All posts tagged "South Africa"
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoLukhanyo Am: England could learn from South Africa selection policy
Lukhanyo Am has underlined the benefits of South Africa’s overseas selection policy, insisting it has been a “real advantage” in building...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoHarlequins 33-52 Sale Sharks: Joe Launchbury takes his bow but Quins fall short
Joe Launchbury appeared to say an emotional farewell to the sport he has served for almost two decades as he was...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoThere’s no need to panic – Steyn
Stormers ....... 48 Glasgow ..........12 By MAX GLASGOW crashed to a second heavy defeat in South Africa but captain Kyle Steyn...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoSteyn’s Warrior paint has been marked by the Mandela effect
■By MIKE MOORE FROM meeting Mandela to playing for the land of his mother, Kyle Steyn certainly has a tale to...
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Features
/ 7 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Josh Skelcey – Wearing an England shirt was a highlight
Josh Skelcey, the former Northampton Saints, Birmingham Moseley, Nottingham, Plymouth Albion, Ampthill and Cambridge winger, who is now player-coach at Old...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoExeter hooker targets a South Africa return
EXETER hooker Joseph Dweba aims to force his way back into the South Africa squad ahead of the 2027 World Cup....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoSam Prendergast makes his Leinster fly-half case harder to ignore after MOTM display against Ulster
In Irish rugby, no role comes with more pressure and criticism than the role of the fly-half.
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoJack van Poortvliet: England are going in the right direction after Paris performance
Jack van Poortvliet believes the way England finished their 2026 Six Nations campaign in France is their template going forward.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 months agoBrendan Gallagher: VIP treatment with Big Gav and Campo
The Hong Kong Sevens is 50 years old this weekend which is a sobering thought, probably the first time in recorded...
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Features
/ 7 months agoPaul Rees: Wales go in search of a path back to the summit
Paul Rees sees signs of a better tomorrow for the men in red as debate continues about what happens next.
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoRobbie Deans joins Barbarians coaching team for Wales clash at Twickenham
Robbie Deans will return to the Barbarian F.C. coaching team this summer for their blockbuster clash with Wales at Allianz Stadium,...
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Features
/ 7 months agoPaul Rees: Duelling French aristocrats! Toulouse and Bordeaux-Begles clash in the Champions Cup
Rugby in France has never been more popular. The television audience for the final Six Nations match against England peaked at...
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoMike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
Mike Tindall is convinced Steve Borthwick will come up with a remedy to heal England’s losing headache and turn them into...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 months agoHanro Liebenberg: I’ll miss the Leicester Tigers fans
Hanro Liebenberg may be moving on from Leicester at the end of the season, but the Tigers will never leave him.
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoNick Cain: RFU should get Sir Clive Woodward back on board
When it comes to an understanding of what high-performance means, and the ability to implement it and create a world-beating team,...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoPeter Jackson: Time for George North to face the final curtain
Precious few teenagers dared to make an entrance remotely like George North’s two tries against the Springboks, evoking golden memories of...
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Features
/ 7 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Vicky Macqueen – Saracens was the place to be
Receiving the British Empire Medal in 2018 was one of those moments that still feels slightly surreal when I look back...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoLake injury worry for Wales
HOOKER Dewi Lake will not play again for Ospreys before his move to Gloucester in the summer and is a doubt...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoSnyman ruled out for rest of season
LEINSTER second row RG Snyman has been ruled out for for the rest of the season due to a ruptured ACL...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoDREAMTEAM
BEN FODEN, THE FORMER ENGLAND, SALE, NORTHAMPTON & RUGBY UNITED NEW YORK FULL-BACK, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE PLAYED WITH OR...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 months agoDragons are hoping history will repeat itself
Preview Stade Francais v Dragons Today. 12.30pm By SAM JACKSON STADE Français head into their clash with Dragons as overwhelming favourites,...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoRFU: Cash will keep on coming in despite England slump
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney insists England’s current dismal form has not hit the union in the pocket and he is...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoJeremy Guscott: Now Bath need to be serial winners
Having played rugby at Bath since the age of seven, and been at The Rec as a one-club-man for the duration...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoNick Cain: RFU ‘whitewash’ is already under way
As a broadcast pundit, Chris Ashton provides many sharp insights on back play, but often, like many former internationals now in...
