All posts tagged "Six Nations"
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/ 1 year agoWinning on the road is crucial
A GOOD team needs to tick many boxes if it wishes to become a great trophy winning side and top of...
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/ 1 year agoGatland hits the 50-mark for Wales
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Unless they change the habit of a lifetime in Australia over the next...
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/ 1 year agoRazor will not go dancing just yet…
THE man they call Razor makes only one promise ahead of his debut series, New Zealand v England kicking off next...
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/ 1 year agoHunt and George lead the way in a team packed with talent
Ben Jaycock talked to our reporters to select The Rugby Paper’s Women’s Premiership Team of the Season 2023-24 Premiership Women’s Rugby...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoCox treble puts Wales into 2025 World Cup
By ROGER PANTING Wales……………..52pts Tries: Callender 3, Fleming 12, Butchers 35, 55, Cox 46, 64, 77, Hesketh 71 Conversions: Bevan 3,...
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/ 1 year agoLawrence ready for All Black challenge
By ADAM HATHAWAY OLLIE Lawrence revealed England’s current tour of Japan and New Zealand is the perfect tonic for his Premiership...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoStylish Smith passes audition at No 10
By ADAM HATHAWAY in Japan Japan.................................. 17pts Tries: Nezuka 66, Tua 69 Conversions: Matsuda 67, 70 Penalties: Seungsin-Lee 2 England ................................
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoBorthwick’s England are on the right track
PAUL REES EDDIE Jones praised Japan’s improvement in the set-pieces, and a 100 per cent record tended to back him up....
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoWales show spirit but Springboks just have too much in reserve
■By ROGER PANTING Wales.................................. 13pts Tries: Lake 30 Conversions: Costelow 30 Penalties: Costelow 7, 34 South Africa .....................41pts Tries: Kriel 3,...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoLake gives body and soul to lift Wales
PETER JACKSON Powerhouse: Dewi Lake, left, bursts over for Wales and Mason Grady, right PICTURES: Getty Images THE sixth best team...
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/ 1 year agoEtzebeth puts it on the line
PETER JACKSON Rising high: Peter O’Mahony, left, competes at the lineout with Eben Etzebeth PICTURE: Getty Images EBEN Etzebeth has never...
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Features
/ 1 year agoWhen two tribes go to war
PAUL REES SAYS IRELAND’S TWO-TEST SHOWDOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA WILL BE THE REAL THINGAND NOT A FUND-RAISER THE pick of the...
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/ 1 year agoFive-day schedule will not be easy
OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW AS A team, we’ve come off a big high of winning the Six Nations, so...
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/ 1 year agoFantastic four-timer the aim for French
FRANCE Three-time reigning champions France will be hoping to do what only New Zealand have done before and win four U20s...
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/ 1 year agoSpanish relishing their dream debut
SPAIN This year’s newcomers are Spain but the Lions face a tough task in their first-ever World Championship. Spain qualified last...
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/ 1 year agoWoodman back to fire up Wales
U20S WORLD CUP POOL A WALES By BEN JAYCOCK Wales are thankful they can call upon the services of captain Ryan...
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/ 1 year agoBullish Irish plan to go one better
U20S WORLD CUP POOL B IRELAND By BEN JAYCOCK New Ireland head coach Willie Faloon has continued with Munster’s Evan O’Connell...
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/ 1 year agoYouthful Italians keen on fresh start
ITALY Italy go into this year’s edition under a new head coach in Roberto Santamaria who has picked 17 forwards and...
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/ 1 year agoEngland’s hopes are high after Six Nations
U20S WORLD CUP POOL C ENGLAND By BEN JAYCOCK Six Nations winners England go into the tournament as one of the...
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Features
/ 1 year agoCONOR BYRNE
YOUNG GUNS ENGLAND U20S FULL BACK England U20s full back Conor Byrne balances his time at Harlequins by going back and...
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/ 1 year agoNtamack makes sure for Toulouse
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN RONAN O’Gara must be wondering what he has to do for his La Rochelle side to beat...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 1 year agoBeyond the Six Nations: Exploring the History of Top Rugby Teams Worldwide and in the UK
Rugby, a sport rich in history and tradition, has captured the hearts of millions around the globe. Beyond the well-known Six...
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/ 1 year agoJamison Gibson-Park and Jack Conan to miss Ireland Tests against South Africa
Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and back-rower Jack Conan will miss Ireland’s two-Test series against world champions South Africa, whilst head coach Andy...
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/ 1 year agoEddie Jones’ mind games will not unsettle England against Japan – Jamie George
Jones’ seven-year Twickenham stewardship ended 18 months ago because of an ongoing decline in results and he is now back in...
