All posts tagged "Six Nations"
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIt wasn’t quite Bazball but George’s men did enough to get the job done
BRENDAN GALLAGHER WELL, it wasn’t quite the ‘Bazball’ rugby that Jamie George apparently aspires to – did we really expect things...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoScotland hold off amazing Wales revival
SIX NATIONS 2024 By PETER JACKSON Wales................................. 26pts Tries: Botham 47, Dyer 53, Wainwright 60, Mann 68 Conversions: Lloyd 54, 61,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhy you don’t give up on your dreams
SIX NATIONS 2024 BRENDAN GALLAGHER It's been said before but needs reiterating on a regular basis but there is no sporting...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU double standards alive and well
Surprise, surprise, double standards are alive and well at the RFU. The latest example is the decision is to give a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFrance can only watch as Irish put on a show
By PAUL REES France.................................17pts Tries: Penaud 40, Gabrillagues 53 Conversions: Ramos 42, 53 Penalties: Ramos 27 Ireland............................... 38pts Tries: Gibson-Park 16,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWe won’t be getting carried away – O’Mahony
Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony says his side are “not getting carried away” in their bid to win back-to-back Grand Slams for...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoThat was a must-watch match of real quality
JEREMY GUSCOTT SIX NATIONS 2024 THE Six Nations opener in Marseille between France and Ireland was a really good game of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoConfident Crowley shows why he deserves the keys to No.10
BRENDAN GALLAGHER SIX NATIONS 2024 Regular readers of The Rugby Paper will recall that I told you a very long time...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 3 years agoPollock puts England on the front foot
U20s SIX NATIONS 2024 By NICK POWELL Italy................................... 11pts Tries: Siciliano 67 Penalties: Pucciarello 10, 19 England........................... 36pts Tries: Pollock 20,...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 3 years agoMorse powers Wales on as Whiffin enjoys a winning start
U20s SIX NATIONS 2024 By BEN JAYCOCK Wales.................37pts Tries: Anderson 17, Price 28, 71, Morse 32, Ackerman 60, Lewis 76 Conversions:...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 years agoThe Lions show still sets the standard
Living with Lions, the film released off the back of the compelling British and Irish tour of South Africa in 1997,...
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Red Roses
/ 3 years agoRed Roses: Lilli Ives Campion
By BEN JAYCOCK Loughborough Lightning lock Birthplace: Shrewsbury, Date of birth: 10/10/03 Community club: Telford, Hornets Caps: 0 Why I Play...
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Women's International
/ 3 years agoHunter wants World Cup to build legacy
By EDDIE McATEER Former England captain Sarah Hunter believes the side can build a legacy beyond its success on the pitch....
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Letters
/ 3 years agoEngland require clearer pathway to unearth gems
MANY rugby followers want to see the return of a clear player pathway for ambitious players within the community rugby structure....
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoColossus following in family tradition
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW A teenaged colossus introduced himself to the Six Nations late on Friday night...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe are here for the long term
Newcastle were the only Premiership club to sack their head coach mid-season last year and the Falcons were at it again...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGreat to see jeopardy in battle to be champions
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to former Harlequins and England winger Ugo Monye, below, now a pundit for TNT Sports, about the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDunn: I want to finish my time with a trophy
By PAUL REES Tom Dunn has spent his senior career at Bath and intends to finish it by emulating the teams...
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Features
/ 3 years agoDouble agents out to prove their worth
Ben Nurse talks to two of Portugal’s World Cup stars looking forward to taking on England A Everyone who has ever...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoOdendaal enjoying his life back in the Prem
By PAUL REES Burger Odendaal was one of the few Premiership players who did not welcome the break for the Six...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle wing/fullback Ben Redshaw
By BEN JAYCOCK Ben Redshaw has burst onto the professional rugby scene and is hoping his wonder try against Perpignan is...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCarnduff learns the Leicester way
By BEN JAYCOCK Finn Carnduff is honoured to join an illustrious list of England U20 captains and made it four of...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoSAS – the attack motto for U18s
By BEN JAYCOCK ‘Speed, attachment, space’ is the motto of England U18s attack coach Will Parkin, who is tasked with unearthing...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWhy Six Nations is pinnacle of game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME HERE we are at the start of another Six Nations with everything...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoDavidson relief as Castres stop rot
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The afternoon after the Friday-night chastening Six Nations defeat in Marseille before, a subdued French rugby audience...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBears believe they can mount a title challenge
By PAUL REES Bristol went into the Six Nations break as one of the form teams in the Premiership with skipper...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRodd signs three-year deal at Sale
ENGLAND loosehead Bevan Rodd has signed a new three-year contract at Premiership side Sale Sharks. The 23-year-old made his Sharks debut...
