All posts tagged "Scotland"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
Barritt’s leading candidate to do a Botia-style switch BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAuthorities must clamp down on thugs ruining game
I WAS delighted to see Glasgow hooker George Turner cop a four-week ban for his ridiculous off the ball shoulder into...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGatland on Saints wish-list as they start from the top
Nick Cain talks to Keith Barwell about the search for Mallinder’s successor Keith Barwell says that Northampton will scour the elite...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEngland crash out after costly yellow to Mitchell
By SAM JACKSON A LATE try saw England beaten 19-12 by Fiji in their fifth-place semi-final at the Cape Town Sevens...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaints need Deano to turn them into a big-time club
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JIM Mallinder has had highs and lows at Northampton, starting with winning promotion back to...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Springboks need to pick best XV on ability alone
Time for the SARU to be more welcoming of overseas player selection?
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoScots back in pole for takeover of Worcester
By Neale Harvey Worcester are set to agree a takeover by the Scottish Rugby Union after a bid from former Swindon...
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Features
/ 8 years agoScotland’s resurgence promises top class Six Nations
THE Six Nations looms ever brighter on the horizon with the certainty that the 2018 version will be like no other....
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Features
/ 8 years agoYoungsters get a bonus
NOT before time, Wales are offering juniors under 16 the chance to sample the Six Nations experience for £20. The cut-price...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKiwis lay in wait for Amor’s England
World Sevens Series - CAPE TOWN ENGLAND topped Pool C after a hard-fought victory over Scotland maintained their 100 per cent...
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/ 8 years agoGraham glad to resume family affair with Falcons
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Gary Graham about emulating father George’s team of ‘98 Stepping up: Gary Graham breaks past Christian Wade...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER CARDIFF BLUES, SALE SHARKS AND NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS FLY-HALF NICK MACLEOD Whenever I found myself in pressure situations, and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpringboks need to pick best XV on ability alone
JEREMYGU SCOTT Selected on merit: South African back rower Siya Kolisi PICTURE: Getty Images EVER since South Africa adopted a quota...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoScots back in pole for takeover of Worcester
By NEALE HARVEY Failed bid: Jed McCrory WORCESTER are set to agree a takeover by the Scottish Rugby Union after a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWales Euro challenge undermined by the Union
PETER JACKSON Flogged: Scott Williams touches down for Wales in their final Autumn Test against South Africa PICTURE: Getty Images No...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Gregor Townsend is showing Wales the way to play
Peter Jackson on the evolution of Scotland and how they may be firmer favourites for the Six Nations than Wales
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoVarsity: Seven-timer Briggs is Light Blues brigade history maker
Brendan Gallagher picks out the stars to watch in this week's Varsity match showpiece
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Features
/ 8 years agoHit and miss campaign but some stunning tries
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMSVERDICT Master controller: Wales key man Dan Biggar, and new openside contender Josh Navidi PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJapan making strides after Wallaby pasting
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the Autumn’s big winners and losers from Test rugby’s second tier BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stunner: Shota Horie scores...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTownsend is showing Wales the way to play
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Gregor Townsend last appeared in Cardiff on Six Nations business a long time...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYes, Eddie’s right to be obsessed by the All Blacks
One of few: Maro Itoje is ahead of his All Black rival PICTURE: Getty Images ARE England obsessed by New Zealand?...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHardie banned for three months
EDINBURGHand Scotland flanker John Hardie has been handed a three-month suspension by Scottish Rugby for “gross misconduct” over alleged cocaine use....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFainga’a fired up for Irish relegation fight
By NEALE HARVEY Defiant: Saia Fainga’a FIT-again London Irish hooker Saia Fainga’a is ready to take the Premiership by storm as...
