All posts tagged "New Zealand"
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoRugby Championship round 1 teams
New Zealand v Argentina New Zealand: Israel Dagg; Waisake Naholo, Ma’a Nonu, Sonny Bill Williams, Charles Piutau; Daniel Carter, TJ Perenara;...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoCalum Clark takes Richie McCaw as his World Cup inspiration
Northampton flanker insists his days of worrying are over and he will let his performances do the talking
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Michael Cheika can bring best out of talented Wallabies
If we know one thing about Australia it’s that they frequently get it right for World Cups. A lot of their...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain’s column: Stuart Lancaster’s bubbling cauldron is troubling
There are times when the England selection alchemy seems stacked against players who bring something different to the squad. We had...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoLions announce 2017 tour schedule
The British and Irish Lions have announced the details of their 2017 tour of New Zealand with seven provincial games and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoAll Blacks overcome Samoa in historic Test
New Zealand had to dig deep to get past a plucky Samoan side overnight but won the historic Test in Apia...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Treasure this camp, lads – time passes in a blink
The great upside of getting into England training camp early is that the excitement builds from the minute you arrive at...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoSamoa v New Zealand teams
Samoa: Tim Nanai-Williams; Alofa Alofa, Paul Perez, Johnny Leota, Alesana Tuilagi; Tusiata Pisi, Kahn Fotuali’I; Sakaria Taulafo, Wayne Ole Avei, Census...
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Guest Blogs
/ 10 years agoExeter Preparations for 2015-16 Season Pleases Baxter
Exeter City players appear to be determined about improving on last season’s fifth place finish. They have been hitting the training...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain gets out his crystal ball and the form book to pick his 2017 Lions
Two years from now the Lions will be in the midst of a three Test series against a New Zealand side...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain’s column: Time for Lions to show claws over intinerary
The 2017 Lions itinerary, which was due to be announced in May but is now expected later this summer according to...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEliota Fuimaono-Sapolu – Let’s have a Jerry Collins rule over eligibility
The late great Jerry Collins would be best remembered by an easing of the existing World Rugby regulations to make...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Accept it, Gatland’s Law is now a nonsense
Like Mo Farah’s front doorbell when the drug testers came calling, Warren Gatland’s eponymous law has much to answer for. As...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher speaks to Firebrand Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu about preaching the message of alofa
As well as being a cracking Test centre and fly-half and a ‘have boots will travel’ professional for a decade or...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Paul Dodge – former Lions, England and Leicester centre
When I first started playing for Leicester at the grand old age of 17 we were lucky to get 200-300 people...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams’ column: Will even champs Toulon escape the Pool of Death?
What a draw we saw for the European tournaments this week – and what a vindication of the decision to move...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: You can bet Richie McCaw and Dan Carter will be ready
One of the big stories so far in the Super 15 is the Crusaders failing to make the play-offs for the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: The day South Africa was cleared for take-off
It’s 20 years ago today that President Nelson Mandela presented Francois Pienaar with the World Cup at Ellis Park to bring down...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoSemesa Rokoduguni in as David Strettle withdraws from England World Cup training squad
David Strettle has withdrawn from England‘s World Cup training squad and will be replaced by Bath‘s Semesa Rokoduguni. The 31-year-old wing,...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland unchanged for World Rugby U20s Championships final
England have named an unchanged squad for tomorrow’s World Rugby U20s Championships final against New Zealand in Italy. Following Monday’s 28-20...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Signing up Kiwis and Boks mocks the rules
Exactly five years ago this coming Wednesday, in a football stadium where a local boy called Messi used to play, New...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Bull-dozing Ross Moriarty may be Wales’ missing link
When Wales beat Australia in the World Cup for the first and only time, amid the geothermal geysers of Rotorua, their...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The 69-match journey to the World Cup
Nations Cup The tenth year of this competition and the ninth to be held in Bucharest. Only the inaugural tournament, in...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’ column: George Ford still gets my England vote over Owen Farrell
Ford or Farrell? It was predictable that the meeting of two fly-halves who have been close friends since schooldays, and are...
