All posts tagged "New Zealand"
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWales can feed off grassroots energy | Shane Williams
Can the feel-good return of rugby to the grassroots permeate to the top level of the game in Wales?
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThe sterile Lions Tests are killing the game | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on how the boredom set in watching the three Lions Tests this summer
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Features
/ 4 years agoBelvedere specialise in producing truly greats
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools BELVEDERE College, like all Leinster schools, have always operated in the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLion king Tony learnt how to be a winner by losing at Belvo
IT’S a close-run thing but Belvo’s most famous rugby alumni is probably still Sir Anthony O’Reilly. O’Reilly was a staggering schoolboy...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoJonathan Davies fighting for his future in Welsh midfield
Captain for Wales this summer, Jonathan Davies sees plenty of competition coming his way in the national team
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoKick-fests will make us all turn off the TV | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on rugby's beige kicking game
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew Zealand 57-22 Australia: Rampant All Blacks race to record score
Ben Jaycock reports on the All Blacks claiming the Bledisloe Cup for another year
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins announce capture of Viliami Taulani from Chiefs
Harlequins head coach Tabai Matson has recruited a player he coached at former club Waikato Chiefs
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoTimes when the Lions were fouled by the officials
Nick Cain on why the neutrality of referees is imperative to Lions tours, as history can attest
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSpringboks are best one-trick pony in world rugby | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on just how difficult the Springboks are to beat
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMorne Steyn did same to me 12 years ago | Shane Williams
Shane Williams knows exactly how the 2021 Lions will have been feeling once they collected their thoughts back in the dressing...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIt’s high time globetrotter Eddie honed home stars | Nick Cain
After surviving a review into a poor Six Nations campaign, Nick Cain is stumped by Eddie Jones' continued day-tripping to other...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoUnion game is on a hiding in Australia | Nick Cain
AUSTRALIAN rugby will always be measured against that of their closest neighbours – which unluckily for them happens to be New...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoA draw can signify honour, just ask the Olympians | Chris Hewett
CONTRARY to the spirit of an age obsessed with winners and losers, there is nothing wrong with a draw. Ask Mutaz...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSevens was thrilling, give us more on TV
THE Olympic Sevens was a wondeful event and I would like to congratulate New Zealand and Fiji for winning the gold...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Former England scrum-half Dewi Morris
Former British & Irish Lions, England, Orrell and Sale scrum-half Dewi Morris chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEverything was stacked against Lions from the start | Nick Cain
No, rugby is not coming to an end. This Lions tour posed significant challenges to both teams, it was just the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoErasmus rant warps rugby’s core values, says top ref
By PAUL REES A TEAM of lawyers is preparing to defend Rassie Erasmus who faces a misconduct hearing after South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNew Zealand 33-25 Australia: Wallabies fightback fails in poor opener
The Wallabies drought at Eden Park goes on as they lose the Bledisloe Cup in their Rugby Championship pre-cursor
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams
The new recruit at the Mennaye tells Adam Ellis how his past as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion is still present in...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEven the All Blacks honoured the quality of full-back Terry Price | Peter Jackson
The Welsh full-back revered by the Kiwis during the late 1950s
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWallabies stand down three for drinking session ahead of Bledisloe Cup clash
Head coach Dave Rennie explains the reasons for dropping Marika Koroibete, Pone Fa'amausili and Isi Naisarani from playing the All Blacks
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoCan Jones Cultivate Winning Mentality with England?
