All posts tagged "Wales"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBetter, England
LAST Sunday against Ireland was the best England have played for a while. First half was good, but second half we...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEdwards bedevils old employers
THE stupidity of the WRU in not giving Shaun Edwards a four-year extension came back to haunt them last week. The...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBaldwin joins the Chiefs as Hill cover
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Move: Corey Baldwin EXETER Chiefs have agreed to a two-year deal that will...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMay in big charity run
FORMER England centre Tom May is running a loop of London which will finish at Twickenham next week ahead of the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBok lock Marvin says Yes to Tigers
Lion: Marvin Orie LEICESTER Tigers look to have ended their search for a new second row following talks with Lions ace...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPowerhouse Boks get the French firing
Brendan Gallagher looks at the history of great lock pairings during France’s golden eras of rugby Threat: Bernard le Roux of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSouth African XV who have adorned the Five/Six Nations
Grand Slams: Pieter de Villiers 1 Pieter de Villiers (France) Native of Malmsbury in the Western Cape. Made 31 appearances for...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoEngland face early exit after shock defeat to Spain
■By ADAM ELLIS On the rebound: Dan Norton scores against Wales ENGLAND were left needing a miracle win over New Zealand...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBooth to take the reins at struggling Ospreys
NEWS EXTRA OSPREYS have named Toby Booth as the new head coach on a three-year deal, starting this summer. Booth, 50,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTipuric ends speculation
RUGBY SHORTS WALES flanker and Ospreys captain Justin Tipuric, 30, has signed a new three-year deal with the region to end...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoEbbw ace Rubasniak earns first Test call for Poland
NEWS EXTRA ■By ROB COLE DAWID Rubasniak should have been battling relegation and the elements for Ebbw Vale at Carmarthen Quins...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCaptain Morgan puts full focus on Scarlets
NEWS EXTRA ■By STEFFAN THOMAS JAC Morgan is determined to use his experiences as Wales U20 captain to help establish himself...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJarrod enjoying new voice in Wales camp
NEWS EXTRA ■By STEFFAN THOMAS WALES haven’t had the best of times in the Six Nations, but Jarrod Evans hopes his...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhy Justin Tipuric turned down Bristol and the Top 14 to stay in Wales
A huge boost for the Welsh region after a deeply troubling campaign thus far in the PRO14
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff Blues coach John Mulvihill in market to reinforce front five
Mulvihill is targetting a number of players from South Africa to add to his forwards
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones calls up Plan B at No.8 for England training squad
Mark Wilson has been recalled by the England head coach for a training camp ahead of the clash with Wales
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Escape from the Nazis got Olly Kohn his Welsh cap
The extraordinary story of how Olly Kohn's Slovakian ancestors escaped a train bound for Auchwitz and found their way to Shropshire
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 years agoBath outline intentions for next season by signing Premiership trio
Ben Spencer and Will Spencer sign for Bath, with Cameron Redpath making a mid-season move from Sale
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoToby Booth to become new head coach of Ospreys
Harlequins forwards coach to leave Twickenham Stoop
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams verdict: Shaun Edwards is the difference between Wales and France
Shane Williams analyses France's first win in Cardiff for a decade
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoStorm Ciara Halts Jonny May’s Try Scoring Surge
As Scotland got their Six Nations Calcutta Cup match underway in testing conditions, it was telling that the first kick of...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Manu Tuilagi is so vital, Eddie must find another like him
Jeremy Guscott outlines how England are at their best with Manu Tuilagi in the team
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoStrong second half sees Wales earn first victory
By SAM JACKSON MORGANStrong’s secondhalf try helped Wales to their first win of the championship – and their first over France...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLeinster stretch unbeaten run to 12
By ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS coach Carl Hogg bemoaned his side’s inability to build enough of a first-half lead as Leinster made...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMulvihill desperate for Blues response
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Starting: Hallam Amos, and Seb Davies WALES’ Six Nations squad men Hallam Amos and Seb Davies start for...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoEscape from Nazis got Olly his Welsh cap
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Six Nations has never been short on journeys of a miraculous nature but this...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoCan Bono do what Delilah did and unnerve England?
