All posts tagged "World Cup"
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoTwickenham under attack: Button for the nuclear option may be pressed
The RFU have a sizeable debt stacking up
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Featured
/ 7 years agoPeter Jackson column: RFU miss the boat again for Shaun Edwards
England miss another chance to join forces with a coach who has won everything there is to win in Union bar...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDiamond’s move for Boks duo blocked
SALE SHARKS are looking for reinforcements after their advances for Springbok prop Coenie Oosthuizen and scrumhalf Ross Cronjé were knocked back....
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Features
/ 8 years agoMafieyes move to Premiership if he avoids jail time
JAPAN No.8 Amanaki Maficould look to rebuild his career with a move to the Premiership if he avoids going to prison....
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Features
/ 8 years agoEdwards knows he’s risking lots with switch to Wigan
SHAUN EDWARDS admits that he is taking a gamble after deciding to return to Wigan Warriors following the World Cup next...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCipriani out to get the Shed singing
By TOM BRADSHAW Still improving: Danny Cipriani PICTURE: Getty Images DANNY Cipriani arrived at Kingsholm via a surfing holiday in Malibu...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSam pins his Scotland hope on Scarlets move
SAM Hidalgo-Clyne believes he has taken his career to the next level by swapping Edinburgh for last season’s PRO14 finalists Scarlets....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoOld guard let you down Eddie, now leave them out!
I READ with total dismay that Eddie Jones is going to recall the old guard. Surely the old guard crashed and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoLack of pool stage spoilt World Sevens
MOST people seem to agree the recent Sevens World Cup was a great success, but there was one element that caused...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVenter eyes lead role to boost bid for Boks
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA WORCESTER midfield general Francois Venter believes last season’s PRO 14 experience with the Cheetahs can help...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTop Rugby Players of All Time
Rugby is a full-contact team sport played using an oval ball with 15 players on each team. The sport uses a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPressure time as Burke gets own back on Guscott
RUGBY’S version of the Ryder Cup may have had a subterranean profile compared to the real thing but for one player...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOspreys ready for lift off now that ‘Jockey’ has the reins
By STEFFAN THOMAS High hopes: Ospreys centre Cory Allen CORY Allen believes the Ospreys boast a secret weapon who can unlock...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSam signs up for fresh start at Tigers
By NEALE HARVEY Bulking up: Sam Aspland-Robinson in action in the Premiership 7s PICTURES: Getty Images FORGOTTEN wing Sam Aspland-Robinson has...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTigers strike for Kyle but Toomua’s off
Off to Tigers: Kyle Eastmond KYLE Eastmond has joined Leicester Tigers following his departure from Wasps, but Matt Toomua will leave...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAtkins on gym diet in bid to replace Watson
By NEALE HARVEY Injured: Anthony Watson CONFIDENT flier Darren Atkins is ready to repay the faith Bath have shown by proving...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CHARLIE CHAPMAN GLOUCESTER SCRUM-HALF Fresh from representing Scotland U20s at the recent Junior World Cup and skippering Gloucester in the Premiership...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoNamibia set up Cup showdown with Kenyans
ADAM ELLIS NAMIBIA strengthened their credentials as Rugby Africa Gold Cup favourites by extending their 17-year unbeaten streak over Zimbabwe. Coached...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDavies’ exit put me in at the deep end
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER LLANELLI, LEEDS AND WALES FLY-HALF COLIN STEPHENS Calling the shots: Colin Stephens in action for Wales...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago‘It’s the worst injury I’ve ever had’ says Jonathan Davies
The Scarlets & Wales centre explains the difficulty of overcoming his foot injury and what he wants to win most
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoWoodward worries over new tackle law
By GARY FITZGERALD SIR Clive Woodward has voiced his concerns over the new tackling laws being proposed amid fears they could...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKinghorn must play for Scots says Southwell
Talent spotter: Southwell SCOTLAND young gun Blair Kinghorn is only going to get better during the upcoming season and a place...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWeir plotting his route to World Cup via Warriors
By NEALE HARVEY Returning: Jono Lance HAVING survived an horrendous injury experience last season following a botched steroid injection in his...
