All posts tagged "World Cup"
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRussell: I’ve come here to win titles
By JON NEWCOMBE While Henry Arundell has chosen to stay at Racing 92 and turn down a move to Bath, Finn...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFreeman’s switch to 13 has sparked Borthwick’s interest
By PAUL REES Northampton's decision to turn Tommy Freeman into a 13 this season has been far from unlucky for the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFarrell to stick with Ireland
ANDY Farrell will remain Ireland head coach until the end of the 2027 World Cup. Ireland lost to New Zealand in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSurprise U-turn by Snyman
Bath appear to have missed out on signing Springbok World Cup winner RG Snyman, who it seems has changed his mind...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBoost for Quins and Tigers as Horne gets job
BY NEIL FISSLER World Rugby high performance director Peter Horne is set to become the Australian Rugby Union’s new head of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoHenry’s French leave won’t hold him back
JEREMY GUSCOTT IT’S time for the RFU/Premiership to wake up and go, ‘Wow, what’s wrong with us that a young player...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoGonzalez is enjoying his new lease of life
By ADAM HATHAWAY Saracens .......................... 55pts Tries: Gonzalez 7; George 32,40, Hartley 42, 63, Maitland 54, Cinti 56, Dan 70 Conversions:...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoQuins out to collect another big scalp
■By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Toulouse Today, kick-off 3.15pm Twickenham Stoop FULL of confidence after their brilliant 31-28 win away...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoHunt is on for next generation of props
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Five years ago there was a scrum feature in The Rugby Paper which...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoEngland don’t need a comfort blanket
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED According to the industrious Alex Sanderson, who will surely be in the running for a senior place...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoDungeon of obscurity needs to be shut
CHRIS HEWETT Barely able to buy a round of drinks, let alone a win – the good men and true of...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLa Rochelle beaten again as Libbok lands 81st-minute conversion
By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers...........21pts Tries: Loader 52, Venter 79 Conversions: Libbok 81 Penalties: Libbok 36, 41, 44 La Rochelle......20pts Tries: Kerr-Barlow...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRogerson is aiming to shine in Paris
By LUKE JARMYN FLANKER Matt Rogerson has re-found his love for rugby at Leicester Tigers after going through the turmoil of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoMorgan rested as Booth makes changes for Ospreys’ French test
By BEN JAYCOCK THE Ospreys go into today’s trip to Top 14 basement side Montpellier without Wales captain Jac Morgan, who...
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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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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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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRyan has to wise up and show respect
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Maybe one day James Ryan will find it in him to send a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe day Syd needed his teeth to be in
PETER JACKSON Syd Millar’s Himalayan climb along the cutting edge of rugby history encompassed three momentous events: the invincible Lions tour...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Holly Aitchison
ENGLAND FLY-HALF Birthplace: Formby, Merseyside, Date of Birth: 13/09/1997 Community club: Waterloo Rugby Club, Club: Bristol Bears, Red Roses Debut: 2021...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoFrench giants are the ones to beat again, says O’Driscoll
By BEN JAYCOCK Three-time Champions Cup winner Brian O’Driscoll believes English sides will be up against it again in Europe this...
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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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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoSocial media can hurt even the best
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Last weekend saw some of the best rugby we have seen this...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoOlympics causing financial headache
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The new cycle of French senior men’s rugby starts here – a month-and-a-half after the 2023 Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFarrell extends Ireland stay to 2027
Andy Farrell has extended his contract as Ireland head coach until after the next Rugby World Cup in 2027. With his...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoExploring Different Ways to Enjoy the Game of Rugby
While football dominates the headlines and television screens throughout the year, the rugby fanbase around the world is huge, with millions...
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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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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBaron: RFU heading for £59m loss this year
Baron accuses RFU of ‘deliberate obfuscation’ By NICK CAIN Francis Baron has accused the RFU hierarchy of publishing misleading interpretations of...
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World
/ 2 years agoAussie winger heads to Roosters
Australia wing Mark Nawaqanitawase will switch to rugby league after signing a two-year deal with Sydney Roosters which starts in 2025....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDynamic duo put life back into Bath
By PAUL REES Ben Spencer has partnered two of the leading outside halves of their generation, Owen Farrell and Finn Russell,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRobshaw: Farrell will take charge of England again
By GARY FITZGERALD Former captain Chris Robshaw is backing Owen Farrell to lead England into World Cup battle Down Under in...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBristol looking to kick on
By PAUL REES What a difference a win makes. Bristol’s frustrating run of five successive Premiership defeats, four by single figure...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoJones set for Japan job
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former England boss Eddie Jones could return to international coaching as early as this week after having a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGeorge set to carry on at Saracens
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England and Lions hooker Jamie George is ready to turn don a lucrative move to...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoFrench power will be so tough to overcome
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK English clubs are up against it in the Champions Cup because they are competing...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBordeaux blitz and Hansen injury add to Connacht woes
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ............ 5pts Tries: Hurley-Langton 18 Bordeaux .......... 41pts Tries: Buros 10, 54, Uberta 43, 78; Penaud 25,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWe’re not the whipping boys Sanderson
■By JON NEWCOMBE Sale v Stade Francais PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 1pm, AJ Bell Stadium ALEX Sanderson is relishing Sale’s novel status...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChampions La Rochelle face tough challenge against former finalists Leinster
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Leinster v La Rochelle Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Marcel Deflandre Centre: Garry Ringrose THE match of the...
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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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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoThe Viking will put steel back into Bath
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE Viking – a.k.a. RG Snyman – is expected to arrive in Bath...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years ago£750,000 payoff for Jones just staggering
We have now discovered that Eddie Jones was almost certainly paid the equivalent of a full year’s £750,000 salary in a...
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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 agoPau no match for powerful Sharks
By SAM JACKSON Sharks ........... 45 Pau ..................... 5 LUKHANYO Am and Eben Etzebeth scored two tries apiece as the Sharks...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoMinnows can make splash of a whale
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED ACCORDING to Donald J Trump – you may have heard of him – “losers” are the lowest...
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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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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoToo many are being pushed to the edge
Paul Rees says it's time to ensure players spend less time in the gym and more with the ball in their...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoRace for the top is going to be close
The Premiership is taking a short rest after eight rounds and by Christmas will have reached the halfway stage. It is...
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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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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoTo play for the Baa-Baas was a nice way to finish
My Life in Rugby with Graham Kitchener - The former England XV, Worcester & Leicester lock talks about his career in...
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