All posts tagged "Scotland"
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWing ace Mikalcius relishing chance at Scottish
NEWS EXTRA By STEWART McCULLOUGH JONAS Mikalcius is flying the flag for Lithuanian rugby, the 25-year-old wing keen to put his...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFair play, Scots were the cleanest
Elbowed out: Jaco Peyper brings out the red card for Frances’s Sebastien Vahaamahina ENGLANDhead into the World Cup final armed with...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Let’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men
Nick Cain fixes the spotlight on Japan's diminutive flyers after helping the Brave Blossoms to achieve a team first
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoIt’s about time the law makers got hookers to toe the line
NICK READ HIS EXPERT THE Not-Straight scourge is spreading. Having already devalued the scrum as a contest by allowing scrum-halves to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJapan should join the Rugby Championship
COLIN BOAG Even as a Scot I was applauding Japan by the end of the match, but I do wonder whether...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoIbitoye makes the magic we like says Gustard
TWO-TRY winger Gabriel Ibitoye was described as “a special talent” by Harlequins director of rugby Paul Gustard. “He’s been working hard...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoYou are all my aces Naomi tells Blossoms
JAPAN’S players received a good luck message from local tennis star Naomi Osaka, right, ahead of today’s quarter-final against South Africa....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLet’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men
CAIN OPINION FROM JAPAN EVERY WEEK THE legacy of Gerald Davies and Shane Williams, the sensationally talented Wales and Lions wingers,...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Kamikaze man ‘Shiggy’ has made real impact
Peter Jackson charts role of Shigeru Konno as one of the forefathers of Japanese rugby
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCancelled France match negates Eddie’s shot at experimenting with Farrell
Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo in find Eddie Jones lacking room to manoeuvre if Farrell or Vunipola suffer mishap
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Scotland lock Scott MacLeod
A Scot who played against England twice in his international career and was victorious on both occasions
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Cancelled game will help Welsh chances
WALES are battered and bruised, but they are also battle-hardened for the World Cup’s quarter-finals and that is where you want...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Crooked feed call has cost Scotland
Jeff Probyn examines Gregor Townsend's comments made about Japan's win against Samoa, a result aided by a call by referee Jaco...
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Features
/ 6 years agoOwen and Billy are Eddie problems
Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo to find Eddie Jones confronted by some big selectorial decisions Not at their best: Owen Farrell,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoForce majeure…life is a calculated risk!
Brendan Gallagher recalls other cases when extreme weather or random events have affected sport THE great and the good, not to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCancelled game will help Welsh chances
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS WALES are battered and bruised, but they are also battle-hardened for the World Cup’s quarter-finals...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAvoiding England could give French a shot in the arm
SO England top the Pool and escape an attritional game and potential injuries by avoiding France, who can rest up ahead...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIt’s a shambles and that’s all down to World Rugby
COLIN BOAG It’s six years since the Oxford English Dictionary first included ‘omnishambles’ in its pages, and there can rarely have...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKamikaze man Siggy has made real impact
Just before the collision it is essential that you do not shut your eyes for a moment so as not to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoScotland’s law threat is wrong says former star
By TOM BRADSHAW SCOTTISH Rugby are “completely wrong” to have raised the threat of legal action over World Rugby’s handling of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSports lawyer: Sadly, Scots will have to accept it
BEN Ticehurst, a senior associate at Howard Kennedy solicitors in London and part of the firm’s Sports Law group, told The...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBears hunt for Tiger George
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler BRISTOL BEARS have made a cheeky enquiry about the future plans of England star...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie Jones really doesn’t care if Scotland miss out on World Cup quarter-finals
England head coach Eddie Jones has said only Scotland will be to blame if they fail to progress out of their...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWhat to do about minnows?
