All posts tagged "World Cup"
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 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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Latest News
/ 12 years agoCarter confirm Racing Metro move
Dan Carter is set to become rugby‘s highest paid rugby player ever after agreeing a three-year deal with Racing Metro believed...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHarlequins confirm James Horwill arrival
As revealed in The Rugby Paper on October 19, Harlequins have signed Australian International Lock James Horwill from Queenlsand Reds. Horwill...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHartley and Lawes among seven to pen new Northampton deals
Dylan Hartley has rejected a ‘very generous’ deal at Montpellier to instead sign a new contract with Northampton Saints. The England...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Ritchie keeps the faith with Lancaster…for now
Ian Ritchie delivered an intriguing line in double-speak as he delivered his verdict on England‘s autumn return of two losses and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Tyro tens are the big plusses of the autumn
These days it seems to be impossible to make a judgement on any of the Home Union teams without referring to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVarsity match PREVIEW
Two long standing records will be broken at Twickenham on Thursday if Oxford can continue their recent dominance and win the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoGopperth will leave Leinster
As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on November 2, Jimmy Gopperth will leave Leinster at the end of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Joe Schmidt’s success lies in the simplicity of his method
Ireland have quietly moved into third place in the world rankings without any great fireworks or fanfare. Even their Kiwi coach,...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Pay for a proper TMO system or bin it off
The TMO was introduced into the Premiership just over two years ago, and into international rugby a year later, and the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoIrish bid for 2023 Rugby World Cup Announced
The Irish Rugby Football Union today formally announced its intention to submit a bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup...
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/ 12 years agoSuccessful surgery for Jean de Villiers
Jean de Villiers has set his sights on next year’s World Cup after undergoing surgery to rebuilt his left knee. The...
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/ 12 years agoHighlights: England v Australia
England did not have the best of times this November but they will head into 2015 on the back of a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: England need a coherent attack to test the top teams
Last Saturday’s game against the All Blacks drew the usual response from Stuart Lancaster and the media. Lancaster extolled the progress...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Wallabies would be nowhere without Ray
There was a time when Wales hammered Australia 24-0, when the terse verdict reflected the expectation of an underwhelmed public: So...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoMichael Cheika ‘can turn Wallabies into World Cup winners’
Brian Smith and Dean Mumm back appointment of Super Rugby winning coach
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Alex Gallagher: Blackheath fly-half
Blackheath were the first English club to have a World Cup winner in their ranks with John Gallagher and, 20 years...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Professional game must not take the Blockheads literally
To paraphrase Ian Dury, Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll is all that rugby needs. Sex is the easy part...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSexton shortlisted for IRB Player of the Year
Jonny Sexton has been shortlisted for the IRB Player of the Year award it was announced today. The Ireland fly-half could...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Dick Best about England’s best chance of beating South Africa
Dick Best says that South Africa, the big beasts of the world game, are on the hunt. He says that Springbok...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoAll Blacks called but I’m a proud Samoan – Alapati Leiua
Brotherly love caused Wasps star to knock back New Zealand in favour of a Test career with Samoa.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Was it really about driving standards or lining pockets?
New name, new trophy, new management but same old European tournament as all but the rank outsiders in their group (such...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoDanny Care determined to prove he is the man
Scrum-half is a changed man with the alcohol-fuelled misdemeanours helped mould him into a more mature individual and player.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why Brian O’Driscoll won’t be taking anyone to book unlike Kevin Pietersen
Rugby‘s oldest maxim is probably “what goes on tour stays on tour” and, as an ‘old school’ player par excellence, Brian...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Renwick – Former Hawick, Harlequins, Scotland and Lions centre
I was fortunate to play in the Seventies when rugby was really taking off. There were empty spaces on the terraces...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoChris Robshaw is the real deal says Nick Easter, lay off him!
Quins veteran has urged critics of England captain to resist comparing him to Martin Johnson and judge him on his own...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Topsy Ojo – London Irish wing
1.Clarke Dermody – He was a brilliant all-rounder whether it was scrummaging or with ball in hand. He was a great...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDan Leo: I had to quit France to get fit for World Cup!
French clubs rolling in money but their conditioning methods are rooted firmly in the dark ages according to London Irish lock.
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Dan Thomas – Gloucester flanker
Former Wales U20 captain Dan Thomas hopes to be involved in the LV=Cup with Gloucester in three weeks and, with an...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s Team of the 2014 Rugby Championship
15 Joaquin Tuculet (Argentina) The exciting new Puma nudges it from Israel Folau who, although good, wasn’t quite the force of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Richard Cockerill may ruffle feathers but it’s no reason to sack him
The trials and tribulations of being a rugby fan is a rollercoaster ride full of elation and deflation that must make...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Get Martin Johnson on board to pass on lessons learned in 2011
So Martin Johnson is reliving the nightmare that was the 2011 RWC England campaign. Although it has been virtually three years,...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoGlobetrotter Asaeli Tikoirotuma takes aim at European glory
Flying Fijian believes his big game experience can help Harlequins scale the heights both domestically and in Europe this season.
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Jamie Lennard – Doncaster fly-half
Great start for Donny? Everyone expected us to come back up and try to just survive but we’re an ambitious group...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: The RFU are right to back Lancaster’s long-term plan
There has been interesting debate surrounding Wednesday’s announcement by Ian Ritchie, the RFU chief executive, that Stuart Lancaster and his assistant...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Now Stuart Lancaster has a licence to gamble
If Stuart Lancaster sees out his full term as England head coach he will have been in the post for an...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Steve Hanley – former Sale and England wing
I must be the only person to have started a season playing junior rugby in the old Fourth Division (North) and...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSteffon Armitage’s move to Bath off
Steffon Armitage will not be joining Bath according to head coach Mike Ford. Reports in France suggested the Toulon flanker was...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoProtesting fans urged to back Wasps FC
Former Wasps academy manager has urged the club’s fans to turn their back on Coventry and support the amateur side.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Injuries mount – the way fitness guru Rex warned
A cracking start to the season has seen some high scoring games and some unexpected results, including big losses for Leicester...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: James Merriman – former Bristol, Gloucester and Wales Sevens flanker
Winning the Rugby Sevens World Cup with Wales five years ago has to be the standout moment of my career. We...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 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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Latest News
/ 12 years agoBen Kay joins Leicester Tigers board of directors
Leicester Tigers today announced the addition of World Cup winner Ben Kay MBE to the club’s board of directors. After joining...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoVersatile Henry Slade can take Toby Flood path to top
Exeter backs coach Ali Hepher believes Slade's ability to play anywhere in the backline can only enhance his Test prospects.
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRFU and Premiership Rugby reach agreement over World Cup row
THE Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby have agreed a range of measures to address the demands of the Rugby World...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: When rugby passed its screen test
Gareth Thomas is launching his new updated biography Proud on Thursday – which is probably why that amiable old Hollywood slugger...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Exeter’s Henry Slade about his outside hopes for the World Cup
How could Henry Slade give up on the dream of winning the 2015 World Cup final for England when the last...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Expect Saracens to cash in on the World Cup wobbles
It’s great when the season restarts and the politics takes second place and we can get on to actually playing and...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Josh Furno – Newcastle flanker
Born in Australia, but raised in Italy? That’s right, born in St Kilda, Melbourne. But my dad’s a doctor and is...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Magician who turned invisible for England
James Simpson-Daniel was one of those players, who, like David Campese and Gerald Davies before him, was touched by the rugby...
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