All posts tagged "Lions"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoReferee Owens joins the illustrious list
NO club can have done more to celebrate the achievements of the great and the good than the Welsh Charitables RFC....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoFamilies need to stay away from big matches
ON the 2005 Lions tour Sir Clive Woodward was accompanied by his wife and their teenage son. My view after that...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDead dogs, muggers… welcome to Argentina!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Needs to be at his best: Rob Evans faces a big test in Argentina INEVER...
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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 agoSpringbok lock Mostert agrees deal with Glos
By ADAM ELLIS Leader: Franco Mostert GLOUCESTER have confirmed the signing of Lions and Springboks lock Franco Mostert ahead of the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPontypool wear crest with rightful pride
THE year 1868 marked the debut of the Trades Union Congress, the installation of the first traffic lights in London and...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester sign Springboks forward Franco Mostert
Ackermann works his magic again to lure familiar face from his old club Lions
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Features
/ 8 years agoEngland on look out for their next tooth fairy
THE dentist’s chair has a number of sporting connotations – not least the conspicuous consumption of alcohol by Paul Gascoigne in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRingmaster Sexton puts Scarlets on the ropes
By PETER JACKSON at the Aviva Stadium Body blow: Leinster’s James Lowe scores just before half-time MATCH STATS… LEINSTER stripped the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoSpringboks suffer setback as key forward set to miss Tests against England
Rassie Erasmus looks likely to be without the incumbent Springboks captain
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years ago‘Tahs finally end the Kiwi winning run over Aussies
By JAKE JONES Try time: Israel Folau scores for the Waratahs THE Waratahs ended Australia’s unwanted record of 40 games without...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoLion Williams passes on
FORMER Wales and British & Irish Lions player Gareth Williams has died aged 63 after a battle with a rare nervous...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoExeter’s comeback kid on fast climb to the top
By NEALE HARVEY Lineout king: Exeter second row Jonny Hill. Insets, Maro Itoje, Joe Launchbury and Nick Isiekwe PICTURE: Getty Images...
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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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames Haskell to join Northampton on a one year deal
England international becomes seventh signing to join Saints ahead of 2018/19 campaign
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoStunning comeback puts Crusaders top
By SAM JACKSON Fighting back: Joe Moody dives over to score for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders pulled off...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKidney ‘will revive Irish spirit’
By NEALE HARVEY DONNCHA O’Callaghan says Declan Kidney is the ideal man to revive London Irish after revealing how the head...
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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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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Straight-talking Johan Ackermann has Gloucester on track
Nick Cain writes how Ackermann's arrival has been timed perfectly with the breakout seasons by Jake Polledri and Lewis Ludlow
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSharks CEO Gary Teichmann plays down following Southern Kings and Cheetahs to PRO14
Former Springbok wants to bring the challenge to New Zealand's dominance in Super Rugby rather than be lured by the money...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThomas’ plight puts injuries into perspective
Welsh warrior: Rhys Thomas Rhys Thomas began the season waiting for a heart transplant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham....
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoLions feel the bite as Hurricanes’ predator extends purple patch
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Dangerman: Ben Lam scores for Huricanes PICTURE: Getty Images BEN Lam scored a hattrick as Hurricanes beat Lions...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND, HARLEQUINS AND NORTHAMPTON HOOKER JOHN OLVER This week we celebrated the 30th anniversary of Harlequins’ 28-22 victory over...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoWales to get £1.25m payout from Lions tour of New Zealand
All is good for Wales, but Peter Jackson says all is not well as future Lions tours face threats
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDanielle Waterman: England’s World Cup winner retires from Test rugby
England World Cup winner calls time on her Red Roses career
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNick Phipps fined for urinating on bar at Sydney club
Wallabies international apologies and says he was a 'bloody idiot'
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBrilliant Biggar gets the drop on his Cardiff rivals
By STEFFAN THOMAS Star man: Dan Biggar OSPREYS captain Alun Wyn Jones praised the performance of Dan Biggar as the Wales...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGeorge can bring good times back to Ospreys
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IT’S BEEN a fantastic week for the Ospreys, and one thing is for sure –...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEagles hero eyes move into pro wrestling
By SAM JACKSON FORMER USA Eagles captain Todd Clever could switch from rugby to join the WWE. The most capped player...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFive-star Sale maul Lions to claim title
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L…5pts Sale……37pts SALE secured the National League Two North title with a bonus-point win away to Leicester...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Connor brought a hint of terror to his writing
NEWS EXTRA By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND had fallen to an abject home defeat in the early Seventies when the coach, captain...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWoodward shows he’s England class
By TOM BRADSHAW Teamwork: Tom Marshall dives over for Gloucester’s first try, set up by Jason Woodward, right PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoDeano: We must be better for Tigers
DEAN Richards says his side will have to go up a notch if they are to beat Leicester next week and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDragons lining up prop Jarvis
THE Dragons look set to sign former Wales tighthead prop Aaron Jarvis from Clermont Auvergne. Jarvis is returning to the Guinness...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSharks grab SA bragging rights with Du Toit’s try
By SAMUEL JACKSON Breaking through: Sharks’ prop Thomas du Toit PICTURE: Getty Images BURLY prop Thomas du Toit crashed over for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRelegation battle going down to wire
South West Premier THE FIGHT for survival in the National League 3 South West Premier is going down to the final...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFeehan retires after 16 years of progress
RUGBY SHORTS JOHN Feehan has stepped down from his role as CEO of Six Nations and British & Irish Lions with...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoJackson and Olding face bigger trial among public
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK What happens next to Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding is less about them...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNorth was a great signing for Saints insists Diggin
By JON NEWCOMBE Glory days: George North with Saints in 2013 NORTHAMPTON legend Paul Diggin says George North’s contribution to Saints’...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoQuinnell: Scarlets can do a Liverpool
Scott Quinnell looks ahead to the weekend's clash at the Aviva Stadium between Leinster and his old team Scarlets
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoQuinnell: Scarlets can do a Liverpool
By PETER JACKSON THE Scarlets are being backed to make history this week by doing to Leinster in the Champions’ Cup...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWalker’s in a hurry to make up lost time
By NEALE HARVEY HOOKING prospect Jack Walker is relishing the chance of a head-to-head against Jamie George and Schalk Brits as...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks Sevens ace for Wasps
WASPS are showing a strong interest in signing former All Blacks Sevens star Ambrose Curtis. The 25-year-old, who has been capped...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExploit the weak link in Leinster midfield
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Veteran: Scarlets must target Isa Nacewa at centre PICTURE: Getty Images IF it ain’t broke,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoErasmus brings in de Bruin for June campaign
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON LIONS head coach Swys de Bruin will join the Springbok coaching staff on a consultancy basis...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBees bested by Sandbach once again
Midlands Premier SANDBACH secured the double over champions Birmingham & Solihull following a party-spoiling 33-26 victory at Portway. The Cheshire outfit...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWarrior Te’o finally back up to speed after Lions hangover
By NEALE HARVEY Back in the groove: Ben Te’o holds off Ireland’s Johnny Sexton PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND centre Ben Te’o...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAmbitious Ealing look totempt Joe
Wanted: Wasps No.9 Joe Simpson EALING Trailfinders are looking into launching an ambitious bid to lure Joe Simpson away from Wasps...
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