All posts tagged "Paris"
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Premiership
/ 12 months agoCenturion Mitchell goes back to where it all began
Ton up: Alex Mitchell ALEX Mitchell will mark a century of appearances in the Premiership today – against the same side...
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International Rugby
/ 12 months agoWarren Gatland to stay as Wales coach but must ‘change fortunes on the pitch’
Warren Gatland is to remain in charge for the 2025 Six Nations following a review into Wales’ slump but has been...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoHot-shot Ilona Maher set to light up the league
Bristol Bears coach Dave Ward says superstar signing Ilona Maher will be a major asset to Premiership Women’s Rugby and will...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoHarlequins leave it too late in Paris
By Gary Fitzgerald Racing 92 .................... 23pts Tries: le Garrec 15, Naituvi 39, Spring 61 Conversion: le Garrec 16 Penalties: le...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoGlobal superstar Ilona Maher joins Bristol Bears
One of the biggest names in rugby will join Bristol Bears in 2025, with USA Eagles star Ilona Maher heading to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBeard’s injury blow for Wales
NEWS EXTRA WALES and Ospreys second row Adam Beard will miss the start of the 2025 Six Nations because of a...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDirty dozen could finish off Gatland
JACKSON PETER WHEN the Gatland Gate clanked shut behind him last night on a year of endless misery, the man himself...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoFrance vs Argentina – Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports France will continue its impressive autumn campaign by welcoming Argentina under the lights on Friday night....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoWe’re going in right direction – Steve Borthwick
By Adam Hathaway at Twickenham England boss Steve Borthwick is not fearing the chop – despite adding a 29-20 defeat to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoOllie Lawrence has urged his teammates to repay those who have made it so special
While England have opened their Autumn Nations Series campaign with back-to-back heartbreaking losses to New Zealand and Australia, the home support...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoFrance vs All Blacks – Match Betting Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The Stade de France will host a monumental clash between two rugby giants on Saturday night...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoOf all the positives for Australia, Joseph Sua’ali’i was the biggest
By Brendan Gallagher Welcome back to Australia. Where have you been? And hello Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i. What did your mother feed you?...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFrance have talent to spare
ON the face of it – and, indeed, at the heart of it – a back row combination of Charles Ollivon...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMatera to miss Italy clash
ARGENTINA flanker Pablo Matera will miss next month’s Test against Italy after being suspended for two weeks for receiving a red...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoMichael Cheika says ban for disrespecting doctor ‘hurts my reputation’
Leicester boss Michael Cheika insists the disciplinary process that resulted in a two-match ban for disrespecting an independent match-day doctor (IMDD)...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoHowdy! England pair saddle up to spread the word
By Ben Jaycock Jess Breach and Ellie Kildunne have launched their new podcast Rugby Rodeo with one ambition in mind –...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHarlequins sign former 7s Player of the Year Rodrigo Isgro
Harlequins have announced the signing of 25-year-old Argentinian winger Rodrigo Isgro ahead of the 2024-25 season.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLETTER: Four-day trip to see France vs England in 1931 only £5
I was most interested in Brendan Gallagher’s article last week on French rugby and spending 16 years in the wilderness.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEx-rugby player Nathan Macqueen shooting for gold at Paralympics
Former rugby prodigy turned paralympic archer Nathan Macqueen could fulfil a life’s ambition today for Team GB in Paris.
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoRound 1 to Boks in battle of the big beasts
By ADAM HATHAWAY South Africa ..................... 31pts Tries: Mbonambi 16, Smith 68, Williams 75 Conversions: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 69, 76 Penalties: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 29,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoJones to miss out on WXV
MEG Jones has been ruled out of England’s September internationals and the WXV tournament after sustaining a significant ankle injury which...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBBC will be covering all 32 World Cup games
By PAUL MARTIN On top: WXV champions England are favourotes to lift the World Cup WORLD Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin believes...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoCarbonel will add the flair for Stade
James Harrington French column Last season, Stade Francais finished second in the Top 14 to qualify directly for the semi-finals –...
