All posts tagged "World Cup"
-
Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoDelight for Erasmus as Boks claim their revenge
■ By ADAM ELLIS A HAT-TRICK by Makazole Mapimpi helped the Springboks exact revenge on Japan four years on from suffering...
-
Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoStop-go Scots are dogged by injuries
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Early promise: Ali Price scores for Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images GREGOR Townsend flies out with his players...
-
Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoJonny clone Carbonel should be at RWC
LOUIS Carbonel is the closest thing there is to a young Jonny Wilkinson, and it is no surprise that he comes...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoLoved Quins but France offer too good to refuse
Neale Harvey talks to former Harlequins lock George Merrick about his surprise move to France Winning start: George Merrick in action...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoEngland ace Sinckler is a wanted man
HARLEQUINS tighthead Kyle Sinckler is set to have at least three Premiership clubs chasing his services if he doesn’t agree a...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoDragons build new dynasty on old alliances
■ By JAMES CANDY NEWS EXTRA RHODRI Williams says reliving the past is the secret to success at the Dragons this...
-
National League One
/ 7 years agoMitchell aims to impress in brother’s absence
■ By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA SCRUM-HALF James Mitchell hopes being in the shop window at Northampton will help him slash...
-
Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTruth about that players World Cup pool in 1991
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Money raiser: Brian Moore celebrates a try against France in the 1991...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoChester dazzled despite the racists
Brendan Gallagher recalls the troubled life of Springbok star Chester Williams Poster boy: Chester Williams in action during the 1995 World...
-
Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSilva eyes fast start to campaign at RGC helm
■ By ALICE TAYLOR PREVIEW: RGC 1404 v Merthyr Sunday 8 September, 2:30pm MERTHYR will parade three of their summer signings...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoGallagher column: Agustin Pichot is right to question his own world rankings
Brendan Gallagher looks at where the World Rugby rankings model is weakest
-
Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: At last, the Tier Two clubs come out fighting
Nick Cain writes about the latest efforts by the Premiership to payoff the Championship into accepting ring-fencing
-
Featured
/ 7 years agoBig signings won’t hinder London Irish young guns, says Davis
Could the young crop coming through at London Irish be held back by the likes of Waisake Naholo and Sean O'Brien?
-
Featured
/ 7 years agoNow I can try to follow my hero Thompson, says Jack Singleton
"You only find out you're in the England squad when you get added to the WhatsApp group" - Singleton
-
International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJoe Schmidt takes shot at Agustin Pichot after World Rugby vice-chairman makes Devin Toner comment
Pichot questioned the inclusion of Jean Kleyn over Devin Toner in Ireland's World Cup squad
-
International Rugby
/ 7 years agoRhys Patchell to back-up Biggar as Wales name 31-man squad
Warren Gatland shows his hand for his final tournament as Wales head coach
-
Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoHutchinson stakes claim with classy try-double
By GARY FITZGERALD RORY Hutchinson swept over for his first Test tries to throw down his challenge for a place to...
-
Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoHuget try catches Italy cold in their warm-up for England
By SAM JACKSON FRANCE got their rugby World Cup preparations back on track with a powerful seven-try win at the Stade...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoSurvivors from 2015 ‘have learned from their mistakes’
BEN Youngs is England’s senior player, and, as a veteran of the 2011 and 2015 World Cup disappointments, the 88-cap scrum-half...
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoBarritt: World Cup is opportunity to evolve
SARACENS skipper Brad Barritt has thrown down the gauntlet to his young guns by urging them to improve standards and lay...
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoIrish bolster back row with tyro Shark Nott
LONDONIrish have signed versatile forward George Nott from Sale Sharks. The Wales-born 23-yearold made 36 appearances for Sale, including 14 in...
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoWRU dish out ‘confetti’ caps to their reserve team
THERE was a time when the Welsh Rugby Union went to elaborate lengths to avoid awarding caps, almost as if it...
-
Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSutiashvili try topples the Kings
Georgia………24 Southern Kgs 20 SOUTHERN KINGSpushed Georgia close in their own back yard as the World Cup hopefuls had to scramble...
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoLaunchbury: It’s not been easy to get in this squad
By NEALE HARVEY JOE Launchbury believes fierce competition within England’s vastly experienced, power-packed second row unit is boosting their World Cup...
