All posts tagged "Scotland"
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Champions Cup
/ 9 months agoToulon vs Bath: Billy Sela handed Will Stuart role as Johann van Graan’s side take on French flyers
Billy Sela has been tasked with locking out the Bath scrum against Toulon in the absence of the injured Will Stuart.
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoEveritt banking on youth in Castres citadel
PREVIEW... Castres v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 1pm, Stade Pierre-Fabre EDINBURGH have opted to rest several big names with youth given its...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 months agoNorthampton Saints vs Pretoria Bulls: We’re ready for a battle, says George Hendy
Buoyed by their impressive win in Pau last Sunday, Northampton Saints boss Phil Dowson has made only two changes to the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 months agoBrendan Gallagher: I fear the worst in Rugby World Cup mismatches
Rugby’s obsession with micro-management long ago became a disease, a sort of nervous disorder, and a full manifestation of this will...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 months agoPaul Rees: Lawrence Dallaglio’s reasons to cheer for Prem clubs in Europe
Paul Rees talks to England’s World Cup winner about the Champions Cup – and Steve Borthwick’s selection choices
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoWales drawn with England in Rugby World Cup pool
Fierce Six Nations rivals England and Wales will clash in the pool stage of the 2027 World Cup.
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoHow Scotland put a lock on New Zealand-born utility back Tom Jordan
Tom Jordan came to the UK as a 21-year-old for the experience and ended up staying after the pandemic struck.
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoJeremy Guscott: England short of World XV starters
The 2027 Rugby World Cup draw held last week in Sydney produced a good result for England, mainly because Wales, their...
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Champions Cup
/ 10 months agoSaracens 47-10 Clermont Auvergne: Elliot Daly’s star of the show as Sarries open in style
Elliot Daly showed there is plenty of life in the old dog yet as Saracens opened their Champions Cup account with...
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Champions Cup
/ 10 months agoGloucester v Castres: George Skivington – Nine-week block key to season
Gloucester launch their Champions Cup campaign today aiming to build on their recent revival against Castres.
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoNick Cain: Selection skills key to delivering big prizes for Steve Borthwick’s England
Where does England’s 4-0 Autumn Series success over southern hemisphere opposition leave them? The answer is having to take the next...
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Chris Hewett
/ 10 months agoChris Hewett: Eben Etzebeth top billing in Springboks rogues’ gallery
Clint Eastwood knows a thing or two about cinema, but if anyone is to make a sequel to his Springbok-inspired Invictus...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoExpansion theory has killed pool jeopardy
IT’S official: the “pool of death” is dead. Daisy-pushing, maker-meeting, Python-parroting dead. When the newly expanded World Cup group stage unfolds...
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Challenge Cup
/ 10 months agoWales stars return as Dragons hunt first win
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Perpignan v Dragons Today. Kick-off 1pm WINLESS Dragons are desperate to secure their first triumph of the...
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Features
/ 10 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Sam Nixon – Loved Bath but I lived my best life in France
Sam Nixon, the former London Scottish, Bath, Bayonne, Exeter Chiefs and Grenoble tighthead, reflects on his life in rugby.
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoRatier in to drive
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Falling short: England beat France in World Cup semi-final PICTURES: Getty Images women’s revival In seven days’...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 10 months agoEngland to face Wales in group stage at 2027 Men’s Rugby World Cup
England and Wales will clash in the group stage of the 2027 Men’s Rugby World Cup.
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoKyran Bracken: Grand Slam has to be expectation, not hope for England
This England team is the closest thing we’ve had to the 2003 World Cup-winning side – and they should set their...
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoR360 delays launch until 2028 amid rising opposition
R360, the proposed breakaway rebel tournament, has announced it is delaying its launch by two years to 2028.
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoMorgan to miss start of 6N
WALES captain Jac Morgan will miss the start of the 2026 Six Nations after undergoing surgery on a dislocated shoulder. The...
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Features
/ 10 months agoPeter Jackson: England finish top but Springboks still No.1
They say the league table never lies, that like George Washington’s inaugural American presidency, it swears allegiance to the truth, the...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoHow Northampton Saints find the best players
Twenty years ago, Northampton Saints’ recruitment centred around players from overseas, not least South Africa.
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoPeter Jackson: Daan Human factor has made Springboks even deadlier
Forensic experts engaged on a week-long trawl through the ruins of the Irish pack would have found something more disturbing than...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoPaul Rees: Springboks are setting the standard
Paul Rees reflects on the Autumn Tests and what the implications might be for the Champions Cup and beyond.
