All posts tagged "World Cup"
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoGlobal rankings are funny old game
FUNNY things, rankings. Wales conceded a record number of points to the All Blacks on home soil last weekend – 55...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Bravo referee Matt Carley for taking no nonsense
Of all the subjects that have irritated me in recent years – apart from the hardy annual of blatant forward passes...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoTry-happy Saracens determined to turn their silver into gold
Saracens have put their opening round loss to Gloucester-Hartpury behind them, responding in emphatic fashion by being the league’s top points...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoWales lock Pyrs powers Hartpury title bid
NEWS EXTRA By JOSEPH TERRY BANGOR-born farm girl Alaw Pyrs is leading the charge for Hartpury University this term, fresh from...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoEngland’s World Cup star Abby Dow calls time on her career at the age of 28
Red Roses wing Abby Dow has announced her shock retirement from professional rugby, ending one of the most decorated careers in...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoEngland’s Tom Curry receives full backing of RFU boss Bill Sweeney after row with Argentina coach
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney has robustly defended Tom Curry following his altercation with Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi, insisting the...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoLewis Moody pays tribute to Doddie Weir & Rob Burrow for championing MND awareness
Former England captain Lewis Moody has paid tribute to the work of Doddie Weir and Rob Burrow in helping raise awareness...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoLawrence Dallaglio: Next step for England is winning silverware
Lawrence Dallaglio has acclaimed England’s incredible transformation from agonising nearly men to clinical, big-game Test winners.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoWales 26-52 New Zealand: Steve Tandy’s side are down but far from out
New Zealand have reached 50 points in their last three visits to the Welsh capital and duly recorded their 35th consecutive...
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoBoks star Marx world player of the year
In at the corner: Damian Willemse scores South Africa’s first try and, right, Sam Prendergast and Ireland players dejected at full-time...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoFrance 48-33 Australia: The French take their time to get into right gear
France took their time getting going, but they put on their best performance of the autumn, condemning Australia to a 10th...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoScotland v Tonga: Gregor Townsend demands Scots get back on track
Scotland will be looking to get back on track today against Tonga having thrown away leads against Argentina and New Zealand...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoLet’s hope money is invested wisely
AFTER the upheaval over the £1.1m remuneration paid to RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney in 2023-24, including a £358,000 LTIP bonus...
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 months agoChris Hewett: These Flying Fijians deserve place in sun
Few historians of the ancient world put it quite this way, but the Peloponnesian War was won off the bench.
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoBelgium must be treated fairly by World Rugby
I AM putting World Rugby on notice. Do not let Belgium rugby wither on the vine like you have so many...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoBethan Lewis reveals Gloucester-Hartpury’s desire to keep the winning machine going
Coaching changes have not derailed three-time reigning PWR champions Gloucester-Hartpury, who continue to set the pace with four wins from four...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoMax Ojomoh to start England’s clash with Argentina in Fraser Dingwall’s absence
Max Ojomoh will start England’s climax to the autumn against Argentina on Sunday after Fraser Dingwall was withdrawn from the team...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoSteve Tandy hails Harri Deaves’ journey from roofer to facing All Blacks is inspiring
The fairy tale rise of flanker Harri Deaves from roofer to international rugby player will inspire a generation, says Wales head...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoSteve Borthwick insists Elliot Daly will be key for England at 2027 World Cup
Elliot Daly will make his first appearance since the British and Irish Lions tour with backing from Steve Borthwick to remain...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoLegendary chef launches Rugby Kitchen of the Year 2026
Pierre Koffmann, the iconic chef behind Le Tante Claire, and mentor to the likes of Marco Pierre White, returned to the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoWales flanker Alex Mann happy to share limelight with his best mate
Alex Mann admits it’s a surreal feeling to be on Wales duty at the same time as his best mate Isaak...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoEngland 33-19 New Zealand: Steve Borthwick’s side steamroll jaded All Blacks
There was smoke over Twickenham yesterday evening – black smoke – after an on-fire England team achieved one the rarest of...
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoI loved it! Fly-half Ford gets it right this time
After saying on Friday they had no special plans to respond to the haka, England formed an arrow head, similar to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoWales 24-23 Japan: Jarrod Evans hits the target as Steve Tandy’s side steal it at the death
An 83rd-minute penalty from replacement Jarrod Evans deprived Japan of a deserved first victory in Wales in a dramatic finish.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoFrance 34-21 Fiji: Nicholas Depoortere at the double to take Les Bleus out of sight
Centre Nicolas Depoortere scored in each half as France all-but guaranteed themselves a top-six seeding in the Rugby World Cup 2027...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoRWC ’27 face-off between Belgium & Samoa
RWC QUALIFIER SAMOA and Belgium have set up a winner takes all showdown on Tuesday for the final place at the...
