All posts tagged "Six Nations"
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoDavies to lead Wales in Japan
As revealed by Matt Lloyd in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Bradley Davies will captain a young Wales side that ncluded...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Smallbone – London Irish prop
London Irish prop Tom Smallbone has been doing more than his fair share of homework this season and hopes it will...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Late kick-offs can harm the legacy of RWC 2015
With news about the Lions selection dominating the sports pages, someone at RWC 2015 must have thought no-one would notice. The...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoAndy Robinson: My three Lions to scatter the Wallabies
Former England and Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has earmarked Justin Tipuric, Tom Youngs and Leigh Halfpenny as his Lions players...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Alex Brown – former Bristol, Gloucester and England lock
I won the Amlin Cup, the LV= Cup and finished top of the table at Gloucester but never getting a Premiership...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain says the tour party to Argentina represents a sea-change for England
The grass-roots setting of Barnes RFC is an unlikely location for game-changing decisions at the apex of the English elite game....
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoPower will be on from first scrum – Richard Hibbard
Hooker Richard Hibbard says the Lions need to take referees out of the equation by dominating from the first scrum to...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: I can’t wait to see new back row in action
Being injured sucks! Not just because you miss out on all the tours. No it sucks because you end-up working harder...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: No more squabbles, let’s all just get behind our squad
I like the look of Warren Gatland‘s 2013 Lions squad, which has physicality as well as speed and skill. Like all...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years ago“I’m used to being snubbed,” says James Hook
James Hook has made a frank admission about his international future after being excluded by the Lions and Wales on successive...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoBaa-baas squad nearing completion
London Wasps flanker Sam Jones has been selected to play for the Barbarians against the British and Irish Lions and England...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoCaptain Sam Warburton has winning ways with the referees
Warren Gatland has revealed that a crucial component in his appointment of Sam Warburton as captain of the 2013 Lions was...
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Latest News
/ 13 years ago2015 World Cup schedule revealed
England will play at Manchester City Stadium for the first time with their three other Rugby World Cup 2015 pool matches...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoWales name squad for Japan tour
Interim Wales coach Robin McBryde has named his squad to face Japan in a two-game series next month. There was a...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoEngland U20 bring Purdy in for injured Jennings
England U20 have been forced into making a change to their IRB Junior World Championship squad after Sale Sharks centre Mark Jennings...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Be brave and blood more kids against Pumas
Should England go to Argentina with purely a development side, or should they go with enough experience and firepower to ensure...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Tom Wood – Northampton flanker
What went wrong against Leicester? We embarrassed ourselves. It was billed as a big game and we failed to deliver. Our...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPremiership Player of the Year shortlist revealed
Christian Wade has been shortlisted to be named Premiership Player of the Year. The London Wasps flyer, who has been in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoAlex Gray in numbers: from No.8 to 7s, and then to 13 in 15s!
Alex Gray intends following Tom Croft and James Haskell by using England Sevens as a route to international stardom. Gray’s surprising...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoBBC win battle to avert Sky monopoly
The BBC has won its fight to keep Wales on network television, averting the threat of Sky seizing almost the entire...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul
Lewis Jones remembers what it was like when he left Llanelli, how all hell broke loose over his transfer to Leeds...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott looks at the contenders for the Lions captaincy and selects his man
For the first in a long time whoever Warren Gatland selects as his Lions captain will not be a majority pick...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Where do English clubs go if they quit Heineken Cup?
This week saw the traditional end to the rugby season at club level with the vast majority of England‘s clubs playing...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Magic of the Lions transcends everything
As the end of this season approaches, the elephant is in the room. The topic being touched upon with baited breath...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Mark Bennet – Glasgow centre
Mark Bennett was so highly-rated coming through the ranks at Glasgow that French giants Clermont Auvergne brought him to the Stade...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Dean Mumm – Exeter lock
Enjoying our fine English winter? It keeps lasting, doesn’t it! First time I’ve ever experienced a winter like this but there’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Baxter can improve England’s set-piece
Stuart Lancaster has made a smart move in asking Rob Baxter to join the England set-up as forwards coach for the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Ref scrums as laws say and all will be fine again
The scrum statistics from the Six Nations makes grim reading and tell us a great deal about the state of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: RFU must step in and end this financial ring-fencing
As the disappointments of the Six Nations fades into memory, club rugby comes back into focus as we approach the business...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lancaster must take risks to find a true cutting edge
It must be incredibly disappointing for this England side to get that close to a Grand Slam and lose in the...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoAndrew Sheridan is backed for Lions call-up by rival Dan Cole
Leicester prop Dan Cole prepared for his first competitive tussle with Andrew Sheridan next week by insisting the Lions cannot afford...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain assesses the potential outcomes of the Heineken Cup quarter-finals
Can England’s leading club sides come up trumps when it is all on the line, or will they follow in the...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoSevens ace Cory Allen set to be Wales’ next big thing
It hardly seems fair for Wales to unearth another back with the size of Goliath and accuracy of David’s slingshot but...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Selection of Marler cost England the game
As the wheels fell off England‘s Chariot in Cardiff I couldn’t help thinking that it was probably for the best. The...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoTop English clubs would ‘welcome’ Welsh tie-up
A senior Welsh official last night claimed that some English clubs would welcome reviving Anglo-Welsh competition – and even the idea...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Don’t despair, we will come good
Stuart Lancaster has said he wants his England side to have amassed 600 caps between them before the 2015 World Cup…and...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Gatland must think French
There are not many Lions coaches who go into a tour on the back of a vintage Six Nations, and Warren...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: End this cult of ‘superstar’ refs and sort out the scrum
If there is one thing that has made this Six Nations Championship more memorable than most, it is the controversy that has...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain assesses the relative strengths and weaknesses of England and Italy
Italy have yet to beat England in the Six Nations, and, given that their only away win in the tournament since...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi – Northampton prop
Being picked to start for England U20s on home soil at Franklin’s Gardens against Italy – Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi admits he could...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Grand Slam won’t faze this England
Wales are a dangerous side if they bring their best game to Cardiff on Saturday against England because they have ability...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoThree-week ban for Brian O’Driscoll
Brian O’Driscoll has been given a three-week ban for his stamp on Simone Favaro last Saturday in Rome. The Ireland centre was initially given...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoWales v England: highlights
Wales retained their RBS Six Nations trophy on Saturday with a powerful display against England at the Millenium. All they needed...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Launchbury has been the find of the season
Joe Launchbury has been the find of the international season. The England lock has a great range of skills for a...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoMichael Owen backs Tom Wood for Lions No.8 spot
This time last year Tom Wood feared he would never properly recover from his toe injury – 12 months on and...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoRob Howley: England showdown is so huge
Rob Howley last night (Saturday) billed Wales‘ Six Nations clash with England as one of the biggest of their lives. Wales,...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoUnder-par England beat Italy and still hope of Grand Slam
England are 80 minutes away from their first Grand Slam in a decade despite an under-par display which saw them struggle...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoEngland v Italy: teams
Mako Vunipola will make his first Test start for England after being named in the team to face Italy at Twickenham...
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Latest News
/ 13 years ago“Six Nations is very important on Lions year” – Gavin Hastings
As Scotland continue to go from strength to strength in the 6 Nations we hear from one of Scottish rugby’s all-time...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoOwen Farrell not fit to play Italy
Owen Farrell will miss England‘s game against Italy on Sunday because of a thigh injury. The England fly-half picked up the...












