All posts tagged "World Cup"
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoErasmus’ squad can do serious damage
New star at No.9: Herschel Jantjies For the first time since 2015, there was no South African representation in the Super...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoA mature O’Connor will still deliver
HE MAY have missed out on the initial squad but the return of James O’Connor, who trained with the Wallabies in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEvans is Ospreys’ homecoming king
ALEX BYWATER talks to Ospreys new boy Gareth Evans after his move from Gloucester Out to impress: Gareth Evans Star transfer:...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOwens: We’ll run ourselves into the ground
By ALEX BYWATER KEN OWENS will take a mantra of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ into Wales’ World Cup...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRichard’s the Conquerer of Normandy wasteland
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Taking on the big boys: Richard Hill has led Rouen to two promotions Richard Hill is a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRob won’t join England says Exeter boss Rowe
Try time: Codie Taylor scores for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby final victory over the Jaguares PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFalcons duo join Harlequins
HARLEQUINS have signed Fiji internationals Vereniki Goneva and Tevita Cavubati from Newcastle. Winger Goneva, 35, joins for pre-season while second row...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoLealiifano back for Wallabies after cancer
By SAM JACKSON Recall: Brumbies captain Christian Lealiifano Out: James O’Connor CHRISTIANLealiifano is back in the Wallabies set-up for the first...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: The week that was for Eddie Jones and Leicester Tigers
Jeff Probyn reflects on Leicester Tigers being put up for £60m
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRocky road puts Ilnicki on the champagne trail
By JON NEWCOMBE Champs: Jake Ilnicki, circled, and Seawolves team-mates celebrate their title success Negotiator: Tom Beattie MAJOR League Rugby champion...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEwels: It took too long to settle but we’ve learnt our lesson
ALEX BYWATER CHARLIE Ewels admits it took Bath 12 months to finally learn their lesson but the lock insists his team...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWarren’s in line for World Cup double
Warren Gatland has put himself in position to win the World Cup with Wales this autumn and again with New Zealand...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWilli joins exiled Kiwis good enough to take on allcomers
Japan chance: Willi Heinz has been called up by England PICTURE: Getty Images IF WILLI Heinz makes the cut for Japan,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLet’s hope O’Brien’s spent penny cost him dear
A FAMOUSrugby player urinates on a man in a Dublin pub, a crude offence to put it mildly and yet it...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIrish are fully Loaded for Premiership onslaught
Big potential: Ben Loader Leinster great: Sean O’Brien England wing prospect Ben Loader cannot wait for Super Rugby star Waisake Naholo...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCarre can be a breakout star in Japan for Wales
By ALEX BYWATER Mentor: Rhys Gill Apprentice: Rhys Carré RHYS Gill insists fellow loosehead prop Rhys Carré can follow in his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWales can win it, says Roberts, but there’s more to do
By STEFFAN THOMAS High hopes: Jamie Roberts playing for Wales WALES might be Six Nations Grand Slam champions, 14 games unbeaten...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBarbarians put Eddie in charge
ENGLAND boss Eddie Jones will coach the Barbarians against Fiji at Twickenham in November, just two weeks after the World Cup...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIf England fail it won’t be fault of the clubs
COLIN BOAG camp: Eddie Jones prepares his World Cup squad last week Depending on your point of view, the clubs and...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoChasing pack is closing on All Blacks says Price
By ROB COLE BACK-TO-BACK champions New Zealand have gone off the boil and have left the door wide open for another...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoVoluntary work pays off for tenacious Gray
Rejuvenated hooker Joe Gray tells NEALE HARVEY how cold-calling Saracens boss Mark McCall saved his career Rebirth at Saracens: Joe Gray....
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix-try England praised for their great defence!
By SAM JACKSON 50th cap: Amber Reed PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS USA: Mataitoga, Baravilala, Kelter, Haungatau, Duncan, Cantorna, Byrge; Benson, Kitlinski,...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWarren can conquer the world in stages!
