All posts tagged "Toulon"
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoHartley red piles more pressure on Mallinder
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder is fighting to save his job. Mallinder, who was once tipped as a potential England...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Matt Mullan – Wasps prop
1. Tony Windo – He helped me out a lot when I was coming through the Worcester academy. He was a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoLuther Burrell – I’m staying put to earn Test recall
Luther Burrell is aiming to rekindle his Test career with England after dismissing speculation linking him with a move to French...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: Stay put George, it’s your best move of all
George Ford had a weird training week as part of the England team preparing to take on South Africa. First, a...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoLeigh Halfpenny poised to quit France
Leigh Halfpenny will put Wales before Toulon by quitting the former European champions. Halfpenny has given the biggest hint yet that...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWales v Australia preview
Leigh Halfpenny will make his long awaited return to Test rugby after being given a start at fullback against Australia. Halfpenny...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Lee Byrne – former Lions and Wales full-back
It would have been nice to reach 50 caps for Wales, especially as I felt I was playing some good rugby...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: Saracens prove benefits of having home-grown talent
What an unusual start to Europe, with most of the French teams not turning up mentally and suffering the embarrassing consequences with...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Gatland’s Law pays no heed to loyalty
The Welsh Rugby Union really ought to write a thankyou letter to those nice people who run the big English clubs,...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: Dan Carter & Co need to be protected from medics
Rugby Union should be on red alert following the cortisone injections given to Dan Carter, Joe Rokococo and Juan Imhoff to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: Ben Te’o could break up the Ford-Farrell partnership
Owen Farrell‘s game has really developed, and the 10-12 link he had with George Ford in the Six Nations and on...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoAshton move to Toulon confirmed
Saracens have announced that Chris Ashton will join Toulon at the end of the season, a move that has been questioned...
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Champions Cup
/ 10 years agoStade Mayol is a far cry from that surreal day in Bucharest!
by CHRIS JONES The Stade Mayol provided a vibrant background for Saracens European Champions Cup clash with Toulon yesterday and it...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoLeota hit with two-week ban
Sale will have to start their Champions Cup campaign without Jonnhy Leota after he received a two-week ban. The Samoan centre...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoAbsent stars? No problem says Eddie Jones, there’s more!
There was a moment at Twickenham on Friday when Eddie Jones demonstrated why he is being paid a king’s ransom by...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: What’s to stop Tier Two teams from taking the import route?
Money, money, money. Why are the clubs surprised that the highly publicised new deal between the RFU and PRL has seen...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Jamie Cudmore’s crusade to curb risk of concussion
Jamie Cudmore has hurled himself into a crusade this season on behalf of rugby players all over Europe, to raise millions...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Tom Price – Scarlets lock
How’s pre-season going? I’ve been back since June 15, earlier than most players because I’m on a bulking programme, so it’s...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Tom Savage – Gloucester lock
1. Richard Barrington – I played with Baz at Hartpury. He’s now at Saracens and has gone on to win the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Yes-No interlude for Shaun Edwards
Shaun Edwards could have been forgiven for not knowing whether he was coming or going in recent weeks, an observation which...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Senseless Gatland’s Law should be binned
I wonder how many Rugby Paper readers can give me a definitive explanation of ‘Gatland’s Law’. I know I certainly can’t....
