All posts tagged "New Zealand"
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoNo scrums? No problem for Springboks
BRENDAN GALLAGHER LAST week in Brisbane Pieter Steph Du Toit famously asked Luke Pearce: “Where’s the scrum?” when presented with a...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoAge of protectionism must come to an end
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Powered up: Argentina scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou celebrates victory over the All Blacks last weekend PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPlaying England 7s was an incredible experience
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MARK BRIGHT THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND TASMAN, REDRUTH, LONDON SCOTTISH, RICHMOND & EALING TRAILFINDERS BACK ROW,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoVivre Le Stade! I’m smitten by fabulous stadium
RUGBY MATTERS Stunning: The Stade de France during the Olympics closing ceremony PICTURE: Alamy IT has taken decades to fall in...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSheedy heads the list of star signings
Ben Jaycock looks at the big names on the move - including some surprises - in the 16-team URC Benetton Ins:...
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/ 1 year agoThe good, bad and the ugly…
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE MOST TUMULTUOUS TOUR BY NEW ZEALAND EVER IN 1972-73 Brendan Gallagher looks back at the highs and...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThe mystery of Keith Murdoch, sent home early only to become a nomad
THE fate of Keith Murdoch has always captivated the rugby world but when he died in 2018 many questions were left...
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/ 1 year agoMehrtens reported to lead group out to buy Beziers
JAMES HARRINGTON LESS than two weeks before the new ProD2 season kicks off, overseas buyers have officially submitted a bid to...
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/ 1 year agoHalliday: I’m proud of united approach
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE SIMON Halliday has left his role as chairman of the Championship Clubs’ board both proud and frustrated...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDon’t put Marcus in a box, warns Mo’unga
By SAM JACKSON RICHIE Mo’unga says England must not put Marcus Smith in a ‘box’ if they are to get the...
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/ 1 year agoI’m at Tigers for the long haul – Cheika
By ADAM HATHAWAY Hard-nosed: George Martin on the attack for Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images TROUBLE-shooter Michael Cheika has told Leicester fans...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoDiamond: We’ll be fit and raring to go
By JON NERWCOMBE STEVE Diamond insists Newcastle Falcons will be fit for purpose when they kick off the new Premiership season...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoItoje has chance to captain the Lions
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE will be a special edge to the coming season because of the 2025...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoSpringboks open box of tricks as they leave Wallabies at the gate
By PAUL REES Australia.............................. 7pts Tries: Paisami 76 Conversions: Lynagh 77 South Africa .................... 33pts Tries: Kolisi 10, du Toit 24,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoSavea: We need to get it right next time
NEW Zealand captain Ar-die Savea admitted their performance wasn’t “up to All Black standard” and hopes the pain of just their...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoArgentina grab their chance to stun New Zealand
■ By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand ………………..30pts Tries: Darry 15, Lienert-Brown 35, Tele’a 52 Conversions: McKenzie 16, 36, 53 Penalties: McKenzie...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoCreevy & Co show England how it’s done
BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANEW Pumas generation is beginning to flex their muscles, but it was the veteran Gus Creevy, 40 next birthday,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRFU must learn from Olympic gold rush
Triumph: Antoine Dupont with his Olympic gold medal PICTURE: Getty Images THE Paris Olympics should have rammed home an urgent reminder...
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Features
/ 1 year agoAttack is becoming the new defence…
PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW LAWMAKERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE GAME FASTER -AND CREATE MORE SPACE ON THE PITCH Class...
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Features
/ 1 year agoSHORTEST INTERNATIONAL CAREERS
90 seconds: Alexandre Albouy (France v Italy, Paris 2002) 2 minutes: Chris Pennell (England v New Zealand, Auckland, 2011); Ollie Griffiths...
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Features
/ 1 year agoBerry’s briefest of brief encounters…
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW TEN summer Olympiads have come and all but gone since Marty Berry went...
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Features
/ 1 year agoFrenchman Fourcade put Italy on the right track
FRENCH coach Bertrand Fourcade, whose death at the age of 81 was announced this week, rarely gets mentioned for his contribution...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRevolution on a river cruise
RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE CRUCIAL MEETINGS BEHIND THE BIRTH OF RUGBY’S WORLD CUP Brendan Gallagher tells the story of...
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/ 1 year agoNo stopping New Zealand as they take no prisoners to land top prize
THE 16 teams who eventually contested RWC1987 did so entirely by invitation. No qualifying process. There were of course the eight...
