All posts tagged "Wales"
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoToulouse’s victory over Quins is top of my list
RUGBY MATTERS THE greatest single performance in the Heineken Cup? That’s a tricky one, there have been so many, but when...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoMillar knew how to keep ref onside
RUGBY MATTERS Dr Syd Millar was many things – Ballymena stalwart, redoubtable Ireland Test prop, successful Ireland coach and innovative rugby...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates game abandoned after serious Grubb injury
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Cornish Pirates’ game at Ealing was abandoned on Sunday following an injury to Pirates forward Ben Grubb. Back...
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Features
/ 2 years agoSetting the agenda for rugby
Paul Rees looks ahead to the issues that will be addressed in this week's meeting of the Premiership's top men The...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoEach day was filled with song, fun and laughter
My Life in Rugby with Graham Dewes - The former Fiji prop and 2007 Rugby World Cup hero talks about his...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years ago70 years on and two remain
PETER JACKSON This weekend marks the 70th anniversary of the rarest result in Test rugby. On Saturday, December 19, 1953, Wales...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGloucester want Wales’ Sheedy at ten
Gloucester are shopping for a new fly-half for next season and have cast their eye on Bristol Bears’ Wales No.10 Callum...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoYapp to take the reins of Wallaroos
FORMER England captain Jo Yapp has been appointed head coach of Australia women’s team on a two-year deal. Yapp, 44, becomes...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRugby celebrate historic win over Baa-Baas
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Rugby School celebrated the end of their bicentennial season in style with a double win in...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoLlandovery made to fight all the way
Premiership round-up By ANDY HOWELL LLANDOVERY remain top of the Premiership following a hard-fought 27-10 victory over Aberavon at Church Bank....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoJones returns to Japan job
Eddie Jones has been confirmed as the new coach of Japan, where he was boss between 2012 and 2015, less than...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBears set to splash cash for Lovejoy
By NEIL FISSLER Bristol have launched a massive recruitment drive for next season, with Harlequins tighthead Lovejoy Chawatama set to become...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCokanasiga a target for Gloucester
Gloucester are understood to have put England winger Joe Cokanasiga on the list of potential replacements for Wales superstar Louis Rees-Zammit,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoFour-try Lake guides Ospreys safely home
■By ROB COLE Ospreys ............................. 43pts Tries: Lake 7, 26, 46, 56; Thomas 17, Morris 76 Conversions: Williams 8, 19, 27,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLloyd blow a problem for Scarlets and Gatland
■By ANDY HOWELL Castres ............. 34pts Tries: Raisuqe 5, Fernandez 32, Papali’i 38, Dumora 43, Le Brun 66 Conversions: Le Brun...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoBarton is on target to rescue Gloucester
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Black Lion .......... 10pts Try: Matkava 20 Conversion: Matkava 21 Gloucester ......... 15pts Penalty: Matkava 68 Penalties: Barton...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoDyer at the double to seal victory for Dragons
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons............ 24pts Tries: Hewitt 43, Davies 74, Dyer 77, 80 Conversions: Reed 44, 80 Oyonnax.............. 7pts Tries: Treilles...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWe need outcome that we can trust
It has been heading our way for many months, but now it seems horribly real. The concussion lawsuit laid against three...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoA team stuffed full of captains
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I was having one final lingering look at...
