All posts tagged "World Cup"
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/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ALEX MATTHEWS THIS WEEK... WORCESTER BACK-ROW World Cup winner and...
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/ 5 years agoJeeps one of many Rolls Royce players
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless...
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/ 5 years agoAdams up for challenge of ‘world class’ club
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOSH Adams plans on putting himself into the world class category by dominating against the best this autumn....
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/ 5 years agoCash-rich Saracens will ‘aim to go global’ now, says Roc Nation president Yormark
NEW Saracens special advisor Michael Yormark says the club plan on going global after their £32m takeover. American Yormark, president of...
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/ 5 years agoDash for cash must not damage rugby’s ethos | Nick Cain
THE £32m takeover of Saracens by a polyglot international consortium comes with a health warning as the club’s erstwhile banker and...
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tony Underwood – I carry Jonah scars but it taught me resilience
FACING your Jonah is one of the themes I talk to organisations about when I’ve been invited along to share my...
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/ 5 years agoSilver fox finishes off the Halloween horror show
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoExodus of players is real threat for game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME A few weeks ago this paper had an interview with Peter Winterbottom,...
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/ 5 years agoWomen’s World Cup countdown: Alphonsi hired to inspire
By STELLA MILLS ONE year out from the Women’s World Cup, headline sponsor Mastercard have named England hero Maggie Alphonsi as...
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/ 5 years agoWallabies not giving up just yet
AUSTRALIA coach Dave Rennie still has hope of persuading Louis Lynagh to play for the Wallabies. Harlequins winger Lynagh – the...
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/ 5 years agoSaracens in £32m takeover, Nigel Wray to hand over control
SARACENS have agreed a £32m takeover deal with a consortium of investors that includes South African World Cup-winning captain Francois Pienaar....
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/ 5 years agoCollins can boost Wales in midfield
By PETER JACKSON Tigers’ roar: Leicester players celebrate after being awarded a last minute, match-winning penalty try PICTURE: Getty Images WALES...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoO’Shea hunts Eddie’s successor
THE RFU have already started their search for Eddie Jones’ successor as England coach. The Australian has said he will stand...
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/ 5 years agoMax is Wright fit for depleted Falcons
RUGBY SHORTS BATH centre Max Wright has joined Newcastle on a three-month deal. Wright, 24, who was a Junior World Cup...
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/ 5 years agoSensational Scarratt is simply irreplaceable
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND have not “found a solution” to playing without Emily Scarratt, 31, who is out for four to six...
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/ 5 years agoMolloy calls time on Ireland career
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Ireland captain Claire Molloy, 33, has retired from international rugby. The 74-cap flanker won two Six Nations and...
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/ 5 years agoGeorge is in awe of ‘ridiculous’ Radwan
By PAUL REES IT WAS not that long ago that big was regarded as beautiful on the wing as teams looked...
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/ 5 years agoHalf-back unity helping drive Worcester turnaround
Meticulous: Owen Williams attacks for Worcester OWEN Williams is relishing being reunited with his former partner-in-crime Willi Heinz in a Worcester...
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/ 5 years agoSevens U-turn as O’Shea seeks alignment
THE RFU has performed a U-turn and will reinstate its full-time Sevens programme for the start of the 2022 World Series....
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/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers on the hunt for George Kruis return
BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers are hoping to bring former England and Lions second row George Kruis back to the Premiership...
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/ 5 years agoBrian Ashton takes on consultancy at Dallas Jackals
FORMER England coach Brian Ashton is joining Major League Rugby outfit Dallas Jackals as a consultant. Ashton, 75, who took the...
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/ 5 years agoJonny May is target for Top League
ENGLAND winger Jonny May has been sounded out about a potential move to Japan despite being under contract at Gloucester until...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoOne World Cup is fraught, let alone two!
CHRIS HEWETT YOU have to laugh. After years of dissing football as a “below stairs” kind of sport, wholly bereft of...
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/ 5 years agoLaw puts Scotland nearer to World Cup place
NEWS EXTRA DARAGH SMALL Ireland 18 Scotland 20 SCOTLAND pulled off a brilliant win over Ireland to reach the next phase...
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/ 5 years agoFisher joins Tigers coaching team
RUGBY SHORTS WORLD Cup winner Heather Fisher has joined the Leicester Tigers women’s rugby programme as a coach. The 37-year-old announced...
