All posts tagged "South Africa"
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoWales prepared for anything on tour in South Africa – Kieran Hardy
Kieran Hardy has said that Wales preparation has left them “ready for everything” as they face the world champions this Summer....
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoAdam Beard: Veteran Jones ‘leading the enthusiasm’
Alun Wyn Jones’ second row colleague Adam Beard has said the 150-capped legend is providing plenty of motivation in training ahead...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years ago‘Write anyone off at your peril’ – Pivac quietly confident of Wales success
Wales boss Wayne Pivac was in optimistic mood ahead of his side’s tour of South Africa, whilst recognising the huge task...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoPivac hands uncapped O’Connor place on South Africa Tour
Wales boss Wayne Pivac has handed uncapped prop Harri O’Connor a call up for the July Tour to South Africa. O’Connor...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBoks will show Wales no mercy says Wiese
By PETER JACKSON A GIGANTIC old South African foe is warning Wales that the Springboks will show no mercy during next...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSaddened Nick is singing the Blues
By STEFFAN THOMAS Glory days: Cardiff celebrate winning the European Challenge Cup in 2018 PICTURES: Getty Images FORMER Cardiff No.8 Nick...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie’s search for good brew
PAUL REES HEARS HOW THE ENGLAND COACH IS USING THE BARBARIANS MATCH TO ASSESS HIS OPTIONS FOR AUSTRALIA Power option: Joe...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStormers secure fightback victory
By JOHN FALLON Stormers............18pts Tries: Roos 45, Venter 57 Conversions: Libbok 46 Penalties: Libbok 43 Drop goals: Libbok 74 Bulls ..................13pts...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoPhil was an inspiration, on and off the field
SHANE WILLIAMS: WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It has been a tough week in Welsh rugby following the passing of the great...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThere has never been another quite like ‘Benny’
Peter Jackson pays tribute to Phil Bennett, one of the all-time greats for Wales and the Lions During those golden days...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWallaby joins list of big political animals
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It will come as no surprise to hear...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland U20 braced for the unknown
■By BEN JAYCOCK ENGLAND U20s head coach Alan Dickens claims results are not the main focus in the upcoming Summer Series...
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Features
/ 4 years agoScrum-half or full-back? I made the right choice
BEN FODEN - 34-capped England International SCRUM-HALF or full-back? My dad still has that debate with me every time I go...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBrown: Sam’s the right man for Pivac
By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER Scotland star Kelly Brown believes the brutal nature of Saracens training will stand new Wales prop Sam...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMouneimne: Defences will be revitalised next season
By JON NEWCOMBE NEW Exeter Chiefs defence coach Omar Mouneimne is confident the tide will change back in favour of defence...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoFans will turn their backs on the Boks
I HAVE travelled to most overseas games in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup in the last 14 years to support...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIt’s time to step up or face being left behind
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It’s time for a re-think for the founding nations of the URC feast after the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGlobal vision for the future takes us into a new dawn
PAUL REES ASSESSES WORLD RUGBY’S PLANS TO MODERNISE THE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC GAME The prospect of a global season has always...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoRennie has a healthy selection headache
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST History, we are told, is just one damned thing after another. And by way of rubbing it...
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Features
/ 4 years agoInspired Borthwick has given back to Tigers the drive to hit former heights
Paul Rees looks at how Steve Borthwick has re-energised his Welford Road troops When Steve Borthwick took charge of Leicester in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOmitted Conbeer can yet kick on, says Peel
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS DWAYNE Peel believes inform Scarlets wing Ryan Conbeer was unlucky to miss out on Wales’ summer...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years ago“Turning Japanese!” Five Reasons Why Rugby Players Are Moving To Japan
Japan is known for its rich culture, unique cuisine, and rugby, a full-contact sport popular in many western countries. Though baseball...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie beware! This beast holds all the keys
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IN the last fortnight Eddie Jones and his England squad have had a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDe Klerk bows out with a final flourish
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale ....................42pts Tries: Roebuck 7, Van der Merwe 15, Wiese 22, 40, D Du Preez 63, Reed 69...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWade weighs up his options
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHRISTIAN Wade has claimed that teams in the Premiership, France, Australia, South Africa and the...
