All posts tagged "World Cup"
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEntertainment is key for Campese
By GARY FITZGERALD End of an era: Michael Cheika and his skipper Michael Hooper after defeat to England PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 6 years agoResults of Saracens’ salary cap inquiry deferred
NEWS EXTRA PREMIERSHIPRugby have delayed announcing the results of the inquiry into Saracens’ alleged breach of the salary cap due to...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWe’re not too far away insists beaten boss Young
GLOUCESTER defence coach, Jonny Bell, described his side’s hero Joe Simpson as a ‘model pro’. Bell said: “We knew how good...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSecond chance for Stan to prove he’s the man
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY DISCAREDED Harlequins enforcer Stan South has revealed why his refusal to give up on his Premiership...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBotha on board to tighten up Ampthill’s defence
NEWS EXTRA AMBITIOUS Championship outfit Ampthill have pulled off another coup by appointing former England and Saracens lock Mouritz Botha as...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath need a trophy for Ewels to feel like a success
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA RECENTLY appointed Bath captain Charlie Ewels says he will only look back on his time in...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoTigers fans deserve a response says Jonah
By JON NEWCOMBE Versatile: Leicester winger Jonah Holmes PICTURES: Getty Images AS his Wales teammates battle for a piece of history...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoExplosive Saracens wing Segun expects fireworks
By NEALE HARVEY Driven: Saracens wing Rotimi Segun FLYINGwing Rotimi Segun has warned Leicester to expect a backlash as champions Saracens...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoRugby gods reduced to rubble by Eddie’s heroes
From ADAM HATHAWAY Elation: Ben Youngs, Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade erupt, but Youngs’ try was disallowed EDDIE Jones called the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMATCH-BY-MATCH HOW ENGLAND REACHED THE SEMI-FINAL
Try double: Manu Tuilagi Big score, slow start. Jones picked tantamount to his ‘A’ team for their opening pool match but...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThe wait ends as England deliver game of the ages
From NICK CAIN in Yokohama Heavens above: Mark Wilson celebrates England’s magnificent victory while All Black Sevu Reece slumps to the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNot Goode as Alex ruled out until 2020
SARACENS full-back Alex Goode will be out for up to four months after having an operation on a chest injury. The...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMapimpi try-double ends Japan fairytale
By ADAM ELLIS SOUTH AFRICA banished the terrors of Brighton by running out easy victors over Japan to bring the host...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
JACQUES BURGER THE FORMER NAMIBIA, SARACENS, BULLS AND GRIQUAS FLANKER IWENT through some tough times starting off in my career, combining...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAaron’s on the ball whatever its shape
By ALEX BYWATER Comparisons: Warburton Ace in the pack: Aaron Wainwright PICTURE: Getty Images AARON Wainwright admits he looks at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGiles, Allen ruled out for entire season
OSPREYS wing Keelan Giles has been ruled out for the rest of the 2019-20 season. Centre Cory Allen is also out...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoKolisi aiming to revive the spirit of 2007 for his Boks
By ADAM HATHAWAY Skipper: Siya Kolisi SOUTHAfrica captain Siya Kolisi is hoping for a repeat of 12 years ago – and...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBordeaux face battle to retain Radradra
World class talent: Semi Radradra PICTURE: Getty Images Semi Radradra’s stock has never been higher than it is right now. After...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup winner Hill taught me says England star Tom Curry
Tom Curry reflects on the influence of Richard Hill dating back well before England's quarter-final win over Australia in Japan.
