All posts tagged "South Africa"
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 days agoWhat is the Nations Championship? Format, fixtures and how rugby’s new tournament works
The Autumn Nations Series is dead. Whether you think that is a positive or not, or even if you didn’t really...
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International Rugby
/ 4 days agoFormer England wing Chris Ashton urges RFU to listen to players on Steve Borthwick decision
England bosses have been urged to copy the All Blacks lead and give the players influence over the future coaching direction...
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International Rugby
/ 4 days agoLee Mears backs England head coach Steve Borthwick to stay in charge
Steve Borthwick is “loving” the pressure on his shoulders and will turn England into a formidable World Cup force insists former...
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Columnists
/ 4 days agoNick Cain: Resolute Thomas Ramos shows England how to do it
The only team to go backwards in the 2026 Six Nations was England. Where every other nation had something positive to...
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Features
/ 4 days agoPaul Rees: Was England’s performance in Paris down to Steve Borthwick – or not?
Paul Rees says England’s Six Nations review must decide what roles the head coach played in the revival against France.
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Columnists
/ 4 days agoAfter three rounds, it all looked so easy…
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN WELL, that was a remarkable end to what turned out to be an utterly astonishing Six Nations,...
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Features
/ 1 week agoThe Raeburn Shield: Rugby Union’s unknown honour
Rugby Union fans often take jokes at the seemingly endless amount of trophies to be won, but there is one unofficial...
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International Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoEngland skipper Maro Itoje – I’m feeling fitter than ever
Maro Itoje set his sights on this summer’s Nations Championship declaring he is fitter than ever despite presiding over England’s Six...
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Letters
/ 2 weeks agoWe need to select a ball-carrying 12
THERE has been a lot of criticism of Borthwick’s selections lately, however I want to comment on the backs. I might...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: Explore… Dream… Discover. That’s Italy
It was a curious, slightly unsettling experience in the final quarter at Rome last week watching Italy – who, frankly, hadn’t...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoYOUNG GUNS
GEORGENEWMAN POSITION AND TEAM Exeter Chiefs and England U20s scrum-half George Newman possesses devastating speed – a trait that has quickly...
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International Rugby
/ 2 weeks ago2026 Six Nations analysis: Where do England go from here after historic defeat to Italy?
It is not an overstatement to say that Saturday was one of the darkest days in recent English rugby history.
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoAll off to France for the Grand Slam then? Paul Rees on England’s Six Nations slide after another defeat
England set their sights on the Grand Slam but could end up with the wooden spoon.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoChris Boyd insists Gloucester will have to alter their style
New Gloucester technical director Chris Boyd says the team must “modify” their expansive style of play until reinforcements arrive this summer.
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International Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoEngland 18-23 Italy: Steve Borthwick’s stunned squad are left with no defence
England lost their heads and Steve Borthwick’s neck is on the line after they made history of the wrong kind in...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoNick Easter: The weight Maro Itoje has to carry is quite extraordinary
What Maro Itoje has dealt with in the last nine months is extraordinary. He captained the Lions, he captains England, he...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks ago2026 Super Rugby Americas – Round Two summary: Tarucas stun the defending champions
Round Two kicked off in Montevideo as Peñarol fell to a second defeat in as many games, with Tarucas claiming a...
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International Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoLawrence Dallaglio: Time for England to go back to the basics after Six Nations defeats
Lawrence Dallaglio admits it is “tough” being an England fan right now, but he has urged disgruntled followers to keep the...
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoCampbell Ridl quick to make a name for himself at Exeter Chiefs
Last season it was Paul Brown-Bampoe, now it is Campbell Ridl who has very quickly made his name at Exeter Chiefs.
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoRobertson is happy to coach Barbarians
FORMER New Zealand coach Scott Robertson will return to rugby by taking charge of the Barbarians this summer. Robertson, whose two-year...
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Letters
/ 4 weeks agoGlobal ambitions take some planning
Yes: Fiji celebrate victory at Twickenham in 2023 IS the recent announcement that Fiji will play their home games for the...
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoPeter Jackson: Memories of All Black legend going under the hammer
In the bad old days when too many referees turned a blind eye to all manner of mayhem, Kevin Skinner built...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoPaul Rees’ Six Nations 2026 analysis – Nothing beyond liberated France
France may be out in front in the race for the Six Nations crown, but the championship has had enough twists...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoVICTOR WORSNIP
YOUNG GUNS BRISTOL & ENGLAND U20 CENTRE Bristol centre Victor Worsnip scored a match-winning try against Wales on his England U20s...
