All posts tagged "Twickenham"
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoNick Cain: Great result but let’s stay ahead of pack
Congratulations to the England women’s team after winning the 2025 Women’s World Cup, and also going 33 matches undefeated during head...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 months agoWainwright goes close to 1923 record
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW OVER the course of 10 seconds in Belfast last weekend, Aaron Wainwright may...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoCatherine Spencer: I am so proud to be Red Rose 114
The tears for me, while standing in the crowd at Twickenham watching Canada receive their second-place medals, were of hurt.
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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 months agoArgentina 27-29 South Africa: Double joy for Springboks as they deny Pumas
Two tries apiece from Cobus Reinach and Malcolm Marx clinched back-to-back Rugby Championship titles for the first time in South Africa’s...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 4 months agoNew Zealand 42-26 France: Black Ferns get their act together to take bronze
New Zealand ensured they ended the tournament on a high by claiming the bronze medals, maintaining their record of never losing...
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Letters
/ 4 months agoWorcester Warriors right to ensure claims are legitimate
I was bemused to read Nick Cain’s comments last week regarding Worcester Warriors’ payments to rugby creditors. The RFU have insisted...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoThis promotion stand-off will have no winners
AS a new season dawns, with the rebranded Prem launched on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and the new-format Champ starting on...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoSouth Africa 67-30 Argentina: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu ignites Springbok rampage
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a hat-trick on his way to breaking the record for the most points scored by a South African...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 months agoChris Hewett: Change is the only permanent thing
It is 15 years since Bruce Craig, not obviously a man to be found wanting in the ambition department, bought himself...
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Women's International
/ 5 months agoEllie Kildunne takes control to fire England into World Cup final
Ellie Kildunne dazzled on the big stage with two tries to see off France and send England into Saturday’s World Cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoWe need to build a fortress – Harlequins’ Tyrone Green
Harlequins are hell bent on giving the reigning English champions a bloody nose and “laying down a marker” for the gruelling...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoThis has been Harlequins’ toughest pre-season ever – Tom Lawday
Harlequins have ramped up the pre-season fitness regime to the max in order to rebound from their worst Premiership campaign in...
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English Championship
/ 6 months agoChamp Rugby has much to offer says Gloucester scrum-half Mike Austin
Gloucester's new scrum-half Mike Austin is out to prove that the Championship remains one of English rugby’s most underrated breeding grounds....
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoChris Hewett: England may prove to be just too good at the Women’s World Cup
Remember a time when facts were sacred and figures added up, for better or worse? Life isn’t nearly so simple nowadays,...
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/ 6 months agoWest Hartlepool RFC coach Chris Webb – I’m an emotional coach, it all matters a lot to me
Steve Hill puts the questions to Chris Webb the head coach at West Hartlepool RFC What is your playing background/history? Started...
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Features
/ 6 months agoTry to see things from a player’s perspective
Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Steve Collins, below, head coach at Rochdale What is your rugby playing...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 months agoRay loved the game
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO farewell Ray French, for many years the...
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Features
/ 6 months agoYoung Guns – Jess Taylor
England U18s back row Jess Taylor recalls earning a pound from her father every time she tackled hard enough to make...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 months agoGreen is glad to be back at Quins
SCRUM-HALF Max Green has returned to Harlequins on a season-long loan as injury cover. The 29-year-old spent the 2023-24 season at...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoTV coverage for women’s game gets a big boost as PWR secure deal to have all matches televised
All matches in next season’s Premiership Women’s Rugby will be broadcast live on either TNT Sports, BBC Sport or YouTube in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoBBC Sport expands Women’s rugby coverage in new Premiership deal
BBC Sport is expanding its women’s rugby coverage with a new deal to broadcast Premiership Women’s Rugby matches across the 2025/26...
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoSteve Borthwick hails maturity of youthful England side after sealing perfect Summer with win over USA
Steve Borthwick hailed his young England team for dealing with disruption and delay with maturity beyond their years after England rounded...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoLeading the British and Irish Lions: Will Carling Reflects on Pressure, Pride & Performance
Will Carling OBE is one of the most iconic figures in English rugby history. Appointed England captain at just 22, he...
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/ 7 months agoNick Cain: Let’s hope the Whole Game Union wins the day
The attempts by some within the Twickenham administration to characterise the Whole Game Union’s campaign to bring about democratic change at...
