All posts tagged "Lions"
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoAll Black-slayer Carwyn deserved better than this
WHAT Carwyn James achieved during successive seasons had never been achieved before, nor since. He coached three teams to celebrated victories...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoDream debut …then tutor to a rock star
IRELAND had never beaten anyone from the southern hemisphere when the Wallabies turned up at Lansdowne Road in January 1958. A...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoJantjies strikes a blow for the shamateurs
AS VARIOUS factions within the English game traded insults over accusations of players being forced to sign reduced contracts, a plaintive...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 10-6
The national anthems of Italy and Scotland appear next in the next phase of our countdown
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWilliams column: I shudder at the way Dan Carter destroyed the Lions ’05
Carter's return to New Zealand has cast Shane Williams back to the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour when the fly-half...
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Features
/ 5 years agoI shudder at way Carter destroyed the Lions
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND You can’t keep a good man down – and Dan Carter is one of the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoIt’s heresy, but 71 Lions were fairly ordinary
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Not at his best: Gareth Edwards in the third Test in 1971 PICTURE: Getty Images “Barry John,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHewett column: In a galaxy far, far away lives World Rugby men
Would the little green men out there in the universe be baffled by rugby?
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoOghre, Willis and Barbeary can all get Wasps firing, says Richard Blaze
Blaze has moved back into coaching in the Premiership after success with England's Red Roses
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoEwels: Kruis’ exit gives opportunity to show this is England’s great era of second rows
The Bath captain came within a whisker of going to the Rugby World Cup in Japan
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGuscott column: Eddie Jones makes a good point I’ve been hammering for years
Eddie Jones recently suggested one way rugby could be changed for the better in the second half of contests
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Features
/ 6 years agoSo Super that rugby is back on the box!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Back on home soil: New Blues signing Dan Carter PICTURE: Getty Images Forget about the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoQUIZ ANSWERS from P24:
1. Mike Campbell-Lamerton - 1966 New Zealand; born in Valletta, Malta in 1933. 2. Serge Blanco 3. Ray Gravell (Llanelli, Wales...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMissing you already, George, says Ewels!
By NEALE HARVEY Hard yards: Charlie Ewels is sandwiched between Frenchmen Paul Willemse, right, and Gael Fickou PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland prop Joe Marler commits to Harlequins
“I’m immensely proud to have played for Quins over 200 times so far" - Marler
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Can Emirati riches pump life into fallen giant Beziers?
Glory days of Beziers gave rise to region removed from French rugby's heartland of the south west, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Features
/ 6 years agoDAN BIGGAR ON…
...Gareth Anscombe’s arrival spurring him on I made a joke and said I was happy coming off the bench last season,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBaron’s Coronavirus Cup proposal dismissed
FRANCIS Baron’s idea of a major international tournament to be held in England in 2021 to ease the financial impact of...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCan life be pumped back into French titan?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Dynasty: Beziers captain Richard Astre shows the Bouclier de Brennus after beating Montferrand 31-9 to win the 1978 French...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBarnard Castle, monument to mystery old and new
Old boy: Underwood ISN’T it great to see Barnard Castle back in the news! Actually there is a long, proud tradition...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhere have all the Welsh coaches gone?
NO MATTER how different it may look or when it will start, next season will have a depressingly familiar look about...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBig changes needed
IN THIS current climate, rugby has as much chance of picking up where it left off as Donald Trump being awarded...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime for rugby to make some good TV
WHEN it comes to promoting itself on screens, either big or small, Rugby Union trails behind most sports. Nowhere is this...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Life with the Lions was just so physical
Rugby against the Springboks and provincial South Africa sides in 2009 was as hard as four years prior against the All...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Apartheid so sickened Tony Ward, he did not go back
The Ireland fly-half tells Peter Jackson how the disparaging sights of Apartheid South Africa he witnessed on the 1980 Lions tour...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Premiership can learn financial fair play from NFL
Jeremy Guscott judges how the salary cap is applied in the NFL to maximise financial and regulatory viability
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDavid Humphreys in power struggle, as Gloucester braced to lose two South African stars
The Gloucester director of rugby faces challenges to bring in an outside hire to succeed Johan Ackermann as head coach
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMyners is right, raise players culbability
I AGREE with Lord Myners’ recommendation that players should also carry some accountability for breaches of the salary cap and we...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSix Nations WILL move for global season plan
By PETER JACKSON RUGBY’S global powerbrokers have confirmed that the Six Nations is in the process of being moved out of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHumphreys in coaching power battle
GLOUCESTER director of rugby David Humphreys is locked in a power struggle with the Cherry and White’s players and board over...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoLife with the Lions was just so physical
We are living in the age of TV flashbacks as the lockdown continues and everyone craves some form of sporting action....
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoFind out why King John was so regal
I NEVER saw him play, but I’ve heard all the stories about how good he was. Barry John continues to be...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoKolbe’s call on Lions is sign of true rugby man
THERE are plenty of things to like about Cheslin Kolbe, the tap-dancing wing from the Cape Town suburbs whose late try...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRugby can learn financial fair play from America
From outside the Premiership circle it seems that if you have a group of clever people running these clubs, who, in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins move to sign Tyrone Green after quitting Lions
Green opted to cancel his contract with Johannesburg-based Lions last week along with Malcolm Marx
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Former Leeds, Wasps and Cornish Pirates back David Doherty
The Wasps teammate Doherty believes was destined to be a great for England and the Lions
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Andy Dibble and Warren Joyce were stars that rugby lost
Peter Jackson looks at the examples of two footballers who opted for the round-shaped ball rather than the oval
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSkills coach Rory Teague to be put in charge of Gloucester
Johan Ackermann left Kingsholm after three years as head coach last Friday
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Features
/ 6 years agoGloucester poised to promote Teague
RORY TEAGUE is set to be promoted to Gloucester head coach until the end of the season at least, after Johan...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQuins move for tyro Lion Green
Flyer: Tyrone Green HARLEQUINS are poised to swoop for exciting young Lions winger Tyrone Green after he cancelled his contract with...
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Features
/ 6 years agoColtish O’Driscoll oozed class right from the start
Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 9 Brian O’Driscoll makes his World Cup debut October 2 1999 Brendan Gallagher delves into some of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDibble and Joyce were stars that rugby lost
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Hero: Andy Dibble wears the 1988 Littlewoods Cup on his head after Luton...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Tigers chop CEO Cohen SIMON Cohen’s eight-year stint as Leicester Tigers chief executive has come to an end, with chief operating...
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Features
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten season champions Caldy
The Rugby Paper’s National 2 North correspondents pick a Team of the Season Key man: Rhys Hayes shone at full-back for...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions go on the attack to capture imagination
Try-a-match: Tony O’Reilly NOT only did this era (1954-59) include two of the greatest ever Lions tours - 1955 to South...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSad day as blind Fleury bails out the All Blacks
YOU don’t often hear a New Zealand crowd cheering loudly for the opposition so you know something pretty special must have...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Gloucester face fight to ward off interest from Japan for Johan Ackermann
The Gloucester head coach signed an extension with the Cherry and Whites last May
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Features
/ 6 years agoRegan: I was so deaf, at line-outs I read lips
Mark Regan, the charismatic hooker known as ‘Ronnie’ who was part of England’s 2003 World Cup-winning squad, today reveals a remarkable...
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