All posts tagged "New Zealand"
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHow do All Blacks pick a team with no form guide?
Troubled times: New All Blacks head coach Ian Foster with his squad PICTURE: Getty Images The period following the 2019 Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNiko gets the gloves on to battle for Rob and Mose
■ By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER Yorkshire Carnegie’s financial problems and the visa difficulties that led to his sudden departure from Ealing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoberts targets swansong at hometown club Cardiff
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAMIE Roberts says he wants to end his career by giving back to Welsh rugby with Cardiff Blues...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEx-ace Richards picks the scrum-halves Eddie should be blooding for England
■ By NEALE HARVEY In possession: Ben Youngs and Willi Heinz. Inset, Peter Richards PICTURES: Getty Images PETER Richards says England’s...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoWhen Fran Cotton folded Paper, England’s Grand Slam was on
Brendan Gallagher recalls England's triumphant Five Nations Grand Slam in 1980
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Vunipolas are wanted by Super Rugby
Going Down Under? Billy Vunipola and, inset, Mako SARACENS brothers Billy and Mako Vunipola are attracting interest from Super Rugby sides...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhen Fran folded Paper, Slam was on
Brendan Gallagher looks back exactly 40 years to England’s great Grand Slam of 1980 Europe’s best: The 1980 England squad and,...
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Features
/ 6 years ago1980 GRAND SLAM HEROES…
15 Dusty Hare (Leicester) Took 11 Test seasons to accumulate 25 Test caps. The selectors said he was too slow –...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLam takes my fancy
ENGLANDhave shown no reason in the Six Nations to believe they are making progress to become the greatest rugby team ever....
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoItaly game would have been ideal for England’s impactful trio to fully showcase talent
Nick Cain explains the difficulties for England in giving more game time to replacements and fringe players
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU tell Eddie Jones to be careful with his comments after slamming referee
Head coach Eddie Jones was critical of Kiwi referee Ben O'Keeffe
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAmelia Harper ready to blaze trail to the top with Red Roses and Loughborough Lightning
A player hyped by England Women head coach Simon Middleton as an 'out-and-out seven'
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Features
/ 6 years agoThere’s not enough cash for a Tier Two
COLIN BOAG Honesty: Christophe Ridley refereeing Quins v Exeter Every so often you hear people praising New Zealand’s rugby model, and...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSopoaga helps keep impressive Wasps on right road
By ROGER PANTING WASPS completed a hat-trick of Premiership wins for the first time since September 2018 as Gloucester crashed to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoItalian job is ideal time to bring on the apprentices
NICK CAIN ON THE WASTED CHANCES TO EXPERIMEN AGAINST ITALY One-man army: Ellis Genge scores against Scotland PICTURES: Getty Images Unproven...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoEngland have a Will to win and avenge defeat in LA
By ADAM ELLIS VANCOUVER Two tries: Will Edwards ENGLAND came bursting out of the blocks to right the wrongs of their...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThe Pay-TV Golden Goose may be a turkey
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Over and out: England’s game yesterday will be their last in this...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLeeds’ relegation led to great days on the 7s circuit
MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHRISTIAN LEWIS-PRATT FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS, NORTHAMPTON, LEEDS AND LONDON IRISH FLY-HALF Dream move: Christian Lewis- Pratt scores for...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoWales showed their spirit but the front row is still a problem
PETER JACKSON VERDICT Struggled: Liam Williams failed to make an impact For a few spooky moments either side of half-time, Wales...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoThat was so brutal, there was blood all over the pitch
SHANE WILLIAMS COMMENT I KNEW IT was going to be brutal, but that was off the charts in terms of physicality....