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Features
/ 3 years agoChiefs bring in Coventry centre Rigg
COVENTRY centre Will Rigg has signed for Exeter. The 23-yearold has scored 14 tries in 31 appearances for the Championship side...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 04/02/24
Find all the action from one of the most keenly anticipated Six Nations opening weekends in living memory in The Rugby...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Six Nations round one unavailable XV
As the first Six Nations campaign of the new World Cup cycle draws nearer, the respective international coaches will be praying...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years ago“Those days are long gone” – Mapletoft not underestimating Italian job
By BEN JAYCOCK Preview: Italy U20s vs England U20s (Friday, 7:15pm) England U20s are chomping at the bit ahead of their...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFive uncapped players in Borthwick’s England squad for Italy
Preview: Italy vs England (Saturday, 2:15pm) Ethan Roots makes his debut up front with Fraser Dingwall getting his first cap in...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNorth and Kinghorn miss out on Cardiff clash
Preview: Wales vs Scotland (Saturday, 4:45pm) Wales’ George North and Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn will both be absent from the two countries’...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 3 years ago2024 Six Nations preview
Our favourtie time of year is upon us. The Six Nations is back and it promises to be another stellar championship...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSlammers France and Ireland clash in seismic opener
Preview: France vs Ireland (Friday, 8pm) The highly anticipated 2024 Six Nations gets underway as the two tournament favourites, France and Ireland,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 3, Episode 22: Six Nations 2024 preview with Jerry Guscott
International rugby is back for the first time since Rugby World Cup 2023, and it’s Six Nations season! It is the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFrance vs Ireland will be game of the tournament – Ashton
Former England winger Chris Ashton says Friday’s clash between France and Ireland is the match he is most looking forward to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGeorge: We need fast start
By ADAM HATHAWAY Jamie George has cracked the whip and urged his England side not to get stuck in the stalls...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRams would be happy to play in RFU’s new Tier 2
By JON NEWCOMBE National One leaders Rams are among the clubs to have submitted an expression of interest to join the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDavid: I’m loving the freedom I get here
By JON NEWCOMBE Nick David is revelling in the freedom given to players at Harlequins and is in contention for a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoVan Graan delighted by Spencer’s recall
By JON NEWCOMBE Bath boss Johann van Graan has hailed Ben Spencer’s England return as a triumph of perseverance after his...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSinckler may head to France after England snub
By PAUL REES Pat Lam accepts that Kyle Sinckler may be more tempted to leave Bristol for France after being left...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoChristie glad to be back in Scotland fold
By BRYN PALMER For all the fresh faces in Scotland’s Six Nations squad, their starting XV to face Wales in Cardiff...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoThomas backing his boys
By ROB COLE Gareth Thomas says new-look Wales won’t be a soft touch up front when they take on Scotland in...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoEnjoy it, says veteran Marler
By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Marler has urged England’s fresh faces to “embrace the historical” Six Nations stage and show off their...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSheedy agrees return to Cardiff
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CARDIFF have signed Wales fly-half Callum Sheedy from Bristol when his deal runs out at...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoHepburn waits for an offer at Exeter
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter are yet to offer loosehead Alec Hepburn, above, who has been named in Scotland’s...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoChamp clubs look set for battle
NICK CAIN The Championship clubs appear to be in no mood for turning, typified by their stand-off with an RFU bureaucracy...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaracens in position for sprint to the line
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens .......................... 40pts Tries: Hadfield 5, 65; Van Zyl 13, Gonzales 41, McFarland 80 Conversions: Farrell 14, 42,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAtkinson gets his chance to prove himself at No.10
By PAUL REES Starts: Charlie Atkinson CHARLIE Atkinson will make only his third Premiership start since Wasps folded 15 months ago...
International Rugby
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