England have put their faith in Eddie Jones to steer them towards the 2023 World Cup, despite their poor campaign in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoKiwis are worthy winners of best ever tournament
The women's category took sevens to another level at the Tokyo Olympics, with China a surprise feature
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoErasmus had every right to sound off like he did | Jeff Probyn
What a week we have had, between the First and Second Lions Tests with most of the Home Unions rugby media...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMoment in Time: England trailblazers of 1991 changed women’s game
Neil Fissler tracks down the England Women's team who reached the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLiam Williams and Josh Adams must start in the final showdown | Shane Williams
I was surprised by the selections of Stuart Hogg and Duhan van der Merwe for the First Test. But to be...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSevens circuit is lacking top stars | Chris Hewett
After the success of sevens at the Olympics, attention now turns to whether the World Sevens Series circuit to suitable for...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJonker’s call is bonkers and insult to the Lions | Nick Cain
The appointment of Marius Jonker as TMO for a series between the Springboks and Lions is farcical
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLions have blind spot for English flankers in Test series openers | Peter Jackson
How the each of the four unions have contributed to first Test selection on Lions tours going back to 1971, and...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe Lions can climb Everest again this time says their coaching legend
The legendary British & Irish Lions forwards coach discusses the 2021 tour and the odds of Gatland tasting success as he...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Geoff Evans: Poisoned anchovies sabotaged my tour
Former British & Irish Lions centre Geoff Evans details a hellish night at the team hotel in 1974
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoAll Blacks tell Wales: We’re still coming OK
A major boost for the WRU as the All Blacks reiterate their commitment to the autumn Test at the Principality
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFiji favourites but anything can happen
Jon Newcombe looks ahead to the men’s rugby Sevens competition at the Olympic Games which gets underway in Tokyo on Monday,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSimon Amor’s Tokyo Olympics verdict on the Men’s Sevens
The former Team GB Sevens coach previews the action in Japan
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKiwis are on a mission to turn silver into gold, says Heather Fisher
Looking at Team GB Women's chances of claiming a medal in the sevens competition at Tokyo
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoVicky Fleetwood eyes route for every Premier 15s player to go full-time
The Saracens and England flanker says the women's game is at the precipice of a commercial boom
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Features
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones unholsters young guns with England
Paul Rees considers the newcomers who could force their way into international reckoning with England
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSmiler Smith ‘sums up Harlequins right now’
Harlequins skills and kicking coach Charlie Mulchrone says Marcus Smith has gotten to where he is by being a great applier...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoSam Simmonds is on a high with Lions after Twickenham pain
The Exeter Chiefs star has channelled Premiership final defeat into positivity on tour with the British & Irish Lions
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBlamire: I grew up in Rugby League country so scrummaging was new to me
Jon Newcombe talks to the new England cap who gave Newcastle Falcons cause for celebration this summer along with Adam Radwan
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLet’s pour cold water over this Rassie Erasmus ruse | Nick Cain
A head coach as a waterboy? The incursion of non-playing staff on the pitch has been a problem brewing for years
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoToo many errors, but future’s bright for Wales | Shane Williams
Shane Williams' verdict of the loss to Argentina at the Principality
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoNew Zealand 60-13 Fiji: Reece hat-trick as All Blacks run riot
SEVU REECE scored a hattrick as the All Blacks thrashed Fiji at FMG Stadium before turning their attention to next month’s...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoAll Blacks bucked the trend of decline | Chris Hewett
For the fifth time since 1997, the Lions face a series against the reigning world champions but have they all been...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoThree Players Who Could Be Huge Stars In The Future
A number of the major nations are giving the opportunity to some up-and-coming, exciting players to get some experience in senior...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMighty Mouse can put a scare into giant Boks | Nick Cain
Hamish Watson can be the force that brings down the Springboks at the breakdown, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPoite was plain wrong, there is no justification | Peter Jackson
The All Blacks may still hold rancour up to the next Lions tour over Romain Poite's decision to not penalise Ken...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDaly’s lucky Lions number is looking like 13 against Boks
Nick Cain discusses the versatile roles Elliot Daly is able to play with his Saracens attack coach Kevin Sorrell, and whether...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoNew Zealand 57-23 Fiji: Four-try Coles is too much to handle for battling Fiji
Four tries from replacement hooker Dane Coles push the All Blacks ahead of fighting Fiji