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoPeter Jackson: France’s locks have that international feel
France have given the All Blacks due notice of something new heading their way, a pair of locks imported from the...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoImmanuel Feyi-Waboso’s red card anguish in England loss to France
Steve Borthwick defended Immanuel Feyi-Waboso after the wing saw red at Twickenham yesterday as England crashed to an agonising loss to...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoBath won’t be one-hit wonders, says Ted Hill
Ted Hill made his peace with beaten Leicester opponents when he marched into England camp last Monday and warned Bath are...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 months agoPaul Rees: British and Irish Lions boss Andy Farrell sticks to his guns for future gains
The Lions may have lost to Argentina, but as an indicator of what is to come Down Under it does not...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoPeter Jackson: Ponty’s Bionic Elbow is a one-club champ
At 35, Ben Youngs performed the rare feat of spending marginally more than half his life navigating a safe way...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoYorkshire make it a double top at Twickenham
Division 1 final By TIM JAMES Yorkshire...........29pts Tries: Patrick 3, Tharme 13, Stones 30, Taylor 44 Conversions: Taylor 4, 31, 45...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoStradwick delight as Kent hit a hat-trick
Division 1 By GARY FITZGERALD Top dogs: Kent celebrate victory at Twickenham yesterday Kent................................... 39pts Tries: Boon 9, Duiabe 13, Davies...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoBowman’s boys set for a big show
Division 2 final preview Cheshire v Devon Today 3pm CHESHIRE and Devon clash at HQ today to determine who takes the...
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Premiership
/ 8 months agoGallagher Premiership Final 2025 attracts highest TV audience ever
The sold-out Gallagher Premiership Rugby Final 2025 is officially the most-watched fixture in Premiership Rugby history. Across TNT Sports and ITV1,...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoBath heroes roll back the years to rule Premiership again
Bath boss Johann van Graan warned the Premiership there is more where that came from after his side finally ended their...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoTaylor is hoping Bucks will get it right this time
Gill Burns County Championship Division One Final Preview RACHAEL Taylor is chomping at the bit as her Buckinghamshire side prepare for...
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/ 8 months agoEvans sets his sights on a Twickenham three-peat
Bill Beaumont Championship Final Preview By BEN JAYCOCK KENT are playing for a hat-trick of Division 1 titles on Saturday when...
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/ 8 months agoJack van Poortvliet keen to follow in Ben Youngs’ footsteps
Jack van Poortvliet has spent his rugby upbringing idolising fellow Norfolk-born scrum-half Ben Youngs and now hopes to step into his...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoBath 34-20 Bristol Bears: Bath pass their final audition but Bears go down with all guns blazing
Bath .................................... 34pts Tries: Hill 41, Cokanasiga 48, Muir 54, Ojomoh 59 Conversions: Russell 41, 48, 54, 60 Penalties: Russell 22,...
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/ 8 months agoJohann van Graan – ‘It was a great game of rugby’
Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan hailed the hunger of his side to get past Bristol for another crack at...
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/ 8 months agoIt’s brilliant to be back with England, says Nick Isiekwe
Nick Isiekwe was a 19-year-old barely out of school last time England toured Argentina in 2017 – and he has overcome...
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/ 8 months agoDevon get set for Cheshire clash
Bill Beaumont County Championships Division 2 DEVON sealed their place in the Bill Beaumont Division 2 final with a thrilling 27-20...
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/ 8 months agoEastern Counties set sights on Twickenham
Gill Burns County Championship ■ By BEN JAYCOCK EASTERN Counties head coach Tom Harding says his players are fired up ahead...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoFrench Column: Fabien Galthie prepares to spring surprises for New Zealand tour
White smoke of a sort was spotted this week, heralding FFR and LNR agreement on tweaks to the player release deal...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoTobias Elliott aiming to prove his worth for England
Tobias Elliott is delighted to find himself on England’s radar ahead of an action-packed summer. The 21-year-old Saracens wing has enjoyed...
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/ 8 months agoSemi-finals decided
Division 3 ■By GEORGE WELLBELOVE LEICESTERSHIRE, Hertfordshire, Dorset & Wiltshire and Sussex qualified for the Division 3 semi-finals. After three weeks...
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/ 8 months agoMinikin is on fire for dominant Yorkshire
Division 1 ■By LUKE JARMYN Lancashire .......22pts Tries: C Smith 15, Bowker 31, Ailes 57, Quinn 78 Conversion: Hunt 16 Yorkshire...
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Chris Hewett
/ 9 months agoChris Hewett: Dangers of pushing the profit margins
According to George Orwell, who knew a thing or two about a thing or two, the “greatest cruelty one can inflict...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoPeter Jackson: Mark Jones, the battler who fought for Neath, dies aged 59
When the original All Blacks dared to be the last Welsh team to go the distance with the New Zealand version,...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoKent on the hunt for a Twickenham hat-trick
■By BILL HOOPER Cornwall ...........18pts Kent ................... 34pts Star player: Kent scrum-half Mikel Davies box kicks PICTURE: Simon Bryant/ Iktis Photo...
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/ 9 months ago10-try Yorkshire prove too good for Somerset
■By LUKE JARMYN Yorkshire ..........66pts Tries: Norman 3, F Crapper 6, 79, Hooper 28, 52, 56, Penalty 40, Mewburn 43, Parsons...
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