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoNow I can try to follow my hooker hero Thompson
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND hooker Jack Singleton says he owes Worcester a huge debt of gratitude for rescuing his career and...
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoCare ruled out until November
HARLEQUINS scrum-half Danny Care will undergo surgery on an ankle injury sustained during preseason training, ruling him out for eight weeks....
-
Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoStockdale’s try-double spoils Gats’ farewell party
By NICK CAIN Step up: Owen Lane cuts in to score for Wales THIS rough old sport does not have a...
-
Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFather figure Ackermann can bring best out of Jaco Kriel at Gloucester
Jaco Kriel has more going on in his life than you may see on the surface
-
Featured
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: This Italy warm-up game should be in Yorkshire
Jeff Probyn shares his view on Newcastle United's St James' Park hosting England's match against Italy
-
Featured
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens wing Elliott Obatoyinbo
Elliott Obatoyinbo is a man in a hurry, metaphorically as well as physically, and a big season lies ahead for the...
-
International Rugby
/ 7 years agoRhys Carre one of two uncapped players in Wales’ team to face Ireland
Josh Navidi will captain Wales in Cardiff, as revealed by TRP last week
-
Columnists
/ 7 years agoSpencer column: Equality is what the women’s game wants not ‘neutrality’
Catherine Spencer writes on World Rugby's branding change for the Women's Rugby World Cup and Rocky Clark's new career move
-
Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Sorry, Bill but men and women are different
Have World Rugby blurred the lines in the pursuit of gender neutrality?
-
-
Features
/ 7 years agoPainter brushing up on his eye for detail
By NEALE HARVEY Big talent: Saints prop Ehren Painter PICTURES: Getty Images NORTHAMPTONtighthead Ehren Painter believes learning from the best New...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoSpare a thought for speedsters who will miss World Cup
THERE is no question that some bright new shiny stars on the wing will announce themselves in Japan next month so...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoExtreme analysis paralysis will be too much
RUGBY World Cup have been boasting this week that the semi-finals and final of the forthcoming tournament will be covered by...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoStresses and strains have never been higher in sport
RICHARD CRAMER SPORTS LAWYER We are now less than a month from the start of the Rugby Union World Cup. Every...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoEquality is what we want, not neutrality
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN What’s in a name? Or, to be more relevant, what’s not in a name? World...
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoPriestland rubbishes Welsh criticism
By ALEX BYWATER RHYS Priestland has told critics of Wales’ attacking game they don’t know what they’re talking about and has...
-
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoStuart: My U20 mates helped lure me to Bath
By NEALE HARVEY Ambitious: Will Stuart in action for Wasps BATH tighthead Will Stuart says the chance to be reunited with...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoGlobetrotter Luke learns from best
Steffan Thomas talks to Luke Charteris about his quest to become a top coach LUKE Charteris hopes picking the brains of...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoCheika takes chance on veteran Pocock
AUSTRALIA coach Michael Cheika has named back rower David Pocock in his World Cup squad, despite the forward’s fitness concerns. Pocock,...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoGatland needs to learn his history
SPEAKING your mind can be a hazardous business in any walk of life, all the more so in sport given its...
-
Latest News
/ 7 years agoTackling in League is safer than Union – Burrell
LUTHERBurrell has branded Rugby Union’s obsession with lowering tackle heights as “ridiculous”. Rising concussion rates have been cited by World Rugby...
-
The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHow many others are Prem missing?
THE rise of Ruaridh McConnochie to the World Cup squad shows talent is slipping through the net. Fortunately he was rescued...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoScarlets will see best of me now says Uzair
Steffan Thomas talks to Scarlets Springbok No.8 Uzair Cassiem about his hopes for the season In control: Uzair Cassiem wins the...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoMatavesi gets his World Cup call again from Fiji
Japan challenge: Matavesi NEWCASTLE Falcons centre Josh Matavesi has been named in Fiji’s squad for the World Cup. The 28-year-old has...
-
Features
/ 7 years agoSwitch-hitters make their RWC moves just in time
New boy: Mike Haley playing for Ireland PICTURE: Getty Images SWITCHING allegiance has become such a routine part of the international...
The best betting sites
