All posts tagged "South Africa"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoExeter’s comeback kid on fast climb to the top
By NEALE HARVEY Lineout king: Exeter second row Jonny Hill. Insets, Maro Itoje, Joe Launchbury and Nick Isiekwe PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGermany set to storm Europe says Botha
News Coach: Mouritz Botha MOURITZ Botha believes German rugby is on the rise as the European minnows continue to dream of...
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/ 8 years agoPlaymaker Lozowski set to put versatility to the Test
VERSATILE Saracens playmaker Alex Lozowski says he is “100 per cent ready” to step into England’s No.13 jersey in South Africa...
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/ 8 years agoRobson on track to go one better than Dad
By NEALE HARVEY Support: Ben Spencer Back to his best: Wasps No.9 Dan Robson PICTURES: Getty Images DAN Robson intends to...
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/ 8 years agoCips urged to build his legacy at Gloucester
By TOM BRADSHAW Challenge: Phil Vickery GLOUCESTER-BOUND Danny Cipriani has been challenged to create a legacy at Kingsholm by his former...
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/ 8 years agoWales kids in last chance saloon
By ALEX BYWATER ROBIN McBryde has warned Wales’ young guns to impress this summer or face missing out on the World...
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/ 8 years agoScrap this apprentice policy for game time
MARCUS Smith is still 19, and the Harlequins flyhalf is eligible for the England U20 side that will compete in the...
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/ 8 years agoTour ban may help Wales in long run
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS THE last thing you want as a rugby player is for your career to be...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIf England aren’t pulling together Eddie must take share of blame
NICK CAIN VISITS THE RED ROSE TRAINING CAMP AND FINDS IT’S ALL PEACE AND LIGHT ON THE SURFACE Learning curve: Owen...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSolomona insists he’s ready to make amends for those missing four weeks
DENNY Solomona had been told by his RFU minders to be on-message, and having blotted his disciplinary copybook twice within the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoO’Connor: Ford still the best No.10 in England
By NEALE HARVEY Underfire: George Ford was dropped by Eddie Jones for the Ireland game PICTURE: Getty Images LEICESTER head coach...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Danny Cipriani can be the catalyst for England to cut loose
The Gloucester-bound fly-half is on the plane to South Africa, read what Jeremy Guscott thinks of his inclusion
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEngland up the heat in Pennyhill sweat-shop ready for Japan
Things will get tropical for Eddie Jones' selection of players he plans on taking to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoArno Botha joins Munster for 2018/19
South African back rower makes the move to Thomand Park ahead of the new season
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWales trio withdrawn from summer tour to Americas
Wales' English based trio released from squad for tour to USA
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Cipriani signs for Gloucester
Danny Cipriani will move to Kingsholm this summer
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStats show Goode and Gibson should be on the plane
I HAVE both a love and a healthy scepticism regarding statistics generally but the end of season Opta stats are always...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBlommetjies eyes Wales route after Boks snub
By STEFFAN THOMAS CLAYTON Blommetjies hopes his move to the Scarlets can help him one day star for Wales and emulate...
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/ 8 years agoGeorge will need to get defence up to speed
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS I WAS surprised and delighted in equal measure to see Warren Gatland reveal George North...
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/ 8 years agoHowley: It’s a 31-man trial for the World Cup
By ROB COLE ROB Howley believes Wales have the perfect age profile to achieve World Cup success. The ultimate target for...
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/ 8 years agoGatland’s picked ‘perfect role model’
Wales summer squad Rapid rise: Cory Hill will co-captain the summer tour PICTURES: Getty Images CORY Hill is the perfect player...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie’s become the voice of confusion
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE THINKING BEHIND EDDIE JONES’ TOUR SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA IF Eddie Jones is as successful at...