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News Extra
/ 4 years agoParkes: Wales can give the Boks a test
FORMER Wales centre Hadleigh Parkes believes Wayne Pivac’s side can hit top form on this summer’s tour of South Africa. Wales...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWho’ll be next ace to ‘do a Niniashvili’?
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Is it me or is there suddenly a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAustralia win keeps heat on Blitzboks
WORLD 7s SERIES By BEN JAYCOCK HENRY Paterson scored a hat-trick including a golden-point try as Australia beat New Zealand 19-14...
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Features
/ 4 years agoPerfect poise and balance of Nepia
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle keep their cool to rule in Europe
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............21pts Penalties: Sexton 5, 8, 22, 40+1, 47, 57 R Byrne 65 La Rochelle ......24pts Tries: Rhule...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoTaufua: We won on our defence
LYON captain Jordan Taufua was delighted with the historic win and credited his side’s resilient defence in matching Toulon’s physicality. He...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoEurope’s elite clubs are facing trip into unknown
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE European Cup final in Marseille was not billed as a watershed moment,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBack-to-back Cup triumphs cemented Gosforth’s place as top club in the land
GOSFORTH won their first John Player Cup Final in 1976, and then when the Queen was celebrating her Silver Jubilee 12...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoRugby World Cup 2023
Sports lovers are usually eagerly waiting for world cup tournaments. Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets are in demand as the union...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLydiate, the bionic man, set to return
OSPREYS flanker Dan Lydiate will break all known medical records with the latest in a series of incredible comebacks without precedent...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBears starlet Lloyd set to wear No.12 next season
By PAUL REES Multi-talented: Bristol back Ioan Lloyd PAT Lam sees Ioan Lloyd’s future at Bristol in the centre and has...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoHow Rassie helped pull the plug on water boys
CHRIS HEWETT UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game. World Rugby has just announced another of its...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPivac’s wrong on Jac, but I’m sure he’ll be back
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Ihave to confess I couldn’t believe it at first when I heard that Wayne Pivac...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGas, power and guts are key
PAUL REES HEARS ENGLAND COACH EDDIE JONES EXPLAIN WHAT HE EXPECTS TO SEE FROM HIS 36-MAN TRAINING SQUAD England’s team in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStormers edge it but Peel hails his troops
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ..........21pts Tries: J Williams 7, Conbeer 71 Conversions: Costelow 8 Penalties: Costelow 4, 17, 28 Stormers ........26pts...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiscipline England’s downfall in Toulouse 7s
NEWS EXTRA SIMON Amor’s England will have to settle for a place in today’s fifth place semi-final after losing their cup...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTom Smith, Scotland’s heroic slayer of giants
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoGeorge North surprised but ‘chuffed’ to get Wales call after long injury lay-off
George North says he was surprised by his Wales call-up after playing just two hours of rugby following a 12-month injury...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTyro Tiger Reffell set for Test baptism
By PETER JACKSON WALES are all set to pick Tommy Reffell this week in readiness for the ultimate baptism of fire...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThe Boks are here, there and everywhere
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some things in rugby are so difficult to find, they drive astrophysicists to drink. Scientists operating the Giant...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoIreland to kick-off autumn campaign by hosting world champions South Africa
Ireland will kick-off their autumn campaign by hosting world champions South Africa, the Irish Rugby Football Union has announced. The Springboks,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSix Nations signs extension with French public service broadcaster France Télévisions
Six Nations Rugby has signed an extension of its partnership with French public service broadcaster France Télévisions. According to Rugbyrama, the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoThe Sharks strengthen with signing of powerful prop Carlu Sadie
Lately, the Sharks have been actively signing contracts. They announced on social media pages that Janse van Rensburg has joined them,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRugby chiefs to discuss revived Nations Championship proposal
A clearer picture over the success of plans to reshape the global calendar is expected to emerge as rugby chiefs meet...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTigers miss chances as Gibson-Park pulls strings
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........14pts Tries: Ashton 46, Dolly 78 Conversions: Ford 46, 78 Leinster ............23pts Tries: Van der Flier 16,...
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