All posts tagged "South Africa"
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 months agoBrendan Gallagher: A bolt of brilliance in that Arctic winter
The old sporting, and indeed show business, maxim of leaving the punters wanting more has never rung truer than with Richard...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 16, 2025 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 months agoSouth Africa and France deliver rugby at its finest as Springboks triumph in Paris
Saturday’s blockbuster clash between the World Champions South Africa and Six Nations 2025 Champions France was, in my opinion, the most...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoOur minds are on the job in hand, insists Wales second row Dafydd Jenkins
Dafydd Jenkins insists there are no excuses for Wales in terms of preparation as they head into their autumn opener against...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoIreland 41-10 Japan: Irish take their time to get into right gear
Ireland’s power off the bench saw them home against a spirited Japanese side, but this was not a performance to put...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoFrance 17-32 South Africa: Springboks too smart for Les Bleus
A Herculean effort with 14 men saw South Africa complete a remarkable second-half comeback in Paris against France.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoItaly 26-19 Australia: Italians’ ‘Aussies’ put one across the land of their fathers
Italy appear to have Australia’s number as the Azzurri secured back-to-back wins over the Wallabies for the first time in their...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoNick Cain: Fault-lines show cracks in the All Black armour
Jordie Barrett’s tour-ending ankle injury against Ireland in Chicago last weekend plays into the hands of an England team hunting their...
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/ 1 year agoRichard Sharp, ever the gentleman player
Hero: Richard Sharp in action and, top right, after his starring role against Scotland in 1963 PICTURES: Alamy RICHARD Sharp, who...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoWales vs Argentina: Ben Thomas – I’ve never enjoyed rugby so much
Wales regular Ben Thomas says he has grown up a lot over the past couple of years – both on and...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoDavid Norrie: 40 years on, and still stuck in the dark ages
The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again – and expect a different result.
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoChris Hewett: I’d stick with Ben Earl in the back row, Steve Borthwick
Welcome to the “Yeti Syndrome”, a vivid way of categorising the many things we seek in rugby but no longer expect...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoPaul Rees: England are now able to turn up the heat
What a difference a year makes. England’s victory over Australia last weekend was their eighth in a row since losing to...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoBack in the real world and Meg Jones is raring to go
Having just conquered rugby’s Everest, Meg Jones says the return to day-to-day life and the start of the PWR has been...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns: James Townsend – Leicester Tigers scrum-half
James Townsend is determined to follow in the footsteps of his boyhood hero Ben Youngs as he continues his rise through...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoToulon make up for their rain delay
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Unhappy: La Rochelle boss Ronan O’Gara PICTURE: Getty Images FOR 85 per cent of the Top 14,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 9, 2025 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoSouth Africa skipper Siya Kolisi in favour of hybrid players
South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is not surprised England are replicating their use of hybrid players and a bomb squad from...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland-Fiji talking points: Ellis Genge leads the way and time to unleash Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
England will be targeting a ninth successive victory when they host Fiji at Allianz Stadium on Saturday in the second of...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland 25-7 Australia: Henry Pollock puts England on the road to redemption
Henry “Peroxide” Pollock wants to be noticed, and the bleached-blond young flanker made sure the Wallabies will not forget him in...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoJeremy Guscott: Time for France to put down a marker
France, champions of Europe, against South Africa, double World Cup winners and newly crowned Rugby Championship title holders, in Paris on...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoJapan 7-61 South Africa: Springbok superiority too much for Brave Blossoms
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is a mouthful, but it’s a name rugby fans will certainly remember as a stellar performance at Wembley allowed...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoNick Cain: Believe it! All Blacks are there for the taking
New Zealand may not be the imperious double World Cup winners they were in 2015, but at the start of the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoI loved watching Gavin Henson play, says Jacob Beetham
When Jacob Beetham thinks back to the players he most enjoyed watching when growing up, one name stands out – Gavin...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoBuilding from the wreckage! Steve Tandy’s task to reignite Wales
As Welsh rugby lurches from one calamity to the next as if trying to navigate a maze blindfolded, the worst of...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBevan joins Bristol on short-term deal
BRISTOL Bears have signed Cardiff and Wales scrum-half Ellis Bevan on a four-week loan to help ease the club through their...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThe day Ellis Park wasn’t at capacity…
SEVENTY years on from finding room for 95,000 at a Springbok-Lions Test match, Ellis Park marked the anniversary with another record...