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/ 1 year agoTwickenham to be renamed Allianz Stadium in first rebrand since 1907
Twickenham is to be renamed Allianz Stadium from September after the Rugby Football Union signed a long-term deal with the insurance...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoTonga’s Pat Pellegrini quits Coventry for Super Rugby
Coventry's Premiership promotion bid has been dealt a blow with star man Pat Pellegrini leaving to join Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika.
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/ 1 year agoExeter Chiefs star Henry Slade to miss start of season after surgery
Exeter centre Henry Slade will miss the start of the upcoming Premiership season after having shoulder surgery.
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/ 1 year agoGreat Britain sevens star Kayleigh Powell signs for Harlequins
Harlequins have swooped to sign another of Great Britain’s sevens players in Welsh international Kayleigh Powell.
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/ 1 year agoLeigh Halfpenny and Wyn Jones join Harlequins
Premiership side Harlequins have signed full-back Leigh Halfpenny and prop Wyn Jones for the 2024/25 season.
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland Men A to face Australia A and Ireland A
England Men A will face Australia A on November 17 at The Stoop before taking on Ireland A at Ashton Gate...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoJulian Salvi relishing his role as Georgia defence coach
Julian Salvi has never been one to shy away from a good challenge. Now he is relishing his job as Georgia's...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoJeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor
New Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNew Zealand and Canada get act together
SEMI-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL NEW Zealand booked their place in the final with a convincing second-half performance to claim a...
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/ 1 year agoBattling China put down a marker for future
QUARTER-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL IT WAS always going to be a difficult challenge for this valiant China side as they...
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/ 1 year agoGolden girls put in final flourish
By WILLIAM GUPWELL New Zealand................ 19pts Tries: Pouri-Lane 2, Blyde 8, Waaka 13 Conversions: Pouri-Lane 2, King 8 Canada ........................... 12pts...
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/ 1 year agoPortia takes her leave in fine style
By PAUL EDDISON at Stade de France SEVENS queen Portia Woodman-Wickliffe bowed out in the perfect manner as New Zealand retained...
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/ 1 year agoPOOL A WRAP
NEW Zealand cruised through their pool with big wins over China (435), Canada (33-7), and Fiji (38-7). Michaela Blyde scored four...
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/ 1 year agoHastings opens up options for Townsend
By JOE SANTAMARIA IF YOU were to ask two different Scotland fans for their assessment of the tour of the Americas,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoJoe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions
Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoWhy SVNS makes sense for the future
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in...
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/ 1 year agoFarrell loves it, says Robinson
■By JOE HARVEY JASON Robinson always knew that his Wigan Warriors teammate Andy Farrell would go onto great things as a...
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/ 1 year agoHastings backs Russell
■By JOE HARVEY Class act: Finn Russell in action for Bath and, inset, Gavin Hastings PICTURES: Getty Images FINN Russell might...
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Features
/ 1 year agoLions must work for pack
A YEAR AHEAD OF THE 2025 LIONS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW ANDY FARRELL’S TEAM MIGHT LINE UP...
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Features
/ 1 year agoCall me The Stag – but I was stuck with Bambi
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND GLASGOW HAWKS/WARRIORS, WATERLOO AND BEDFORD BACK ROWER RORY McKAY IT’S been great...
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Features
/ 1 year agoIncrease the teams in Olympic Sevens
SOMETIMES you just have to say well done. To witness six days of raucous sell-outs at the Stade de France for...
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Features
/ 1 year ago’74 Lions failed to impress the doyen
NO sooner had I finished my trip down memory lane last week with the 1974 Lions than I stumbled across John...
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Features
/ 1 year agoMcCall out to build new dynasty at Saracens
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES FACING EX-CHAMPIONS AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE WITHOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO LAST season marked the end of...
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Features
/ 1 year agoNew leaders for old rivalries
The Rugby Championship preview Paul Rees predicts that New Zealand and South Africa will battle for top spot - but it...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMitchell names 40-player training squad
Top of the world: Red Roses with the WXV 1 trophy PICTURES: Getty Images JOHN Mitchell has named a 40-player Red...
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/ 1 year agoObolensky, a Russian prince to an English gent
RUGBY REVISITED >> BRENDAN GALLAGHER ON THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER OBOLENSKY, THE WINGER WHO BECAME A RUGBY ICON Brendan Gallagher tells...
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