All posts tagged "Scotland"
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: How Melon made a real prune out of Ronan O’Gara
A whopping 134 Tests epitomised by one moment of prop brilliance in 2005
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoChiefs go surging along with their prop power
■ By MIKE SINCLAIR Going over: Tom O’Flaherty beats Alex Davies to score for Exeter Chiefs PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER’S dominant...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThomas inspires Bears to maul his old mates
■ By ROGER PANTING Triumph: Nick Haining crashes over for Bristol Held: Bristol’s Charles Piutau is tackled by Henry Trinder DAN...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoInjury-hit Catrakilis eager to make a lasting impression in the battle for No.10
■ By NEALE HARVEY PERKY playmaker Demetri Catrakilis believes he is finally hitting his stride as a Harlequins player following an...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRowntree’s expertise can help the Lelos breakthrough
Brendan Gallagher looks at the testing Autumn series awaiting Georgia’s World Cup squad Expert tuition: Graham Rowntree, below, is working with...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s going to get brutal out there for the Pumas
Brendan Gallagher analyses the task ahead of new Pumas head coach Mario Ledesma Barnstorming flanker: Pablo Matera SO which Pumas team...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHow Melon madea real prune out of O’Gara!
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Timeless: Gethin Jenkins playing for Wales PICTURE: Getty Images The longest-serving international prop...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoKing’s on comeback trail at OEs after ACL nightmare
By NEALE HARVEY BEN King has twice overcome career-threatening injuries in pursuit of the rugby career he loves. Now the Exeter-born...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie has to reenact role as All Blacks’ myth buster
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the first game over, now is the time to get serious...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRed Roses kick off with trip to Dublin
ENGLAND travel to Ireland for their first match of next year’s Women’s Six Nations looking to go one better than last...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVoting is open as Rhino Prop Star finalists are announced
Over 200 nominations have been narrowed down to three...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPicamoles escaped but Montpellier did not …
BACK in the day when Tommy Smith, Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris and their apprentices ruled English football with a rod of iron...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoClermont win again but Parra’s ruled out
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Hammer blow: Morgan Parra has broken his wrist and misses the Autumn Clermont strengthened their grip on...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBennett: Priestland my World Cup pick
By PETER JACKSON RHYS Priestland will be back in contention for a third World Cup despite his omission from Wales’ fourmatch...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMulvihill expects an all-court battle as Blues aim to consolidate away day win
By ROB COLE THE last time Cardiff Blues won their opening two games in the Champions Cup, they reached the knock-out...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWasps want NFL to pay off Wade’s deal
EXCLUSIVE Quitting rugby: Christian Wade WASPS could block Christian Wade’s move to the NFL unless they are compensated for the last...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDoor is open for a Graham U-turn, says Townsend
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend has not ruled out a call-up for Newcastle Falcons back row Gary Graham...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMatavesi in frame for Fiji
CORNISHPirates hooker Sam Matavesi is in line to add to his three caps for Fiji after being named in the Autumn...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoThe Kiwi conveyer belt keeps coming
WALES pick an Englishman who has never played for a Welsh club in a squad weakened by the omission of a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks in Dublin is the litmus Test
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks ahead to another jam-packed schedule to thrill us this Autumn Famous victory: Ireland defeat the All Blacks at...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoTen tasty dishes from this Autumn’s smorgasbord of Test rugby
Talent: Teddy Thomas WALES V SCOTLAND (Principality Stadium, November 3) A bit of a curiosity down at the Principality. Not a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoGregor Townsend lauds quality of 40-man squad announced for November Tests
Three uncapped players named by the Scotland head coach
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCornish Pirates hooker Sam Matavesi gets Fiji call-up
Fiji's 30-man squad to take on Scotland, Uruguay and France next month
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPointless? Not these streetwise stars
OLD Streetonians in London’s east end profess to having ‘a story like no other rugby club’, one formed by ‘artists and...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDanny boy playing for his future at Quins
By NEALE HARVEY Aiming to be No.1: Danny Care celebrates a try against Saracens on his 250th appearance for Harlequins PICTURE:...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLane likely to be only new face in Wales squad
