All posts tagged "Wales"
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoEurope’s finest being sold down the river
WELCOME to Northern Hemisphere rugby’s endless road. An 11 month season which purports to be all things to all men, but...
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Features
/ 9 years agoIrish step up recruitment for assault on top-flight
LONDON IRISH have been busy recruiting players ahead of their impending return to the Premiership next season. But I understand that...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEddie’s lionhearts must now dispel the myth of supermen
As this year’s Six Nations finishes with more of a fizz than a bang, with everything decided last week, have we...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMitchell: Lions should go with co-captains
By JON NEWCOMBE THE Lions captaincy will be the key debate now the Six Nations has concluded, but John Mitchell believes...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoVictory in Vancouver cuts Blitzbokke lead
VANCOUVER WRAP By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND claimed their second tournament victory this season on the World Sevens circuit with victory over...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoUnbeaten England building for Wales
By NICK VERDIER England U18 31pts Scotland U18 17pts Setting the tempo: England skipper Ollie Fox feeds his backs ENGLAND ended...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSo, why did England give Ireland so much ball?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT On the charge: Ben Te’o should have been brought on sooner It was always...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoGood riddance to record run, now Eddie can experiment
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Days are numbered: England captain Dylan Hartley It had to happen – and in fact you could argue...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIt’s Rorke’s Drift again, but this time the Welsh heroics end badly
By PETER JACKSON Roar power: Referee Wayne Barnes awards a try to Damien Chouly, of France, deep in injury-time to level...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years ago‘Cheating’ French rile Howley in prop row
ROB HOWLEY believes France went against the spirit of rugby with the way they replaced prop Uini Atonio during the 20...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoFrance overpower Wales in the generation game
A DOMINANT second-half in Montauban on Friday night helped France and their famous sons hit Wales for six in the last...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoWales denied despite Evans’ salvo
France W 39 Wales W 19 FRANCE made it three from three over Wales in this last weekend of the Six...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoHigh quality moments could not mask increasing shortage of classic matches
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the defining moments of the Six Nations and how the introduction of bonus points effected things...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Will Jones – Wales U20s captain
Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but Wales U20s captain Will Jones...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions watch: centres
The ebb and flow of Lions selection at centre during this Six Nations turned decisively in England‘s direction when Jonathan Joseph...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Marc Jones – Bristol hooker
1. Eifion Lewis-Roberts – Turned up at Sale around the same time as me in 2005, so I spent a long...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIrish dogs of war must soldier on to rescue season
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT SUDDENLY Soldiers Field seems a long time ago and a million miles away. The slayers of New Zealand...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoAdvantage Webb in battle for Lions jersey
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THIS was much more like it from Wales and in George North and Rhys Webb,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoO’Mahony: We won’t be lacking motivation
IRELAND flanker Peter O’Mahony says Joe Schmidt’s side won’t be short on motivation against England, despite seeing their Six Nations hopes...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIreland dream shattered by Williams masterclass
WALES U20s edged a highscoring affair as they beat Ireland at Parc Eirias in Colwyn Bay. The bonus-point success saw the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoA forgotten Lion still roars for Gloucester
AWelsh Lion sits on top of the English Premiership class for attendance, a record of ever-presence matched by only other from...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoArms Park is shrinking
THE Cardiff Blues no doubt have many sound reasons of an almost exclusively financial nature behind their joint plan with the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoKvesic out to show he’s as able as Cane
MATT Kvesic provides a perfect case history of why English rugby, with its boombust results cycle, can never afford to be...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJoseph becomes centre of attraction
THE ebb and flow of Lions selection at centre during this Six Nations turned decisively in England’s direction when Jonathan Joseph...
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Features
/ 9 years agoInglorious tour which began with an erroneous choice of captain
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back at 1983 when the Lions suffered badly from selection mistakes Clash of the giants: Maurice Colclough jumps...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWard to return to the front line and forget those days as a jackal
By NICK VERDIER DAVE Ward knows his days in the Harlequins back row are coming to end but he is determined...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBristol step up rebuild with Ireland stand-off Madigan
BRISTOL have secured their second big-name signing ahead of next season with the capture of Ian Madigan. The Ireland No.10, who...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoEngland on track after Kenya win
Vancouver By NICK VERDIER Clincher: Dan Bibby ENGLAND were pushed hard in their opening fixture but a four-try win over Kenya...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Max Coyle – Harlequins full-back
Concussion may have cut his U18s Premier-ship final appearance short but Max Coyle is determined to create long-lasting memories from his...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Crooked feeds are bigger concern than lack of rucking
What a fuss about nothing. As all hell breaks loose because of what Italy did not do, and what England could...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions watch: wings
Warren Gatland is going to be spoiled for choice when it comes to selecting his 2017 Lions wings. The head coach...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoBiggar: No sulking, we’ve got to shape up for Irish
Dan Biggar insists Wales won’t be lacking motivation when they face Ireland on Friday, despite having only pride to play for...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
Lichfield Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best club in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoJust how good is Stuart Hogg
Earlier in his career – and he’s still only 24 for heaven’s sake – the story that Stuart Hogg was distantly...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Sorry Gav, you’ve just had one good game
I felt the full wrath of the Welsh public in my career. It’s brutal and there’ll be no-one hurting more than...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: How Wales are missing Henson’s abiding class
As Wales prepare to salvage what’s left of the Six Nations, their best midfield player will be otherwise engaged in a...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoDestroyer Hamish on mission at Twickenham
Hamish Watson felt he had a point to prove to Vern Cotter when he came off the bench to star against...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTipuric to win 50th Wales cap
Justin Tipuric will win his 50th Wales cap as head coach Rob Howley named an unchanged squad to face Ireland at...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Eddie must get England playing at a higher tempo
Scotland have good cause to feel confident going to Twickenham based on their home victories over Ireland and Wales. However, the...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoEddie must get England playing at a higher tempo
Threat: Ben Te’o would add go-forward between Owen Farrell and Elliot Daly PICTURE: Getty Images SCOTLAND have good cause to feel...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHow Wales are missing
Henson’s abiding class As Wales prepare to salvage what’s left of the Six Nations, their best midfield player will be otherwise...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWilliams’ rich seam of talent Alun-Wyn misses the point
THERE are many examples of illustrious families to be found in the history books of the game but none, surely, to...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoGeorge must find some form… fast
WARREN Gatland is going to be spoiled for choice when it comes to selecting his 2017 Lions wings. The head coach...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDestroyer Hamish on mission at Twickenham
By GARY HEATLY HAMISH Watson felt he had a point to prove to Vern Cotter when he came off the bench...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
WILL JONES WALES U20s CAPTAIN Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoCrooked feeds are bigger concern than lack of rucking
Still a mess: World Rugby has a duty to sort out the ongoing problems in the scrum PICTURE: Getty Images What...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHow Eddie put spring back in Daly’s step after World Cup axe
High-stepping: Elliot Daly takes on Italy’s defence ELLIOT Daly has thanked Eddie Jones for giving him the confidence to believe he...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNo need for motivation when we face Scots says Youngs
By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Youngs happily fanned the Calcutta Cup flames that threaten to burn red hot in the build-up to...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBarnstorming Billy can put the frighteners on
BEN Youngs insists the potential return of “the world’s best No.8” for the Calcutta Cup clash at Twickenham is bad news...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoRedpath pins his colours to England
ENGLAND SCHOOLS CAMERON Redpath will force his father Bryan to cheer on England today after being named on the bench to...












