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/ 2 years ago

Frisch in mood to impress Galthie

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Ambitious: Antoine Frisch is keen to make a mark in the international setup PICTURE: Getty Images ONE-TIME...

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Welsh Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Easterby looking forward to Ireland job

SIMON Easterby is relishing the chance to lead Ireland when expects Andy Farrell takes a sabbatical to become the British and...

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Welsh Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Outside centre best for Freeman -Burrell

■By CAMERON STEPHENS FORMER England centre Luther Burrell believes Tommy Freeman is best suited at outside centre and has the attributes...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Tom Roebuck targets England success

By Ross Heppenstall Winning a maiden England Test cap to top the best season of his career will not be enough...

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Letters

/ 2 years ago

We must work on attracting more people into the game

Thank you to Tracey Turner for the lengthy appraisal of the challenges facing English rugby and the suggested solutions. Thank you,...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Time for Steve Borthwick to prove his worth

Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s talking points By Brendan Gallagher Honeymoon periods are not set in stone...

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/ 2 years ago

Magic of the Lions will attract record crowd

By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know At the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 25 next year, the...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Why are Ospreys letting Booth go?

TOBY Booth achieved more, far more than any other coach in Wales last season. While all around followed the example set...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Harlequins Season Preview: Joe Launchbury sets stall on being hard to beat

Harlequins Season Preview Coach: Danny Wilson Captain: Alex Dombrandt Supporters at The Stoop probably spend less time in their...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Leicester Tigers Season Preview: Michael Cheika looking to make his own piece of history

Leicester Tigers Season Preview Coach: Michael Cheika Captain: Julián Montoya The Tigers started last season with four defeats in five matches...

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/ 2 years ago

Welsh regions facing another long, hard season to climb the URC mountain

Ben Jaycock and James Orpin report on the big moves as Siya Kolisi and Jordie Barrett prepare for their new clubs...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 2 years ago

England Women heading in the wrong direction

By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game Watching last week’s game between England’s women and their French...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Young Guns – Harlequins’ Felix Champain

Young Guns Felix Champain felt his trip to South Africa last month with England U18s was a great indication in what...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Series 4, Episode 2: Juandré Kruger on unstoppable Springboks and woeful Wallabies

The Rugby Paper Podcast’s microscope moves south of the equator for today’s episode, as in the latest round of the Rugby...

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International Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Dan Tobin is England’s new strength & conditioning coach

Dan Tobin has been appointed as England’s new strength and conditioning coach following the departures of Aled Walters and Tom Tombleson.

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Phil Cokanasiga out to make his mark at Ospreys

Getting the better of his big brother in the back garden was always the goal for Phil Cokanasiga, and his sibling...

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 2 years ago

Intense rivalry which never loses its edge

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SOUTH Africa and New Zealand are never far away from being the top one...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Lousy law changes are killing the game

WORLD Rugby’s strategy to attract a new, younger, bigger audience to rugby union rests on a totally bankrupt plan currently being...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Six-try Scotland too good for Wales

Scotland ........40 Wales...............14 SCOTLAND cruised to a six-try victory in Edinburgh to make it back-to-back wins over Wales in 2024. Wales...

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Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Too much of a good thing can be overkill

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED "People might think it’s arrogant,” said Rian Oberholzer, the chief executive of the Springbok domain, just the...

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/ 2 years ago

Marx on parade to make it four in a row

By Paul Rees South Africa ………………… 18pts Tries: Kolisi 48, Marx 73 Conversions: Pollard 49 Penalties: Pollard 31, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 54 New...

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/ 2 years ago

When it really matters, Pollard gets the vote

Brendan Gallagher So in the week that we learnt a proper All Blacks tour of South Africa is likely in 2026,...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

I’d fear the worst for Wallabies and Pumas

SO what to make of New Zealand’s proposed tour of South Africa in 2026, in fact it’s more than just a...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 2 years ago

Hard to pin the blame on unions

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS IF things in the game aren’t bad enough, the BBC’s Rugby...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

PATRICK HOGG

YOUNG GUNS NEWCASTLE & ENGLAND U18 FORWARD England U18s captain Patrick Hogg is using his time at Newcastle Falcons to pick...

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/ 2 years ago

A French triumph against the odds

Brendan Gallagher on the ten-match tour which changed rugby in France for ever FRANCE’S ten-match tour and series win in South...

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/ 2 years ago

When the butterfly, the bison, the rocket, the barker, Popeye (and a vegetarian) took control

15. Pierre Lacaze (Lourdes) Diminutive fullback, nicknamed Papillon (the butterfly) but counter intuitively commanding in the air. Snared by Rugby League...

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/ 2 years ago

It’s an honour to sign for Cardiff-Mulder

■ By SIMON THOMAS SOUTH African scrum-half Johan Mulder says he is shocked and honoured to have been signed up by...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Argentina embarrass Australia in record-breaking victory

By Joe Santamaria Just a week after a 20-19 victory appeared to reinforce Joe Schmidt’s modest Australian rebuild, they were humbled...

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International Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Tommy Freeman: England will be ready for All Blacks

Tommy Freeman has November 2 circled in his diary and has urged England to make home advantage count against the All...

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Junior International Rugby

/ 2 years ago

England’s Jonathan Pendlebury: U18 world champs unworkable

Since England's U20 World Championship win, many have called for an U18 edition, but coach Jonathan Pendlebury says it would not...

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/ 2 years ago

LETTER: Finn Russell third choice for 2021 British & Irish Lions

How can Jeremy Guscott claim Finn Russell was the No.1 fly-half selection after the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

England must find answers …and fast

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Left in the lurch: England boss Steve Borthwick and, inset, Felix Jones, left,...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Round 1 to Boks in battle of the big beasts

By ADAM HATHAWAY South Africa ..................... 31pts Tries: Mbonambi 16, Smith 68, Williams 75 Conversions: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 69, 76 Penalties: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 29,...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Once again, the world champs find a way to win

BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE scoreline would suggest a classic for the ages, the exuberant commentary team sounded like they were going to...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Borthwick faces starting again

ANALYSIS PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE DEPARTURES OF FELIX JONES AND ALED WALTERS AND WONDERS WHAT IT MEANS FOR ENGLAND ONE...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Price glad he played under old regime

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AT Pontypool Park on September 24, 1986, with the sweet chestnut trees in...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Catch this team of nations on camera

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FLY on the wall sporting documentaries seem to...

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/ 2 years ago

A valiant stand against apartheid

THE name of Jim Roxburgh may not ring many bells for rugby fans up here in the north but the former...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

ELLIOTWILLIAMS HARLEQUINS & ENGLAND U20 LOCK

YOUNG GUNS England U18s enforcer Elliot Williams is hoping to reach the heights of beefy senior lock George Martin after playing...

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/ 2 years ago

Ringer was the fall guy on a day of carnage

RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE TWICKENHAM BLOODBATH AND PAUL RINGER’S DISMISSAL IN 1980 PICTURES: Alamy Grudge match: Bill Beaumont competing...

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