World’s best: Warren Gatland coaching Wales Chiefs: Sam Cane and Anton Lienert-Brown PICTURE: Getty Images ITHOUGHT Warren Gatland was going to...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoBlues need motivated players not divas who like a moan
CARDIFF Blues are moving out of their Vale of Glamorgan training base to return to Cardiff Arms Park and I’ve got...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoWarren Gatland to take over at Chiefs on four-year deal
The Wales head coach will return home to New Zealand to coach the Chiefs – but won't affect his duties with...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones to take charge of Barbarians in clash with Fiji
Twickenham match will be the first time Jones will have been head coach of the Baa-Baas
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMunster fly-half Joey Carbery eager to learn from Stephen Larkham
Joey Carbery notes Larkham's career which excelled at fly-half and full-back
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMore Fijians on their way to Scotland as Mesu Dolokoto signs for Glasgow Warriors
Dolokoto becomes latest player to join Glasgow Warriors, with Edinburgh already recruiting heavily from Fiji
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDanny Cipriani set to get England recall for training camp
One last chance for Cipriani to impress prior to 4 July's training squad announcement?
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Featured
/ 7 years agoAlex Dombrandt almost quit rugby over two sucker punches
The Harlequins and England World Cup bolter was twice the victim of assault when playing in Wales
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoOutpowered Scotland left facing the axe
Scotland…19 Italy…26 SCOTLAND slumped to their fourth straight defeat amid the rain and thunder in Rosario. Carl Hogg’s side trailed 14-7...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSam gets new job as the joker
SCOTLAND scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne has joined Racing 92 to provide cover during the World Cup. The 25-year-old left Scarlets by mutual...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDombrandt leap as big as Olympic hero Lynn
This time last year the English rugby public at large had never heard of Alex Dombrandt, let alone seen him in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDuty free solace for sacked Jenkins
NO international coach can have been subjected to a more brutal sacking than Gareth Jenkins, on the Sunday morning after Fiji...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBig test for Berne
THEcontinuing fall-out caused by the Israel Folau imbroglio tended to obscure yet another change to the Wallaby management team. Shane Berne,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYes we want promotion but only when it’s on fairer terms
Q&A ALISTAIR BOW ON THE RECORD With Championship finances precarious and the future structure of top-flight professional rugby under review, Nottingham...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
OLLIE HASSELL-COLLINS LONDON IRISH WING Ollie Hassell-Collins insists the impending arrival of All Blacks star Waisake Naholo will serve to inspire...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDelaney forecasts Scarlets resurgence
By STEFFAN THOMAS GLENN Delaney believes the Scarlets’ new coaching team will have no trouble adapting to the rigours of the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoWales face All Blacks in 2020
WALES are set to play two Tests in New Zealand in July 2020. The trip to his home country will be...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIt was right for Marcus to play the Barbarians
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U20s supremo Steve Bates insists Marcus Smith’s senior World Cup callup justifies the gifted playmaker’s controversial withdrawal...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks happy to give break to Barrett
BEAUDEN Barrett will make an announcement on his playing future after the end of the Super Rugby season as he weighs...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSean Long interview: My meeting with Eddie Jones before joining Harlequins
Sean Long talks crossing the divide to become a Harlequins coach – and says there will be more coaches switching league...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRetallick chooses Land of Sun rather than rain
BRODIE Retallick’s explanation for his next career move post-World Cup amounted to an admission that playing in Japan is a piece...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhite: Pressure of a relegation fight taught me so much
■By NEALE HARVEY Steep learning curve: Leicester No.9 Ben White LEICESTER tyro Ben White believes being heavily involved in the muck...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup is the start of properly taking the game global
I’VE spent the last week or so in Japan as there are now less than 100 days to go until the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhiffen steps up from U20s to work with Scarlets’ elite
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Opportunity: Richard Whiffen coaching the U2 RICHARD Whiffin will swap the development of Gloucester and England’s best young...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup hat-trick – yet Webbe had no idea
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Unknowing hero: Glen Webbe in action for Wales Glen Webbe will forever be...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoWarren Gatland confirmed as Lions coach for 2021 tour
Tour to South Africa will be the Kiwi's third as head coach
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks great Dan Carter reveals next career move
Dan Carter is currently playing in Japan for Kobe Kobelco Steelers