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoAptsiauri hat-trick helps Georgia down Canada
International round-up FLYING wing Shalva Aptsiauri scored three tries to help Georgia defeat Canada 38-17 in Batumi, Georgia. After conceding an...
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 months agoChris Hewett: Without Jac Morgan, Wales will not be all right
The differences are obvious: he doesn’t have a shock of guitar-hero hair, or a nose so busted it resembles the last...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoPeter Jackson: Ray ‘Chico’ Hopkins still unhappy with place in history
Even now, more than 50 years after turning England inside out and upside down at Twickenham, Ray ‘Chico’ Hopkins still resents...
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Letters
/ 6 months agoNorrie’s World Cup suggestions were spot on
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed reading David Norrie’s opinion on the Rugby World Cup format – both he and I are singing from...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoAt Exeter Chiefs, we need to be brave and smart, says Emily Tuttosi
Exeter Chiefs hooker Emily Tuttosi feels the club’s shift towards a more ambitious, offloading style under new boss Steve Salvin and...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoScots award 35 contracts
SCOTLAND Women have awarded one-year contracts to 35 players, 21 of whom were part of the recent World Cup squad that...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoBunting steps down from Black Ferns
NEW Zealand women’s director of rugby Allan Bunting has stepped down from his role following the Black Ferns’ semi-final exit to...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoMND match raises £110k
LEGENDS from both rugny codes did battle at Kingsholm last Sunday as the 745 Game raised £110,000 to help fight motor...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoGeorge Ford urges England to seize their chance against New Zealand
George Ford insists Maro Itoje’s England are determined to seize their place in the nation’s rugby history by ending the long...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months ago‘Fast and explosive’ Louis Rees-Zammit back in ‘happy place’ after Wales return
Louis Rees-Zammit is determined to bring star quality to rugby after returning from his 18-month spell in the NFL “heavier, faster...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoGeorge Ford returns at fly-half for England to face New Zealand
George Ford will direct England’s quest for a first victory over New Zealand in six years after being named in a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoSouth Africa and France deliver rugby at its finest as Springboks triumph in Paris
Saturday’s blockbuster clash between the World Champions South Africa and Six Nations 2025 Champions France was, in my opinion, the most...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoGolfer Shane Lowry happy to give England’s Ben Earl a few tips
Ben Earl has played in plenty of high-octane rugby games but reckons he has it easy compared to one of his...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoSamoa looking good for RWC ’27
SAMOA breezed past Brazil 48-10 in the opening round of final World Cup qualifying in Dubai as they strive to keep...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoEngland 38-18 Fiji: Battling Fijians give Steve Borthwick’s side plenty to work on
By the time Maro Itoje dived over the top of the tiring Fijian forwards from close range to score England’s sixth...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoPaul Rees: Buoyant England are ready to sink All Blacks
Fiji blew up after England deployed their bomb squad after 53 minutes, but not before giving a side chasing 10 successive...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoJeremy Guscott: Look at that lineup and you have to say: ‘Wow!’
England’s performance against Australia in the first of their four home Autumn Series Tests was rusty, which was only to be...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoIreland 41-10 Japan: Irish take their time to get into right gear
Ireland’s power off the bench saw them home against a spirited Japanese side, but this was not a performance to put...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoFrance 17-32 South Africa: Springboks too smart for Les Bleus
A Herculean effort with 14 men saw South Africa complete a remarkable second-half comeback in Paris against France.
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoGeorgia prove too strong for USA
International round-up GEORGIA defeated the USA 43-30 in an entertaining contest in Batumi. USA bounced back from their 85-0 humbling by...
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 months agoChris Hewett: I’d stick with Ben Earl in the back row, Steve Borthwick
Welcome to the “Yeti Syndrome”, a vivid way of categorising the many things we seek in rugby but no longer expect...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoKeystone Cops are still calling the shots
YOU can understand why rugby’s lords and masters are chasing the US dollar, but doing it in the way the Keystone...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoPeter Jackson: Fearless Fred Howard calls Henry Pollock to account
A retired referee of global renown called the other day to pose a rhetorical question about the legality of Henry Pollock’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 months ago‘Shunto’ spent his career on the bench
THE village of Penclawwd, renowned for its cockles and for sending a pair of schoolboy half backs to run rings round...
International Rugby
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