All posts tagged "Paris"
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Featured
/ 10 years agoJames Haskell: I’d risk my career again to beat the Aussies 3-0!
James Haskell has revealed he needed complicated surgery on his big toe to save his rugby career and now faces up...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: No prizes for tact, but Eddie Jones was honest about Jonny Sexton
The attempt to bracket the Eddie Jones comments about Jonathan Sexton over the fitness of the Irish fly-half to play Test...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoIntense competition at Bath will make Taulupe Faletau even better – Luke Charteris
Luke Charteris reckons Bath can bring the best out of Taulupe Faletau. The Wales pair and former Newport Gwent Dragons team-mates...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoQuade Cooper joins Australia Sevens
The Australian Rugby Union have today announced that Quade Cooper has joined their Sevens program and will be available for selection...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoBest named Ireland captain for Six Nations
Rory Best will captain Ireland during the Six Nations after head coach Joe Schmidt named his 35-man squad for the opening...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Friday fun and games is strictly for Wales
Friday night fever of the virulent Six Nations kind will break out again in Cardiff next month. France in Round Three...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Clubs flex muscles over European postponements
The disruption of the European Champions Cup first round caused by the Paris atrocities last week has inadvertently shown what appears...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: When WRU sneak tried to ban us over £50 expenses
On the Sunday before we played England at the Arms Park in February 1975, five of the Wales team chosen the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Hopefully England will go one better than us in ‘91 and win it
With the phoney war over, now is the time for the squad to focus on the challenges that lie ahead. The...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: You can bet Richie McCaw and Dan Carter will be ready
One of the big stories so far in the Super 15 is the Crusaders failing to make the play-offs for the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature on Alan Hancock’s try against Scotland in 1965
Everybody is famously allowed 15 minutes of fame, but for Northampton wing Andy Hancock that was abbreviated to 15 seconds. That’s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Silence greeted the hero of Cardiff
When they come to write the colourful history of Anglo-Welsh rivalry, one of England‘s forgotten full-backs will justify a chapter all...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoCarter confirm Racing Metro move
Dan Carter is set to become rugby‘s highest paid rugby player ever after agreeing a three-year deal with Racing Metro believed...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Trench Blacks charmed Paris during respite from carnage
The inspirational deeds of many Rugby players on the Western Front have been well documented in recent years in a number...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why Brian O’Driscoll won’t be taking anyone to book unlike Kevin Pietersen
Rugby‘s oldest maxim is probably “what goes on tour stays on tour” and, as an ‘old school’ player par excellence, Brian...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoWales put five more on national contracts
Two Scarlets, two Ospreys and one Dragon on Gatland's wishlist.
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Derek Jelley – former Leicester and Rotherham prop
Over ten years on from leaving Leicester I still get goose bumps walking into the ground on match day. I spent...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Get Martin Johnson on board to pass on lessons learned in 2011
So Martin Johnson is reliving the nightmare that was the 2011 RWC England campaign. Although it has been virtually three years,...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHaskell captains Wasps and signs new contract
Wasps today announced that England international James Haskell has extended his contract with the club and will captain Wasps this season....
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Featured
/ 11 years agoEngland Women crowned world champions
Women beat Canada to lift first World Crown in 20 years.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoEuro Cup place ‘will keep’ Joe Launchbury at London Wasps
Fears that England lock Joe Launchbury could be the next Wasps star pinched by Saracens have eased now that qualification for...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoPeter O’Mahony returns for Ireland
Peter O’Mahony returns to the Ireland starting XV as they chase the Six Nations title in Paris on Saturday. The Munster captain...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Sleightholme – former Bath, Northampton & England wing
Scoring my first England try at Twickenham as we sealed the 1996 Five Nations title is probably my highlight. Not bad...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoNew-look Danny Care can tick all the boxes now
Attacking flair has always been Danny Care’s calling card, that airborne reverse flick pass against Clermont just the tip of an...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Nathan Thomas – former Wales, Bath and Llanelli back row
1. Iestyn Thomas – No frills or nonsense, a great player who would consistently get on with his job and lived...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Aussie kids who changed the face of rugby for ever
It’s hard to credit in this era of 12 or 13 Test matches per calendar year by all the major Test...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoFrance v South Africa preview
Philippe Saint-André has named a similar side to the one that rattled the cage of New Zealand two weeks ago to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Tigers can edge this battle of the giants
Northampton’s results against the top teams in the Premiership have generally not been the best and they won’t be favourites for...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Power of music puts me in mood for a battle
Once on tour, the pressure and nervous excitement will start to creep up on the Lions players, building to a crescendo...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Glenn Gelderbloom – former Western Province, Leicester and Plymouth centre
I’ve got my wife Sacha to thank for two Heineken Cups and three Premiership titles because she convinced me when I...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: BOD magic captured in a move from the matrix
The best centre I have seen play in the last decade is Brian O’Driscoll. That’s not forgetting my favourites, Philippe Sella,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: I didn’t need a letter to know my dad backed me
I think it is fair to say that 2012 was Stuart Lancaster‘s year more than anyone else in rugby, despite no...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoBen Cairns return for Edinburgh
After over a year on the sidelines, Edinburgh welcome Ben Cairs back in their starting line-up for the reception of Racing...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoChris Ashton returns to England starting XV
As expected, Chris Ashton returns to the England starting line-up ahead of Saturday’s clash against Australia at Twickenham. The Saracens winger,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoWinger Ugo Monye dropped by England for Australia clash
Despite a try-scoring return with England last Saturday against Fiji, Ugo Monye has been dropped by Stuart Lancaster to face Australia....
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Featured
/ 13 years agoTop 14 round 6: preview and predictions
This week the duel between Jonny Wilkinson and Frederic Michalak won’t happen as both will start for Toulon and form the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: It’s a riot in Paris as Olympic rugby champs are crowned
Of all the foregone conclusions at the London Olympics, one stands out above Usian Bolt, Michael Phelps, Bradley Wiggins and the...
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