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Features
/ 1 year agoMy Life in Rugby: Sam Bedlow – Nothing can top playing for Sale Sharks with my brother
Sam Bedlow, the Sale Sharks and former Fylde, Eastern Province and Bristol Bears centre, on his life in rugby.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland v Australia talking points: Steve Borthwick’s statement and marked man Henry Pollock
England and Australia will contest the Ella-Mobbs Trophy currently held by the Wallabies when their 116-year rivalry is renewed on Saturday.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoLouis Rees-Zammit looks forward to Wales return but says training feels ‘weird’
Louis Rees-Zammit admitted it felt strange to be back training with Wales at the Principality Stadium as he prepares for his...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoWales captain Jac Morgan declares love for Ospreys amid uncertain club future
Jac Morgan has declared his love for the Ospreys, but the Wales captain faces an uncertain club future with his region...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoSteve Tandy glad to have Louis Rees-Zammit back in the Wales squad
Bristol Bears wing Louis Rees-Zammit is back in the Wales squad after a two-year absence and an attempt to make it...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoBritish/Irish League is the way forward
THE attendance figures for Leinster v Munster (51,589) and Lions v Scarlets (1,771) on October 18 highlight a major problem with...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoNick Cain: Luke Cowan-Dickie’s reprieve smacks of inconsistency
Luke Cowan-Dickie’s exoneration by an RFU disciplinary panel on Tuesday for a potentially dangerous high tackle on Tom Willis in last...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoBrendan Gallagher: Don’t hold Noah Caluori back – he’s too good
So a supernova named Noah Caluori, whose vapour trails lingered long in the sky over Hendon last Saturday night, is now...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPaul Rees: Time for Steve Borthwick to put his foot on the accelerator
Paul Rees considers whether Saracens flyer Noah Caluori deserves his England chance in this year’s Autumn Series.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBok Wessels hit with 9-week suspension
SOUTH Africa front rower Jan-Hendrik Wessels has received a nine-match suspension for grabbing Josh Murphy’s genitals in the Bulls’ 28-27 win...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMcGeechan prostate cancer ‘all gone’
Delighted: Ian McGeechan FORMER Scotland and British and Irish Lions head coach Sir Ian Mc-Geechan has revealed his prostate cancer is...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoPeter Jackson: Wingers who fly high in their teens
Those teenagers who dare to wing it across the international stage belong to a galaxy of meteoroids once flown by England’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLucu is ready to answer the call
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN SCRUM-HALF Maxime Lucu played his first minutes of the season for Bordeaux last night, after rupturing a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoIreland v New Zealand – Can Andy Farrell’s men repeat history in Chicago?
Just under a decade ago, Irish rugby claimed its biggest ever win in its 150-year history by defeating the legendary All...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoA Life in Rugby: Jamie Bhatti’s journey of heart and hard work
Peter Ryan speaks to Jamie Bhatti about his remarkable rise from Hillfoots RFC to the international stage, reflecting on his love...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoLouis Rees-Zammit back in Wales squad after two-year absence
Louis Rees-Zammit is back in the Wales squad after a two-year absence and an attempt to make it in the NFL.
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoPrem: We’re hungry for more success, insists Bath’s Tom Dunn
Tom Dunn has a message for those who fancy toppling Bath as league champions – we are not done yet.
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoGeorge Ford is hoping pilates will extend his career
George Ford is so fiercely driven for further international honours he has taken to pilates late in his career as he...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoIreland: Caelan Doris gets the nod but Joe McCarthy misses out
Caelan Doris will lead Ireland into their Autumn Series campaign after recovering from shoulder surgery in early May that ruled him...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoPrem: Tom Hooper aims to be enforcer-in-Chief at Exeter
Tom Hooper admits he’s never been one to shy away from a challenge – and now the bruising Australian flanker is...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoDoak leads way for Ulster
By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks..............26 Ulster............... 34 NATHAN Doak kicked 14 points as Ulster secured an impressive win in Durban to maintain...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoPeter Jackson: Long march of players from distant lands
The All Blacks are heading this way via Chicago reinforced by another bountiful raft of converts from their treasured trawl of...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPaul Rees: Striving for an impact – The bench rules, OK
Paul Rees looks at the evolving role of the eight substitutes and how coaches are using them tactically.
Autumn Internationals
Wales 28-21 Japan: Lightning Louis Rees-Zammit left with little in support
Autumn Internationals
England captain Maro Itoje urges his side to win back the fans ahead of Australia clash
Autumn Internationals
Steve Borthwick: I know vast majority of my England selections for 2027 Rugby World Cup
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