ENGLAND fans of a superstitious disposition will have reason to be wary of what awaits them at Twickenham this afternoon given...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCourtney aiming to give Irish a shiner
By GARY FITZGERALD Black eye: Lawes COURTNEY Lawes shrugged off a nasty training ground eye injury and insisted it will not...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoRomain holds glory in his gifted hands for France
By NICK CAIN Power: Paul Willemse scores France’s second try ANY lingering doubts that France are on their way back as...
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Features
/ 7 years agoVolunteers step up to aid clubs caught in the storm
By ROB COLE THE true spirit of Welsh rugby has been revealed in the flood-ravaged community clubs who battled all week...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CATHERINE SPENCER THE FORMER ENGLAND, BRISTOL, KENT AND FOLKESTONE No.8 FOR years I defined my life by the all-encompassing drive to...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWales face top two in world rankings
WALES will face World Cup winners South Africa and New Zealand in two of their four 2020 Autumn Internationals. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPatchell close to comeback
Return: Rhys Patchell WALES fly-half Rhys Patchell could return for the Scarlets trip to Munster on February 29 after three months...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEx-RFU chief raps Tier Two cash cuts
By NICK CAIN ‘It’s poor’: Cattermole GRAEME Cattermole, former RFU chairman, has added his criticism to the slashing cuts to Championship...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMulvihill in market to reinforce front five options
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA CARDIFF Blues are looking at a quartet of South African locks in a bid to strengthen...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoPivac blast at ref in row over Wales ‘penalty try’
WALES boss Wayne Pivac slammed the refereeing of Matthew Carley after his team’s Six Nations title hopes came to an end...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoChairman Davies may ask to break own rule
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA THE WELSH Rugby Union is already head hunting a new chief executive to replace Martyn Phillips...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoScarratt: England are a team for all seasons
By ADAM ELLIS High hopes: England’s Emily Scarratt TEAMS ENGLAND: McKenna, Dow, Scarratt, Reed, Breach, Daly- McLean, Riley; Cornborough, Davies, Bern,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTyro Luke aiming to emulate his hero Biggar
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA LUKE Scully hopes he can follow in the footsteps of his childhood hero Dan Biggar after...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoSkipper Lllicrap is up for the scrap against France
WALES captain Siwan Lillicrap is anticipating the toughest match of the Six Nations so far for her young teammates when they...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoNorth looked magnificent – for 11 minutes!
PETER JACKSON VERDICT He came blasting out of the tunnel like a man on a mission as if nothing would stop...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoTuilagi is so vital, Eddie must find another one!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Missile: England have missed Manu Tuilagi in midfield PICTURE: Getty Images THE debate over...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHeartbreaker Shaun is the difference
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Crunch: George North collides with Gael Fickou PICTURE: Getty Images Flashback: Emile Ntamack of France...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJonathan Joseph on the wing for England, Daly to full-back
England head coach makes changes to the backline after George Furbank is ruled out of Ireland clash
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoItaly plot a new shock victory over Russell-less Scotland
Scotland are a team Italy know they can beat, writes Brendan Gallagher
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoGareth Davies preferred to Williams at scrum-half for Wales’ clash with France
Wales head coach places faith in Gareth Davies and Ross Moriarty against Les Bleus
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Advent of Josh Adams puts North at big risk
Josh Adams is showing his true Test class for Wales, writes Peter Jackson
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: England need to get smart or pay the price against Ireland
As we reach the half-way mark of the Six Nations, Jeremy Guscott writes of the significance of the Twickenham clash
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Don’t drop George North for France clash
Shane Williams urges Wayne Pivac to stick with North for this week's clash with France
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTompkins talking to all regions
NEWS EXTRA ALL four Welsh rugby regions want to sign Saracens centre Nick Tompkins, say Cardiff Blues boss John Mulvihill and...
British and Irish Lions
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International Rugby
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