All posts tagged "Rugby"
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Letters
/ 2 months agoI still see a clueless rabble
IN November 2024, The Rugby Paper published a letter from me titled “England look like a clueless rabble.” After what is...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoWe need to select a ball-carrying 12
THERE has been a lot of criticism of Borthwick’s selections lately, however I want to comment on the backs. I might...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoThis is why I fear for England’s weak underbelly
THE build-up to this Six Nations and how it as unravelled seems reminiscent of the 2015 RWC and, like the group...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoBorthwick simply can’t stay in charge
I DON’T enjoy watching England losing any match, but if a first-ever defeat to Italy hastens the end of Steve Borthwick’s...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoThe game will truly miss this rugby man
BRISTOL is a rugby town as much as it is a football one: it has a well-financed Premiership team at the...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoAugustus steers Ulster home
Edinburgh .......19 Ulster ...............40 ■By BEN JAYCOCK ULSTER produced a stunning second-half display to boost their play-off push at Hive Stadium....
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoNathan Earle: Harlequins didn’t plan ahead
Former Harlequins wing Nathan Earle believes his old club are paying the price for failing to put foundations in place after...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoKatie Childs finds her feet as Sale Sharks start to get it right
Sale Sharks centre-turned back row Katie Childs feels growing belief within her squad has been the key ingredient in their rise...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWhen four tries by the Lions were kicked off the park
NEVEN MacEwan, left, played in the Test match which did more than any other to ridicule rugby as a running game,...
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Features
/ 2 months agoJames is to leave Saints for Saracens
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS have signed Northampton scrum-half Tom James ahead of next season. The 32-year-old has spent his entire career so...
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Features
/ 2 months agoNewcastle keep Wade
CHRISTIAN Wade has signed on for another season at Newcastle. The 34-year-old winger is the second leading try scorer in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: The Romanian who stood tall for his country
You bump into some huge human beings on the rugby circuit, but I’ve encountered few bigger than Romanian lock Constantin Cojocariu,...
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National League One
/ 2 months agoDogs display their mettle with late try
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ...........33 Sale FC..................... 41 A GLORIOUS day at the Slade allowed for a fantastic game of...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoDigby balances teaching dream with Park’s bid for the top three
■By CHRIS COLLYER ROSSLYN Park back-row forward Jack Digby says National One is reminiscent of his time in the Australian club...
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National League 2N
/ 2 months agoOllie at double to lead Dale to win in a thriller
By SIMON RAVENS Wharfedale.... 43 Hull..................... 31 Wharfedale dominated the early exchanges, with prop Jake Armstrong going over after 13 minutes....
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National League 2N
/ 2 months agoHooker Haigh is hero with hat-trick
■By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale...........36pts Macclesfield....14pts AN excellent performance in gusty conditions saw Tynedale outgun Macclesfield to put themselves in the driving...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoIt’s 400 up – no ordinary Joe keeps it in the family
■By BEN JAYCOCK 400 not out: Brothers Pete and Joe Evans BILLINGHAM No.8 Joe Evans feels reaching 400 appearances for the...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoReds’ Edd is dead keen to lock in on his redemption
■By BEN JAYCOCK Positive thinker: Redruth lock Edd Pascoe REDRUTH lock Edd Pascoe stresses the Cornish side are determined to end...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoJack and Joel climb up the hill and home
By DOUG MILLER Havant............... 48pts Barnes................38pts HAVANT clawed back from 21 points down, to inflict defeat on Barnes and lift themselves...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoHeroic fly-half Reynolds bets keen Canter to a marvel finish
News By BEN JAYCOCK CANTERBURY fly-half Frank Reynolds is aiming for a big finish to the National Two East season with...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBUCS RUGBY
Bath beat Durham to take League honours By JOSEPH TERRY BATH University claimed a maiden BUCS Super Rugby League title, sealed...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoDutch in mood for World Cup, says Temperley
NEWS EXTRA By JOSEPH TERRY LOUGHBOROUGH University wing Kit Temper-ley believes Dutch rugby is building towards a debut World Cup appearance....
