All posts tagged "Leinster"
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/ 4 years agoURC fixtures 2021-22: Leinster face Bulls first up
CHAMPIONS Leinster welcome the Bulls in Round 1 of the new United Rugby Champiosnhip which kicks off on September 24. Dates...
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/ 4 years agoNorth Wales launch invasion of England
By ROB COLE ROBIN Williams has joined the ever growing band of north Wales bred players moving into the Championship and...
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/ 4 years agoThis smearing of Gatland as conservative is claptrap | Nick Cain
Nick Cain fails to understand how people can question Warren Gatland as a coach given his record at the Test level
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Features
/ 4 years agoBelvedere specialise in producing truly greats
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BELVEDERE College, like all Leinster schools, have always operated in the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLion king Tony learnt how to be a winner by losing at Belvo
IT’S a close-run thing but Belvo’s most famous rugby alumni is probably still Sir Anthony O’Reilly. O’Reilly was a staggering schoolboy...
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/ 4 years agoCardiff strive for more with Bok four looming
CARDIFF chairman Alun Jones has told his team and Welsh rugby as a whole they will have to raise their game...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDream Team: Former London Irish and Northampton fly-half Barry Everitt
Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half chooses the best XV he has played with or against
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/ 4 years agoNow head analyst quits Eddie Jones staff
John Mitchell will be followed out the door by England head analyst Joe Lewis
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoROG ends Ireland’s long wait for Slam
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoEPCR draw the pools for the 2021-22 Champions Cup
A 24-team Champions Cup draw has been held, find out where Exeter, Harlequins, Sale, Bristol, Northampton, Leicester, Bath and Wasps will...
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Features
/ 4 years agoVersatile Wyles and Goode show merit of ‘Swiss Knife’ ability
Multi-positions: Chris Wyles could fit so many roles THE question of what selection policy to take with multi-positional players like Elliot...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Kieran Murphy: Insulted in French, but I couldn’t understand!
The former Scarlets, Brive, London Welsh and Ealing Trailfinders will head for a job in the City
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoIreland 71-10 USA: Kelleher hits four in American thrashing
HOOKER Ronan Kelleher crossed four times as Ireland wrapped up their season in style against the USA. Kelleher, 23, said: “We...
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/ 4 years agoExiles unveil new recruits
LONDON Irish have signed Leinster scrum-half Hugh O’Sullivan, 23, and La Rochelle’s Springbok prop Marcel van der Merwe, 30, for next...
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/ 4 years agoHeineken Cup tiers revealed ahead of pool draw
NEWS EXTRA THE ROAD to next season’s Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille will begin to be mapped out when the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoGatland’s call: New lock and stand-in skipper
LIONS tour boss Warren Gatland reacted calmly to the devastating loss of his captain Alun Wyn Jones. “We’ve got to make...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoThe three key selection dilemmas facing Lions coach Warren Gatland
THE debate surrounding selection for the Test series is one of the areas that galvanises Lions fans, and the 2021 tour...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoBok stars will inject new life into PRO14
WITH the final game of the Rainbow Cup over and Benetton seizing the trophy, it’ fair to say the tourniment and...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCar crash European Cup rules will wreck a great Cup | Nick Cain
THE European Cup is on a slippery slope. It is rapidly being downgraded from a competition which was about becoming champions...
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/ 5 years agoSean O’Brien urges Ireland to blood players in Premiership
SEAN O’Brien believes Ireland should relax their rule which all but bars players being selected for the national squad if they...
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/ 5 years agoLeinster 38-7 Dragons: Doris catches eye in Dragons slaying
DRAGONS have been told they must learn how to deal with the intense heat that quality sides such as champions Leinster...
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/ 5 years agoGlasgow 15-12 Leinster: Warriors surge to summit with late penalty
GLASGOW Warriors head coach Danny Wilson praised his “outstanding” side as they defeated Leinster on Friday to give themselves a chance...
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/ 5 years agoSpringboks squad: Sharks will get teeth into Lions
THE Springboks paid Sale Sharks the ultimate compliment last night, picking no fewer than five of the team charging towards the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoLeinster back Cian Kelleher wings his way into Ealing Trailfinders
Ealing Trailfinders add ex-Connacht wing to their squad for 2021-22
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSkill of Leon Lloyd lit up the bearpit of Max’s Stade | Peter Jackson
As a boy growing up in Coventry, Leon Lloyd had a dream: “To score the winning goal for the Sky Blues...