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Features
/ 8 years agoScotland have an outside chance of a Grand Slam
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT THE outright winners from the Autumn series are Scotland, especially as England and Ireland were pretty...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoThe Ella brothers: the pop stars of Aussie rugby
Brendan Gallagher remembers the wonderful Junior Wallaby side that boasted a fabulous trio...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Eddie needs more power to reach All Black level
(Picture: Getty Images) By Jeremy Guscott England are deserved No.2 in the world after beating Argentina, Australia and Samoa. That’s because...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoLack of stardust on show in Swansea
A GRAND total of 44 players, the majority of them internationals, will be missing when Ospreys kick off against Glasgow in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGlover gets nod for Dubai
By SAM JACKSON SIMON Amor has named an experienced squad as England Sevens kick-off their World Sevens Series in Dubai next...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Brookes out for 6 weeks TIGHT-HEADKieran Brookes has been ruled out for six weeks after fracturing his hand in Saints ‘...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie needs more power to reach All Black level
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMY Needs to find his mojo: Jonathan Joseph has been quieter than usual England are deserved No.2...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoSo far so good for England but scrum coaching must be reviewed
JEFF PROBYN COMMENT Still winning: Eddie Jones after Samoa victory With the autumn internationals drawing to a close, what have we...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFinn Russell to leave Glasgow Warriors
The Scotland international has been linked with a move to France to join Racing 92
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSpencer is simply sublime says Gold
WORCESTER director of rugby Gary Gold believes that lock Will Spencer should be in the England reckoning following his performance against...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSadly Ireland couldn’t match the big money
ONCE those behind the unsuccessful bid to land the 2023 World Cup stop feeling sorry for themselves, Irish rugby will have...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoTipuric is key if we want to beat the All Blacks
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Clean ball: Cory Hill rises highest to claim a lineout for Wales There is no...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIt’s a mad, mad world as Bernie bashes Bill
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoMagnificent Mickey, 93, digs in for another day to cherish
MICKY Steele-Bodger is a name to conjure with, one of those you might find in a ‘Flashman’ novel. What the 93-year-old...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoFrom Exiles junkyard to Test starter for Scotland
Neale Harvey talks to Scotland new cap Darryl Marfo about his time with the Exiles and working with Richard Cockerill
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRedpath proves class as Sharks bite back
By COLIN NEWBOULT THE small margins in sport. As much as these last two weeks have been thoroughly satisfactory for a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSandy was key for Shedden
WAY back in the Seventies when rugby really was a game for all shapes and sizes, the Scotland selectors enforced an...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAussies offer acid test of Eddie’s back row mobility
Payback. It’s 4-0 to ‘English’ Eddie Jones on Michael Cheika’s watch, and that bashing by the Poms will be more toxic...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTwo wins on the spin as Lightning tough it out
By SARA MURRAY Bristol …………….8 L’boro L’ning …12 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning secured back-to-back wins with a hard-fought victory over Bristol at Cleve...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: World Cup vote would save Springboks from disaster
(Photo: Getty Images) By Nick Cain With South African rugby on the road to the cliff-edge, the Rugby World Cup board...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTonga first up for Jones’ would-be world beaters
By SAM JACKSON Champions: New Zealand kick off their defence against South Africa PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND’S opening Pool C game...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNICK CAIN
World Cup vote would save Boks from disaster READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK With South African rugby on the road...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYoung bucks star as Chiefs run in seven
By MIKE SINCLAIR Leaping in: Toby Salmon goes over for Exeter PICTURES: Getty Images THE Sandy Park production line churned out...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAnything can happen if France go off piste
BRENDAN GALLAGHER recalls the big upsets as France prepare for next week’s All Blacks clash Mastermind: Jean-Pierre Rives We sometimes get...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCan Wales rise from ashes after 16 losses?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Rout: Bernard Foley runs in one of Australia’s five tries in their 32-8...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAutumn international casualty list is 39 … and counting
THE avalanche of Autumn Tests start next week with almost 40 players absent from the starting grid, the vast majority because...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWatson ready to home in on Scots No.7 role
By GARY HEATLY HAMISH Watson knows the upcoming Autumn Tests are a chance for the Scotland team to show supporters how...
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