All posts tagged "Six Nations"
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWales call on experience for Six Nations
Wales Head Coach Warren Gatland has named an experienced 32-man squad to defend their 6 Nations title. Led by British &...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDelon Armitage: Toulon will release us for England
Delon Armitage has described England’s refusal to pick France-based players as a “big opportunity missed”, insisting he and brother Steffon are...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Georgia on my mind as the cosy club stick together
Lacking a degree in applied mathematics I only look at the IRB world rankings once a year and that is in...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBritish and Irish option is Heineken alternative
A fresh attempt is being made to salvage a substitute tournament from the wreckage of Europe – a revised British and...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Rob Webber – Bath hooker
Good season so far? Really good. Everyone’s working hard and we’ve been getting some good results. We just want to keep...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain urges England to look at some new faces in the World Cup build up
The seemingly routine announcement of amendments to the England elite squad on Thursday at Twickenham is the exact opposite. It is...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: This Anglo-Welsh decoy shouldn’t be discounted
Is the golden handshake across the Severn, binding the four Welsh regions to the English clubs, the solution it is being...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoWRU ‘will move their top stars to England’
The Welsh Rugby Union is proposing to sign six players and loan them to English clubs as a consequence of the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Cliff was out of this world, but Barry was untouchable!
New Year gongs will be all the rage all too soon, a good enough excuse to enter the festive spirit and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher takes a personal look at the Rugby World in 2013
BEST NEWCOMERS BTSport for their lively match day coverage and excellent Sunday lunchtime round-up show which is the must-watch rugby programme...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Danny Cipriani is a risk, but he could unlock golden door
Who holds the keys to No.10 for England? There is no shortage of contenders to pilot them through the 2015 World...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: My fab four could make any team in the world
The Northern Hemisphere possesses some brilliantly talented players who would be comfortable playing in any team because they are that good....
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain picks his highs and lows from 2013
Team of the Year – The 2013 Lions. Whereas the All Blacks are virtually a club side which plays and trains...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDead-eye Stephen Myler has England in his sights
Northampton’s marksman Stephen Myler has revealed his burning to desire to represent England during the forthcoming RBS Six Nations.
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Walker – Leeds & England U20 hooker
For the last few years it’s been his older brother Chris making the headlines at Leeds Carnegie, but fresh from beating...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Danny Cipriani’s back as he decides to return to Planet Earth
Danny Cipriani is back on the England radar, there’s little doubt about that, he’s far from the wilderness he found himself...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoFreddie Burns: Doubt over my future is getting to me
Freddie Burns has revealed the full extent of the emotional turmoil he is enduring as he grapples with deciding whether to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: England only third in ‘group of death’
The Autumn Internationals provide an obvious point from which to do a stock-take on where England, Wales and Australia are two...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Fans are shortchanged twice in one bad week
What do the RFU and the Premiership have in common? First, both have hit the headlines this week with announcements that...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: All Blacks dominate my best of the autumn XV
This has been New Zealand‘s year, and their unbeaten run continued over the course of the autumn series. That is why,...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDon’t just look at my power, says Luther Burrell
Luther Burrell is determined to keep knocking on the England door – rather than smash it down – after being overlooked...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain uncovers the ticking time bomb of Red Rose tour to New Zealand
The buzz-phrase after the autumn series is that ‘England are building’. However, exactly what structure Stuart Lancaster and his side build...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Owen Farrell must play flat if England are to score tries
England‘s attack has been a hot topic this week after an autumn of few tries against the better teams. This is...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoAxe Chris Ashton now says World Cup wing Dan Luger
World Cup winner Dan Luger believes Chris Ashton has used up all of his nine lives for England, claiming his presence...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHalfpenny nominated for IRB Player of the Year
Leigh Halfpenny could end a sensational year in style after being nominated in a five-man shortlist for the IRB Player of...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoGeoff Parling out for three months
Leicester Tigers suffered yet another injury blow with the news that Geoff Parling could be out for up to three months...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Scrum has the X factor now we need some backs
England might lack an individual with real X factor at the moment but their collective dog and spirit is their special...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s verdict on Wales
And still Wales can’t make the breakthrough the nation demands and expects and their talent warrants. For all their excellence on...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoMatt Mullan in for second England cap against New Zealand with Alex Corbisiero out
Matt Mullan is set to earn is second Test Cap for England against New Zealand on Saturday as Alex Corbisiero is...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoManu Tuilagi could miss Six Nations
Manu Tuilagi could miss the next Six Nations after undergoing surgery on a chest injury. The England centre, who tore his...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoMike Ford: Anthony Watson in line to get England call for Six Nations
One has worked with him for four years, the other for four months – but both Neal Hatley and Mike Ford...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoMike Phillips to start for Wales against South Africa
Despite being sacked by Bayonne last week, Phillips has been named at scrum-half by Warren Gatland to take on South Africa...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Stuart Lancaster needs his leaders to push hard for excellence
England will be favourites with the bookies for next week’s match against the Wallabies, and it’s not hard to see why....
