All posts tagged "Paris"
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/ 4 years agoTwo more teams in for Rugby Europe
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Delight: Leicester Tigers hail their 19-16 victory over Bordeaux Begles yesterday THE Rugby Europe Championship will be...
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/ 4 years agoRussell: Our best since I joined
FINN Russell had no doubts this impressive victory was Racing’s best since he went to Paris in 2018. “We came here...
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/ 4 years agoNothing wrong with hitting pause for key moments
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’M all for speeding up play when possible but still remain puzzled as to when the TMO...
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Features
/ 4 years agoPatriot Mobbs raised his own army
EDGAR Mobbs might be a rugby name that is recognised and honoured to this day but as a schoolboy he failed...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSilver fox finishes off the Halloween horror show
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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/ 4 years agoStimpson: He looks the real deal to me
LEICESTER have a trackrecord for producing England full-backs, but the most notable in the post-war era are Dusty Hare (25 caps,...
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/ 4 years agoBoyd: George will nail his next Test
By ADAM HATHAWAY Leading the line: George Furbank attacks against Gloucester last weekend PICTURES: Getty Images NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Chris...
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/ 4 years agoSevens U-turn as O’Shea seeks alignment
THE RFU has performed a U-turn and will reinstate its full-time Sevens programme for the start of the 2022 World Series....
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoCouncil steps in to take care of Beziers after Emirati takeover collapse | James Harrington
Thirteen months ago, you probably recall, a proposed mega-money takeover of French ProD2 side Béziers dominated the rugby headlines on the...
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/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors go green for brighter future
The Premiership club have pledged to reduce their climate footprint, director Peter Kelly outlines how the Warriors are overhauling their ways...
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoWhat’s in Store for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
2020 was not kind to sports fans. The COVID-19 pandemic forced event after event, tournament after tournament, to be canceled at...
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/ 5 years agoShaunagh shines in captivating contest | Chris Hewett
The best rugby action was on show in last Sunday's Premier 15s final, not in the Premiership's non-contest between Exeter and...
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/ 5 years agoI know just how Sinckler feels over Lions snub
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IF ANYONE knows just how Kyle Sinckler feels after missing out on the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEnjoy the game was John Dawes’ golden rule
A striking captain whose nerve held up in the chaos of a frantic Test match, Peter Jackson pays tribute to John...
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/ 5 years agoGenia blown away by O’Connor transformation
Mature: James O’Connor FORMER Wallaby scrumhalf Will Genia has taken a lot of pleasure in watching James O’Connor come back from...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoBen Volavola likely to snub Newcastle Falcons
The Fiji international fly-half is currently playing in France with Perpignan
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/ 5 years agoFrance 23-27 Scotland: Scots joy as Six Nations classic goes right to wire
Brendan Gallagher reports on the showstopper in Paris
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/ 5 years agoGregor: One of our best ever seasons
SCOTLAND’S Six Nations campaign feels like “one of our best-ever seasons” said head coach Gregor Townsend after they beat France in...
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/ 5 years agoHeartbreak for Wales as France win in red
ALUN Wyn Jones and Wales suffered last-gasp heartbreak in Paris as they saw their Six Nations Grand Slam dream end with...
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/ 5 years agoScotland 52-10 Italy: Worst-ever finish for under-fire Italians
Scotland wrapped up the try bonus point within the first half-four at Murrayfield
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/ 5 years agoTownsend hopeful of having England-based players for Paris trip
SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend believes his side can deliver a first win in Paris for 22 years after learning he...
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/ 5 years agoNo Leigh Halfpenny for Wales’ Grand Slam pursuit
Alun Wyn Jones will equal Richie McCaw's record for the number of Test caps against France
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/ 5 years agoGalthie in clear but French day trips forbidden – Laporte
FRENCH federation boss Bernard Laporte says there was no wrongdoing by the France squad before a coronavirus outbreak caused the postponement...
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/ 5 years agoEmpty table now that Bastiat has gone
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW EVERY year, Jean-Pierre Bastiat would organise a reunion dinner for those who won...
