All posts tagged "New Zealand"
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoFranks craving more of winning feeling at Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Learning from the master: Paul Hill PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Franks says he is relishing his role as...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoFrench trip holds no fear for Daniels
Confident: Bristol utility back Luke Daniels LUKE Daniels insists Bristol go into their first European knock-out match in 12 years full...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlues are ‘closer’ to keeping Gareth in Wales
>Continued from Page 1 interest in Anscombe but the revelation of Bristol’s interest increases the prospect of Wales’ No. 1 choice...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoStop these cringy try celebrations
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PROFESSIONAL rugby players are...
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Bristol Bears and former All Black John Afoa
Also a former prop of the Blues, Ulster and Gloucester
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe good, bad and ugly of the Six Nations
CHARLIE HODGSON READ HIS EXPERT OPINION Defence on top: England’s Henry Slade is dumped by Wales PICTURES: Getty Images THE GOOD...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoKoch convinced Boks good bet for hat-trick
■By NEALE HARVEY Boks prop star: Vincent Koch is back in Springbok reckoning under Rassie Erasmus PICTURE: Getty Images VINCENT Koch...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGrandest of the Slammers
PETER JACKSON PICKS HIS BEST WELSH TEAM EVER WE asked Peter Jackson to pick his way through a subject even more...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHamstring injury forces Coman out
LONDONIrish prop Mike Coman is retiring from professional rugby with immediate effect. Coman sustained a hamstring injury in February 2018 and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFranchise in Exeter will boost exposure says Riley
■By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND Grand Slam winner Leanne Riley says there are no limits to how far women’s club rugby can...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSunwolves to be dumped out of Super Rugby
Introduced to Super Rugby along with the Jaguares as part of the expansion to 18 teams three years ago
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLondon Irish forward Mike Coman forced to retire at 31
The Exiles' player of the year in 2016
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNew Zealand’s sports minister supports calls for Crusaders name change after terror attack
New Zealand MP would welcome discussions after last week's Christchurch terror attack
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoThat Cardiff crowd roar put a lump in my throat
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Standing tall: Josh Navidi nullified CJ Stander PICTURE: Getty Images WHAT A day to be...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoSix Nations in need of relegation to stay relevant
WORLD Rugby’s plans for a Nations Championship/ World League are in the balance as the two most ‘old guard’ Unions in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
JOHN AFOA, BRISTOL AND FORMER NEW ZEALAND, BLUES, ULSTER AND GLOUCESTER PROP, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoVictory in Vancouver has got Blitzbokke believing
■ By ADAM ELLIS Confidence boost: South Africa triumph in Vancouver ENGLAND have fallen further from contention for the World Rugby...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoNew Zealand would have scored 50 points against the Scots
CHARLIE HODGSON FORMER ENGLAND FLY-HALF Different beast in second half: Finn Russell Ihave to admit I am still a little shell-shocked...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHigh-speed Hadleigh has Cardiff in a frenzy as party time starts early
■ PETER JACKSON at Principality Stadium What a start: Hadleigh Parkes scores for Wales after 69 seconds PICTURES: Getty Images AND...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoWales are a target now says record man Alun-Wyn
ALUN-WYN Jones says Wales have painted a World Cup target on their backs after their Grand Slam. The Wales captain led...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoO’Gara: Crusaders is a player-driven club just like Munster
Neale Harvey meets up with the Crusaders backs coach in Australia
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby: Nations League would bring in £5billion over 12 years
World Rugby have met with some of the game's power brokers in Dublin to outline their plans for the 12-team Nations...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: World Cup is still the best way to gain exposure for Tier 2 nations
A big meeting to come this month on World Rugby's Nations League concept
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorking in the breaker’s yard
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SAM UNDERHILL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A MODERN NO.7 AND THE LAWS AT THE BREAKDOWN Power-houses: Sam...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSo rewarding being part of Razor’s team
NEALE HARVEY meets up with Crusaders backs coach Ronan O’Gara in Australia Polishing the attack: Crusaders backs coach Ronan O’Gara PICTURES:...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEven with Ireland’s autumn win, Northern Hemisphere still playing catch up with All Blacks, says Lawrence Dallaglio
The Wasps, England and Lions legend argues New Zealand are still clear favourites for the Rugby World Cup
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDallaglio: European game still playing catch-up on Kiwis
By GARY FITZGERALD LAWRENCE Dallaglio fears the present battle for Six Nations supremacy has demonstrated that Northern Hemisphere teams are still...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDon’t count England out yet says former All Black
By NEALE HARVEY Prop star: John Afoa FORMER New Zealand prop John Afoa insists England still have a team to rival...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCardiff win has made Moon into a believer
By GARY FITZGERALD RUPERT Moon insists Wales’ shining victory over England proves they are now ready to get their hands on...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWarburton: Lions job for Gats, not England!