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/ 5 years agoChampions Cup? Now it’s taking in also-rans!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST If and when the brewing industry calls “time gentlemen please” on its financial support for the European Champions...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoUlster all about zero once again | Peter Jackson
Ulster's wait for silverware drags on with a miserable way to end their season
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Features
/ 5 years agoRainbow Cup should have been cancelled
COLIN BOAG While Premiership Rugby has done a superb job of managing to run the best and most competitive league in rugby,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRevealed: Champions Cup Team of the Season 2020-21
Tom O'Flaherty is recognised for his performances in Europe for the second-straight season
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/ 5 years agoStade set the fashion in red not pink
BACK in the day when they reigned as the sport’s supreme fashionistas, Stade Francais possessed a team of rugged quality to...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Former Ireland and Sale Sharks hooker Bernard Jackman
Bernard Jackman picks a dream XV based on the best he has played with or against
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/ 5 years agoBath confirm Dempsey to depart as part of coaching shake-up
As revealed by TRP in January, Bath have recruited David Williams to be their new attack coach
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBrock James backs La Rochelle to upset Toulouse in Champions Cup finale
The famed Top 14 import backs old club La Rochelle to stop Toulouse's run at a fifth Champions Cup triumph in...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoDevoto: Leinster defeat has made us even hungrier
Ollie Devoto still wants to play for England after being involved off the bench twice during Eddie Jones' tenure
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoO’Driscoll puts boot into PRO14 | Peter Jackson
Shrinking TV audiences has seen the exposure of the PRO14 dwindle since it was taken off BBC
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Features
/ 5 years agoHad time of my life at Quins until Deano left
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER WORCESTER, NORTHAMPTON, HARLEQUINS, GRENOBLE AND ENGLAND U21S SECOND ROW JAMES PERCIVAL MY experiences in rugby changed me as a...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoToulouse can edge this fascinating French battle | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott looks ahead to an all-France Champions Cup final between Toulouse and La Rochelle
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/ 5 years agoTadhg Furlong allays fears of overseas move with new IRFU contract
The Ireland prop has reached a deal with the IRFU to stay with Leinster for the 2021-22 season
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/ 5 years agoTomas Francis chasing a champagne finish at Exeter Chiefs
The Wales tighthead will depart Sandy Park this summer after making the difficult decision to leave after seven years with the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHere’s why Gatland didn’t pick big Billy Vunipola | Nick Cain
Power or pace? What the selection of Sam Simmonds and Jack Conan tell us about Billy Vunipola's omission
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/ 5 years agoMunster 38-10: Ulster no match for Red Army
Will Addison's long-awaited return for Ulster didn't go quite according to plan as he was sent off in the second half,...
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/ 5 years agoConnacht 21-50 Leinster: Sidelined Hugo Keenan scores hat-trick
LEINSTER put their Champions Cup exit to La Rochelle behind them to come from 16-0 down to oust Connacht. Hugo Keenan...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGatland prepares for a massive air raid
Nick Cain assesses the Lions squad of 37 selected by Warren Gatland Outstanding in the air: Dan Biggar PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWhy I always find myself rooting against the Irish
COLIN BOAG AsI watched the Champions Cup semi-final between La Rochelle and Leinster, cheering for the French team, it got me wondering why,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoLions squad announcement: Alun Wyn Jones to captain tourists
Wales captain and joint-most capped Test player Alun Wyn Jones selected as Lions captain by head coach Warren Gatland
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoLeicester 33-24 Ulster: Fabulous George Ford puts Tigers into the final
The Leicester fly-half was pivotal to extinguishing Ulster's first start in Friday's Challenge Cup semi-final
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/ 5 years agoLions beware those slips before lift-off
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Was it Homer or Robbie Burns – it’s...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDan Biggar makes his case for Lions start | Peter Jackson
Dan Biggar has put himself in serious contention to play for the Lions in South Africa, but will he get a...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPreview: Bok flyer Rhule has found his second wind in French Alps
Daniel Gallan preview Sunday's clash between La Rochelle and Leinster with a place in the final awaiting the victor
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoController Ross Byrne takes reins for 100th Leinster cap
Ross Byrne starts at fly-half for Leinster as Johnny Sexton and Harry Byrne miss out through injury in the Champions Cup...
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