All posts tagged "World Cup"
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/ 3 years ago‘Unfair game for female kickers’
ENGLAND head coach Simon Middleton has suggested goal-kicking rules in women’s rugby should change because of the “natural discrepancy between male...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWade stays on at Racing 92
Former Wasps and England winger Christian Wade, below, is set to stay in France next season by signing an extension that...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoIrish galacticos on song as Leicester are sent packing
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster............................. 55pts Tries: Ringrose 2, 16; Gibson-Park 52, Penalty 55, Penny 61, O’Brien 71, McKee 79 Conversions: Byrne...
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/ 3 years agoDow gets four as England extend winning run
England………………………….68 Tries: Breach 3, 39, 63; Dow 9, 53, 56, 72; MacDonald 17, 33; Heard 44, Packer 68, 78 Conversions: Aitchison...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoPrem will keep its eight clubs in Europe
By PAUL REES The Gallagher Premiership will continue to supply eight clubs to the Heineken Champions Cup next season despite two...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoEx-Ireland full-back Jones joins Borthwick
Former Ireland full-back Felix Jones will leave South Africa’s coaching set-up and join England as an assistant coach after the 2023...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoHaskell: Billy can still star for England
By BEN JAYCOCK James Haskell feels the door could be open for an international recall for his former England teammate Billy...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKidney keeping Arundell positive as Irish aim for top four
By GARY FITZGERALD Declan Kidney showed there is no place for favouritism in his London Irish side by bringing Henry Arundell...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoGood, but Hogg not quite top of the list
CHRIS HEWETT WHAT are we to make of the Strange Case of Stuart Hogg? The scorer of more international tries than...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoBurns gets chance to make her case
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... England v Italy Today. Kick-off 3pm, Franklin’s Gardens New faces: Bristol’s Delaney Burns starts in the second...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPacker takes charge as new-look team emerge
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNER Emotional: Sarah Hunter, middle, and Marlie Packer before last week’s match against Scotland PICTURES: Getty...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCastres tempting Watson
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Anthony Watson is due to travel to France as Castres...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoParra has his eye on a final flourish
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For a while, it looked as if Morgan Parra’s season – and possibly his career – had...
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/ 3 years agoKiwi flyer Reece out of RWC
ALL BLACKS winger Sevu Reece has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering an ACL injury while playing for...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLong ban for Rizzoli
ROOKIE Italian prop Luca Rizzoli’s World Cup hopes have been dashed by a nine-match ban for ‘physical abuse’ in last week’s...
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/ 3 years agoHogg, 30, announces shock retirement
Stuart Hogg has stunned the rugby world by announcing his intention to retire after this year’s Rugby World Cup. Hogg made...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDallaglio calls on Borthwick to pick a leader from pack
By GARY FITZGERALD England head coach Steve Borthwick has been urged to change his position over the England captaincy and give...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeicester SOS for new lock
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Leicester Tigers have sent out an emergency appeal for a lock to cover for Ollie...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCowan-Dickie deal still expected to go ahead
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Luke Cowan-Dickie is still expected to join French giants Montpellier this...
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/ 3 years agoDu Toit heading to The Rec as Hatley departs
NEWS EXTRA BATH have signed South African World Cup-winning tighthead Thomas du Toit from the Sharks. The 27-year-old, who has 15...
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/ 3 years agoRobertson gets nod for All Blacks top job
NEWS EXTRA CRUSADERS boss Scott Robertson will succeed Ian Foster as head coach of the All Blacks after the World Cup....
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/ 3 years agoMost-capped player Hunter announces retirement
Red Roses captain Sarah Hunter will retire after Saturday’s Six Nations opener against Scotland, bringing to an end a 19-year playing...
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/ 3 years ago‘Steward red was not right’
By ADAM HATHAWAY in Dublin Ellis Genge leapt to the defence of Freddie Steward after the full-back’s red card put England...
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/ 3 years agoGatland: We showed some real character out there
By ROB COLE Warren Gatland finally believes he has got something to build on after watching his side plunder four tries...