STEFFAN THOMAS OWEN Lane looks set to be named in Warren Gatland’s Wales squad for the November tests this week. The...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSaracens need to make a big statement at Scotstoun
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Threat: Huw Jones picks good lines and has gas to burn PICTURE: Getty Images SARACENS’ trip...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChampions Cup preview: A look at all five pools as Leinster seek to retain European crown
Leinster and Wasps kick things off on Friday night at the RDS
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoImproving Scottish eye another big scalp
By NEALE HARVEY No.15: Joe Luca-Smith FRESHfrom morale-boosting victories over Jersey and Bedford, London Scottish are intent on claiming another big...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDoddie fund hits £250k for MND research
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA A FOUNDATION set up by Doddie Weir has raised £250,000 for research into motor neurone disease...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors can’t afford another slip up – Weir
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER playmaker Duncan Weir has ordered his side to stop shooting themselves in the foot and make good...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWillie’s on way back to club rugby in Japan
Return: Willie Le Roux WILLIE LE Roux is set to leave Wasps at the end of the season for a second...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOspreys left fuming at Owens and assistants
By STEFFAN THOMAS ALLEN Clarke slammed Nigel Owens and his officials after his Ospreys fell to a narrow defeat in Llanelli....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCrowley impressed by calibre of Italy kids
By STEFFAN THOMAS KIERAN Crowley insists Italy’s young stars are better than their Celtic equivalents. And the experienced coach believes the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBajans gear up for a big day out at the Oval
BARBADOS may bat a very modest 83rd in the world rankings – just ahead of India and below Serbia – but...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: The time has come to pick Owen Farrell as England’s 10
Jeremy Guscott on why the Ford-Farrell format is 'flawed' for England
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix Nations cash will drop to just £6m as rugby’s sponsorship market shows signs of decline
Peter Jackson looks at the state of title sponsorships in Europe's international and club tournaments
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWarriors put Dragons to the Scotstoun sword
GLASGOW made amends for last weekend’s embarrassing defeat to the Southern Kings with a bonus-point victory over the Dragons. Dave Rennie...
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Features
/ 7 years agoItalian legend Parisse set for a thrilling final chapter
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to iconic Italy No.8 Sergio Parisse at the start of a huge 12 months Giant killer: Sergio Parisse...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCockerill relishes Warriors’ big European challenge
By GARY HEATLY Tough: Richard Cockerill EDINBURGH Rugby head coach Richard Cockerill has a long history with the Heineken Champions Cup...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHamilton happy to ignore keyboard warriors
By ALEX BYWATER LUKE Hamilton has revealed that he has been a target for social media abuse after swapping his Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlade is a shoo-in for Scotland
WITHIN weeks of The Rugby Paper revealing Scotland’s interest in claiming Blade Thomson, below, the Scarlets’ Kiwi flanker has made it...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup crying out for regional qualifiers
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THERE has been much mention recently of having...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKinghorn waiting as Hogg is ruled out for Autumn
By GARY HEATLY Young flier: Edinburgh full-back Blair Kinghorn STUART Hogg will miss Scotland’s Autumn Internationals after being ruled out for...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhere will you be this time next year?
See yourself in a stadium? Us too. Fortunately, it’s not too late to secure a spot at the world’s most important...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoRassie Erasmus to take charge of Barbarians at Twickenham
Plotting victory with the BaaBaas after beating the All Blacks with the Springboks
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHooker Tolofua wanted by Clermont
SARACENS look set to lose French hooker Christopher Tolofua when his contract runs out at the end of the season. Blindside...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoNo experiments this Autumn, Warren, we need winning run
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Mindset: Alun Wyn Jones will play every game like it’s a World Cup final PICTURE:...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoOn the path to world domination!
Rugby World Cup 2019 kicks off on September 20 next year when hosts Japan play Russia in Tokyo. Exactly a year...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSarries centre Taylor ruled out for season
SARACENS centre Duncan Taylor will miss the rest of the season but could return in time for Scotland’s 2019 World Cup...












