All posts tagged "South Africa"
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe biggest winners from the Rugby World Cup 2023
A World Cup that will rank as one of the most unpredictable and exciting has come to an end after eight...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBarnes calls time on long refereeing career
English veteran referee Wayne Barnes has retired after a distinguished 20-year career with the whistle. Barnes, 44, has refereed 111 test...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoMay joins Lawes and Youngs in international retirement
Jonny May has become the third England player to retire after the Rugby World Cup, joining Courtney Lawes and Ben Youngs...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 3, Episode 15: RWC 2023 review with Brendan Venter
The sun has set on Rugby World Cup 2023, and in a thrilling finale the Springboks held onto their crown, edging...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoThe European Rugby Nations We Don’t Talk About Enough
All eyes are on France as the 2023 Rugby World Cup nears its conclusion. There are only a few matches left...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoTop of the world
Springboks take fourth title after epic showdown From ADAM HATHAWAY Siya Kolisi and his Springboks joined the rugby immortals as they...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGeorge urges RFU to listen to old boys
By ADAM HATHAWAY Jamie George has urged the RFU to listen to England’s seasoned internationals before rubber-stamping proposals over new playing...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRoberts given new role on WRU Board
By ROB COLE Jamie Roberts has been selected for a new role in Welsh rugby after being appointed as one of...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRandall’s out to get the world at his feet
By PAUL REES When Harry Randall was released from the England squad in the summer, the scrum-half was told he needed...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoBrilliant Boks are worthy champions
BRENDAN GALLAGHER So they have only gone and done it! South Africa have become the first team to win four World...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland will struggle to replace Marler and Cole
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Here is a prediction. England will not win another World Cup, or Six...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTrue leaders stay calm
WHEN are the authorities and referees going to stop the increasing dissent by players in games. The latest example was Owen...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoSA quality counted
I FEEL that all England supporters need to pause, assess, and put things into perspective. Styles and factors make games, and...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoI think Smith could be England’s Faf de Klerk
THEY say: ‘hindsight is a wonderful thing’... If only we could go back and NOT change the front row against South...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoNo problem with draw
I DO wish that rugby correspondents would stop whining about the current World Cup draw! Yes, it was unbalanced so why...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoKoch clearly coming in at wrong angle
Out of line: the England/South Africa final scrum I HAVE attached the aerial shot of the last scrum in the SA...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoVillage teams which gave stars their start
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WHEN the Principality Stadium crowd rises to salute Leigh Halfpenny as he makes his final...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCurry and Creevy prepare to join forces
By PAUL REES Tom Curry and Agustin Creevy were on opposite sides last Friday night when England faced Argentina in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLagisquet’s effort cannot be ignored
RUGBY MATTERS World Rugby could desperately do with an injection of PR savvy not to mention a certain generosity of spirit....
