All posts tagged "Lions"
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoCourtney Lawes ready to run ‘blood to water’ one last time at Franklin’s Gardens
Courtney Lawes says he will “treasure forever” his 17 years as a Northampton player as he prepares for an emotional Franklin’s...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMelbourne Rebels ditched by Super Rugby over financial woes
Australian Super Rugby outfit Melbourne Rebels have been dropped from the competition due to financial difficulties. The Rebels have been in...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoLawes still has Lions in his sights
Courtney Lawes was typically modest when he was presented with the Rugby Union Writers Club’s prestigious Pat Marshall Award as the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoTalk of jeopardy is wide of the mark
THINKING ALLOWED It happened during the early stages of the 2003 World Cup in Australia, when two of the union game’s...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoYou write off Saracens at your peril – Grewcock
By BEN JAYCOCK Danny Grewcock has joined Paul Sackey as the second player to be inducted into the Premiership Rugby Hall...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoDay O’Reilly missed out on Hollywood
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When he last spoke in public, at his old Dublin rugby club a few hefty...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung guns who are shining for the Chiefs
Paul Rees talks to Exeter DoR Rob Baxter to find out how his investment in homegrown talent is paying off at...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoZebo calls time
Munster flyer Simon Zebo will retire at the end of the season. The 34-year-old was capped 35 times by Ireland, helping...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe time Tony did plenty of learning
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It might surprise some to learn that...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGoing, that bundle of barbed wire, a match for Edwards
SID Going, who died last Sunday aged 80, might have been a man of God but the diminutive scrum-half from Kawakawa...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSinckler the latest England star to link up with BaaBaas
Kyle Sinckler is the latest England star to be included in Barbarian F.C.’s squad for this summer’s Killik Cup clash against...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoBotham back to push Test case
Having seen his Six Nations campaign cut short at the first hurdle, James Botham will be looking to force his way...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBig Ben strikes at right time for Sale
By PAUL REES Ben Curry is often referred to as the twin brother of Tom, the 50-cap England flanker who has...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDREAM TEAM
JAMIE ELLIOTT, THE BEDFORD BLUES AND FORMER NORTHAMPTON AND ZEBRE CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoSarries’ star exits generate extra fuel
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Saracens are the defending Premiership champions, and Mark McCall’s side are looking more and...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoWarriors ripped apart by 13 Lions
By BRYN PALMER Lions ................44 Glasgow.......... 21 Glasgow's hopes of a top-two finish suffered a major blow in Johannesburg as the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoDeadly Davies does Italian job for the Scarlets
By LUKE JARMYN Zebre.................. 18pts Tries: Licata 3, Hasa 51 Conversions: Montemauri 4 Penalties: Montemauri 23, 27 Scarlets ............ 22pts Tries:...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoToo many coaches taking liberties in selection
It should not be difficult to distinguish between a Premiership rugby match and a game of county cricket: one, full of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLawes is level with England’s greatest
RUGBY MATTERS Members of the Rugby Writers club have recently been voting for the Pat Marshall award which we scribes use...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoA thrilling ride but now it’s time to call it a day
MY LIFE IN RUGBY CHARLIE BECKETT - THE DONCASTER AND FORMER LEICESTER, LONDON WELSH, GLOUCESTER, JERSEY, AMPTHILL AND EASTWOOD SECOND ROW...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCane calls time on international career
New Zealand skipper Sam Cane will end his test rugby career at the end of the year and give up his...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoWe blew our chances to win, admits Thomas
By SIMON THOMAS Lions................. 34pts Tries: Venter 7, Q Horn 18, Tshituka 73, 79 Conversion: Nohamba 8, 19, Lombard 74, 80...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoDavies, 36, open to offers
Wales centre Jonathan Davies is leaving Scarlets at the end of the season and hopes for one final opportunity with another...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoWhen Goodall was the bigger man
Ken Goodall shall forever be remembered as one of Ireland‘s greatest back row forwards, a humble man with a freakish talent...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years ago50 years ago, the Lions start to sweat
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER At the start of the year, this column...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 12/05/24