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Charlie Ewels – Bath lock
Charlie Ewels has been nurtured by Bath and England since the age of 15 but there is only one man the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Anecdotally, I can’t see how salary cap can work
Last week’s letter to the paper from Tom Taylor-Woodward asking for reassurance that clubs were enforcing the salary cap appeared to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoPremiership Rugby: “Significant issues not addressed by ERC yet”
Premiership Rugby acknowledged the “progress” made in Dublin earlier today but stressed that “there remain some significant ones which have not yet...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Warren Gatland about the Lions triumph and autumn challenge
Warren Gatland‘s credentials as the best coach in Northern Hemisphere rugby, and arguably the best in the world, have been writ...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Gregor Townsend still getting to grips with the enigma of French rugby
Gregor Townsend, who did rather more than simply survive five seasons of club rugby in France, has always insisted that one...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: The bogus water boys are pouring out advice
With Mike Catt giving England coaching directives while on the pitch during Six Nations matches last season, and Neil Jenkins doing...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoOwen Farrell earns Paul Grayson vote in line-up of the No.10s
Paul Grayson cannot recall such intense competition for the England No.10 shirt but the second highest points scorer in Red Rose...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Exeter’s captain Dean Mumm about the Heineken Cup and Australia’s autumn challenge
Dean Mumm does not hail from anywhere within 10,000 miles of Devon. Yet, the Exeter Chiefs captain, New Zealand born and...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Lancaster must be able to pick on-form players
The first European break gives us time to look back at what has been a hectic start to the season. Five...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Anthony Buchanan – former Wales and Llanelli prop
The year Wales won the Triple Crown in the 1988 Six Nations I was called up while I was at work...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Regrets? I’ve got a few about Cup admits Ring
Once upon a time long ago, Mark Ring found himself within touching distance of lifting the European Cup in his very...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoWhere do you want me to play? Elliot Daly asks England
With England spoilt for choice at full-back but injury-ravaged in the centres, Elliot Daly admits he would love some clarification from...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lancaster’s dilemma is who plays 10, Farrell or Burns?
Having watched the best team in the world, New Zealand, beat the second best, South Africa, 38-27 in a humdinger of...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Gloucester fly-half Freddie Burns about his challenge for club and country
Freddie Burns is the sort of fly-half that scares the living daylights out of English coaches almost as much as he...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoNigel Wray warns the IRB a Euro Cup veto would end in court
Saracens chairman Nigel Wray has warned that any attempt by the International Rugby Board to veto the proposed Rugby Champions Cup...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Money is not the root of all success in Europe
There’s an old saying which seems to be more and more fashionable in our game and that is, ‘money talks’. As...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jamie Noon – former Newcastle, Brive and England centre
My defence was always good but my attack was sometimes questioned. But that’s what I did, I was known as a...
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