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoStormers too good as Scarlets suffer
By ROB COLE Stormers...........52pts Tries: Theunissen 7,12, de Wet 25, 42, Blommetjies 28, Loader 35 Feinberg-Mngomezulu 58, Skosan 71 Cons: Blommetjies...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRugby’s greatest rivalry back on biggest stage
The Rugby World Cup‘s two most dominant teams will meet in their first final since 1995 this Saturday as New Zealand...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoLawes left out for Curry in England’s final match of World Cup
Courtney Lawes has missed out on being selected for England’s final game of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, with Tom Curry...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoMarcus Smith or Freddie Steward: who better to use for England in the semi-final against South Africa
England face an anxious wait to discover if fly-half Marcus Smith will recover in time to face South Africa in the...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoThriller in Paris: South Africa knock out Rugby World Cup hosts
Almost 80,000 fans did not help France reach the semi-finals. There we will see England vs South Africa and Argentina vs...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoPerfect England: Fiji failed to create a sensation at the Rugby World Cup
Red and Whites are the only team to win all 5 of their World Cup matches. Uzbekistan kompaniyasi Pin Up foresaw...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoKleyn could never have imagined final with South Africa
Former Ireland player Jean Kleyn has revealed that being involved in a World Cup Final for his native South Africa was...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 3, Episode 14: Nick Easter on the World Cup final and what’s next for England
England so nearly pulled off a shock upset against the Springboks but it was Handré Pollard’s boot that condemned the Red...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoIt’s heartbreak
England go so close but Springboks steal it From ADAM HATHAWAY Owen Farrell predicted great things for England despite their heartbreaking...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoEaster: We’re worst run sport in the world
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Nick Easter has criticised the RFU’s governance of English rugby as ‘grey-haired old men who live in the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGallant England cruelly denied by Boks
By NICK CAIN England ..............................15pts Penalties: Farrell 3, 10, 24, 39 Drop goals: Farrell 53 South Africa .....................16pts Tries: Snyman 69...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoEngland go with heads held high
PAUL REES England did everything but win. They were ahead after two minutes and held on to the lead until there...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoPaying the price of a lopsided draw
BRENDAN GALLAGHER And there, ladies and gentlemen, we can see the mortal danger of having such a lopsided draw. We may...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoWhy take off key players?
NICK CAIN The main factor in France being edged out by South Africa in last weekend’s quarter-final classic was that there...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoNext time, Dupont will take what is his
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED DID the spirit of rugby romance go to meet its maker in the immediate aftermath of the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDombrandt: We don’t fear anyone
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Exeter Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop ALEX Dombrandt is not feeling sorry for himself after...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTop teams should expand horizons
ENSURING that Tier 2 teams are more competitive at RWC is a problem that predates the origin of the tournament itself....
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Kyran Bracken
Kyran Bracken, the former England, Bristol and Saracens scrum-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1 Os...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGatland’s decison to stay is best news of all
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THERE’S just a week to go at the Rugby World Cup in France and you’d...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoCurtain falls on dynamic duo
Paul Rees sees Johnny Sexton and Dan Biggar exit stage left as their epic international careers come to a close ALL...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoTop teams getting too far ahead
The World Cup kicked off to a barrage of complaints about the draw for the groups, which was made three years...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhy the final step is often one too many
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER If I had a fiver for every time...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoGood to see England leading northern light
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WHO would have believed it? England the only Northern hemisphere team to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 22/10/23
They’ll be action, reaction and analysis from both this weekend’s Rugby World Cup semi-finals in The Rugby Paper this Sunday. After an...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSteward in for one of three England changes for South Africa
Freddie Steward has replaced Marcus Smith in one of three England changes for their Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa,...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoSouth African online Casino Player Celebrates Striking Wins on Various Slot Games
Spectacular success comes to a fortunate player referred by the unparalleled casino guide, SouthAfricanCasinos.co.za Tusk Casino, an eminent online casino famed...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 3, Episode 13: The greatest quarter-finals in RWC history and a look to the semis
Wow. Just wow. The Rugby World Cup 2023 quarter-finals certainly did not disappoint, with two all-time great matches in Paris accompanied...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 3 years agoRugby Union World Cup 2023: Semi Finals Preview
The semi-finalists for Rugby World Cup 2023 have been officially announced. Argentina, ranked eighth in the world, will face New Zealand,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoSouth Africa stun France to set up England rematch
By Nick Powell, Online Editor France………………………………………..28 Tries: Baille 4, 31; Mauvaka 22 Conversions: Ramos 5, 32 Penalties: Ramos 40+1, 54, 73...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoConfident England set to get out of jail
From ADAM HATHAWAY PREVIEW... England v Fiji Today. Kick-off 4pm, Stade de Marseille Steve Borthwick and his coaching staff are on...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoUnbelievable! It all ends in Irish tears
By TOM BRADSHAW Ireland............................ 24pts Tries: Aki 27, Gibson-Park 39, Penalty 64 Conversions: Sexton 29, 40 Penalties: Sexton 22 New Zealand...................
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