All posts tagged "World Cup"
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoBe quick! McKellar’s lowdown on Leinster
By PAUL REES Northampton had the chance last night to quiz Dan McKellar about their Champions Cup semi-final opponents Leinster but,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMalins keen to get back into England contention
By PAUL REES Max Malins will use the closing weeks of the season to give the England selectors a nudge ahead...
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Summer Tours
/ 2 years agoDomachowski has his eye on top spot
By SIMON THOMAS Corey Domachowski is a man on a mission to be Wales’ number one No.1. The Cardiff prop now...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoJohann has brought us true belief, says Bayliss
By PAUL REES Bath have turned themselves from also-rans to title contenders in less than two years under Johann van Graan...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoBrown: £3m grant will help bridge gap
By BEN JAYCOCK Shaunagh Brown questions why Wales don’t already have the basic professional requirements to compete but says the ‘levelling...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with James Flynn
The Ampthill and former Saracens, Jersey, Yorkshire Carnegie & Sale Sharks prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoBarrett’s Leinster move seems strange to me
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK JORDIE Barrett’s signing by Leinster on a six-month contract from December until the end...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoDe Chaves: We need to be ruthless
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Bristol Bears v Newcastle Falcons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Ashton Gate NEWCASTLE enforcer Sebastian de Chaves says the...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoBan teams who pick reserves for knock-out stages
The Bulls are not the first outfit to undermine the European Cup by picking an understrength team, with some French clubs...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoEnvious eyes fall on Leinster’s recruits
Leinster's ability to cherry-pick two of the 2023 World Cup final’s biggest stars, signing All Black centre Jordie Barrett to augment...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRichards set for debut as Cunningham rolls the dice
By SAM JACKSON SIX NA PREVIEW... Wales v France Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Cardiff Arms Park CATHERINE Richards will win her first...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 years agoRampant England on target for slam
From BEN JAYCOCK at Twickenham England....................88pts Tries: Dow 6, 36, 63; Hunt 9, Jones 12, 57; Aldcroft 18, Kildunne 27, 67,...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 years agoScotland break Italian duck to boost World Cup hopes
By SAM JACKSON Italy.................... 10pts Try: D’Inca 31 Conversion: Rigoni 32 Penalty: Rigoni 73 Scotland ...........17pts Tries: Skeldon 34, Orr 62,...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoTry-fest with big issues below the surface
The Paris Games, more formally known as the XXXIII Olympiad, are almost upon us and the Rugby Sevens schedule is full...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoOutsiders aiming for a place in the final
Paul Rees looks ahead to the Champions Cup semi-finals where Quins and Saints are facing an uphill battle BEFORE this season’s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoBarrett, the man for every occasion
As a centre-three-quarter par excellence, there is nothing Jordie Barrett cannot do. Nobody in his position can truck it up the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoS Africa is crying out for its own league
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF I remember my A level geography...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoGreat to see Swiss move up the ladder
There will be a new name mixing it with the bigger teams in the Rugby Europe Championship next season after Switzerland...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoHow Lomu changed the way we played
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT SEEMS the spectre of size has raised its head again with...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle Falcons hooker Jacob Oliver
By BEN JAYCOCK Newcastle Falcons have endured a dismal campaign in the Premiership but tyro hooker Jacob Oliver believes the future...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoHurricanes storm in despite triple yellow
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Hurricanes overcame a poor second half in which they conceded three yellow cards to...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoThe four clubs in Kyiv have to share one pitch
Coach to Coach Former Richmond DoR Steve Hill puts the questions to Dimitri Basilaia, the Ukraine assistant coach Why did you...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLeguizamon’s off to a flying start at Pampas
By JOE SANTAMARIA Former London Irish back row Juan Manuel Leguizamón is enjoying a flying start to his coaching career with...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoJIFF looks likely to play a vital role
JAMES HARRINGTON - FRENCH COLUMN It's logical – as the final stop-start sprint in a hard-fought Top 14 season begins –...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEngland didn’t understand Sinckler – Crane
Jordan Crane feels England have failed to get the best out of Kyle Sinckler during his international career, with the tighthead...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBrown: Red Roses must “stand up and be counted” at Twickenham
Ex-Red Roses prop and Harlequins legend Shaunagh Brown spoke of her excitement for England‘s clash against Ireland at Twickenham this weekend,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales legend Owens retires at 37
Former Wales captain Ken Owens has retired from professional rugby aged 37. The ‘Sheriff’ was the oldest ever-player to hold the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMinnows in line for a World Cup boost
By JON NEWCOMBE World Rugby aims to streamline the Rugby World Cup qualification process to give non-high performance nations even more...