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/ 8 years agoJoe certain ‘team man’ Cips will sing for Eddie
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS captain Joe Launchbury dismisses any notion that Danny Cipriani is not a ‘team player’ and expects the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoStunning comeback puts Crusaders top
By SAM JACKSON Fighting back: Joe Moody dives over to score for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders pulled off...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSurprising Eddie didn’t rest more of his Six Nations flops
JEFF PROBYN Vital role: Brad Shield’s experience of South Africa will be hugely beneficial PICTURE: Getty Images PICTURE: Getty Images I...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland struggle to repel the power of Boks driving lineout
By ROGER PANTING England…12 South Africa …26 Just short: England’s Ben White is halted before the line ENGLAND head coach Steve...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens tighthead Vincent Koch desperate to play part in Boks resurgence under Rassie Erasmus
The prop reveals he has held discussions with new South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones names squad to tour South Africa that includes Brad Shields and Danny Cipriani
Seven uncapped players named for tour Eddie says is one of the 'most challenging' of his England tenure
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Features
/ 8 years agoSharks primed for South African waters – Deacon
■By NEALE HARVEY ATTACK coach Paul Deacon believes Sale’s rebirth as a power in English rugby will be underlined by the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCaptaincy could take Tipuric to next level
SHANE WILLIAMS Standard bearer: Justin Tipuric is man to lead Wales PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland faces a tough job this...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoDe Jongh will get down and dirty
MIDFIELD linchpin Juan de Jongh knows Wasps’ must shore up their defence if they are to claim the Premiership title. Wasps...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoSchalk Brits feature: Erasmus will fire the Springboks and gear them up for the World Cup
Saracens legend Schalk Brits talks about how the new Boks chief can win the challenges facing South Africa by holding dual-roles...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoWales to get £1.25m payout from Lions tour of New Zealand
All is good for Wales, but Peter Jackson says all is not well as future Lions tours face threats
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/ 8 years agoToby Booth urges England not to pick Sam Underhill ahead of South Africa tour
Photo: (Getty Images) By Jake Jones Bath coach Toby Booth has urged England not to consider flanker Sam Underhill for next...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoThompson wary of the Horne factor
WASPS flanker Guy Thompson knows his side’s Premiership title hopes could go up in smoke if they fail to defeat fired-up...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEagles hero eyes move into pro wrestling
By SAM JACKSON FORMER USA Eagles captain Todd Clever could switch from rugby to join the WWE. The most capped player...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNo room for mercenaries in O’Shea’s new vision for Italy
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Italy coach Conor O’Shea about the changing fortunes at his franchises It probably hasn’t escaped your notice...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHow Negri climbed from BUCS league to the Six Nations
Back row tyro Seb Negri tells Brendan Gallagher the benefits of a more scenic route to Test rugby High on the...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSorry, but this Shields talk just smacks of desperation
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Pinning his colours: Brad Shields was part of the New Zealand U20...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Connor brought a hint of terror to his writing
NEWS EXTRA By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND had fallen to an abject home defeat in the early Seventies when the coach, captain...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWales’ ground-breaking match against South Africa in Washington DC in doubt due to poor ticket sales
Photo: (Getty Images) By Jake Jones Wales‘ June Test in the USA is feared to be in serious doubt as unrest...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Yes, I’d let Brad Shields face the Boks, Eddie needs him!
Jeremy Guscott argues the Hurricanes flanker is the right man at the right time for England ahead of the tour to...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoSpringbok great Bryan Habana announces retirement from rugby
Second on the Springboks' all-time appearances list behind Victor Matfield...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWoodward shows he’s England class
By TOM BRADSHAW Teamwork: Tom Marshall dives over for Gloucester’s first try, set up by Jason Woodward, right PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoDon’t block Cornwall’s rise with ring-fencing
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Pirates in control: Alexander Day puts his backs away...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland still waiting on Hartley fitness
ENGLAND captain Dylan Hartley has yet to come through return-to-play protocols after reporting concussion symptoms following last month’s Six Nations defeat...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBronze double for England 7s
ENGLAND’S men and women secured bronze at the Commonwealth Games. The men lost to eventual gold medallists, New Zealand in the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKruis aims to take control for rest of season
Targets: George Kruis SARACENS enforcer George Kruis aims to end an “up and down” season by bagging a Premiership title and...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBakewell’s got Tigers boxing clever again, says Tom Youngs
Leicester hooker Tom Youngs discloses the boxing sessions that have helped the Tigers pack find their grit
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Featured
/ 8 years agoJonathan Joseph a doubt to feature in South Africa tour with ankle injury
Bath centre left Allianz Park on crutches after heavy defeat to Saracens
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