All posts tagged "Lions"
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMaro Itoje isn’t tired, he just needs new tricks
Saracens forwards coach Alex Sanderson says Itoje has not been overworked and must simply crack the rule books to rediscover his...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoWales legend Adam Jones announces retirement from rugby
The 37-year-old will move into coaching at the end of the season with Quins
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLions come roaring back to win the day
Midlands Premier PETERBOROUGH Lions took another step towards the promotion play-off place as they turned around an early 17-0 deficit to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRFU are right to let Eddie sort out this sorry mess
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Even before the echos of the Fields of Athenry had faded from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 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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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoDrop the tired Lions
AH, pity poor England who have to pick their Lions even though they are tired out and shadows of their former...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoPlayers need rest but clubs can’t afford it
YOU probably have to agree with the observation that England’s players need a rest, especially after a British & Irish Lions...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBigger club squads would aid England
Potential stars: Lower league players like Jake Polledri deserve a chance PICTURE: Getty Images COLIN BOAG It’s been open season on...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoEastmond is snubbed by Bath
No go: Kyle Eastmond KYLE EASTMOND has been been left wondering about his future after Bath last week opted to sign...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRuthless Birmingham stay top
Midlands Premier A RAMPANT second half display saw table-toppers Birmingham and Solihull run out emphatic 43-5 winners against Doncaster Phoenix. Converted...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoAlun Wyn Jones commits to Wales and Ospreys with new deal
Ospreys second row commits to region with Japan World Cup on the horizon
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoCaptaincy can take Faletau up to new level
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Leadership role: Taulupe Faletau PICTURE: Getty Images WALES will beat Italy this afternoon. There’s no...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoCrusaders are Caned on Beauden’s big day
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE BEAUDEN Barrett made his 100th Super Rugby appearance in the Hurricanes’ 29-19 triumph over the Crusaders. The...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNamibian star Klim will add speed to Ospreys line
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys have signed Namibian international wing Lesley Klim on a twoyear deal. Doncaster Knights flyer Klim,...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSin bins frustrate but don’t deny the Lions
■ By ROSS BARNETT L’cester Lions 15 Blaydon…8 THREE yellow cards could not stop Leicester Lions triumphing in a tight, attritional...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoCane’s young Chiefs show fighting spirit
INJURY-HIT Chiefs survived raid after raid from a fast-finishing Blues to win 27-21 in Auckland. ■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Eye for the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now…Former top flight clubs who plummeted down the Leagues
ORRELL (1988-1997): Doughty battlers in the top flight for a decade and only a narrow final day defeat at Harlequins prevented...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
BRETT BEUKEBOOM, CORNISH PIRATES AND CANADA LOCK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Cian Healy – Tough character...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWilliams: Davies has talent to be star for Lions
By STEFFAN THOMAS SEB Davies has been tipped as a future British Lion as he prepares to push for a return...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoDe Villiers may come calling for Ewers
Boss: Pieter De Villiers NEW Zimbabwe coach Pieter De Villiers, who led South Africa to a Lions and Tri-Nations success in...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBeefed up Barrett back after shoulder surgery
NEWS EXTRA By GEORGE LAWRENCE ALL BLACKS full-back Jordie Barrett will make his return to action for the Wellington Hurricanes development...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoCrusaders spark into life with late power surge
By OLIVER SINCLAIR THE Crusaders started the defence of their Super Rugby title with a 45-23 bonus-point win over the Chiefs....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoParty in the Park as Sedgley win
By TOM GALLAGHER Sedgley Pk …34 Leicester L…12 SEDGLEY Park ran out 34-12 winners over Leicester Lions in impressive style at...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoJackson column: Alun Wyn’s magnificent week on and off the field
Peter Jackson reveals the good deed done by the Wales captain for an elderly man in hospital
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Former Bath and England full-back Jon Callard
Jon Callard chooses the best he has played with and against...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTMOs only work with the right equipment
