All posts tagged "Scotland"
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoFranco Smith appointed as new Glasgow boss
Former Italy boss Franco Smith has been appointed Glasgow Warriors head coach on a two-year deal. Smith, 50, joins the URC...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSo unfair that Ireland are on this path of pain
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ireland have become the green giants of the game after doing what no...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSarries land Evans
Premier 15s champions Saracens have signed Scotland winger Abi Evans, while Jodie Rettie and Coreen Grant have extended their contracts at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Rugby Stadium World Cup
Following Sunday’s twitter poll that saw 2,081 people vote for their favourite Premiership stadium, the Rugby Paper will this week conduct...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTiger Jack has all the attributes of a top 9
NEIL DE KOCK THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICA AND SARACENS SCRUM-HALF From a scrum-half perspective there were some real standout performers for...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoChile put pressure on US to up their game
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When the Australian batsman Mark Waugh, brother of the masterly Test captain Steve, questioned the credentials of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoPlaying under one flag could threaten the union
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is just a game, as the saying goes, but that doesn’t mean it is bereft of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHat-trick hero Takulua takes Tonga back to the big time
By BEN JAYCOCK Tonga ........42 Hong Kong 22 Sontane Takulua scored a hat-trick as Tonga swept aside Hong Kong 44- 22...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCommonwealth games Men’s 7s Preview: Tough pool start will be good for us, says Bowen
By BEN JAYCOCK England have landed in a tough pool for next weekend’s Commonwealth Games 7s, but Tom Bowen believes it’s...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCommonwealth games Women’s 7s Preview: Quansah out for revenge as she prepares England for challenge
Back in action: England winger Celia Quansah After enduring a horrific injury first time around, England winger Celia Quansah is hoping...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoScottish lock Tom relishing physical challenge
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK SCOTTISH Highlands second row Tom Smith has signed on for another year with Luctonians having revelled...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoA-list West were pride of the north
CLUB0FTHEWEEK BY BRENDAN GALLAGHER WEST HARTLEPOOL Founded: 1881 President: Dave Laycock Home Ground: Brinkburn 1,000 capacity (76 seats) Last season: Durham...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEddie has to decide what style he wants
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now the tours are over, there is a time to rest and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMoment in Time – Midlands Counties West prove All Blacks were no supermen
Neil Fissler talks to Nigel Horton and David Duckham about the Midland Counties West Side that beat the All Blacks 16-8...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRobinson: Grace can be a star in 15-a-side
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Jason Robinson was one of the greatest ever cross-code players – and reckons St Helens star Regan Grace...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDream Team with Carl Fearns
Carl Fearns, the Newcastle Falcons and former Sale, Bath and Lyon no.8, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEuro Super League is the way forward
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER All hail the Lelos for recording a famous 28-19 win over Italy last Sunday in a feisty...
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Features
/ 4 years agoItalians lift mood with double over England
Brendan Gallagher Italy’s disappointment at losing away to Georgia at senior level on Sunday will be slightly offset by a strong...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHow TMO helps and hinders referees
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Okay, I admit it. I got it wrong, I predicted another lesson...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCoastal pride and bursting with history
Brendan Gallagher Fylde have been producing significant players on the northern circuit for many decades and if big time honours have...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHughes the key as Hong Kong close in on their first World Cup
Five years on from leaving the carnage of London Welsh behind him, Glyn Hughes is an altogether happier place in his...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRock ‘n’ roll rugby as Wales fly north
Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 119 - Wales board plane for epic Five Nations match against Scotland, February 4, 1971 Brendan Gallagher...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSummer Tours Week 4 Preview: Deciders for all Home Nations as series’ reach climax
Few could have predicted that all four Home Nations would hit back to win in the manner that they did last...
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Summer Tours
/ 4 years agoZander Fagerson wins 50th cap as Scots ring changes
Tighthead prop Zander Fagerson is set to make his 50th Scotland appearance as the visitors make eight changes for the decisive...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNZ and England to play in same 7s pool
By SAM JACKSON ENGLAND have been drawn alongside defending champions New Zealand in Pool A of the men’s Commonwealth Games Sevens...
