All posts tagged "Twickenham"
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/ 1 year agoStrength in numbers is proving key for Plymouth Albion
By Ciara Fearn Plymouth Albion captain Jack Oulton believes his side has what it takes to challenge for promotion this season,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoEngland’s defence too good for Italy
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Out on his own: Marcus Smith breaks clear to score England’s fourth...
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/ 1 year agoKing’s rally to take the honours
by Tom Jeffreys King’s Glouc......29 King Edward’s..16 KING’S School, Gloucester staged a stunning second-half comeback to beat King Edward’s School, Birmingham...
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/ 1 year agoHarrow keep their nerve for double joy
Harrow................22pts QEGS.................... 14pts HARROW saw off QEGS Wakefield to defend their Continental Tyres National School Cup title in emphatic fashion at...
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/ 1 year agoExeter show the way forward
Exeter College ...41 Hartpury..................33 Exeter College beat Hartpury to signal a new era in girls ACE League history. Playing in just...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Seven try England thump Italy at Twickenham
By Ethan Bents England piled on seven tries to secure a bonus point win and beat Italy in entertaining fashion at...
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/ 1 year agoFrancis Baron: It’s time for the entire RFU Board to go
By Nick Cain Francis Baron has called for the replacement of the entire RFU Board, adding a radical dimension to the...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Scotland survive spirited Wales revival
By Brendan Gallagher Scotland ........................... 35pts Tries: Kinghorn 5, 48; Jordan 11, 33; Graham 27 Conversions: Russell 6, 12, 28, 34,...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoMatt Sherratt: I can’t wait to take on England
Wales interim boss Matt Sherratt praised his team’s fighting spirit and says they cannot wait to tackle England in Cardiff on...
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/ 1 year agoPressure is building on the RFU Board to stand down
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The Whole Game Union has added its weight to the call...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoLytchett Minster 2s? Now they were decent…
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Anyone seeking to capture the essence of rugby’s transformation over recent decades need not wrestle...
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/ 1 year agoQEGS stand in the way of Harrow’s title defence
By TOM JEFFREYS HARROW face the unique opportunity to defend their National Schools Cup champions title as they face Queen Elizabeth...
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/ 1 year agoEngland’s Six Nations critics hit by Kevin Sinfield broadside
By Adam Hathaway Kevin Sinfield has hit back at critics of England’s style of play, declaring they are in it to...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Barnstorming Tom Curry shows Ben Earl how it should be done
By Adam Hathaway Being in England camp with Tom Curry has shown Ben Earl what a world class player looks like...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoSupport for change at RFU keeps on building
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week As the SGM vote calling for regime change at the RFU...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoKeep your powder dry, Ellis
ELLIS Genge has got a love-hate relationship with the media, with “out of touch” former players in particular getting his goat....
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoA win’s a win for England? Up to a point, my lord…
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed If England intend to make a habit of winning games on their backsides, they should...
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/ 1 year agoCleverley out for revenge when Navy battle Army
■By BEN JAYCOCK Competitor: Chester prop Dom Cleverley WHILE most of his teammates were relieved Chester would be rejoining National Two...
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/ 1 year agoRFU’s roadshow yet to placate anger of clubs
THE newly formed Whole Game Union has grown with now over 200 clubs joining its ranks and still increasing its membership....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Time for England to focus on tries
By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game With another week off, there is now more time to...
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/ 1 year agoOxford out to halt Cambridge treble
■By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Oxford University v Cambridge University Saturday, March 8. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX WHEN Luke Wyllie dislocated his kneecap...
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/ 1 year agoDark Blues set sights on revenge
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day may have been around for more than 100 years, but it is only 10 years since the women...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: England’s warriors end Scottish curse
By Adam Hathaway England skipper Maro Itoje hailed his side’s warrior spirit as they reclaimed the Calcutta Cup at Twickenham yesterday...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoThis Italian squad are good – but not quite their best side
By Brendan Gallagher Having reported on Italy since the early 1990s, I wouldn’t hesitate to nominate the current crop as...
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/ 1 year agoAll Blacks & Wallabies return to Twickenham
England will aim to avenge last year’s narrow defeats by Australia and New Zealand when they take on both sides in...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoSix Nations – Alex Mitchell’s Calcutta Cup revenge mission
By Adam Hathaway Alex Mitchell is on a mission to lay England’s Calcutta Cup bogey to rest after taking lessons from...