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/ 1 year agoMarcus Smith given the keys as Borthwick goes all guns blazing
By Tom Jeffreys Steve Borthwick has decided there is no room for experimentation as he names his strongest squad for this...
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/ 1 year agoTownsend targeting four wins out of four
By BRYN PALMER Scotland will have a target on their backs this summer but Gregor Townsend has urged his squad to...
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/ 1 year agoTuima: I have to move up the ladder
By MARK STEVENS Even by his own expectations, it’s been quite the year for Exeter Chiefs forward Rusi Tuima. Handed his...
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/ 1 year agoWard and Hunt both delighted by Mitchell’s impact
By MARK STEVENS With just over a year to go until the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, excitement is...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoBorthwick should go with Marcus first up
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It will be a choice between Harlequins’ Marcus Smith and Northampton’s Fin Smith at...
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/ 1 year agoMistake to select Tom and not Ted
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ted Hill must be wondering what else he has to do to get...
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/ 1 year agoEffort and enterprise the key for Saints
PAUL REES SEES PLENTY OF HIGHLIGHTS BUT WARNS THE GAME MUST SHOW IT CAN PAY FOR ITSELF Northampton’s first Premiership title...
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Features
/ 1 year agoQuartet help Cardiff pull off unlikely double
Peter Jackson discovers which clubs and players come out best and worst when it comes to red and yellow cards Despite...
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Features
/ 1 year agoThe unexpected revolutionary
Paul Rees says this should be a summer of opportunities for England and head coach Steve Borthwick Steve Borthwick is an...
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/ 1 year agoHill’s recall flies in the face of loyalty
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Cory Hill walked out of the Wales squad last summer, preferring to join...
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/ 1 year agoEngland punished by lively Georgia
• By BEN JAYCOCK Georgia.............. 45pts England..............17pts ENGLAND U20 endured a repeat of last year’s wobbly World Championship preparations as Mark...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoThere is no warm welcome for Spain
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Gone but still winning. Sort of! London Irish...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoRefs must regain authority on pitch
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Red card: Beno Obano is sent of by referee Christophe Ridley at...
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Coach to Coach
/ 1 year agoWe’ve had brilliant seasons in Croatia
Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Anthony Posa, below, head coach of Sheffield RUFC and the Croatia National...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Henry Pollock
Feature HENRY POLLOCK NORTHAMPTON & ENGLAND U20 FLANKER Henry Pollock has burst onto the scene at Northampton Saints, with the energetic...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoCarbonel winner ensures last-gasp Montpellier survival
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE English Football League’s Championship play-off final is sometimes referred to as ‘the richest game in football’,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGregor Townsend will not close the door on George Turner’s Scotland career
Gregor Townsend is adamant the door is not closed on George Turner’s Scotland career although he acknowledged it will be “challenging”...
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Summer Tours
/ 1 year agoGus Warr among 10 uncapped players named in Scotland squad for Americas tour
Sale scrum-half Gus Warr is among 10 uncapped players named in Gregor Townsend’s 37-man Scotland squad for the summer tour of...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland U20s thrashed on eve of World Cup
England endured a repeat of last year’s wobbly World Championship preparations as Mark Mapletoft’s side were once again beaten in Georgia,...
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/ 1 year agoTom Curry named in England’s summer tour squad despite limited game time
Tom Curry has been included in an England squad that contains seven players from newly crowned Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton. Curry...
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/ 1 year agoGeorge Turner raises doubts over Scotland future after making switch to Japan
Scotland’s first-choice hooker George Turner has signed for Japanese side Kobelco Kobe Steelers in a move likely to have implications for...
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/ 1 year agoFin Smith sets sights on England fly-half spot as George Ford ruled out of tour
Fin Smith intends on claiming England’s fly-half jersey once he has recovered from Northampton’s Gallagher Premiership title celebrations – a prospect...
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/ 1 year agoEngland have no issues with taking Tom Curry and Maro Itoje on summer tour
England are comfortable taking Tom Curry and Maro Itoje on their summer tour to Japan and New Zealand after rejecting concerns...
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Summer Tours
/ 1 year agoSteward: Sinfield has given me belief
By GARY FITZGERALD Freddie Steward hopes to enjoy some Southern Hemisphere comfort after coming through what he admits has been one...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoBorn in Solihull but Bevan chasing Wales spot
By SIMON THOMAS Focused: Ellis Bevan For Ellis Bevan, the dream has always been to play for Wales, even though he...
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