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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 agoEmma Uren: Great Britain must learn from Olympic setback
Emma Uren has called on her GB Sevens team-mates to learn from a groundbreaking Olympic campaign after they finished seventh at...
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Features
/ 1 year agoSir Gareth Edwards: Antoine Dupont ‘has a buzz about him’
Simon Thomas talks to Sir Gareth Edwards, rated by many as the greatest rugby player of all time, about the brilliance...
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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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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBronze for USA as they grab dramatic win over Aussies
3RD-12TH PLACE WRAP By SAM JACKSON Joy: USA celebrate winning bronze EMILIE Bydwell became the first female head coach to win...
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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSouth American quintet who could sparkle in Europe
BRISTOL made headlines this week with the signing of Argentina U20 full-back Benjamin Elizalde, below, ahead of the new season. Elizalde...
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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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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAntoine Dupont inspires France to Olympic gold in Paris
Nine months on from their heartbreaking quarter-final loss in the World Cup to South Africa, Antoine Dupont inspired France's Sevens side...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoA golden finish for greatest showman
■By BEN JAYCOCK ANTOINE Dupont cemented himself as one of the greatest cross-code rugby players of all time as his second...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoBryan Habana expects ‘box office’ Antoine Dupont to light up sevens at Olympics
The Les Bleus captain skipped the 2024 Six Nations to focus on the shortened version of the sport. Bryan Habana expects...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWorld Cup 2031 will be a tough sell in USA
Nick Cain World Cup USA is six and a half years away. Yet, outside the fraught situation World Rugby (IRB) faced...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoNo stopping the American battlers
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S exactly 100 years ago since France and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoDon’t let our sport move to summer
RUGBY MATTERS NOT for the first time I offer a heartfelt warning against those who continue to argue for a switch...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoWales show defiance but the wait goes on
PETER JACKSON All week long the Red Dragon legions had planned their regimental mobilisation with just enough military precision to let...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoDon’t lose Six Nations bonus on a Sunday
By Brendan Gallagher There have been more reports recently about the Six Nations wanting to do away with Sunday games and...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoJalibert is top of the ‘wanted’ list again
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Never mind that the words ‘Stade Toulousain’ have only just been meticulously punched into the plaque on...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoHogg has eyes set on Top 14 surprise
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Stuart Hogg’s reported surprise reverse-ferret back into the professional game after his retirement last year – and...
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Rugby Sevens
/ 2 years agoJones will give all in chase for Olympic glory
By MILLY McEVOY Meg Jones knows rugby is unfair which is why she is giving it everything to get to the...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 2 years agoWhere Does “The Best Try Ever” by Gareth Edwards Rank Among Rugby’s Greatest Moments?
Throughout rugby history, few moments have achieved the legendary status of Gareth Edwards’ try for the Barbarians against New Zealand in...
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Features
/ 2 years agoDean seeks platform
Ross Heppenstall finds out what Dean Richards has been up to since stepping down as Newcastle Falcons boss for more success...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoKildunne crowned Women’s Six Nations Player of the Tournament
England’s Ellie Kildunne has been named as the Player of the Tournament for the 2024 Women’s Six Nations. After a shortlist...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoGame in England is good, says Ford
By PAUL REES George Ford feels English rugby is on the up after a testing couple of years on and off...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoPower of the four musketeers
A common theme of last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals was the influence of the four scrum-halves, the catalysts of teams that...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoGB face Monaco battle for Olympic decider
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANY rugby tourist, or indeed anybody who finds themselves in striking distance of Monaco, should consider looking...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoKildunne and Jones join GB Sevens
Red Roses Grand Slam stars Ellie Kildunne and Meg Jones will join Great Britain Sevens women’s squad in preparation for the...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoI may sell Toulon for €1 – Lemaitre
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A matter of weeks after ProD2 strugglers Biarritz were sold for €1, Toulon owner Bernard Lemaitre suggested...