NICK CAIN WHAT the furore surrounding the disallowed Gareth Anscombe touchdown in last weekend’s England- Wales clash proved is that the...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSix epic encounters on Irish soil
Nerveless: Leigh Halfpenny celebrates after kicking the winner in the 2012 thriller 1914 Ireland 3 Wales 11 Wales were gathering a...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoMapoe double gets Lions off to a flyer
By SAM JACKSON Lions 26 Sharks 19 Dangerman: Lionel Mapoe PICTURE: Getty Images SET-PIECE dominance laid the foundation for the Lions’...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoDale fall short as Lions secure win
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L 37 Wharfedale 28 LEICESTER Lions came out on top in a high-scoring affair against Wharfedale. Alex...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBrummies looking good at the summit
Midlands Premier BIRMINGHAM & Solihull cemented their spot at the top of the Midlands Premier with a convincing 29-3 win over...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOwens eager to bring Gats’ ton up in style
By ALEX BYWATER Previous: Ken Owens in action against Ireland last season KEN Owens insists Wales remain in a good position...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
JON CALLARD, FORMER BATH AND ENGLAND FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Jason Leonard –...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoThe magnificent seven rugby clubs in the county of Gwent
Profiling the histories behind Gwent's foremost rugby clubs
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoTurn these Dragons into Lions and watch them go on a rampage again
Brendan Gallagher looks back on the history of Gwent rugby and the county's current PRO14 side Dragons
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoInjuries could be key, says Schmidt
JOE Schmidt admits injuries could be a factor for Ireland after Tadhg Furlong and Robbie Henshaw both left the field early...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoWelcome to Boyd – now let NZ take one of ours
CHRIS Boyd’s track-record is impressive enough to suggest that a Northampton resurgence will be on the cards when the New Zealander...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoStop-start but Stour whistle a happy tune
By DAVID LAWRENCE Stourbridge 23pts Leicester Lions 12pts STOURBRIDGE celebrated a hard-fought victory over their battling East Midlands visitors with director...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPeterborough look play-off bound
Midlands Premier PETERBOROUGH Lions strengthened their hold on the play-off places as three tries in the final twelve minutes saw them...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoNorthampton Saints appoint Chris Boyd as new director of rugby
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis 2016 Super Rugby mastermind Chris Boyd will leave the Hurricanes at the end of the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoVictory for Lions despite Otley’s efforts
By NICK DOYLE LEICESTER Lions roared back to winning ways with a first-half performance that was sufficient to see off Otley....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoRhys has become the victim of politics
Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell PICTURE: Getty Images The lucky ones find a way of bowing...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
PETER DODS THE GALA AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK Istarted the 1984 Grand Slam with a split pair of boots and ended it...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoHalfpenny ‘needs to offer more ball in hand’ warns JJ Williams
Welsh rugby great says Halfpenny hasn't been the same since returning from Toulon
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoHalfpenny told to up his game or face axe
By PETER JACKSON LEIGH Halfpenny is being warned to raise his game as Wales full-back in the face of growing competition...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHigh praise for Van Rensburg as James finds his feet at No10
Wanted man: Rohan Janse van Rensburg By JON NEWCOMBE SAM JAMES says he would welcome Rohan Janse van Rensburg back at...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHarry thanks Leinster toughs for giving him a good kicking!
Unbeaten for England: Harry Williams ENGLAND tight-head Harry Williams claims having his backside kicked during Exeter’s recent defeats by Leinster could...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOld king Cole gets set to repel youngsters
By NEALE HARVEY FIRED-UP tight-head Dan Cole says he is relishing his ninth Six Nations campaign as much as his first...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRokoduguni ruled out for entire Six Nations
SEMESA Rokoduguni will be out for longer than expected after shoulder surgery and will miss the entire Six Nations. The Bath...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTurn these Dragons into Lions and watch them go on rampage again
Old maestro: Paul Turner YOU would never know it from their lowly position in the PRO14 – just two wins this...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTHE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN RUGBY CLUBS IN THE COUNTY OF GWENT
Abertillery (Founded 1883): Early rugby hotbed, the town boasted five separate rugby teams before they amalgamated to form the one club...
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