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 10 months agoBlack Ferns star Demant starts as Bears chase an upset
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Bristol v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, Ashton Gate REIGNING champions Gloucester-Hartpury make the short trip down the...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoTry-happy Saracens determined to turn their silver into gold
Saracens have put their opening round loss to Gloucester-Hartpury behind them, responding in emphatic fashion by being the league’s top points...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoWales lock Pyrs powers Hartpury title bid
NEWS EXTRA By JOSEPH TERRY BANGOR-born farm girl Alaw Pyrs is leading the charge for Hartpury University this term, fresh from...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoLawrence Dallaglio: Next step for England is winning silverware
Lawrence Dallaglio has acclaimed England’s incredible transformation from agonising nearly men to clinical, big-game Test winners.
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoJapan head coach Eddie Jones believes Nations Championship will bring in fans
Eddie Jones believes the Nations Championship, which kicks off in July, will grow the game’s support base.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoWales 26-52 New Zealand: Steve Tandy’s side are down but far from out
New Zealand have reached 50 points in their last three visits to the Welsh capital and duly recorded their 35th consecutive...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoEngland v Argentina: Richard Wigglesworth urges Steve Borthwick’s men to play to their strengths
Steve Borthwick’s England have found a way of getting out of trouble in the last 12 months and they might need...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoGuy Pepper’s impact for England has been an inspiration, says Ben Earl
Ben Earl has hailed the impact of his ‘inspirational’ back row partner Guy Pepper as key to England’s autumn success.
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoJeremy Guscott: It’s great to see England carving out a way to win
What impressed me most about England’s victory over New Zealand was the way that they stayed in it in the ebb-and-flow,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoScotland v Tonga: Gregor Townsend demands Scots get back on track
Scotland will be looking to get back on track today against Tonga having thrown away leads against Argentina and New Zealand...
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoSamoa deny Belgium to grab final World Cup spot
Samoa survived a fierce onslaught to hold-off Belgium 13-13 and secure the final qualifying spot for Australia 2027 on a night...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoPaul Rees: England must keep their eyes on road ahead
England’s victory over New Zealand took them to third in the world rankings, the highest placed Six Nations side.
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoBethan Lewis reveals Gloucester-Hartpury’s desire to keep the winning machine going
Coaching changes have not derailed three-time reigning PWR champions Gloucester-Hartpury, who continue to set the pace with four wins from four...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoElliot Daly named on wing ahead of England return against Argentina
Elliot Daly will make his first appearance since the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia after being named on the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoArgentina stage remarkable second-half comeback to defeat Scotland
Scotland were booed off at Murrayfield after botching a 21-0 lead in a remarkable 33-24 defeat at the hands of in-form...
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoI loved it! Fly-half Ford gets it right this time
After saying on Friday they had no special plans to respond to the haka, England formed an arrow head, similar to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoScotland vs Argentina: We must get it right this time, says Ewan Ashman
Darcy Graham will win his 50th cap at Murrayfield today for Scotland, hoping for a better result after last week’s disappointment...
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoJeremy Guscott: Time for Scotland to make big step
Scotland have had the players in the last six years to make a big impact on the world stage, but overall...
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoAptsiauri hat-trick helps Georgia down Canada
International round-up FLYING wing Shalva Aptsiauri scored three tries to help Georgia defeat Canada 38-17 in Batumi, Georgia. After conceding an...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoLions who said farewell
A SHORT while ago the Lions could point to a healthy list of grand old names as proof that the long-gone...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoPaul Rees: USA in search of a springboard
Paul Rees looks at the problems facing the game in the USA and wonders what World Rugby can do about it.
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Letters
/ 10 months agoNorrie’s World Cup suggestions were spot on
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed reading David Norrie’s opinion on the Rugby World Cup format – both he and I are singing from...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoBrendan Gallagher: A bolt of brilliance in that Arctic winter
The old sporting, and indeed show business, maxim of leaving the punters wanting more has never rung truer than with Richard...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoScots award 35 contracts
SCOTLAND Women have awarded one-year contracts to 35 players, 21 of whom were part of the recent World Cup squad that...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoVunipola happy to stick with Caudullo
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Going strong: Billy Vunipola playing for Montpellier PICTURES: Getty Images REPORTS of Billy Vunipola’s impending Top 14...