By ALEX BYWATER SAM Warburton believes Warren Gatland has played a blinder by downing England, but insists the Wales coach should...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWales have a way to go to emulate JPR’s record
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ferocious: JPR Williams on the Lions tour of 1971 The sideboards are still...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland can win big ones Warren, just not like this!
Antenna off beam: Ben Youngs kicks for position PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND’S World Cup chances may not have crashed and burned...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoThe top tips to help you bet on rugby for 2019
If you are a rugby fan, then you know that all roads will be heading to Japan for the 2019 Rugby...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby’s 12-team World League proposal shot down for casting away Pacific nations
The story of the year may have just hit the sport
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRonan O’Gara plotting route to senior coaching job with Crusaders… or All Blacks
'Everything is possible' says former Ireland fly-half
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Features
/ 7 years agoDaly will thrive at full-back, I’ve thought for a while it’s his best position
New role: Daly scores against Australia ELLIOT DALY will only get better and better as England’s full-back, insists Chris Pennell, as...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSteele eyes big finish to stop-start season
By NEALE HARVEY Making strides: Irish No.9 Scott Steele SCRUM-HALF Scott Steele aims to lay down a marker ahead of the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOpen season as rivals swoop on troubled Carnegie
RIVAL Championship clubs are poised to raid Yorkshire Carnegie’s squad while budgets at Headingley for the 2019/20 season remain unknown. In...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALEX COLES NORTHAMPTON LOCK Alex Coles might have been a footballer had things turned out differently. A decent goalkeeper who was...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoPlummer blows his big chance
By LUKE JARMYN Return: Double World Cup winner Ma’a Nonu made his comeback after a three-year stint in France PICTURE: Getty...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoEngland ‘have found two amazing flankers’
Jon Newcombe talks to Serge Betsen, the great former French flanker about Sunday Destructive: Tom Curry, left, has all the attributes...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLeicester bolster hooking options
LEICESTER Tigers have signed 27-year-old Bedford hooker Charlie Clare on a two-year deal. Clare, 27, is approaching 100 appearances for Bedford...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRobshaw will react, he likes to be written off – Easter
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S performance against Ireland will have sent shock waves through their World Cup rivals, says former Red Rose...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBowen’s brace claims bronze in Sydney
ENGLAND took bronze at the Sydney Sevens with a 19-17 defeat of Rio 2016 Olympic champions Fiji. Tom Bowen scored two...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
TONY FENNER, COVENTRY AND FORMER AUCKLAND, OTAGO, EASTERN PROVINCE, EDINBURGH AND BEDFORD UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFatialofa: More All Blacks are eyeing a move to England
The former Hurricanes lock made the move to Worcester Warriors last summer
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoFiji on top as England earn consolation prize
WELLINGTON WRAP ENGLANDwon the second tier Challenge Trophy in the New Zealand Sevens last weekend with a 36-7 success over Kenya....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoShaunagh swaps her fire drill for scrum practice
■By SAM PARKHOUSE Part of the team: Shaunagh Brown with Kent firefighters FIREFIGHTER Shaunagh Brown has put country before career after...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWhy should we bail out SANZAAR? It’s their own fault
COLIN BOAG Twitter spat: Brian Moore commentating In crisis: Warratahs’ Jed Holloway on the attack during the Super Rugby semi-final in...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSharks line up £1m deal to lure lock star Retallick
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Talks: Brodie Retallick SALE SHARKS are in advanced discussions with All Black star Brodie...
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