The Rugby World Cup has caught the imagination of the spectators in Japan as well as audiences on television across the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWelsh hold key to Scots progress
WHEN Scotland face Russia on Wednesday, it will be the tactical nous of two Welshmen that will go a long way...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTruth about why Mendez decided to punch Ackford
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Flashpoint: Federico Mendez flattens Paul Ackford The first shock result of the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGB name coaches for Tokyo 2020
HEAD of England 7s Simon Amor will resume his position as head coach for Team GB men’s programme at next summer’s...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoCourageous Pullin turns up again in a new book
OF ALL the speeches made by all the captains of England at post-match dinners, John Pullin’s towers above the rest for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCut out the Pools and go straight to quarter-finals
COLIN BOAG Humiliation: New Zealand blitz Canada as Rieko Ioane goes over for their fifth try Are you enjoying the RWC...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoNow England need to use their sledgehammer to crack Argentina
Nick Cain previews England's match against the Pumas and the selection issues facing Eddie Jones going forward
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Hugo Southwell: Former Scotland, Edinburgh, Stade Francais and Wasps full-back
Southwell recalls the World Cup heartache of 2007 when the Scots were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Argentina
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoCanada need to evoke the 1991 spirit of Vimy Ridge
Enforcer: Norm Hadley CANADA tackle New Zealand on Wednesday and whenever the Canuks meet the All Blacks, which isn’t very often,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoKey injuries mean Scots must change their approach
AS THEWorld Cup enters its second full week the stakes are getting higher and the tension mounting. Referees are also under...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDenton works out his options
DAVE DENTON tells Blindside he will wait until the New Year to decide what he wants to do next after concussion...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
HUGO SOUTHWELL THE FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, STADE FRANCAIS AND WASPS FULL-BACK. LIKE so many Scotland players of my generation some wonderful...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup lights up as Japan give Irish Bok shock
■By ADAM HATHAWAY Taking the lead: Kenki Fukuoka dives over for Japan’s crucial try PICTURES: Getty Images Early promise: Garry Ringrose...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Smart All Blacks kick the Springboks into disarray
Jeremy Guscott pinpoints the kicking game as an area where Steve Hansen outsmarted Rassie Erasmus
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoStaples deserved some TMO justice
SOMETIMES it can be disconcerting to dig out footage of past games before the TMO existed. Different times, different values but...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLine-out king Lewies looks to give Quins tactical edge
By NEALE HARVEY Set-piece specialist: Stephan Lewies Mentor: Victor Matfield SOUTHAfrican lineout specialist Stephan Lewies aims to provide Harlequins with the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoTownsend powers up as injury hits Irish backline
By SAM JACKSON Strengths and weaknesses: Jordan Larmour JORDAN Larmour starts at full-back for Ireland after Rob Kearney was ruled out...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoDarcy Graham can prove small is dangerous for Scotland and Townsend
The Edinburgh wing has high hopes for Scotland in a Pool where Ireland, Japan and Samoa are their rivals
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Japan needs sumos who can play in the front row
Nick Cain questions whether have kept pace with the bulk and physicality of other Tier 2 nations
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoHard graft paying off as Marland Yarde nears comeback for Sale Sharks
Yarde is making tremendous progress on his way back from a catastrophic knee injury
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Springboks are my pick, but only if Handre Pollard can stay fit
Handre Pollard was in dominant form during the Rugby Championship, as South Africa lifted the trophy
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: French refs see red more often than most
Peter Jackson analyses the tendency of French officials to dig out the red card
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Hadleigh Parkes will know when the time is right to by risky
Shane Williams pinpoints Hadleigh Parkes as the man central to Wales' backline
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJapan will go ballistic if Blossoms bloom at Rugby World Cup
Nick Cain sets out the teams who are likely to be in the quarter-finals, and pegs Japan and Fiji to be...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoDarcy can prove small is dangerous
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND Pocket rocket: Scottish wing Darcy Graham SCOTLAND winger Darcy Graham has vowed to be at his mesmerising...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoWinning one match would be fantastic says Jones
RUSSIA Captain: Vasily Artemyev RUSSIA’S presence in Japan has a slightly unreal feel after the controversial events surrounding the European Nations...















