All posts tagged "New Zealand"
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoLondon Irish sign Dan Leo
London Irish have announced the signing of Samoa International Dan Leo for next season. Making the move from Top 14 side...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoRFU fail in bid to get All Blacks Test switch
Concerted attempts by the RFU to change the Test schedule for England’s summer tour of New Zealand in June have failed.
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoRichard Wigglesworth: Saracens have to embrace not fear Ravenhill
Mark McCall’s Saracens travel to Ulster tomorrow for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth hopes they can embrace the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Manu Tuilagi and Luther Burrell would be a true force of nature
The impact that Manu Tuilagi has had to date in 23 England matches – including scoring 11 tries – gives him...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBen Morgan: We can storm All Blacks stronghold
Bullish No.8 Ben Morgan has backed England to send out a pre-World Cup statement of intent by beating mighty New Zealand...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDan Hipkiss warns England not to put Manu Tuilagi on the wing
One of the few headaches facing Stuart Lancaster after the Six Nations is one he has encountered before – how to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland Sevens finish second in Hong Kong
England finished runners-up at the Hong Kong Sevens losing out 26-7 to New Zealand. In front of a packed 40,000 crowd,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: It was the Scotland game that cost England the title
Sometimes in life everything conspires to bring about the right outcome and make dreams come true, even if it takes a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoApprentice Maro Itoje ready to replace the grand master
Maro Itoje could barely pluck up the courage to speak to Steve Borthwick when the pair first met at Saracens four...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Yes, BOD was great, but not the greatest
That Brian O’Driscoll is one of the great players is undisputed. However, justice was done when Mike Brown won the 2014...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: England lead the way in my team of Six Nations
There was not much separating the four top sides in this year’s Six Nations, as the tournament took us on a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: 150 years on and rugby’s oldest rivalry just as fierce
They have been knocking lumps out of each other for 150 years now so it was probably fitting that Richmond and...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoCourtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury are ‘best in the world’
Former England lock Ben Kay has hailed the Courtney Lawes/Joe Launchbury double act as the perfect second row partnership.
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Yes, they’re good – but England are a way off being great
If England can make the same progress over the next 18 months that they have made in the last year then...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why Barbados against mighty All Blacks will be no rum do
It’s a bleary-eyed Sunday morning on Aldershot Garrison Common where the icy wind knifes you in two and the freezing rain...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: No wonder stone-face Steve Hansen has a smile at last
Here’s Stuart Lancaster’s nightmare scenario. The week before England are due to play the first Test of their three Test June...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoGloucester confirm Greig Laidlaw’s arrival
Gloucester today confirmed that Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland half back Greig Laidlaw will move to Kingsholm ahead of the 2014-15 season....
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Simon Shaw – former lions, England & Wasps lock
In 1994 I went on the England tour to South Africa – the first post-Apartheid tour. That is a big highlight...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Terrence Hepetema – Leicester back
Born in England but raised in New Zealand, Leicester centre Terrence Hepetema admits his first season back in his ‘home’ country...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoMark Cueto and Mike Tindall to be 200 not out
Mark Cueto and Mike Tindall are set to reach another milestone in their illustrious career when they run out on this weekend...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Scotland’s slump is so bad for Northern Hemisphere
I know it may sound strange but I am really saddened by the Calcutta Cup game last Saturday, not the result...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoStephen Jones helps Joe Simpson put family heartbreak behind him
Joe Simpson is ready to put personal tragedy behind him and fight for a place on England’s summer tour to New...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Topsy Ojo – London Irish winger
Describe your season to date? Frustrating! We had a bit of momentum but fell away before Christmas, which was disappointing. So...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: England must beware the day of the jackal
You cannot help but be impressed by the Irish team since Joe Schmidt took over. The game against New Zealand might...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Ruan Pienaar keeps faith with Ulster
There might have been a more influential and committed ‘overseas’ signing than Ruan Pienaar in the last 18 seasons since rugby...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoStuart Lancaster’s youth policy is a gamble says Mark Cueto
Mark Cueto fears England have turned to youth on a wing and prayer – claiming it would be wrong to leave...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: ‘Slammin Sam’ Burgess could be hit for England
Sam Burgess might just be the answer to England‘s 2015 prayers. The idea of an outstanding 18 stone, 6ft 5ins athlete...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoOne of world’s best No.8s? I’m not even top in Wales, says humble Taulupe Faletau
Trying to make Taulupe Faletau sing his own praises, and watching him refuse to brand himself as one of the best...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: John Beattie – Glasgow Accies, Scotland & Lions No.8
I was born in Borneo and went to an English boarding school in Penang, Malaysia, called Uplands. When I left to...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Hendrickson – Exeter centre
With a lineage tracing back to the Land of the Long White Cloud, it was perhaps inevitable that Tom Hendrickson would...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher talks Calcutta Cup with Peter Brown
It’s exactly 50 years ago since Peter Brown started taking the sword to the Sassenachs in earnest and, save for Robert...
