All posts tagged "Toulon"
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoAction man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record
If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoFarewell to Melville, a trendsetter and an honest one
ERIC MELVILLE deserves room in that special place reserved for those global trendsetters who changed the course of rugby history. The...
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Features
/ 8 years agoScarlets can get Leigh back to attacking best
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND NOW the Guinness PRO14 is all sorted, I’m looking forward to the campaign ahead because...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoMike Ford: My love of risk-taking has landed me in the USA
The opportunity to try something new appealed to me when Dallas Griffins owner Phil Camm asked me to head up the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
RORY PITMAN, THE JERSEY AND FORMER SCARLETS AND WASPS NO.8, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoFar from fun as Wild era kicks off in controversy
In the spotlight: Stade’s Fijian wing Waisea Nayacalevu PICTURE: Getty Images It wasn’t quite what Dr. Hans- Peter Wild ordered this...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoO’Connor: Sale culture can get me back to top
By JON NEWCOMBE Trust: Steve Diamond STAR signing James O’Connor says he wants to follow in the footsteps of good mate...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoAndy Goode: You’ve got to be a big noise now, Demetri!
The fly-half merry-go-round has been in full swing throughout a frenetic last few months with a host of No.10s switching clubs in...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoShane Williams: Leigh needs future sorted double fast
I really feel for Leigh Halfpenny. What a situation he’s in. To be without a club at this stage isn’t ideal...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: How Leigh Halfpenny went from hero to zero offers in less than six months
Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his next move....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLeigh needs future sorted double fast
I REALLY feel for Leigh Halfpenny. What a situation he’s in. To be without a club at this stage isn’t ideal...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFrom hero to zero in less than six months
PETER JACKSON Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStringer hands off Father Time
EVENfrom this distance, Worcester’s home match against London Irish on December 23 is worth ringing in red ink. There is every...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt’s folly to block investment … but we do need Euro wage cap
Q&A MARTIN ST QUINTON ON THE RECORD Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton tells NEALE HARVEY why he believes Premiership Rugby’s rejection...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYou’ve got to be a big noise now, Demetri!
ANDY GOODE The fly-half merry-goround has been in full swing throughout a frenetic last few months with a host of No.10s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCruden can help restore the thrills
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Montpellier fans cannot wait to see All Black fly-half Aaron Cruden in their colours this season. They...
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Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: George Stokes – Glasgow flanker
Growing up in Spain, George Stokes always faced an uphill battle to make it as a rugby player without the professional...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAshton signs on to mixed reception
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Show-off? Chris Ashton dives to score PICTURE: Getty Images The headline writers in Toulon are giving Chris...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTeague itching for hands-on role with Bordeaux
NEWS EXTRA By NICK VERDIER RORY Teague is looking forward to the daily grind of club rugby after confirming he will...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago‘Unexpected’ Sale move for James O’Connor
Despite denying having spoken to the player a few weeks back, Sale have confirmed the signing of James O’Connor on a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoClerc feels driven to repay debt to Toulon
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Most of the good things come in threes for Vincent Clerc, the veteran winger who will share...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoKolisi try magic sets up series win for
By NICK VERDIER SOUTH Africa put four tries past France for the second week running to clinch their three-Test series in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s all-time All Blacks Maori XV
1. Billy Bush – William Kingita Te Pohe to give the Napier and Canterbury prop his full name. Wild looking, heavily...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoVermeulen meets with specialist ahead of series opener against France
South Africa number 8 Duane Vermeulen will not play a part in the three-Test home series against France this month. Vermeulen...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLondon Irish sign Toulon prop and two other Test stars
London Irish are continuing to build their squad for their return to the Premiership next season with the signing of Toulon‘s...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHowScarlets boxed clever with Byron in their corner
PETER JACKSON Before the Scarlet champions could go out on the town in Dublin last Saturday night, Munster sent a congratulatory...
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Features
/ 9 years agoValue of try currency on the rise in Europe
PETER JACKSON reveals how two clubs have pushed try-scoring rates to new heights PETER JACKSON There was a time not that...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCockerill faces his old rivals in the final
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Richard Cockerill, Nick Abendanon and David Strettle, rivals for so long in different colours in their homeland,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSlade has new spring in his step thanks to mentor Wilkinson
HENRY Slade has revealed how confidence gained from working with boyhood hero Jonny Wilkinson helped him deliver the kick that killed...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain’s Premiership of the Year
Saracens’ exceptional European Cup double explains why they have almost half the starting line-up in my 2016-17 Team of the Season....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Premiership final promises to be an absolute cracker
So after 22 rounds and two pulsating skin-of-your- teeth semis Wasps will play Exeter in the Aviva Premiership Final in a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNext week’s final promises to be an absolute cracker
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Go forward: Thomas Waldrom and Guy Thompson, celebrating with Thomas Young, got their teams on the front foot...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBath figures swell with move to HQ
PETER JACKSON consults his stats book to reveal a big climb in Europe’s attendance numbers PETER JACKSON Thriller: Bath’s Anthony Watson...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: We’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace
No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it was slightly...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: French World Cup record is big threat to England
Every international coach ranked 1-8 wanted to avoid the 2019 RWC group Argentina were in. They are a nation that showed...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWe’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace
BRENDAN GALLAGHER No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStade sale begins as club await new owner
Stade Francais turned the winning of the first European trophy in their history into a farewell party for some of their...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoFrench World Cup record is big threat to England
Developing: Fly-half Camille Lopez could be a danger in Japan 2019 PICTURE: Getty Images EVERY international coach ranked 1-8 wanted to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Crusading Clermont are closing in on their Holy Grail
It possibly won’t surprise you that Clermont – who took 99 years to land their first French Championship and who are...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHalfpenny free to join Lions from off
LEIGH Halfpenny will be available for the start of the British and Irish Lions tour even if Toulon reach the Top14...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
KARL DICKSON, THE QUINS AND FORMER BEDFORD SCRUM-HALF CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… KARL DICKSON 1....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDusautoir will end his career at Twickenham
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Thierry Dusautoir will bring the curtain down on a phenomenal career with his first-ever match for the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Gary Powell – former Gloucester prop
After countless hours playing Jonah Lomu Rugby on the PlayStation at Llandovery College it was surreal to suddenly find myself sat...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoLopez relishing his chance on the big European stage
By NICK VERDIER CLERMONT have not been at their best in recent weeks but fly-half Camille Lopez reckons only one game...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoLIONS SQUAD
SAM WARBURTON (c) Position: Flanker Age: 28 Height: 6ft 2in Weight: 16st 3lbs Caps: 73 Lions Caps: 2 CARDIFF BLUES/WALES Emulates...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWe are only going to get better says coach McCall
Pleased: Mark McCall SARACENS recorded their 17th Champions Cup win on the bounce to book their place in the final once...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoBack row dominance will be key for Leinster
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Johnny Sexton in action for Leinster during victory over Wasps. Organiser: Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster Route to the...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoAbendanon: I’m coming home to push bid for 2019 World Cup
By NEALE HARVEY NICK Abendanon could yet compete for an England full-back spot at the 2019 World Cup after revealing he...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDe Klerk and O’Connor are done deals at Sale
BLINDSIDE understands that Sale Sharks have completed deals for Faf de Klerk and James O’Connor to move to the club next...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER RICHMOND, CARDIFF BLUES, LEEDS AND GLOUCESTER PROP GARY POWELL After countless hours playing Jonah Lomu Rugby on the PlayStation...
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