassius Deschamps floored Estonia last week with...
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIN SIDE
Come to Wales, Gatland tells Sam BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WARREN GATLAND wants Welsh regions to buy...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFrench aces vie to land Cipriani
RACING 92 are ready to battle Paris rivals Stade Francais as they look to tempt Wasps fly-half Danny Cipriani to the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHow Negri climbed from BUCS league to the Six Nations
Back row tyro Seb Negri tells Brendan Gallagher the benefits of a more scenic route to Test rugby High on the...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Yes, I’d let Brad Shields face the Boks, Eddie needs him!
Jeremy Guscott argues the Hurricanes flanker is the right man at the right time for England ahead of the tour to...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIsrael Folau escapes sanction by ARU for comments about gay community
Australia and Waratahs star Folau calls out ARU chief executive Raelene Castle for 'misrepresenting' his position on homosexuality
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRomanian failings just a bad joke, or worse?
NICK CAIN The Romania-Spain-Belgium World Cup qualifying scandal has forced the ostriches who thought the match-fixing could never happen in rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIreland internationals Jackson and Olding acquitted in rape trial
Nine-week trial concludes in Belfast after verdicts returned by jury
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWhy defeat by France was biggest blow of all
NICK CAIN Upper hand: France celebrate victory over England PICTURE: Getty Images THERE has been too much of a shoulder-shrug about...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTough road to success
HOW’S this for an itinerary to help England get their shape back. Three away Tests in South Africa, then an Autumn...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoStranger and stranger, this tale of Spanish defeat
Controversy: Belgium beat Spain ONE of the saddest aspects of events in Brussels last Sunday when Belgium beat Spain 18-10 in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie must adopt Japan style
I AGREE with Jeff Probyn’s points regarding the coaching and selection of the England team over the past 12 months, especially...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRory Best and Rob Kearney extend IRFU contracts
Grand Slam winners sign new deals with Ulster and Leinster