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Tom Mitchell
/ 12 years agoTom Mitchell: What happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas so now we can concentrate on Wellington
Ten days of temptation is plenty and we’ve battled Sin City for long enough. After three days of intense competition we’ll...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: England need Saxons to be battle-hardened
The Saxons should be a huge influence in building an England team, so that the head coach never runs out of...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland win Plate in Las Vegas Sevens
England survived a late scare but beat Australia 26-24 to win the Plate at the Las Vegas Sevens yesterday. Captain Tom...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain looks at the challenge awaiting England in their opening six nations match in Paris
Le Crunch 2014 is going to leave either England or France broken*. The opening Test of the Six Nations in Paris...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSaxons name squad for Irish Wolfhounds clash
Tom Varndell could wear an England shirt for the first time since 2009 after being named in the England Saxons 25-man training...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBredan Gallagher: Nutter who made Jim Telfer’s class of ’84 finest of all
Jim Telfer shakes his head in amusement and then caves in completely and laughs uproariously. It happens occasionally: “All really good...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Charlie Mulchrone – Rotherham scrum-half
Rotherham flying high… must be enjoying it? Absolutely loving it! We’ve exceeded expectation a bit, we are enjoying each other’s company...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Phil Christophers – former Bristol, Brive and England wing
After spending a year away from rugby I realised I didn’t want to finish my career on injuries. It was definitely...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Let’s spare a thought for Toggie and Tanky
Freddy ‘Tanky’ Turner captained Scotland one hundred years ago, a Liverpudlian by birth who worked in the family printing business and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Georgia on my mind as the cosy club stick together
Lacking a degree in applied mathematics I only look at the IRB world rankings once a year and that is in...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Rob Webber – Bath hooker
Good season so far? Really good. Everyone’s working hard and we’ve been getting some good results. We just want to keep...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain urges England to look at some new faces in the World Cup build up
The seemingly routine announcement of amendments to the England elite squad on Thursday at Twickenham is the exact opposite. It is...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Backs must stop game being just about size and power
One of my New Year resolutions for 2014 would be for the backs in all teams bar New Zealand and Australia...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: This Anglo-Welsh decoy shouldn’t be discounted
Is the golden handshake across the Severn, binding the four Welsh regions to the English clubs, the solution it is being...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Don Caskie – former London Scottish & Gloucester centre and Moseley & Georgia head coach
After my playing career I coached Georgia for the World Cup in New Zealand – an outstanding experience all-round. It is...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Cliff was out of this world, but Barry was untouchable!
New Year gongs will be all the rage all too soon, a good enough excuse to enter the festive spirit and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher takes a personal look at the Rugby World in 2013
BEST NEWCOMERS BTSport for their lively match day coverage and excellent Sunday lunchtime round-up show which is the must-watch rugby programme...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain picks his highs and lows from 2013
Team of the Year – The 2013 Lions. Whereas the All Blacks are virtually a club side which plays and trains...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoQuotes of the Year
“I was the Englishman who gate crashed the Welsh party. Phil Bennett got the ball and ran up his own back...
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