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/ 1 year agoEx-Navy chief aims broadside at ‘one-way’ RFU Roadshow
By NICK CAIN PADDY McAlpine, the chairman of Chichester RFC – a level six community club – has slammed the RFU...
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/ 1 year agoJoe Launchbury’s backing Fin Baxter for a long England Test career
By Gary Fitzgerald English rugby’s new “Babyface” can go from strength to strength on the Test stage following his try-scoring heroics...
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/ 1 year agoEllis was a rock that we’ll never forget, vows Old Reds’ Dan
By BEN JAYCOCK Well loved: Old Redcliffians hero Ellis Joseph NATIONAL League rugby was rocked last week when Old Redcliffians prop...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoSix Nations TOTW: Fin Smith unbelievable in first Test start
The surprise of the week came at Twickenham when England managed to get a last-gasp win over France in Le Crunch, but there...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoThe Incredibles! Fin Smith ignites spirited England to Six Nations win over France
From Adam Hathaway at Twickenham Triumph: Elliot Daly scores England’s crucial late try to spark the celebrations PICTURES: Getty Images Fin...
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/ 1 year agoWe must up-speed the novices, says Henry Slade
By Adam Hathaway Henry Slade admits England have been learning on the job and it is up to older heads to...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoSix Nations: England ecstasy as Fin Smith seizes the day against France
By Nick Cain at Twickenham England ............................. 26pts Tries: Lawrence 36, Freeman 58, Baxter 70, Daly 79 Conversions: M Smith 36,...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: French errors open the door for England
By Paul Rees It was like Messi blazing over in front of an open goal, Virat Kohli holing out in the...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Steve Borthwick deserves credit for his brave calls in England’s win over France
By Brendan Gallagher Time to tip a hat in the direction of England coach Steve Borthwick who bit the bullet hard...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoDanny Care: It would be amazing to finish with another trophy
By Ben Jaycock Danny Care still has fire in the belly to win another title with Harlequins. Care, 38, is the...
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Features
/ 1 year agoChris Lilley – I did fulfuil my dream of playing at Twickenham
My Life In Rugby - Chris Lilley, the former Bath & Somerset prop My biggest claim to fame is I got...
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/ 1 year agoNaval officer who was sunk by RFU
IT’S been a tad busy of late with much to discuss but the recent passing of former RFU secretary Tony Hallett...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoFive key talking points as England prepare to host France in Six Nations
England host France at Allianz Stadium on Saturday with the aim of reigniting their Guinness Six Nations title bid after falling...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoAntoine Dupont is human – Tommy Freeman confident England can stop France star
Tommy Freeman insists England are confident of containing France’s scrum-half genius Antoine Dupont in Saturday’s Allianz Stadium showdown. Dupont underlined his...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations – England wilt in Dublin’s red hot furnace
By Nick Cain Ireland............................... 27pts Tries: Gibson-Park 35, Aki 52, Beirne 64, Sheehan 72 Conversions: Crowley 65, 73 Penalty: Prendergast 56...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Wales find reasons to hope but it’s a walk in the park for France
By Brendan Gallagher France................................ 43pts Tries: Attissogbe 18, 33; Bielle-Biarrey 23, 41; Marchand 55, Gailleton 68, Alldritt 78 Conversions: Ramos 19,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoPromotion questions still need answers
REFERENCES in letters from RFU Board member Wayne Barnes and interim chair Bill Beaumont in support of the beleaguered current Twickenham...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoBill Sweeney needs to run game for the good of us all
RFU CEO Bill Sweeney is head of English Rugby not England Rugby. His strategy is to make the England teams successful...
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/ 1 year agoFears that BBC will lose Six Nations
By Peter Jackson Fears are growing within the BBC that this year’s Six Nations will bring an end to their historic...
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Features
/ 1 year agoEngland need to focus on playing the full 80 during the Six Nations
By Jeff Probyn - A Front row view on the game So Steve Borthwick has decided that his England team need...
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/ 1 year agoBill Sweeney determined to stay in RFU role until 2027
Bill Sweeney is determined to continue as Rugby Football Union chief executive until the 2027 World Cup and will only step...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoWe are all paying for the financial errors of the RFU
Who, other than for self-aggrandisement, is going to invest in rugby? The Premiership has never ever returned a profit. Several leading...
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/ 1 year agoThe RFU Board has failed to do its job properly
The employment of the crisis management company, Teneo, by the incumbent RFU administration to help it weather the SGM storm is...
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/ 1 year agoReferees are not free from criticism
In a country in which we are lucky to have freedom of opinion and speech as a birthright, Wayne Barnes is...
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