All posts tagged "Scotland"
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoScotland lock Sam Skinner out of 2019 Rugby World Cup
The Exeter Chiefs lock limped off at Murrayfield with a hamstring injury at the weekend
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Features
/ 6 years agoItaly must show steel to make RWC impact
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’s difficult to think of any nation that...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEddie’s still a work in progress
NICK CAIN PROBES ENGLAND’S AREAS OF WEAKNES JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE WORLD CUP THE biggest challenge of England’s World Cup...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDay the floodgates opened on the pro era
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW On this very Sunday almost a quarter of a century ago, Rugby Union...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHuge win puts England third in world rankings
ENGLAND’S 57-15 victory yesterday has seen them move up to third in the world rankings, leapfrogging both South Africa and Ireland....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRUGBY ITALIA
NICK SCOTT IS DoR FOR RUGBY COLORNO, A TOP 12 CLUB IN ITALY. HE HAS WORKED FOR THE RFU AS NATIONAL...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCan M. Poirot solve the prop riddle the way John Lloyd did?
His name is synonymous with a revered American president and a famous Belgian detective and in Nice last night Jefferson Poirot...
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/ 6 years agoSuper-chef Ramsay fuels Quins’ drive for tasty results
Q&A PAUL GUSTARD Innovative: Paul Gustard Harlequin through and through: Chris Robshaw has resumed the role of captain PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWynne aims to shine in Scottish shop window
By NEALE HARVEY ROOKIE London Scottish skipper Lewis Wynne is planning on enjoying a cracking Championship campaign to roar back on...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoScrap the warm-up games and take a short tour instead
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Proper preparation: Ben Kay and Steve Thompson celebrate...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEddie mind games can give England an edge
COLIN BOAG Mystifying: Eddie Jones doesn’t seem to rate Alex Goode The phoney war starts this weekend in the northern hemisphere,...
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/ 6 years agoNo more room at top for gym monkeys says Fisher
■ By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U18s coach Jon Fisher insists modern day academy players are set up for success and that...
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/ 6 years agoHamish aims to be a hero for his baby
■ By GARY HEATLY Proud father: Hamish Watson PICTURE: Getty Images SCOTLAND back row Hamish Watson feels a more relaxed character...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoLionesses could roar but only if done right
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN Lion kings: Danny Grewcock and Jason Leonard after the first Test win in Brisbane 2001...
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/ 6 years agoMoody: Curry can prove he’s world class in Japan
By GARY FITZGERLAD Choice: Lewis Moody TOM Curry celebrated his 21st birthday earlier this summer but it will be on Japan’s...
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World Rugby Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoCan anyone stop the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup?
New Zealand have been installed as the clear favourites to win a third consecutive World Cup when they march into battle...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWeight of a nation won’t faze Fonotia
STEFFAN THOMAS meets centre Kieron Fonotia as he prepares for battle with Samoa SAMOA are very much the underdogs in a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMaco’s getting stronger every day says Sarries scrum guru Peel
■By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS coach Ian Peel is convinced England prop idol Mako Vunipola will recover from his hamstring trouble in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo room for rugby in summer
THOSE advocating summer rugby should contemplate the veritable smorgasbord of sporting events on offer last weekend. Besides the small matter of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBoot camp regime gets Jamie fit for active service
NICK CAIN TALKS TO JAMIE GEORGE ABOUT HIS IN SATIABLE DRIVE FOR PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT JAMIE George knew what was coming and...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoItoje and Kruis are my No1 No2s says Bayfield
By NEALE HARVEY INDOMITABLE Saracens duo Maro Itoje and George Kruis offer England their best route to second row domination, according...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRelegation? It was just part of life – we’re coming back
Newcastle rugby director Dean Richards tells NEALE HARVEY why relegation last season has failed to dampen his enthusiasm for rugby in...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAll change as Eddie dumps his stalwarts
IN THEeuphoric Red Rose aftermath of Eddie Jones winning a Grand Slam at the first attempt, nobody could have imagined that...