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/ 3 years agoTownsend poised to carry on
Gregor Townsend expects his future as Scotland head coach to be decided “soon” after revealing he has held initial talks about...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBetter, yes, but there’s still a long way to go…
PAUL REES A red letter day for Ireland who achieved a first Grand Slam victory in Dublin after a red card...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoMoney problems hit England and Wales
WITNESSING the gulf in abilities between England and France had me thinking of the issues going on in the WRU and...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoStanding tall as we finish on a high
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND What a brilliant start by Wales at Stade de France and what an encouraging performance...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoScotland finish as best of the rest
By BRYN PALMER Scotland ........................... 26pts Tries: van der Merwe 13, Kinghorn 30, 44, 80+1 Conversions: Kinghorn 31, 46, 80+2 Italy.....................................14pts...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoWomen’s Six Nations Team-by-Team Previews, Wales: Jones confident Welsh can start to close the gap
Wales captain Hannah Jones believes her side can close the gap to England and France. Since the introduction of professional contracts,...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoWomen’s Six Nations Team-by-Team previews, France: Forlani eager to prove her worth
France are desperate to shake their runners-up tag but will have to contend with losing a wealth of experience. Les Bleues...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoWomen’s Six Nations Team-by-Team Previews, Italy: New faces are exciting for Turani
By Cameron Stephens It is the beginning of a new Italian era as Le Azzure must navigate the tournament without some...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Andy Booth: ‘I’ve got every cap bar the senior one’
The former Neath, Swansea, Cardiff, Cambridge University and Wales B scrum-half talks about his life in the game I played back...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoBob Burrows, the man who opened door for Living with Lions
PETER JACKSON Bob Burrows joined the BBC from Fleet Street via the Yorkshire Post during the heady days of late summer...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoI’m off to the farm after this, says Jessy
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France have had a quietly dramatic week in the lead-up to the Women’s Six Nations, which kicks...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoResurgent Scots can give Irish tough test
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK There is no question that Ireland’s visit to Murrayfield today against a resurgent Scotland...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoGreat shout, Warren! Rhys justifies his recall
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Buzzing: Rhys Webb celebrates Taulupe Faletau’s try Right: Rio Dyer PICTURES: Getty Images LET’S hope...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoFord backing Hogg to race past his record
By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Scotland v Ireland Today. Kick-off 3pm, Murrayfield Scotland's most capped men’s player Ross Ford has backed Stuart...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoThis is the best Scottish team I have faced – Sexton
By PAUL REES Johnny Sexton’s travelling in the Six Nations started in Paris 13 years ago and it is set to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSpringbok prop Koch keen to head home
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former Saracens and Wasps tighthead Vincent Koch, below, is poised to return to South Africa at the end...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFormer Wasp Fekitoa agrees deal at Treviso
NEWS EXTRA BENETTON Treviso have signed former All Blacks centre Malakai Fekitoa on a three-year deal. Munster revealed last month that...
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/ 3 years agoLawrence will take the blows
By GARY FITZGERALD Ollie Lawrence is prepared to enter his special inner “dark place” against France knowing his body will have...
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/ 3 years ago‘Lewis’s drive has got him to the top’
By BEN JAYCOCK Following his standout performance in England’s win in Cardiff last weekend, Lewis Ludlam’s former youth coach Andy Howe...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoDelight for Grady after Xbox fantasy became reality
By ROB COLE Mason Grady has admitted he loved swapping video game idols George North and Taulupe Faletau for real live...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoEngland in need of a confidence boost
YES, Freddie Steward was the man of the match against Wales – from catching the ball every five minutes from Welsh...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSackey in at Yeovil
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FORMER Wasps and England winger Paul Sackey is back in sport, not the one...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 years agoIreland star Molloy keen for women’s Lions tour
By BEN JAYCOCK Ireland back row Claire Molloy feels a potential British and Irish Lions tour will massively boost the sport...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoHunter and Packer to be joint captains
By BEN JAYCOCK Back row duo, No.8 Sarah Hunter and flanker Marlie Packer, will co-captain Simon Middleton’s final England Six Nations...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFoster rules himself out of All Blacks selection
IAN Foster will not reapply for his job as New Zealand head coach when his contract expires after this year’s World...
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/ 3 years agoPete Altham: Fylde’s deaf rugby player
Meet Pete Altham, a deaf PE teacher who is not letting his condition stop him from playing the sport he loves...
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