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Let’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men
Nick Cain fixes the spotlight on Japan's diminutive flyers after helping the Brave Blossoms to achieve a team first
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Warburton red card still haunts me to this day
The semi-final loss at the 2011 Rugby World Cup was the worst moment in the career of Shane Williams and other...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Ben Youngs holds key to chances of victory
Jeremy Guscott on what England need to do to beat the All Blacks
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBorthwick in under Murphy
LEICESTER Tigers will be waiting for England’s World Cup campaign to finish so they can finalise a reshuffle of their coaching...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTyphoon Hagibis put RWC in perspective
AROUND40 people lost their lives due to Typhoon Hagibis; thousands more lost their homes or suffered unbearable disruption. The cancellation of...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSpencer: Sarries are best club to push my case
NEWS EXTRA BEN Spencer is on a mission to prove Eddie Jones wrong for leaving him at home watching the World...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWeir lands the points in a tragedy of errors
By ROGER PANTING THIS was a dreadful advert for Premiership rugby but Worcester won’t care a jot as they made it...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks were good but Irish looked spent
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT If ever you want a text book example of a team peaking 12 months too early, Ireland and...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoYou are all my aces Naomi tells Blossoms
JAPAN’S players received a good luck message from local tennis star Naomi Osaka, right, ahead of today’s quarter-final against South Africa....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLet’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men
CAIN OPINION FROM JAPAN EVERY WEEK THE legacy of Gerald Davies and Shane Williams, the sensationally talented Wales and Lions wingers,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoIt’s about time the law makers got hookers to toe the line
NICK READ HIS EXPERT THE Not-Straight scourge is spreading. Having already devalued the scrum as a contest by allowing scrum-halves to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMarler becomes a PR for Saracens
JOE Marler kept a lid on his disappointment in Beppu this week after losing out to Mako Vunipola as the starting...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup winner Hill taught me says Curry
Impact: Tom Curry tackles Reece Hodge By ALEX BYWATER TOM Curry hailed the impact of England legend Richard Hill after his...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Make Pacific Islands rugby’s West Indies
The West Indies cricket team can be selected from 15 Caribbean island nations. Brendan Gallagher asks if the same can be...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTommy Reffell will be a star for club and country says Leicester’s Thompson
The future of Wales' back row? Guy Thompson think so after being impressed with the young flanker's displays at Leicester
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSchmidt: ‘We aren’t going to sneak up on the All Blacks’
Can Ireland reach a first-ever World Cup semi-final by beating New Zealand?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland change George Ford’s role for Australia showdown
Eddie Jones makes bold selection call ahead of World Cup quarter-final with the Wallabies
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoPolice called to disturbance involving Uruguay players at restaurant
Members of the Uruguay squad accused of assault by restaurant staff and punching mirrors
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Featured
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Kamikaze man ‘Shiggy’ has made real impact
Peter Jackson charts role of Shigeru Konno as one of the forefathers of Japanese rugby
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhitelock just keeps on winning
NEWS EXTRA THE All Blacks victory over Namibia was stand-in captain Sam Whitelock’s 17th World Cup win in a row. Whitelock...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNonu joins San Diego
FORMER New Zealand centre Ma’a Nonu has joined San Diego Legion for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The two-time World...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCobus was quick – but no cigar!
COBUS Reinach’s elevenminute hat-trick for the Springboks against Canada is among the fastest of the professional era but is not the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoEddie gets a reminder from super Spencer
By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Spencer shrugged off his World Cup snub to showcase his prodigious all-round skills and help secure Sarries...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
MICHAEL CLAASSENS FORMER SOUTH AFRICA, CHEETAHS, BATH, TOULON AND SHARKS SCRUM-HALF LIKE most kids in South Africa I grew up wanting...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPR disaster as ‘injured’ Ramos plays for Toulouse
FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON A minor storm, of sorts, is brewing in French rugby, with Toulouse’s international full-back Thomas Ramos at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDavies’ plucky Welwitschias give All Blacks first half scare
By SAM JACKSON NEW Zealand recovered from a sticky start and two yellow cards to demolish Namibia, who had battled to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRecord for Reinach in Canucks carnage
By GEORGE LAWRENCE COBUS Reinach equalled the fastest hat-trick in Rugby World Cup history as the Springboks booked their place in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAmos eager to finally end his role as bridesmaid
By ALEX BYWATER HALLAM Amos made his Wales debut in 2013 and Japan is his second World Cup – but with...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGive us more top level games, plead Uruguay
By ALEX BYWATER URUGUAY captain Juan Gaminara has told World Rugby the South Americans must take on the game’s best sides...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRefs must get grip of scrum – Baldwin
By STEFFAN THOMAS Concern: Baldwin SCOTT Baldwin believes inconsistent refereeing of the scrums has contributed to Wales’ set piece problems at...