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/ 6 years agoKingston on board to help guide Rams’ young bucks
By NEALE HARVEY Experienced: John Kingston and Greig Tonks, inset FORMER Harlequins supremo John Kingston is back in mainstream rugby after...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGreat journey but what a brutal end
MY LIFEIN RUGBY NICK LLOYD THE FORMER ENGLAND, SARACENS, ROTHERHAM AND WAKEFIELD PROP Premiership class: Nick Lloyd in action for Saracens...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFoden boy-band set for X factor
CELEBRITY X Factor will see rugby stars Ben Foden, Thom Evans and Levi Davis form a boyband. A celebrity version of...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoOverseeing the development of Delon Armitage and Charlie Ewels has been one of my proudest achievements, says Toby Booth
In this lengthy feature, we talk to the departing Bath assistant coach about his time at the Rec and his past...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoU20s give blueprint for the senior game
THEU20s World Championship was a good competition with many countries setting out their stall for the future. The competition is also...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMore Fijians on their way to Scotland as Mesu Dolokoto signs for Glasgow Warriors
Dolokoto becomes latest player to join Glasgow Warriors, with Edinburgh already recruiting heavily from Fiji
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoOutpowered Scotland left facing the axe
Scotland…19 Italy…26 SCOTLAND slumped to their fourth straight defeat amid the rain and thunder in Rosario. Carl Hogg’s side trailed 14-7...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSam gets new job as the joker
SCOTLAND scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne has joined Racing 92 to provide cover during the World Cup. The 25-year-old left Scarlets by mutual...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoWales face All Blacks in 2020
WALES are set to play two Tests in New Zealand in July 2020. The trip to his home country will be...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWelshmen will play key role in South Africa
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND One club man: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images THERE is no rest in rugby...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHonoured to jog behind the greats
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL BLAKEWAY THE FORMER BRITISH & IRISH LIONS , ENGLAND AND GLOUCESTER PROP Front row club: England prop...
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Features
/ 6 years agoZach’s deal at Wasps confirmed
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have announced the signing of winger Zach Kibirige from relegated Newcastle Falcons, as revealed in Blindside last weekend....
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoScotland battling to avoid the drop
■By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND head coach Carl Hogg insists “there is no time to wallow” after this week’s loss to Georgia...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWilliams and Slade lit up great Twickenham final
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Counter attack threat: Liam Williams dives over for a Saracens try PICTURE: Getty Images TWO of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo pain no gain in Warren’s World Cup beastings
I HOPE the Wales squad are enjoying their holidays… because the pain will soon arrive! The strength and conditioning team Warren...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThis Sarries dynasty is the greatest that English rugby has ever known
NICK CAIN ON WHY THE ‘DOUBLE’ CHAMPIONS ARE THE BEST SIDE THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED Saracens stars Jamie George, George...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBoys in red lay down the law in South America
Lionhearts: British Police in Argentina THE British Police rugby team claimed a clean sweep after an historic first tour of Argentina...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGloucester add to centre ranks with addition of Chris Harris
More variation in Gloucester's midfield for next season
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoVIDEO: 14-man England undone by Ireland in U20 World Championship opener
Two yellow cards and one red card cost England U20s in tussle for victory in Argentina
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Features
/ 7 years agoRed Roses relishing Baa-baas challenge
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND Women take on the Barbarians today at Twickenham in a historic first match between the sides. With 113...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBattle of wounded knee is a must-win
DYLAN Hartley is looking increasingly like a gamble in a position in which, at this juncture, England do not want to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
NICK DE LUCA THE FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, WASPS AND BIARRITZ CENTRE. LIKE a lot of people in life, I look back...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie’s Twickenham opt out is Baa-king mad
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ENGLAND are about to embark on their final phase of preparation for the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSorry Clive, you’re the one whose over-reacting on Cipriani
ONE of Danny Cipriani’s most staunch advocates before his move to Gloucester this season was Sir Clive Woodward. England’s only World...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIt’s back to basics for Wade in NFL camps
By ADAM ELLIS CHRISTIANWade celebrated his birthday in between two training camps with the Buffalo Bills as he transforms himself from...
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/ 7 years agoScottish prop stars call time
EXETER prop Moray Low says the time is right for him to bring the curtain down on his distinguished playing career...
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/ 7 years agoDurable? They should call James Red Rum!
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON SAMJames ought to have been centre-stage at the Premiership gala dinner last Wednesday...
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