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Columnists
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for Lions to hunt change
By JOE SANTAMARIA Crunch: Jonny Wilkinson weathered the storm to kick three late points to earn the Lions a draw against...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoNo room at the top for Welsh regions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS Anglo-Welsh duels of the blood-and-guts variety go, one springs foremost to mind:...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoMann happy he made the switch from football
By SIMON THOMAS Football's loss is proving to be rugby’s gain in the case of URC top tackler Alex Mann. He...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Northampton scrum-half Archie McParland
BY BEN JAYCOCK Under the close guidance of Will Parkin, Archie McParland has made the transition from fly-half to scrum-half and...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoDavies enjoying life in a new lake
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN SWAPPING Dragons for a new challenge at Grenoble – and the lens of Welsh rugby for relative...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoVickery & Regan named in lawsuit
Two of England’s 2003 World Cup winners, Phil Vickery and Mark Regan, are among the 295 players taking legal action against...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoExodus of talent isn’t always a disaster
Sabbaticals are all the rage. Sam Cane, the New Zealand captain who chased gold at the recent World Cup but ended...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCross is determined to keep Reffell quiet
By JON NEWCOMBE In-form Newcastle flanker Sam Cross returns to the scene of his first professional game confident the Premiership’s bottom...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoJohn was the first to sidestep celebrity
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW OWEN Farrell‘s maternal grandfather had only just begun creating the ultimate Anglo-Irish dynasty...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoDominant Saracens get ready for lift-off
By EDDIE MCATEER Harlequins ........................0pts Saracens .........................31pts Tries: Campbell 25, Packer 38, Farries 59, 78; Penalty 65 Conversions: De Goede 26,...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoMatavesi happy he is back home in Cornwall
By MARK STEVENS Among the quaint villages and historic towns that dot the local landscape, Josh Matavesi has once again discovered...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoA case of third time lucky for Neville
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sport is full of sliding doors moments,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoHeartbreak for Ospreys as Benetton snatch it
By ROB COLE Benetton ........... 18pts Tries: Bernasconi 16, Da Re 76 Conversions: Umaga 17 Penalties: Umaga 65, 69 Ospreys ................
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoIosefa-Scott happy he took chance with Chiefs
By PAUL REES Josh Iosefa-Scott was stunned when Exeter contacted his agent two years ago. The 22st England qualified prop was...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoCane and Kolbe link up for Japan opener
By BEN JAYCOCK Just over a month since the Rugby World Cup final, 14 of the players who featured in the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoFiji must play top teams – Matavesi
By PAUL REES Sam Matavesi says the World Cup showed Fiji need more fixtures against the leading nations if they are...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoAfter only seven games, hooker Elias is happy to be back in the running
By SIMON THOMAS Ryan Elias has played just seven games of rugby in 2023 – yet among those have been some...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoFearing players going abroad is a false storm
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WORLD Cups provide rugby union with an opportunity to reset, and the actions taken...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years ago20 years on and little to give us any real hope
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THIS week saw the 20th anniversary celebrations of the 2003 England squad winning...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBaxter urges his young charges to win on the road
By PAUL REES Going well: Joe Hawkins ROB Baxter has called on his young Exeter side to lay down a marker...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoDay Wales played a game of four halves
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW It’s built beneath the mountain, beneath the coal and clay, It’s where we...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoWales captain Morgan has some familiar faces in sight
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Ospreys v Scarlets Today. Kick-off 3pm, Liberty Stadium WALES captain Jac Morgan returns to his former club...
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Features
/ 2 years agoReturning from the ‘dead’ to play again
Jon Newcombe talks to Morgan MacRae, the Welsh hooker determined to resurrect his career HAVING gone into cardiac arrest and having...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoCourt case that could define game’s future
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS WE approach what could be a defining moment in the future...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins back row Louis Schmid
BY BEN JAYCOCK Following in his father’s footsteps, Lucas Schmid took up rugby as early as three and after excelling at...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years ago‘Since the year dot, I have been involved with Saints’
My Life in Rugby with Lennie Newman - The former Northampton forward and team manager talks about his life in the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoAnother maximum for flying Drovers
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD CHAMPIONS Llandovery made it five successive bonus point victories and nine wins out of 10 after...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoAll Eyes on the Six Nations 2024
We’ve seen the Six Nations teams in action in France in the concluded Rugby World Cup, and based on form, it...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoEngland’s Rugby Glory: Reliving Their Greatest World Cup Triumphs
England has a rich history in rugby, and their successes on the international stage have been nothing short of spectacular. One...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoLegends of the Oval Ball: Top 21st Century Rugby Icons
Rugby is a sport that has been around for over 200 years, and it has produced some of the most iconic...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoBritish Rugby Legends: Unveiling the Titans Who Shaped the Game
Rugby, a sport steeped in tradition and raw physicality, has a rich history in Britain. Over the years, countless individuals have...
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