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/ 5 years agoIt’s 50 up for Healy in Six Nations
IRELAND head to Cardiff today knowing they have the recent edge over their hosts - November’s 32-9 win in the Autumn...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFuture Hope – Where are they now?
BACK ROW Mhd Yunus Hussain: Team captain, classy fly-half with textbook passing skills. Married with two boys. Worked for over a...
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/ 5 years agoRugby values help Future Hope boys to blossom
TWENTY years on I set myself the task this week of zapping the phone and tracking down a few of the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoFrench mean machine generate masterpiece
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPredictably same old Scots story
I SHALL now predict the Six Nations for Scotland 2021, perhaps best to imagine it in Eddie Butler’s voice... Opening weekend...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: Christophe Dominici, so strong on the pitch, so fragile off it
Peter Jackson writes on the troubled childhood of the late France wing, who was freed from dark days by bringing light...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoFrance and Stade Francais legend Christophe Dominici has died, aged 48
Dominici's sudden passing comes as a shock to the rugby community around the world
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRay Prosser – A tribute to Pontypool legend and icon of the amateur era
Pontypool RFC confirmed the passing of their legendary coach and former Test British & Irish Lion on Sunday at the age...
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/ 5 years agoShaunaugh aiming to burn up the pitches
ENGLAND’s Shaunaugh Brown is putting her career in the fire service on hold to focus on next year’s World Cup. Harlequins...
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/ 5 years agoSafety first but losing Boks is a huge blow
SOUTH Africa v New Zealand has always been the heavyweight clash in world rugby and the decision taken by the Boks...
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/ 5 years agoMoriarty determined to put smiles back on Welsh faces
By ALEX BYWATER ROSS Moriarty has urged Wales to lift the spirits of a nation this autumn as Wayne Pivac’s side...
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/ 5 years agoCooney’s left out in the cold by Farrell
ULSTER scrum-half John Cooney has been left out of Ireland’s squad for the final two rounds of the Six Nations. Connacht’s...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFit and proper persons in charge?
POLICE arrested Georgian rugby vice-president Merab Beselia nine days ago after the shooting of the country’s former Sevens coach, Ramaz Kharazishili....
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/ 5 years agoFrench had a rule: ‘When at home you never lose.’ They did!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The picture of Serge Blanco and Jon Webb at the end of...
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/ 5 years agoHow can World Rugby count rucks when we don’t have any!
THERE are of course lies, damned lies and statistics and with that in mind I must raise a quizzical eyebrow at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens conclude agreement with emerging fly-half Manu Vunipola
The cousin of Billy and Mako Vunipola has penned an extension through to 2023
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby calls end to 2020 World Sevens Series
New Zealand Men's team win first title since Gordon Tietjens left and Black Ferns Sevens go back-to-back
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Features
/ 6 years agoFrance set to launch their third pro league
WHILE all the talk in England is of contraction and putting the financial squeeze on the Championship, the French Federation have...
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/ 6 years agoFurbank: I don’t plan to be 2-cap wonder
By NEALE HARVEY England rivals: Elliot Daly and Anthony Watson Ambitious: George Furbank attempts a break for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoJantjies strikes a blow for the shamateurs
AS VARIOUS factions within the English game traded insults over accusations of players being forced to sign reduced contracts, a plaintive...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Expected disaster story turned into a fairytale
Brendan Gallagher recalls the doom-mongering around the 1995 Rugby World Cup, as South Africa grappled with fragile identity after Apartheid's end
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Reduce the size of the bench? It can’t happen
It's 40 years since Robin Cowling played through a dislocated shoulder against French great Robert Paparemborde
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoReduce the bench? It just can’t happen
When the Bristol tight-head prop Paul Guttridge was sent off during a league match with Leicester in front of a big...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoMike Friday holds fear for the future of Sevens at the Olympics
The USA Sevens head coach reveals wha he wants World Rugby to do to safeguard rugby at the Olympics
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoFriday’s fear for Sevens at Olympics
■By NEALE HARVEY Slade sets his priorities Henry Slade has a dual ambition in the coming months…to be a great dad...
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/ 6 years agoDon’t let the gifted little ones get away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Too small? Jeff Probyn won a record number of caps for an...
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