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Features
/ 8 months agoPaul Rees: Rugby union has been rocked by a points explosion
Paul Rees looks at the challenges facing defence coaches as they try to counter the rise in try scoring...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoPeter Jackson: Eye-gouging Oscar Jegou sparks more anger
The strange case of Oscar Jegou has become stranger still, its verdict provoking another heavyweight ex-referee to weigh into the row...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoNewcastle Red Bulls’ Liam Williams confirms retirement due to knee injury
Newcastle Red Bulls full-back Liam Williams has announced his retirement.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 months agoWhat is the Nations Championship? Format, fixtures and how rugby’s new tournament works
The Autumn Nations Series is dead. Whether you think that is a positive or not, or even if you didn’t really...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoFormer England wing Chris Ashton urges RFU to listen to players on Steve Borthwick decision
England bosses have been urged to copy the All Blacks lead and give the players influence over the future coaching direction...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoLee Mears backs England head coach Steve Borthwick to stay in charge
Steve Borthwick is “loving” the pressure on his shoulders and will turn England into a formidable World Cup force insists former...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoNick Cain: Resolute Thomas Ramos shows England how to do it
The only team to go backwards in the 2026 Six Nations was England. Where every other nation had something positive to...
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Features
/ 8 months agoPaul Rees: Was England’s performance in Paris down to Steve Borthwick – or not?
Paul Rees says England’s Six Nations review must decide what roles the head coach played in the revival against France.
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoAfter three rounds, it all looked so easy…
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN WELL, that was a remarkable end to what turned out to be an utterly astonishing Six Nations,...
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Features
/ 8 months agoThe Raeburn Shield: Rugby Union’s unknown honour
Rugby Union fans often take jokes at the seemingly endless amount of trophies to be won, but there is one unofficial...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoEngland skipper Maro Itoje – I’m feeling fitter than ever
Maro Itoje set his sights on this summer’s Nations Championship declaring he is fitter than ever despite presiding over England’s Six...
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Letters
/ 8 months agoWe need to select a ball-carrying 12
THERE has been a lot of criticism of Borthwick’s selections lately, however I want to comment on the backs. I might...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Explore… Dream… Discover. That’s Italy
It was a curious, slightly unsettling experience in the final quarter at Rome last week watching Italy – who, frankly, hadn’t...
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Features
/ 8 months agoYOUNG GUNS
GEORGENEWMAN POSITION AND TEAM Exeter Chiefs and England U20s scrum-half George Newman possesses devastating speed – a trait that has quickly...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months ago2026 Six Nations analysis: Where do England go from here after historic defeat to Italy?
It is not an overstatement to say that Saturday was one of the darkest days in recent English rugby history.
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoAll off to France for the Grand Slam then? Paul Rees on England’s Six Nations slide after another defeat
England set their sights on the Grand Slam but could end up with the wooden spoon.
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoChris Boyd insists Gloucester will have to alter their style
New Gloucester technical director Chris Boyd says the team must “modify” their expansive style of play until reinforcements arrive this summer.
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoEngland 18-23 Italy: Steve Borthwick’s stunned squad are left with no defence
England lost their heads and Steve Borthwick’s neck is on the line after they made history of the wrong kind in...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoNick Easter: The weight Maro Itoje has to carry is quite extraordinary
What Maro Itoje has dealt with in the last nine months is extraordinary. He captained the Lions, he captains England, he...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months ago2026 Super Rugby Americas – Round Two summary: Tarucas stun the defending champions
Round Two kicked off in Montevideo as Peñarol fell to a second defeat in as many games, with Tarucas claiming a...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoLawrence Dallaglio: Time for England to go back to the basics after Six Nations defeats
Lawrence Dallaglio admits it is “tough” being an England fan right now, but he has urged disgruntled followers to keep the...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoCampbell Ridl quick to make a name for himself at Exeter Chiefs
Last season it was Paul Brown-Bampoe, now it is Campbell Ridl who has very quickly made his name at Exeter Chiefs.
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoRobertson is happy to coach Barbarians
FORMER New Zealand coach Scott Robertson will return to rugby by taking charge of the Barbarians this summer. Robertson, whose two-year...
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Letters
/ 8 months agoGlobal ambitions take some planning
Yes: Fiji celebrate victory at Twickenham in 2023 IS the recent announcement that Fiji will play their home games for the...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoPeter Jackson: Memories of All Black legend going under the hammer
In the bad old days when too many referees turned a blind eye to all manner of mayhem, Kevin Skinner built...
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Features
/ 8 months agoPaul Rees’ Six Nations 2026 analysis – Nothing beyond liberated France
France may be out in front in the race for the Six Nations crown, but the championship has had enough twists...
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Steve Borthwick: I know vast majority of my England selections for 2027 Rugby World Cup
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