All posts tagged "Twickenham"
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe’re preparing to feel Sharks at full force, says Dan
By GARY FITZGERALD Theo Dan and his Saracens team-mates are bracing themselves to feel the full force of a revenge-fuelled Sharks...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBorthwick: We’ll learn from pain
By GARY FITZGERALD New head coach Steve Borthwick admitted his England team will have to go through some pain to develop...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoLewies: Quins up for Tank challenge
By GARY FITZGERALD Stephan Lewies is convinced the “world class attack and spine” at Harlequins puts them in prime shape to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMark Nelson: Thriving county scene is beneficial to all
By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Fylde and Lancashire coach Mark Nelson is furious about the RFU cutting the County Championship’s funding and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFrance in late pain once again | Peter Jackson
France have trouble sticking with it through to the end in Test matches
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGrassroots game must get fairer funding | Jeff Probyn
When I sat on the RFU council, no matter what was happening in the rugby world the CEO’s review of the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCrowds or not, I just focussed on the opposition | Jeff Probyn
I WAS a little puzzled when I read Danny Care and Rob Baxter’s reaction to fans being allowed back into the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU need to source other players to end this ransom | Jeff Probyn
The past few weeks have provided interesting reading re Francis Baron’s thoughts of how things have got out of hand at...
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoClubs must call SGM to hold RFU to account | Nick Cain
THE news that RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney has had to go bowl in hand like some latterday Oliver to ask...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoEdgy, the thinking man’s super hero | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett pays a very personal tribute to Bath and England No.8 David Egerton
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe can still win title insists England’s Jonny May
Adam Hathaway reports from Twickenham on England overcoming their Scotland nightmare with victory against Italy ahead of the fallow week
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoAlfie Barbeary could become The Boss – but not yet | Chris Hewett
Barbeary's time out with gives teams plenty of changes to identify weaknesses to his seemingly unstoppable game
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: No need for gimmicks, just sort out the breakdown issues
Fix the breakdown and and sort the scrum and our game will be one hell of a spectacle
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Cut the number of subs to see the game improve
Jeremy Guscott outlines why reducing the number of replacements will make professional rugby an even better watch
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: My Lions dream knocked out by a real McCoy from Jimmy
Twenty-eight years ago I was playing in a Five Nations tournament that was, in effect, a selection trial for the 1989...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Modern referees are paid professionals, so act like it
Sometimes you get things wrong and then, when you realise and try to even things up for those you feel you...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Eddie’s mind games are aimed at referee Peyper
With the Autumn Internationals finally over, at long last we don’t have to listen to Eddie Jones‘ attempts at witty repartee....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: The day I put my stamp on Anglo-Argentine relations
Brendan Gallagher‘s article last week outlining some of the Argentinians’ previous encounters at Twickenham brought back some good, but painful, memories....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Right or wrong, I’m pleased Luke Pearce took responsibility
The first games of the season are always a bit of a mess and last week was no exception as all...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Gracie Matthews deserves support from Injured Players fund
The second National Rugby Awards took place on Thursday and what a day it was, as professional clubs, grassroots clubs, schools...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: We must offer women players more protection
Some time ago I got into a bit of trouble over something that was said on the old Rugby Special programme....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher feature: How the ale and hearty Varsity girls reached HQ
It all started in a pub, as most of the best rugby stories do, back in the summer of 1987 and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott verdict: I’m delighted classy Dan Carter could savour his fitting finale
For a man who for four years has had a memory of not being involved in the match that won New...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Stuart Lancaster must try to keep his own emotions in check
What was Stuart Lancaster thinking of when he thought it would be necessary to address the players and explain to them...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Heading off to the hills on another mission from God
Training camps and altitude training in far-flung foreign fields do make you wonder what the game is coming to. As big...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: How league rugby became a nightmare for some clubs
Sometimes I wonder at the naivety of some of our rugby journalists and their lack of understanding of the game at...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Progress? Surely not if we are still relying on Manu Tuilagi
Hype, hope and more than a little desperation seems to be the recipe for English rugby as Stuart Lancaster plots the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Sadly, loyalty seems to be a one-way street for IRB
What price loyalty in rugby? That’s a question that is not as easy to answer as you may think. Back in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Well done girls, but let’s keep it in perspective
I read somewhere this week that the Women’s World Cup was a tipping point for the sport. As much as I...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: You only get one shot with this brilliant side… take it!
We have only to see a little sign of weakness to jump on a bandwagon thinking that this New Zealand side...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Reduce top-flight payments and grow grassroots game
The debate by the RFU council this week about the restructuring of lower leagues has opened a can of worms that...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Fans are shortchanged twice in one bad week
What do the RFU and the Premiership have in common? First, both have hit the headlines this week with announcements that...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Beware these danger men coming here in autumn
When South Africa beat Australia 28-8 on Saturday I was interested to see how their backlines would operate as a pointer...












