All posts tagged "New Zealand"
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Features
/ 8 years agoEngland’s third team could take on the best
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE GROWING TALENT AVAILABLE TO EDDIE JONES Long way to go: Manu Tuilagi in action against Harlequins...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBrian was part of the famous hole-in-floor Press gang
THEYlaid Brian Batty to rest amid the tranquility of the Wiltshire countryside the other day, his passing at the age of...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders spark into life with late power surge
By OLIVER SINCLAIR THE Crusaders started the defence of their Super Rugby title with a 45-23 bonus-point win over the Chiefs....
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAllen: Unlike me, these England U20s boys will be Test ready
England U20s coach Anthony Allen profers two youngsters not far away from a senior Test berth
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSir Nick had a way of stopping Scots pulses
SIR Nicholas (call me Nick) Shehadie had a chuckle to himself once every four years whenever Scotland turned up for the...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoGatland saga has taken the old hostilities to a new level
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next weekend’s often spikey encounter at the Aviva BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bragging rights: George North scores...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoNathan has powerpower, what about puff?
NICK CAIN says Nathan Hughes can frighten the Scots if he has enough fitness in the tank NICK CAIN Warrior: Scotland...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoKiwi Linklater feeling tingly at prospect of World Cup
By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up Challenge: Brad Linklater SPAIN points-machine Brad Linklater admits he has “goose bumps” at the thought of going...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders favourites for title – Delaney
By NEALE HARVEY DEFENDING champions Crusaders will remain the team to beat when Super Rugby’s Australasian conferences kick-off this week, says...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
French break the mould with move to Marseilles BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Formidable...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoShehadie helped shape the game on global scale
Visionary: Shehadie THERE are 230,000 Australians who can claim Lebanese ancestry and many of the sport-minded gravitate to Rugby League. Wallaby...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOwens eager to bring Gats’ ton up in style
By ALEX BYWATER Previous: Ken Owens in action against Ireland last season KEN Owens insists Wales remain in a good position...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDrop Italy to bring back the level playing field
COLIN BOAG Snarling: Ross Moriarty, No.6, went over the top With the Six Nations taking a break this weekend it gives...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoThe magnificent seven rugby clubs in the county of Gwent
Profiling the histories behind Gwent's foremost rugby clubs
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPisi: We were going through motions at Saints
WINGER Ken Pisi admits Northampton’s players had been “going through the motions” before Jim Mallinder’s pre-Christmas dismissal. An instant revival under...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFarewell to Gary, the No.8 with a golden big boot
THEY are all retired by now or close to it and the old yarns will be given another spin in Christchurch...
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Features
/ 8 years agoKyle’s not a bad boy – he just gets emotional
KYLE Sinckler is back. Hamstring pulled in the Portugal training camp healed, ban served, the dynamic Harlequins, England and Lions tight-head...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSimmonds proves we need strong second tier
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE vapour trail left by Sam Simmonds on his Six Nations debut in...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoWelcome to Boyd – now let NZ take one of ours
CHRIS Boyd’s track-record is impressive enough to suggest that a Northampton resurgence will be on the cards when the New Zealander...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoNo laughing matter, Finn – get it right!