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Features
/ 8 years agoStar Tiger Toomua set to sign for Rebels
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER centre Matt Toomua is on the verge of shock Test recall in the Bledisloe Cup...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOtley on the move to ensure club’s future
By JON NEWCOMBE Famous day: Steve Smith clears the lines for the North v All Blacks in 1979 Coach: Tom Casson...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFAMOUS GAMES AT CROSS GREEN
THE NORTH 21 NEW ZEALAND 9 NOVEMBER 17, 1979 With an estimated crowd of over 10,000 crammed inside Cross Green and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TOM EMERY NORTHAMPTON FULL-BACK Tom Emery is trying to follow in the footsteps of Northampton legend Ben Foden in more ways...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHoward tries life as an OEs City boy after Sixways exit
Probyn: Tackle change is a start but must go further By NEALE HARVEY FORMER England U20s full-back Ben Howard is relishing...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFranks questions Championship’s long-term future
By NEALE HARVEY Critic: Ben Franks in action against for Irish HAVING twice suffered the agony of being relegated with London...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNeath stay optimistic
THE Welsh All Blacks are confident the financial troubles of owner Mike Cuddy won’t impact their hopes of improvement on the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSo near but yet so far for All Black sub Bono
THE World Cup Sevens this weekend calls to mind the strange tale of Benjamin Bono, the Uruguayan who found himself drafted...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOspreys wing Keelan Giles still believing in World Cup dream
The 20-year-old accepts he is behind Steff Evans and Josh Adams in the pecking order... for now
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Featured
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Bruce Reihana – former All Blacks, Chiefs and Northampton back
Now skills coach at Bristol Bears
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTom Mitchell column: Dallaglio’s victory in 1993 gives this tournament so much history
The England Sevens captain looks ahead to the World Cup this weekend in San Francisco
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Featured
/ 8 years agoGareth Baber must deliver success for Fiji after Ryan’s golden glory
After missing out on the Sevens World Series, how much pressure is there on Welshman Baber?
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWe believe England can win it, says talismanic forward James Rodwell
James Rodwell is not short of confidence aheading to the Sevens Rugby World Cup in San Francisco
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWayne Pivac will get to pick his own panel of coaches
Shaun Edwards or Byron Hayward as Wales defence coach?
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKieran Brookes is on his way back to lean and mean best
The Wasps summer arrival has shed just shy of a stone in weight and his back to his optimal size for...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoDan Leo column: World Rugby must act to redress this failing system
Dan Leo looks at how mistakes are allowed to re-occur and impact Tier 2 & 3 nations
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoWales & Lions captain Sam Warburton retires from rugby with immediate effect
Legendary flanker calls time on his career before reaching the age of 30
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks stars commit to the Hurricanes and NZRU
The Hurricanes play the Chiefs in their Super Rugby quarter-final
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoBlues stint sets Rory up for a big season
Young Saint: Rory Hutchinson AFTER recovering from injury to star for Bedford Blues last season, Northampton centre Rory Hutchinson is aiming...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFergusson caps fightback
By GARY HEATLY A FEW years ago Robbie Fergusson thought he would never play rugby again, but today he is off...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoBig shame our top stars don’t play 7s
Letters SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I REMEMBER watching...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAmor’s squad warm up with Euro triumph
By SAM JACKSON ENGLAND Sevens won the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series Cup final at the Exeter after a 15-5...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoHome Nations must resist giving rivals the upper hand
BIG thanks to Gregor Townsend for being such a good coach that Scotland could not ignore his talents for another overseas...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEastern promise has John buzzing
Sevens World Cup PAUL John insists his commitment to Hong Kong rugby remains absolute as he hopes to cause a shock...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBilly chases World Cup spot
WITH Danny Cipriani making his way to Gloucester, fly-half Billy Burns has decided to join Ulster. Irish-qualified Burns, 24, will join...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBaber must deliver glory for Fiji after Ryan’s coup
By STEFFAN THOMAS Power: Leone Nakarawa Pressure: Gareth Baber GARETH Baber is a man under pressure as he counts down the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBoot is on the other foot now after Kane’s display
HARRY Kane’s pitchside interview after the England football team’s 2-1 loss to Croatia in the World Cup semi-final showed why his...