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Latest News
/ 2 years ago500-day countdown to World Cup kick-off
By MARK STEVENS Excitement is building by the day as the countdown to Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 hit its...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoWard: I felt I was ‘judged’ over baby
ENGLAND lock Abbie Ward felt “judged” for returning to Test rugby less than a year after giving birth to daughter Hallie....
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoEngland challenge
England will host world champions New Zealand, and France in September as they build up to hosting the Women’s Rugby World...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLlewellyn adds some power
By JON NEWCOMBE Gloucester are reaping the rewards of Max Llewellyn’s weight-gain mission during the Six Nations, with the 109kg hulking...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoPorter set for Aussie return
England centre Guy Porter looks set to return to Australia this summer with the view to representing the Wallabies. Porter, who...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Billy Harding
The Blackheath, England Counties and former Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, chooses the best XV he...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoThe pinball wizard who can fire Exeter
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IMMANUEL Feyi-Waboso was a pretty unknown factor before the Six Nations, but the 21-year-old...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoDawson predicts the battle at 10 will benefit England
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The Fin Smith–Marcus Smith fly-half debate was given a good airing when Matt...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoAnother barmy idea from the men in suits
The Ministry of Silly Walks was a Monty Python sketch which lampooned bureaucratic inefficiency. Rugby Union requires something similar to shame...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoMurphy promises new focus after Ulster are demolished by Clermont
By JOHN FALLON Clermont...........53pts Tries: Yato 18, 68, Sowakula 36, 60, Newsome 44, Simmons 64, Jurand 80 Conversions: Belleau 19, 37,...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury prop Mackenzie Carson
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: British Columbia, Canada Date of birth: 24/06/98 Community club: Abbotsford RFC Red Roses debut: vs Scotland March...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoRugby schedule has little to do with player welfare
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW A roll of drums and a fanfare of trumpets late last summer heralded...
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Q&A
/ 2 years agoI’m really impressed by the ambition on show
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to England men’s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury following a successful U18 Six Nations festival So, Jonathan three...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 years agoMacDonald: Mitchell’s approach ‘really cool’
By MARK STEVENS Claudia MacDonald has praised the ‘new perspective’ John Mitchell has brought to the England Women’s team since taking...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBurns impressed by the new generation
By PAUL EDDISON IF those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it, then the future is promising for...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 33: Matt Dawson on England, Northampton and the Champions Cup
This is a big one! Plenty on the menu for host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and Chris...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMan prosecuted for abusing World Cup official
A man in Australia has been prosecuted for abusing TMO Brian MacNiece on social media during Enlgand’s match against Samoa in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoStrawbridge appointed to England on permanent basis
Andrew Strawbridge will join Steve Borthwick’s England coaching staff on a permanent basis as an assistant coach and coaching advisor. Strawbridge,...
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Sevens World Series
/ 2 years agoHooper helps Aussies reach HK semi-finals
Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper made his sevens debut for Australia in their 12-0 win against Fiji at the Hong Kong...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoGrayson now has Japan in his sights
By BEN JAYCOCK The demise of Wasps, Worcester Warriors and London Irish has left just 10 starting fly-half spots across a...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMalins on his marks for sprint to the line
By MARK STEVENS Max Malins says he’s gearing up for what promises to be a ‘sprint finish’ in the race for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoKitshoff set for return to Stormers
After weeks of speculation South Africa’s two-time World Cup winning prop Steven Kitshoff has decided to leave Ulster at the end...












