All posts tagged "Six Nations"
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTime to put ban on tactical subs
IN HIS column last week Chris Hewett suggested imposing a weight limit on teams to restore a game for all shapes...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Callum Braley
Callum Braley, The Italy, Northampton and former Gloucester, Bristol & England U20 scrum-half, chooses the best XV he has played with...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoArundell shouldn’t be lost in France
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HENRY Arundell’s new contract with Racing has been the subject of a lot of...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland missing that killer instinct
Steve Borthwick has been liberal with the superlatives when describing the performances of some of the players in his England World...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSpirited England out for revenge
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW...England v France (Today, Kick-off 6pm) England U20s have the opportunity to make amends for their dismal defeat...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoIreland ready for tough challenge as SA look for sprint finish
PREVIEW...Ireland v South Africa (Today, Kick-off 3.30pm) Richie Murphy's Grand Slam winners Ireland face their biggest challenge yet as they meet...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoThe day Jonny saved his best until the final play of the game
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage Johnno or Jonny? Who was the iconic English...
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Q&A
/ 3 years agoWade would be my wild card on the wing
Q&A Ben Jaycock speaks to former Wasps, Leicester and England winger Tom Varndell about the state of the game in 7s...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWe trained for hours in baking sun – then lost!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As England ramp up their preparation for this year’s Rugby World Cup,...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle fly-half Louie Johnson
Instinctive Newcastle fly-half Louie Johnson has set his sights on breaking into the Falcons first team after finishing his final tournament...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGlobal tournament to kick off in 2026
By SAM JACKSON The global season is taking shape with a biennial competition featuring all 10 teams from the Six Nations...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoThe eyes have it! Marler sees Borthwick’s serious
By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick revealed he had to eyeball Joe Marler to persuade the prop to return to international rugby...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoLively Japan make Wales battle hard
By BEN JAYCOCK Wales................... 41pts Tries: Hughes 17, Lloyd 41, Florence 66, Edwards 76, Bradley 77, Hennessey 80 Conversions: Edwards 18,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoEngland run in eight to leave Fiji in pieces
By BEN JAYCOCK England ......................... 53pts Tries: Cleaves 15, Penalty 27, Jibulu 33, Thomas 47, Thame 50, Michelow 54, Woodman 67,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoGeorgia on a high as they stun Argentina
By SAM JACKSON Georgia ............20 Argentina ......... 0 On a day in which the race to top Pool C was blown...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTake it to the limit one more time
Paul Rees says the heat will be on for England and Wales as the training ramps up It is boot camp...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBaldwin still glad he headed to Falcons
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle’s new defence coach and finds a man who is certain he has made the right decision...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGreat to see Dupont going for Paris gold
RUGBY MATTERS – BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rather overlooked during a hectic end of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoRFU needs to strike the right financial balance
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EARLIER this week, the RFU president Nigel Gillingham, sent out a newsletter...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoThe Low-down of the New Rugby World League Format
The world of sports as we know it is changing and new formats are being introduced to change the sporting world....
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago“What we prepared for was way off” – O’Kelly on Ireland’s doomed RWC 2007
Malcolm O’Kelly has revealed why Ireland‘s last World Cup in France was such a disastrous campaign, but is confident such problems...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCohen: Mental strength is the key ingredient
By GARY FITZGERALD Ben Cohen insists England have the physical talent and power to be true World Cup contenders but he...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years ago‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England
By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoWales agony as they are beaten by a single point
By SAM JACKSON Wales………………26pts Tries: Lewis 22, Edwards 26, Morse 38, Scarfe 79 Conversions: Edwards 26, 38, 79 New Zealand….27pts Tries:...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBoyle turns down Exeter approach
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter have failed with their attempts to land young Leinster prop Jack Boyle who has decided that his...
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Features
/ 3 years agoFading myth of invincibility
As the World Cup approaches, Paul Rees reports on why the All Blacks need to hit the ground running For the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoLimited by a flawed structure
Back in those blessed years when the Heineken Cup often delivered matches of greater passion and technical skill than the Six...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoAn Upswing in Rugby’s Popularity from Niche to Mainstream
Rugby has an exciting and rich history, making it one of the world’s most popular physical sports. It has a massive...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years ago2023 – Can it change the sport of Rugby? What’s missing?
As the most celebrated event in the oval ball sport comes closer with the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, we...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBorthwick: Mercer a contender for France
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick claims Zach Mercer has “grown” into a true World Cup back row contender for during his...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTalling’s happy to be joining Sharks
By BEN JAYCOCK SALE Sharks have signed England international Morwenna Talling from Loughborough Lightning ahead of the 2023-24 Premier 15s season....
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBorthwick has it all to play for
Paul Rees considers the head coach's options as he prepares to name his World Cup squad on August 7 England may...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoThe wake of the Northern Hemisphere & the Rugby World Cup
The biggest celebration of the oval ball sport is here – the Rugby World Cup 2023 is just a few months...
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Women's International
/ 3 years agoEnhanced deals for England women
By BEN JAYCOCK The RFU has handed out new three-year contracts to England’s senior women players, that will cover the 2025...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHaskell calls for radical overhaul
By BEN JAYCOCK James Haskell believes the Premiership should be ring fenced and rebuilt using a franchise style NFL model, including...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoEngland rugby’s ‘annus horribilis’
THIS season has been an “annus horribilis” for English Rugby Union. Three professional clubs have folded because of financial difficulties. In...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoNo more excuses: Time to get serious, England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK AS soon as Steve Borthwick got the England head coach job he will have...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoArrival of novice advisers is cause for grave concern
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There could not have been a bigger catalyst for change at Twickenham than...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoWaterman: Time to hit fifth gear
By NICK POWELL Former England star Danielle Waterman was moved by seeing a record crowd at Twickenham for the Red Roses...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoAfter this, Prince Harry could be calling AWJ
PETER JACKSON Alun Wyn Jones continues to treat ‘the media’ with such contempt that it may be but a matter of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhen I needed a helping hand…
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER You could fill a noisy bar with the journalists past and present queuing to buy David Emery...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoFolau call was TV turn-off for Gareth
By NICK POWELL Gareth Thomas “refused” to watch the Barbarians vs World XV match last month due to the “contradiction” of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘England are dark horses for big prize’
By GARY FITZGERALD England can be World Cup dark horses who “sneak up” on the rail and gallop off with rugby’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWe will have to front up, says Laidlaw
By BRYN PALMER Scotland's players need to swiftly “front up” to the reality of their World Cup pool if they are...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoHard to see who can catch Saracens
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It's hard to predict whether this will be the start of a period of...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoGatland releases Carre after he fails to hit targets
Cardiff prop Rhys Carre has been released from Wales’ World Cup training squad having “failed to meet individual performance targets”. “Rhys...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime to call up X-factor reserves
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Where can Steve Borthwick find the X-factor players to take England back to...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoToo many young players rejected too soon
Georgia's U20 victory over England is an example of one country making the most of their resources, while the other is...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Scarlets & Wales U20 scrum-half Archie Hughes
Archie Hughes is looking to show the Scarlets and the world what he can do at the U20s World Championship later...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSleeping giant that is struggling to wake up
Peter Jackson consults his stats book to see which teams are the best-supported in Europe’s big leagues Crowd pleasers: Leicester Tigers...
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
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