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International Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoRaffi Quirke replaces injured Alex Mitchell as England’s injury crisis continues
England's injury crisis continues as star scrum-half Alex Mitchell has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations with...
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Features
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: France boss Fabien Galthie unbottles a rare vintage
Paul Rees looks at how the French are turning on the style as they prepare to take on Italy this afternoon...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: England must work out where it all went wrong after embarrassing Six Nations loss
The end of the match was a microcosm of what had gone on before. England were on the attack, on the...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoJeremy Guscott: Bouncebackability is key for England now after Six Nations drubbing
The making of a team is how it bounces back from a setback of the size of England’s defeat at Murrayfield...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoMarnus on move
Scarlets hooker Marnus van der Merwe will join Munster at the end of the season on a two-year deal. The 29-year-old...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 month agoChris Hewett: ‘Fast, faster, fastest’ is Fabien Galthie’s new look for France
Rugby is a game of assumptions about the future, rooted in the here and now.
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoNdimande’s double fires up Worcester
■ By LUKE JARMYN Worcester ........50pts Tries: Bassett 6, Ndimande 15, 19; Anstee 35, Wallis 46, Tyas 57, Garside 66, Short...
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Features
/ 1 month agoLUKE DAVIDSON
YOUNG GUNS SARACENS & ENGLAND U20 FLY-HALF South Africa-born fly-half Luke Davidson is fully immersed in England U20s and hopes to...
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Top 14
/ 1 month agoBayonne battling to find a new way
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Ex-Bayonne coach Gregory Patat PICTURES: Getty Images new way IT MAY be a Top 14 rest week,...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoRugby World Cup 2027: Organisers on course to deliver a thrilling tournament
Australia is putting the final touches to its preparations for the 2027 Rugby World Cup (RWC).
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 month agoBrendan Gallagher: I think Sevens is badly in need of an energy boost
I worry about Sevens which, having invested so much energy and emotion into securing Olympic status, seems to have become very...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoSix Nations 2026: Wales v France – Olly Cracknell gets the nod as Steve Tandy urges his side to put things right
Wales head coach Steve Tandy has brought in Scarlets centre Joe Hawkins and Leicester No.8 Olly Cracknell, with props Rhys Carre...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Cain: Save our scrums! Refs must do their jobs
There was a snapshot from the second to fourth minutes of the opening match of the Six Nations between France and...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 month agoChris Hewett: Wingers who light up the greatest show
The key ingredients of a successful World Cup are few in number but broad in sweep: a critical mass of genuinely...
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Features
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: Wales needs to rediscover its old rivalries to help the National side
Paul Rees argues that it's time for the regional game to be shown the same concern as the national team...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoSix Nations news: Joe Heyes has no Lions regrets as England prop prepares for Murrayfield battle
In a parallel universe, Joe Heyes might have finished last summer Down Under with the British & Irish Lions, but the...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoSix Nations news: What Ireland learned against France, who Andy Farrell picks for Italy and the No.10 question
In the last year, Ireland have only lost four of their twelve matches. Once to New Zealand in Chicago, again to...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPaul Rees: England are sharpening a ruthless edge
England enjoyed a record championship victory over Wales at the ground that used to be called Twickenham, but it was ultimately...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoEngland 48-7 Wales: Henry Arundell hat-trick sparks Red Rose Six Nations romp
Henry Arundell answered Steve Borthwick’s clarion call for England to go for Six Nations gold with a first-half hat-trick, which saw...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoFrance 36-14 Ireland: Matthieu Jalibert leads the musketeers to Six Nations opening win
France, save for one stodgy period in the second half, produced sublime rugby in tricky wet conditions to blow Ireland away...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoChris Hewett: Blow the whistle on all these changes
Imagine, if you will, a rugby version of the once-loved, long-departed BBC children’s programme Play School and repeat after me:
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Trefor Evans to miss reunion for the boys of ’76
In a perfect world, Trefor Evans would be back on the big stage next weekend for the first time since he...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoAnother son follows in father’s footsteps
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Family tie: France’s Hugo Auradou breaks through against Ireland in Paris PICTURE: Alamy...
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Features
/ 2 months agoPaul Rees: Mark McCall leaves a lasting legacy at Saracens
Paul Rees looks back at the Irishman's time in charge at Saracens and says he is one of the game's key...
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Features
/ 2 months agoMATTHEW BOWLER
YOUNG GUNS BRISTOL BEARS BACK Bristol back row Matthew Bowler has opted for a demanding five-month programme in South Africa to...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Six Nations 2026 Round 1 preview – Rassie Erasmus insight ft Ben Coles
In this week’s episode of the Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by Ben Coles from The Observer...
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