IT’s not going to be the game either coach, or indeed set of fans, dreamed of – but this afternoon’s ‘auld...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Jonathan Joseph must stop ambling through and get positive
'Ben Te'o could be the Billy Vunipola in the backs' writes former England centre Jeremy Guscott
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEastmond’s No to France gives Sale hope of signing
Staying in England: Kyle Eastmond KYLE EASTMOND has turned down a move to France next season where Toulouse were keen to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoI’ve got FIVE world class players now says Eddie
NICK CAIN TALKS TO EDDIE JONES ABOUT ENGLAND’S CHALLENGE IN ROME TODAY DAMNED if you do, damned if you don’t. That’s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
ADRIAN DAVIES THE FORMER WALES, NEATH, CARDIFF, CAMB UNIV AND RICHMOND FLY-HALF In five years of Test rugby I played under...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoHalfpenny is class on another red-letter day for Scarlets
PETER JACKSON VERDICT Marksman: Leigh Halfpenny kicks more points One day soon the scoreline will be enshrined in clubhouses all over...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDeano: Eddie Jones can do the Slam and win the World Cup if Farrell and Vunipola stay fit
Newcastle Falcons head coach Dean Richards talks England's prospects in Six Nations and beyond
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Scotland can beat Wales if they play fast and error-free rugby
Jeremy Guscott pins Scotland's hopes of victory in Cardiff on the axis of Price-Russell and dangerman Huw Jones
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames Haskell to leave Wasps at the end of the season
England flanker has been linked with a move to a Premiership rival
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoSix Nations spotlight – Ireland: Joe Schmidt must unleash his terrifying dogs of war
Ireland head coach spoilt by riches of big-name players and new dynamics brought to the table by young up-and-comers
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Featured
/ 8 years agoHalfpenny’s kicking can win it for Wales, says Sir Gareth Edwards
Wales legend gives his backing to the Scarlets full-back to kick Wales to victory against Scotland
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNorthampton Saints appoint Chris Boyd as new director of rugby
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis 2016 Super Rugby mastermind Chris Boyd will leave the Hurricanes at the end of the...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLay boosts Bristol front row stocks
NEWS EXTRA SAMOA prop James Lay has joined Bristol on a short-term loan to cover Pat Lam’s injury-hit front row resources....
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTrailblazer Brown aiming to hammer down on Italy
SAM PARKHOUSE talks to the England flanker who’s no stranger to international competition FRANCE Lise Arricastre, Cyrielle Banet, Camille Boudaud, Caroline...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
PETER DODS THE GALA AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK Istarted the 1984 Grand Slam with a split pair of boots and ended it...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLima to Wasps gets NZ alarms buzzing
WITH two seasoned All Black fly-halves, Aaron Cruden (Montpellier) and Colin Slade (Pau), already playing in France’s Top 14, the decision...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: French teen-star Matthieu Jalibert can light up the Six Nations
The Bordeaux-Begles fly-half has been turning heads in the Top 14 this season
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie won’t hang about if England flop again
Nick Cain gives his thoughts about England renewing Eddie Jones' contract and including a get-out clause should the team disappoint in...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: I wouldn’t ask Jack Nowell to play outside centre, Eddie
(Photo: Getty Images) By Jeremy Guscott IT is interesting that Jack Nowell is now being talked about by Eddie Jones as...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe class of 68 – the team that took the Grand Slam in Cardiff
I5 Claude Lacaze (Angouleme): A fixture in the French side during most of the 60s until he retired in 1969 with...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoFotuali’i: Change eligibility rules to aid Tier 2
NEWS EXTRA ■By NEALE HARVEY SAMOA star Kahn Fotuali’i has urged World Rugby to ease their eligibility rules and allow players...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
The game must face up to its possible drugs problem BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOld king Cole gets set to repel youngsters
By NEALE HARVEY FIRED-UP tight-head Dan Cole says he is relishing his ninth Six Nations campaign as much as his first...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland call up for Saracens flier Ellery
WORLD SERIES 7S SIMON Amor has named an experienced squad for next weekend’s Sydney Sevens. Currently fourth in the World Series,...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEddie won’t hang about if England flop again
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HERE’S a prediction. If Eddie Jones does not win the 2019 World Cup,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHeat builds on coach O’Connor at Tigers
ON THE BLING SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler LEICESTER TIGERS head coach Matt O’Connor is fighting to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTeen-star Matthieu can light up Six Nations
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Anew fly-half is on schedule to do something beyond the most revered No.10’s,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAmid all the tension and turmoil French rugby had its finest hour
Brendan Gallagher recalls the times rugby exploded in France with the 1968 Grand Slam Heroes: How the French media hailed the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoFarewell to Hale, one of Cardiff rugby’s favourites
CARDIFF’S oldest player (definitely) and Wales’ most venerable player (arguably) passed away this week when Graham Hale died aged 97. Remarkably...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSexton: The big games start now
Preview Leinster v Glasgow Today, Kick-off 1pm JOHNNY Sexton is gearing up for a big few weeks as Leinster look to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDonald puts those fishing rods away again
A FEW months back, at the end of the New Zealand season, Stephen Donald found himself out of work. The Chiefs...
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