All posts tagged "Scotland"
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDead-shot Weir boots Warriors top of the pool
■By GEOFF BERKELEY Dangerman: Worcester’s Alafoti Fa’osilva AN IMMACULATE kicking display from fly-half Duncan Weir helped Worcester see off Pau in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoPollard talks to Bath about move after World Cup
Three-year contract: Handre Pollard BATH are in advanced talks with Springbok fly-half Handré Pollard about a move to the Rec following...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates scrum Irish into the mud at Mennaye
■By MIKE SINCLAIR JOINT-COACH Alan Paver revealed that the Pirates had done absolutely no pre-match analysis on London Irish before pulling...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoInjury-hit Exiles sign up reinforcements
LONDON Scottish have signed former Scotland 7s flyer Robert Beattie until the end of the season from Glasgow Hawks to ease...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoDeano: We have spirit to hit back
DEAN Richards insists his Falcons need to turn things round quickly if they are to get back to winning ways when...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMorgan fighting to remain in the frame
By STEFFAN THOMAS New cap: Luke Morgan LUKE Morgan has vowed not to become a Wales one cap wonder and push...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Kyle off till New Year LEICESTER Tigers centre Kyle Eastmond has received a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Bristol...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoDe Kock column: Northern hemisphere’s no.9s are getting better and better
Neil de Kock analyses the Lions options at scrum-half
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMatavesi: French victory has us all believing
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY WATCH out Wales, Fiji are coming to get you! That’s the warning from hooker Sam Matavesi...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBlow for Tigers as Jones stays at Glasgow
Changed mind: Huw Jones LEICESTER Tigers have been dealt a major blow after Huw Jones had a late change of mind...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoJudge relishing ‘surprise’ jump from Pirates as Sarries look to lay down the law
By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… Leicester v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road CORNISH Pirates tighthead Christian Judge says talks over his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlackadder: Testing autumn has been a gift for All Blacks
By NEALE HARVEY Under fire: All Blacks’ Sonny Bill Williams NEW Zealand’s November tribulations against England and Ireland will only strengthen...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPichot’s got a point about qualification
AGUSTIN Pichot, World Rugby’s vicechairman, came in for a lot of criticism this week over his tweet showing the percentage of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 25th, 2018 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStuart Hogg will take us to the next level, says Exeter Chiefs wing Cuthbert
ALEX CUTHBERT is excited at the prospect of playing in an all-British & Irish Lions back-three at Exeter next season following...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Wales must find more to beat the Springboks
Wales have put the fright on South Africa in their past three meetings, but things have changed
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHogg’s flair can take us to next level – Cuthbert
By JON NEWCOMBE Star signing: Stuart Hogg scores for Scotland against Italy PICTURE: Getty Images ALEX CUTHBERT is excited at the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBoks will be beastly warns Cassiem
UZAIR Cassiem has warned Wales they will face “a different beast” when South Africa arrive in Cardiff on Saturday. Warren Gatland’s...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoHuw Jones back for Scotland as Gregor Townsend makes six changes
See Scotland's squad to take on South Africa at Murrayfield
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoThis All Black attack on Shields is just hogwash
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE prospect of Brad Shields lining up to play for England against New...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoExeter’s young guns are too hot for Quins
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER’S faith in the seemingly endless Sandy Park production line paid off as they over-ran a poor Harlequins...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFalcons’ rain dance puts Bath under the weather
By GARY FITZGERALD SCOTT MacLeod believes Dean Richards has been given a selection headache by the Falcons who defied a wet...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAnswering the call…
Brendan Gallagher looks at some of the extraordinary rugby players - individuals from all backgrounds, nations and clubs and of differing...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALEXCRAIG GLOUCESTER LOCK Alex Craig’s first team debut for Gloucester against Wasps a fortnight ago was a long time coming but...
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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:...
Autumn Internationals
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