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Alun Wyn Jones needs to walk tall at Twickenham
Wales need their captain and Ken 'The Sheriff' Owens to be on point for their Six Nations clash against England
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: It is about time CVC told us what they are up to
As CVC plot a takeover of major competitions in northern hemisphere rugby, Nick Cain writes about how little is known
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMove away from the Premiership on the cards for Bath fly-half Freddie Burns
Burns is unhappy at falling behind Rhys Priestland in Bath's selection plans
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Features
/ 6 years agoFreddie quits Bath to try out life in France
Marksman: Freddie Burns has 1,342 Prem points FREDDIE Burns is weighing up moving abroad after telling Bath he won’t be staying...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTonga confirmed as fourth Autumn Test
ENGLAND will play Tonga at Twickenham in a November Test series that includes fixtures against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina. It...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSouth African XV who have adorned the Five/Six Nations
Grand Slams: Pieter de Villiers 1 Pieter de Villiers (France) Native of Malmsbury in the Western Cape. Made 31 appearances for...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoEngland face early exit after shock defeat to Spain
■By ADAM ELLIS On the rebound: Dan Norton scores against Wales ENGLAND were left needing a miracle win over New Zealand...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoUlster sign Mathewson
FORMER New Zealand scrum-half Alby Mathewson will join Ulster on a one-year contract in July. The 34-year-old, who has won five...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Championship threaten to revive play-off system and add to Saracens woe
Life in the Championship next season might not be as straightforward as Saracens were expecting
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Manu Tuilagi is so vital, Eddie must find another like him
Jeremy Guscott outlines how England are at their best with Manu Tuilagi in the team
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoBanks leads the way for resurgent Aussies
By ADAM ELLIS HEAD coach Dan McKellar is determined to make sure his Brumbies side ‘buck the trend’ of Australian rugby’s...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CATHERINE SPENCER THE FORMER ENGLAND, BRISTOL, KENT AND FOLKESTONE No.8 FOR years I defined my life by the all-encompassing drive to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWales face top two in world rankings
WALES will face World Cup winners South Africa and New Zealand in two of their four 2020 Autumn Internationals. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoScarratt: England are a team for all seasons
By ADAM ELLIS High hopes: England’s Emily Scarratt TEAMS ENGLAND: McKenna, Dow, Scarratt, Reed, Breach, Daly- McLean, Riley; Cornborough, Davies, Bern,...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoTuilagi is so vital, Eddie must find another one!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Missile: England have missed Manu Tuilagi in midfield PICTURE: Getty Images THE debate over...
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Features
/ 6 years ago2020 is no comparison to the thuggery of 1980!
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Clash: Wales lock Geoff Wheel, left, and England...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Sale Sharks scrum-half Raphael Quirke
Learning off former scrum-half and England Under-20s head coach Alan Dickens
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Features
/ 6 years agoVickery: Embrace being England and show what you are made of
"I am still excited by this team, and also by the talent coming through in English rugby" - Phil Vickery
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Lions eye 2021 tour warm-up in Cardiff
The Lions plan on facing the Barbarians on home soil before jetting off to South Africa in 2021
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Featured
/ 6 years agoCain column: Enigma of Eddie Jones is a problem for England
Is this England team veering from one extreme to the other after the World Cup defeat?
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoThe tale of four centres obliterates all thoughts of Boks invasion
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Highlight: Tomos Williams dives over for a fine try WHAT with an election in Ireland yesterday and the...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoEnigma of Eddie is a problem for England
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ENGLAND have become an enigma under Eddie Jones, and the signs are that the outcome...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoTV deals may stall Boks arrival in 6 Nations
REPORTS that South Africa are planning to join the Six Nations are nothing new, not least because the size of the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIt’s passion that England need – not brutality!
PHIL Vickery knows what it takes to win World Cup finals – as he did as part of England’s 2003 world...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoLions eye warm-up in Cardiff
The Lions will decide at a board meeting this week whether to transfer their next fixture from Twickenham to Cardiff rather...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoFiji finish off England on route to first Sydney title
MEN’S WRAP ENGLAND finished fourth in Sydney after defeat to USA in the bronze final. Fiji, who had beaten England 17-14...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoNew Zealand make it four trophies on the trot
WOMEN’S WRAP ENGLAND finished sixth after two defeats on day two. Following a 33-0 win over Russia and a 26-5 victory...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Scarlets confirm Delaney as Mooar successor GLENN Delaney’s promotion to replace fellow New Zealander Brad Mooar as head coach for the...
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoHow to Bet on Rugby Online All over the World
Rugby is known to be a popular sport globally, including countries like Canada and South Africa. Most people enjoy the game...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScarlets find their successor to Brad Mooar
It's an inside job at Parc y Scarlets as defence coach Glenn Delaney is set to succeed fellow Kiwi Brad Mooar












