All posts tagged "South Africa"
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPresident Laporte on passport control
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN When can a foreigner play for France these days? When Federation president Bernard Laporte says so, that’s...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMercer stakes his claim to face Boks
By NEALE HARVEY ZACHMercer is ready to answer England’s call for a No.8 capable of facing down the might of South...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoShields at the ready to bring edge to back row
Physical: Brad Shields BRAD Shields aims to provide Eddie Jones with exactly what he wants by bringing some hard-nosed Kiwi physicality...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones left precariously short at number 8 as Billy Vunipola breaks arm for third time
England now without Vunipola, Simmonds and possibly Nathan Hughes for November Tests
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Features
/ 7 years agoDragons flying at full throttle for shot at Marseilles miracle
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks ahead to next month’s World Cup repechage in Marseilles Determined: Max Denmark on the charge against the Cook...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCanada start as slight favourites, but we’ll be fitter
Brendan Gallagher talks to David Rees about the Welsh connection aiding Hong Kong’s progress Brains trust: David Rees, Leigh Jones and...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDanny boy playing for his future at Quins
By NEALE HARVEY Aiming to be No.1: Danny Care celebrates a try against Saracens on his 250th appearance for Harlequins PICTURE:...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoKnee injury keeps Joe on sidelines for Autumn
ENGLAND lock Joe Launchbury has been ruled out of the Autumn internationals after having knee surgery. The 27-year-old, who has 54...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLane likely to be only new face in Wales squad
STEFFAN THOMAS OWEN Lane looks set to be named in Warren Gatland’s Wales squad for the November tests this week. The...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBath may have to choose between glory and safety
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Losing start: Bath took on Toulouse yesterday at the Rec As we...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJack’s back to fend off Cokanasiga challenge
By HARVEY NEALE Upping the ante: Nathan Earle and Joe Cokanasiga Threat: Jack Nowell goes close against Bath PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEddie stays no matter what insists RFU chief
By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has been given an unequivocal assurance by RFU chief executive Steve Brown that “come what may”...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoHughes is a tweet for misjudging the mood
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NATHAN Hughes may feel that a relatively light right-handed punch from a prone...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI still feel the stress of that French fightback in ‘99
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Comeback kings: France beat New Zealand in 1999 RUGBY MATTERS...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHorwill: More international stars may follow Joe Marler’s lead
The Harlequins vice-captain also talks about Michael Cheika's job security
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Berwyn Jones paid the price for putting family first
Peter Jackson looks at when rugby's amateur days were overshadowed by the riches available in professional sports
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors can’t afford another slip up – Weir
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER playmaker Duncan Weir has ordered his side to stop shooting themselves in the foot and make good...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWillie’s on way back to club rugby in Japan
Return: Willie Le Roux WILLIE LE Roux is set to leave Wasps at the end of the season for a second...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBerwyn paid price for putting family first
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Berwyn Jones used to run like the wind, so much so that not...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBajans gear up for a big day out at the Oval
BARBADOS may bat a very modest 83rd in the world rankings – just ahead of India and below Serbia – but...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScene set for Hesketh to star again
Jango: Temeura Morrison SO Kiwi actor Temuera Morrison – Jango Fett in Star Wars – is to play Eddie Jones in...
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Features
/ 7 years agoUtility back Swiel signs for Falcons
NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed versatile back Tim Swiel from Harlequins with immediate effect. The 25-year-old joined Quins from South Africa-based Sharks...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMore stars may follow Joe’s lead – Horwill
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Australia captain James Horwill believes more top players will follow Joe Marler into Test oblivion unless an...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSexton would welcome Autumn tours Down Under
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHNNY Sexton believes the proposal for rugby’s new global season can take the game’s entertainment to a new...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoBoks left stunned by double at the death
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bear hug: Try scorer Ardie Savea celebrates with Nathan Harris On the run: Damian de Allende of the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoFoley back at 10 for must-win match in Argentina
THE Wallabies’ experiment with Kurtley Beale at fly-half is over with the former Wasps star restored to inside-centre for the must-win...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: The time has come to pick Owen Farrell as England’s 10
Jeremy Guscott on why the Ford-Farrell format is 'flawed' for England
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSmid out to follow Rhodes route to England
By NEALE HARVEY NEWLY England-qualified Ealing back rower Rayn Smid has his sights on following compatriot Michael Rhodes into the Red...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoBoks’ fast start stuns Wallabies
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Elusive: Try scorer Faf de Klerk makes a break PICTURES: Getty Images SOUTH Africa maintained their unbeaten record...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHughes hopes to get the nod to tackle All Black great Read
By NEALE HARVEY Hitting form for Wasps: Nathan Hughes BIG-HITTING Wasps No.8 Nathan Hughes says the chance to face down New...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEwels set to pledge his future with Blackadder
By NEALE HARVEY New deal: Charlie Ewels PICTURES: Getty Images INFLUENTIAL Bath second row Charlie Ewels is preparing to follow the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWarriors put Dragons to the Scotstoun sword
GLASGOW made amends for last weekend’s embarrassing defeat to the Southern Kings with a bonus-point victory over the Dragons. Dave Rennie...
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Features
/ 7 years agoItalian legend Parisse set for a thrilling final chapter
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to iconic Italy No.8 Sergio Parisse at the start of a huge 12 months Giant killer: Sergio Parisse...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWHO IS THE BEST NO.8?
SO is Sergio Parisse the greatest specialist No 8 ever. I would argue it’s a dead heat between him and Mervyn...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMunster sign South African import to lengthy extension
Jean Kleyn will gain Irish residency just in time for the World Cup
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Featured
/ 7 years agoGeorgia appoint Graham Rowntree as forwards coach heading into World Cup year
About to get to work with Georgia's formidable pack
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoStay-at-home Mitchell needs to be hands on
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHN Mitchell polarises opinion in Rugby Union more than anyone with the possible...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBurns’ nerves of steel save Ulster
By JOHN MUNN Cheetahs …39 Ulster …39 HENRYSpeight’s try in the final passage of play earned Ulster a draw in South...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTrailblazing Bee-Gee who twice broke Welsh hearts
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The merest mention of his name still evokes memories of the lunar landing...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPuma king with the most giant killings
83rd cap: Leguizamon THAT old war horse Juan Manuel Leguizamon seems to be “retired” by the Pumas selectors at the end...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup crying out for regional qualifiers
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THERE has been much mention recently of having...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEddie believes Invisible Man Ford can trump Superman Dan
THE mood music emanating from Eddie Jones was up-tempo as he announced his first pared-down training squad of the season with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones on…
…breakdown issues “We haven’t (any). In South Africa we did incredibly well, we have improved our breakdown by about 80 per...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie needs to pull off a Cooke confidence trick
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why no drop-goal? Beauden Barrett could have won the match for New...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKinghorn waiting as Hogg is ruled out for Autumn
By GARY HEATLY Young flier: Edinburgh full-back Blair Kinghorn STUART Hogg will miss Scotland’s Autumn Internationals after being ruled out for...
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Features
/ 7 years agoProtect the players but don’t kill rugby’s soul
COLIN BOAG These are tough days for Rugby Union with the very ethos of the game being challenged. It’s always been...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoIs England’s scrum doomed ahead of the World Cup? The architect of the 2003 world beaters shares his view
Phil Keith-Roach explains why the time for change may have arrived at the feet of England's front row
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Eddie must pick a backline and stick with it through to Japan
Jeremy Guscott outlines who he would start with the World Cup less than a year away
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones names England training squad as countdown to World Cup hits 12 months
Danny Cipriani overlooked by Eddie Jones as World Cup looms
International Rugby
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