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/ 4 years agoAll square as England bring down Wallabies
By NICK CAIN Australia............17pts Tries: Tupou 37, Kerevi 48 Conversions: Lolesio 39, 50 Penalties: Lolesio 54 England ............25pts Tries: B Vunipola...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHumiliation as Georgia put Scotland to the sword
Scotland ............17pts Tries: Townsend 10, Stirrat 15, Munn 64 Conversions: Townsend 16 Georgia ..............55pts Tries: Zazadze 20, 53; Shvangiradze 27, 66;...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBaby Boks hold no fear for Wales
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Rising star: Dafydd Jenkins DAFYDD Jenkins is confident Wales U20s can upset the formbook by beating South Africa...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoWelsh resurgence all about mindset
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER My experience over many decades is that Welsh rugby is rarely in as bad a state as...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEngland undone by childish behaviour
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Despite the fact that they were the first games of the tours,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSummer Tours Week 3 Preview: Home Nations look to bounce back
Last week’s Summer Tests saw the end of two long losing head-to-head runs, a last-gasp victory and a 17-minute period of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCheika gets off to winning start
■By BEN JAYCOCK Argentina ..............26 Scotland ................18 Michael Cheika was victorious in his first game in charge of Argentina last night...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEngland are running out of time to find their identity
Paul Rees looks at what Eddie Jones needs to see from his players as they prepare for next year’s World Cup....
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Features
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
PERRY-JOHN PARKER, THE TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS AND FORMER ESHER, EDINBURGH, OSPREYS, ROTHERHAM, ROVIGO, DIJON & OLD ELTHAMIANS LOCK CHOOSES THE BEST XV...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoScots have no answer to Italian
Scotland ............14pts Tries: Harrison 28, Stirrat 79 Conversions: Cunningham 30, Townsend 80 Italy ....................34pts Tries: Cuminetti 1, Ortombina 25, Frangini 33,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSummer Tours Week 2 Preview: All top tier teams in action for huge weekend
If last week was the warm up, then this one is undoubtedly the grand opening to proceedings as all Six Nations,...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoCrosbie handed maiden start as Watson misses out on first test for Argentina
Edinburgh‘s Luke Crosbie will make his first start for Scotland in the first test against Argentina on Saturday evening. Crosbie, 25,...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoTop 20 Incredible Facts About Rugby You Didn’t Know Before
Do you root for your favourite rugby league teams during the gameplay at telly time? Rebecca Martin reveals coveted rugby secrets,...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoRugby during the England tour of Australia
The England rugby team is considered one of the most expensive and prestigious teams not only in Europe but throughout the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDallas want Ford to drive changes
MIKE Ford has been mentioned in dispatches from the United States as a possible target for the Major League Rugby flops...
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/ 4 years agoWarriors sweat on Deano amid American interest
GLASGOW are sweating to see if former Newcastle boss Dean Richards, their first choice to replace Danny Wilson at Scotstoun, will...
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/ 4 years agoPride of the Premiership
Paul Rees selects his team of the season – with a nod to those who came close FULL-BACK: Freddie Steward (Leicester)...
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/ 4 years agoFour Irishmen join the South African all-stars
By BEN JAYCOCK THE Stormers lifted the inaugural United Rugby Championship as they saw off the Bulls 18-13 in an all-South...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoScots girls to go pro
SCOTLAND’S national women's rugby team will turn professional later this year, with a minimum of 30 players offered contracts. The Scottish...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAu Revoir, Arrivederci, Hywl Fawr, Goodbye…
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At close of business on Friday, 40 Test players boasting a collective stack...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSummer Tours Week 1 Preview: Emerging nations and ‘A’ teams prepare to raise the curtain
For the first time since 2018, a full summer of rugby tours is back on the calendar, and though some of...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMoroni joins Falcons from Tigers
Leicester Tigers’ Premiership winning centre Matias Moroni has signed for Newcastle Falcons, agreeing a two-year deal to move to Kingston Park....
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoThompson hoping Scottish summer can re-ignite form after Warriors woes
Glasgow Warriors fly-half Ross Thompson is hoping that Scotland’s tour to South America can re-ignite his early season form, after a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPremiership pair ruled out of Scotland tour
ADAM Hastings and Huw Jones will miss Scotland’s summer tour to South America because of injury. Gloucester fly-half Hastings has withdrawn...
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/ 4 years agoCoaching is not for me, says Swinson
By GARY FITZGERALD TIM Swinson has opted not to take up the coaching route because he does not enjoy “the negativity...
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