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain talks to Nigel Wray and Simon Halliday about the Club v Country crisis
When the new club-country accord between the RFU and the Premiership is announced on Monday, unless there is a cast-iron clause...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoGoromaru: France should open doors to Japanese players
New Toulon signing Ayumu Goromaru is hopeful that he will be the first of many Japanese players to ply their trade...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoGuscott column: Eastmond can revive England hopes at Sale
By Jeremy Guscott Kyle Eastmond is a very talented player with a skill set that really suits Rugby Union. When he...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoBoudjellal dismisses Dominguez rumours
Rapidly growing rumours of Toulon coach Diego Dominguez exiting the club have been played down by Mourad Boudjellal. Toulon’s owner has...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSix Nations can’t ignore Georgia’s tour glory
Georgia were back home in Tbilisi this week being lauded by one and all after their inaugural Pacific Island tour resulted...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Scarlets are on a hiding to nothing in Europe
I fear Welsh interest in next season’s European Champions Cup will not last past Christmas. It is bad enough that Wales...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher verdict: Thanks to Saracens, Eddie has turned England into natural-born winners
The thing about winning, like any addiction, is that you can’t live without it. You can’t function properly without that regular...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Ollie Phillips- former England 7s, Gloucester and Newcastle wing
1. Nick Wood – The Gloucester loosehead is such an underestimated prop. He is so effective at what he does. So...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: South African route may lead Bath down another dead end
Mike Ford said throughout the season that he was meeting with Bath‘s owner, Bruce Craig, on a weekly basis, and that...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: Connacht, the ‘poor relations’ of Irish rugby
That which doesn’t break you, makes you. My favourite rugby pictures, and indeed story of the season so far, were the...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Wallabies will be formidable on fast ground Down Under
George Smith has always defied convention, and the 35-year-old veteran Aussie openside continues to do so, capping his first – and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEddie Jones has NOT called Steffon Armitage
England head coach Eddie Jones has denied calling Steffong Armitage to ask him to come back to the Premiership as it...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoSteffon Armitage? We’d take him, says Dallaglio
A move by Wasps to sign Steffon Armitage would make sense to everyone involved according to club legend.
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoSteffon Armitage requests Toulon exit
Toulon owner Mourad Boudjellal has revealed that Steffon Armitage wants to leave the club at the end of the season to...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Ben Moon – Exeter Chiefs loosehead prop
1. Marcos Ayerza – Regarded as the best loosehead in the world. He is very destructive at the scrum but he...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Saracens can batter down the gates of Europe
Two years ago Saracens hit the wall. Then, as now, there was a European and Premiership double for the taking, but...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Saracens have weaponry to conquer Europe now
It doesn’t matter whether you’re going for singles, doubles or trebles in terms of trophies and titles at the end of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jason Strange- former Ebbw Vale Newport, Bristol and Leeds fly-half
I look back fondly on my time at each club I played for but my second spell at Ebbw Vale, and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoChampions Cup quarter-finals teams
Racing 92 v Toulon Racing 92: Brice Dulin; Joe Rokocoko, Johannes Goosen, Alexandre Dumoulin, Juan Imhoff; Dan Carter, Maxime Machenaud; Eddy...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Saracens have found the answer to repeated success
Having won the Premiership for the first time in 2011 and then not achieving much in the immediate season afterwards, a...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Eddie Jones about the way ahead for his Grand Slam team
Eddie Jones clearly believes in the saying that “success starts on Monday”. No sooner had the England head coach returned from...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoLeigh Halfpenny still caught in Toulon or Wales row
Leigh Halfpenny is to make his come-back next Saturday with Toulon refusing to release him for Wales‘ tour of New Zealand....
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Time is on your side, Ian, but are Wales?
As career records go, it surely stands supreme – three Six Nations‘ tournaments, three Six Nations titles and two Grand Slams....
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson column: Why France are at sixes and sevens over David Smith
There was a time when rugby enjoyed a titter at football’s expense over their nationality laws and the amusing case of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoSigning Cipriani will help Wasps conquer Europe
Fly-half’s long-awaited homecoming can help Wasps cement place among European rugby’s elite - Ashley Johnson.
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Featured
/ 11 years agoWhy Sam Warburton really stayed in Wales
Modest Sam Warburton insists he is not guaranteed his place against France next weekend and revealed how a dog kept him...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoExeter sign Wallaby Lachlan Turner
Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their wing option with immediate signing of Australian international Lachlan Turner. The 28-year-old touched down at Sandy...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoStatement – Paul O’Connell retires
It is with deep regret that I have decided to retire from professional rugby following medical advice. I would like to...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Ben Jacobs – Wasps centre
How big is today’s game in Toulon? It’s huge. If we win we qualify for the quarter-finals but if we lose...
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