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoEckersley: We will keep on working hard
By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE flanker Dan Eckersley insists club spirit remains strong despite a winless campaign that has left them in...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoDrua dazzle as Brumbies swept aside
By BEN JAYCOCK Try time: Etonia Waqa scoring for Fijian Drua PICTURE: Getty Images FIJIAN Drua secured their first-ever win over...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWomen’s match to break crowd record for club game
A CROWD record will fall this afternoon, with France’s AXA Elite 1 Feminin league match between league leaders Toulouse and mid-table...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months ago2026 Super Rugby Americas – Round Three summary: Tarucas stay perfect and Pampas bounce back
Round Three began with an all-Argentine clash in Buenos Aires, where hosts Pampas were able to bounce back from their defeat...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoChris Boyd insists Gloucester will have to alter their style
New Gloucester technical director Chris Boyd says the team must “modify” their expansive style of play until reinforcements arrive this summer.
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoMaro Itoje admits England’s Six Nations defeat to Ireland was ‘hard to switch off from’
Maro Itoje has revealed how the hangover from captaining England to two consecutive losses hit him in the aftermath of the...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPaul Williams: Wales’ young guns are showing the way
Watching Welsh rugby’s recent performances, or reading about Welsh rugby’s political events, can have a premature ageing effect on the faces...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoRamm on his way to Western Force
NORTHAMPTON winger James Ramm will join Australian Super Rugby side Western Force on a two-year deal at the end of the...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoLiebenberg leaves
BACK row Hanro Liebenberg will leave Leicester Tigers at the end of the season to rejoin South African side the Bulls....
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Easter: Tom Willis would have been in my team
I would have started Tom Willis in the back row for England yesterday, regardless of his decision to move to France...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoFor me, Quins need to show clarity
IT HAS been a frustrating season for my old club Harlequins and I think a lot of that comes down to...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoGame has been betrayed
SO, Bill Sweeney`s grand plan for franchise rugby, which sees the abolishment of promotion and relegation (but with applications to join...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoSaara is a queen of broadcasting
SAARA Elgan is setting the benchmark for TV presenters in rugby union, across both the men’s and women’s game. She is...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoSupport for the whole community
HAVING read the comments by RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney, I await to see how his comment “capable of supporting the...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoPut Welsh clubs in Prem
THE money men have had their way and meritocracy in rugby is dead. It is not a decision I agree with,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoChris Hewett: Dave Rennie should leave Brodie Retallick where he is
Let the fun and games begin. Dave Rennie, freshly-appointed head coach of the All Blacks with a World Cup looming large...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Players love getting one over the referee
I’m intrigued, fascinated, perplexed, occasionally entertained, but mostly irritated by why sportsmen and women feel the need to subtly but deliberately...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoAttacking full-back Lacaze was ahead of his time
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER FRANCE’S reputation for producing vibrant attacking full-backs almost matches their ability to uncover and nurture commanding Napoleonic-like...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoPortugal’s clash with Spain will be classy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER AWAY from the Six Nations, the Rugby Europe Championship is coming to the boil today with the...
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National Leagues
/ 2 months agoRowntree’s aiming high with Otley
NEWS EXTRA ■ By BEN JAYCOCK AT 34, Otley scrum-half Joe Rowntree knows every season in National Two North must be...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: When Ray Glastonbury warmed up during The Big Freeze
Long before his surname became synonymous with a music festival, Ray Glastonbury’s scorch marks could be found all over the north...
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Features
/ 2 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Alex Woolford – I’d love to get 100 caps for Bedford Blues
Former Northampton Saints, London Welsh and Coventry second row Alex Woolford, who now plays for Bedford Blues, reflects on his life...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoPrem Cup is a great place to learn, says McParland
■ By JOSHUA GREEN Driven: Archie McParland makes a break for Saints ARCHIE McParland believes the Prem Rugby Cup remains a...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoTandy must take chance to go big
PAUL WILLIAMS GUEST COLUMNIST IN rugby, you never truly appreciate what you’ve got until it’s gone. When Wales had the likes...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoCardiff Met likely to stand in way for Hartpury
NEWS EXTRA ■ By JOSEPH TERRY HARTPURY University women’s head coach Rob Ford tempered Women’s BUCS Super Rugby title hopes after...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBath stun L’borough to go top, Swansea relegated
BUCS RUGBY ■ By JOSEPH TERRY BATH broke Loughborough’s nine-game winning streak with a 40-31 triumph to jump top of BUCS...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 months agoGordon double sparks the Reds
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Star player: Queensland Reds hero Carter Gordon PICTURES: Getty Images CARTER Gordon produced a dramatic late double...
International Rugby
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