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Shane Williams
/ 11 years agoShane Williams’ column: Gentle giant Jerry Collins made Ospreys into true Galacticos
Jerry Collins was a typical south-sea islander – a monster on the pitch but a gentle giant off it. I remember...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Will Owen – England U20s and Leicester openside
Breaking into the Leicester first team is no mean feat but Will Owen will be attempting just that next season after...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoSix Nations TV deal set to rocket past £50m a season
The next Six Nations television deal is expected to increase by 25 per cent.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years ago“I’m lucky to have had supportive clubs,” says Samoa star Kahn Fotuali’i
Kahn Fotuali’i admits Polynesian players are under pressure to quit international rugby in order to secure lucrative overseas contracts. But Northampton’s...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: World Cup wage cap would promote level playing field
With the domestic season more or less over and sights set firmly on the World Cup, we are once again forced...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBurgess and Itoje in England World Cup training squad
Sam Burgess and Maro Itoje have today been named in Stuart Lancaster’s England World Cup training squad. Rugby League superstar Burgess...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Rob Vickerman – former England Sevens captain, Newcastle and Yorkshire Carnegie centre
I appreciate that having read this feature a fair few times over the years it usually starts with a remarkable memory...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: How the RAF revived spirit of Bader and Cooler King
Through adversity to the stars, as the RAF motto proclaims. Taking on the might of the Army and Navy has always...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Saracens wing Chris Ashton about England and the Premiership title race
Chris Ashton has spent all season looking-in at the England squad from the outside, and the Saracens wing yearns to be...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Marland Yarde and Christian Wade deserve another look by Stuart Lancaster
The England back three is still a work in progress, and with Manu Tuilagi not back from injury until just before...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Sorry, but is all this legislation making the game any safer?
There are times when I worry for the future of our great sport with all the accusations and promises banded about...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoRichie McCaw will be hungry to end on high warns Neal Back
Former England flanker has warned New Zealand’s World Cup rivals to write off Richie McCaw at their peril.
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Kane Thompson – Newcastle lock
What do you make of Newcastle‘s season? It’s been disappointing. We haven’t been able to close out a few games we...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Wasps No.8 Nathan Hughes about his international choices
Nathan Hughes is a wanted man. Wanted by England as well as Fiji, the land of his father, and where he...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Wallabies were always going to pick star names
New Zealand will not be panicking as much as Australia about the talent drain to Top 14, Premiership and Pro12 clubs...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoNewcastle to host Georgia in RWC Warm Up
Newcastle Falcons confirmed they will be playing Georgia on August 28 at Kingston Park Stadium. The international challenge will form part...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Can’t blame Callum Sheedy for keeping his options open
Callum Sheedy is already eligible to play international rugby for Wales and Ireland. Soon the teenaged fly-half will be further spoilt...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoLee Byrne to hang up his boots
British and Irish Lion Lee Byrne will retire from professional rugby on medical grounds. The 34-year-old full-back, who had been at...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: How to beat the French? Capture good kids early
This has been a good season for the English teams in the inaugural European Champions Cup because they got four clubs...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoAaron Cruden to miss World Cup?
New Zealand fly-half Aaron Cruden could miss the Rugby World Cup after suffering a knee ligament injury. The 26-year-old, capped 37...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s column: Clermont reap benefits from hunting cleverly
Money invariably encourages envy and bad-mouthing but money per se has never guaranteed success in any sport. Winning is much more...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoRed-hot Freddie Burns targets World Cup warm-ups
Fly-half believes he could yet earn him a place in England’s World Cup training squad – if he can steer Leicester...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWorcester bring in Sevens ace Heem
Worcester Warriors today announced the signing of All Blacks Sevens flyer Bryce Heem from the Chiefs. The 26-year-old, who spent three...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoUlster capture All Black Charles Piutau
Ulster have today confirmed the signing of New Zealand international, Charles Piutau from 2016. The 23 year-old, who can play at...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature on Alan Hancock’s try against Scotland in 1965
Everybody is famously allowed 15 minutes of fame, but for Northampton wing Andy Hancock that was abbreviated to 15 seconds. That’s...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoRunaway train Sinoti Sinoti is not slowing down
Sinoti Sinoti, he’s so good they named him twice. It’s a line used before but has never been more apt. Newcastle‘s...