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/ 5 years agoQuestions the RFU’s new boss ignored
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TOM Ilube’s first Press conference as RFU board chairman was carefully scripted, and...
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/ 5 years agoWallabies are threat to Eddie’s RWC future
EDDIE Jones’ autumn agenda took a more challenging turn yesterday when Australia – the team that have been whipping boys for...
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/ 5 years agoI love to play ‘the Quins way’ says stand-in Tommy Allan
TOMMY Allan has been tasked with filling the boots of Marcus Smith for the opening two games of the season while...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoMonye can waltz into a whole new world
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When Ugo Monye squeezes himself into a sequined toreador’s jacket, spangly tights and a feather boa for...
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/ 5 years agoOne reason why Eddie may snub Marcus
THERE are plenty of supporters out there who hope and pray that Marcus Smith is promoted to the full England starting...
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/ 5 years agoCanucks face Chile in bid for RWC 2023
BRENDAN GALLAGHER CANADIAN rugby is invariably a roller coaster and never more so than during the week of their back-to-back World...
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/ 5 years agoBok giant Vermeulen at Ulster
RUGBY SHORTS ULSTER have signed South African World Cup winning back-row forward Duane Vermeulen, who will join the club following the...
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/ 5 years agoAustralia 30-17 South Africa: Wallabies trample on Boks’ crown
THE Springboks‘ claim to be the best side in world rugby was dealt a devastating blow as Australia handed out a...
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/ 5 years agoWales Women can’t thrive in current set-up
Former Wales Women’s coach Sam Dodge tells Alex Bywater things are badly wrong in the camp ASA MAN who made a...
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/ 5 years agoRugby Has Roughly 475 Million Fans in the World Today
The next time the BBC decides to put the Six Nations results near the bottom of its home page, they may...
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/ 5 years agoScarratt surgery strikes Lightning plans
By ADAM ELLIS Preview Loughborough v Wasps Today, Kick-off 2pm LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning will attempt to get their season up and running...
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/ 5 years agoEars and eyebrows marked out young Toby
Adam Hathaway talks to teammates about Toby Flood who retired this week Toby Flood was a skinny teenager when he was...
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/ 5 years agoSunshine cure has Nowell on track again
By NEIL FISSLER JACK Nowell almost completed a full preseason with Exeter Chiefs this summer for the first time in a...
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/ 5 years agoPlayer power puts pressure on players!
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER By all accounts, player power had much to...
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/ 5 years agoDuane’s back for the Boks at last
RUGBY CHAMPIONSHP PREVIEW Australia vS Africa DUANE Vermeulen will end a two-year wait to pull on Springboks colours when he takes...
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/ 5 years agoScarratt in leg op
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND Women’s vicecaptain Emily Scarratt has had surgery on a broken leg – almost a year out from the...
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/ 5 years agoWiggy lands a new role at Tigers
RUGBY SHORTS SCRUM-HALF Richard Wigglesworth, 38, has been given a player-coach role at Leicester. “Richard has a wealth of experience at...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones open to all offers post World Cup
EDDIE Jones dropped his biggest hint yet that he will be leaving his job as England coach following the 2023 World...
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/ 5 years agoRennie changes the rules in battle to beat All Blacks
THE determination of Australia’s new Kiwi coach Dave Rennie to bridge the gap between the Wallabies and the All Blacks after...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBurford unfazed by pressure of being champs
By HARRY LATHAM-COYLE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Loughborough Lightning Today, The Stoop, Kick-off 3pm THE HUNTERS become the hunted as reigning champions...
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/ 5 years agoHarlequins wing Louis Lynagh chasing spot in France …but who for?
TWICKENHAM hero Louis Lynagh has set his ambitious sights on playing in the 2023 World Cup – the question is which...
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/ 5 years agoEddie completes coaching team
EDDIE Jones has finalised his England coaching setup with the appointments of Richard Cockerill and Anthony Seibold. Cockerill, below, who won...
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/ 5 years agoRunning man John chases elusive first Wales cap
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Fighting fit: WillGriff John WILLGRIFF John believes a combination of working with double All Blacks World Cup-winner Ben...
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/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
TOM PALMER, THE FORMER ENGLAND, LEEDS, WASPS & GLOUCESTER LOCK AND CURRENT VANNES FORWARDS COACH CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMaro Itoje has the credentials to be England captain | Jeremy Guscott
INTERNATIONAL rugby these days is talked about in terms of World Cup four-year rotations, with every coach building towards the next...
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