The Premiership returns with every team in the top seven heading into this weekend still having a chance of clinching a home semi-final,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoChinnor and Rams dominate in toughest league in the country
The best XV from 2023/24 as voted for by our correspondents Following Chinnor’s run to secure the National One title, Ben...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoLineout ace Parling joins Wallabies
Former England lock Geoff Parling has joined Joe Schmidt’s Australia coaching set-up as the build-up to next summer’s Lions tour intensifies....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFaletau ruled out for rest of season
WALES No.8 Taulupe Faletau has fractured his shoulder and will not play again this season. The 33-year-old was injured on his...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoTime for Saints to be true to themselves
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE contest between the 9-10 pairings of Leinster’s Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSkivington looking for players to prove themselves
By PAUL REES Dasher: Josh Hathaway GEORGE Skivington has told his players ahead of today’s clash with Exeter at Kingsholm that...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLeinster’s workload merits little sympathy
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK LEINSTER are worried about the pressure that could prevent them from winning a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLions …………….13 Munster ………33
By KEVIN FALLON GRAHAM Rowntree was extremely proud of his men as the champions wrapped up a second bonus point in...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLions survive as Patrick heroics seal late glory
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC............... 14pts Tries: Doherty 31, Walsh 50 Conversions: Robins 32, 51 Leicester L .......23pts Tries: Patrick 27,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFormer Lions prop O’Shea dies at 83
FORMER Wales and British and Irish Lions prop John O’Shea died last week in Australia aged 83 after a lengthy illness....
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoEx-Lions and Wales prop O’Shea dies at 83
Former British and Irish Lions and Wales prop John O’Shea has died aged 83 after a lengthy illness. O’Shea made five...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoBrown: £3m grant will help bridge gap
By BEN JAYCOCK Shaunagh Brown questions why Wales don’t already have the basic professional requirements to compete but says the ‘levelling...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with James Flynn
The Ampthill and former Saracens, Jersey, Yorkshire Carnegie & Sale Sharks prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoGoosen red card is game changer
By BRIAN FINN Bulls ................22 Munster ..........27 GRAHAM Rowntree was pleased with the way his men came from behind to carve...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLeinster seconds suffer a mauling
By JIM COUCH Lions ............... 44 Leinster ..........12 LEINSTER crashed to a heavy defeat at Emirates Airline Park. Leo Cullen’s side...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoLion who enjoyed a taste of Italy
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ANDREA Gazzi’s grave lies on the Inner Hebridean island of Islay, a long...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe Sheriff will be sorely missed
PETER JACKSON The gods played a dirty trick in denying Ken Owens a farewell appearance for his beloved Wales and...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales legend Owens retires at 37
Former Wales captain Ken Owens has retired from professional rugby aged 37. The ‘Sheriff’ was the oldest ever-player to hold the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoWomen’s Lions sponsors will provide funding to avoid imbalance
A £3 million grant funded by Royal London will attempt to provide more balance among the Home Nations, ensuring the women’s...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSaracens turn their sights on May
Saracens are in talks with England and Gloucester winger Jonny May, below, about a move this summer. Saracens had also spoken...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoAnother year for O’Mahony
Ireland skipper Peter O’Mahony has signed a new one-year contract at Munster after speculation he was set to retire. The 34-year-old...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoOffiah Jnr ready to make mark at Bath
ON THE BLINDSIDE By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Tyler Offiah is setting himself up for life on and off the field as the...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoAnother barmy idea from the men in suits
The Ministry of Silly Walks was a Monty Python sketch which lampooned bureaucratic inefficiency. Rugby Union requires something similar to shame...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoTime for props to take their share of the glory
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED OVERMATCHED teams usually find themselves facing the music without having to listen to any. It was different...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPienaar heads the list for Europe’s golden oldies
In the course of wheeling their way into the Challenge Cup quarter-finals last weekend against the Cheetahs, the Michelin Men of...
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