All posts tagged "World Cup"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCips urged to build his legacy at Gloucester
By TOM BRADSHAW Challenge: Phil Vickery GLOUCESTER-BOUND Danny Cipriani has been challenged to create a legacy at Kingsholm by his former...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWales kids in last chance saloon
By ALEX BYWATER ROBIN McBryde has warned Wales’ young guns to impress this summer or face missing out on the World...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEngland up the heat in Pennyhill sweat-shop ready for Japan
Things will get tropical for Eddie Jones' selection of players he plans on taking to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRussia qualify after Spain, Belgium and Romania sanctioned
Russia qualify for the World Cup in Japan as a result of sanctions handed to Spain, Belgium and Romania
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Cipriani signs for Gloucester
Danny Cipriani will move to Kingsholm this summer
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGeorge will need to get defence up to speed
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS I WAS surprised and delighted in equal measure to see Warren Gatland reveal George North...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHowley: It’s a 31-man trial for the World Cup
By ROB COLE ROB Howley believes Wales have the perfect age profile to achieve World Cup success. The ultimate target for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEDDIE JONES ON…
… Danny Cipriani He has got nice talents. He shows that all the time – but can he translate that to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGustard, Edwards on Quins’ wanted list
ENGLAND defence coach Paul Gustard has emerged as a contender for the head coach role at Harlequins, along with Wales counterpart...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland struggle to repel the power of Boks driving lineout
By ROGER PANTING England…12 South Africa …26 Just short: England’s Ben White is halted before the line ENGLAND head coach Steve...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens tighthead Vincent Koch desperate to play part in Boks resurgence under Rassie Erasmus
The prop reveals he has held discussions with new South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDickens: Still a lot of belief at Saints
WITH two wins and a narrow loss at Wasps to finish the season, Saints interim coach Alan Dickens said: “Ninth is...
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Features
/ 8 years agoVictory on Saturday will place Nacewa in land of European giants
SHOULD Leinster justify their No.1 seeding and reclaim the Champions’ Cup in Bilbao on Saturday, Isa Nacewa will find himself on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN WHITE LEICESTER SCRUM-HALF Ben White’s perfect summer would see him playing a lead role for England U20s during a World...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpedding dumped by new French red tape
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Outcast: Scott Spedding is finding it impossible to sign for a new club PICTURE: Getty Images Top...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDanielle Waterman: England’s World Cup winner retires from Test rugby
England World Cup winner calls time on her Red Roses career
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTissues at the ready as Will bids farewell
By JON NEWCOMBE Test ambition: Will Addison playing for Sale PICTURE: Getty Images AS he prepares to play his last home...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSorry, but this Shields talk just smacks of desperation
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Pinning his colours: Brad Shields was part of the New Zealand U20...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun – Wasps scrum-half Will Porter
The on-loan Rotherham back talks Wasps and his hopes of making the England U20 World Cup squad this summer
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoProbyn column: If this is how pros run our game, give me amateurs
Jeff Probyn takes at look at how the PR machines of national governing bodies and player Unions haven't got things right...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRacing 92 are my Gallic Barbarians
Brendan Gallagher traces the romantic history of the famous French side which play with panache Influential: Maxime Machenaud PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDragons lining up prop Jarvis
THE Dragons look set to sign former Wales tighthead prop Aaron Jarvis from Clermont Auvergne. Jarvis is returning to the Guinness...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRead out of NZ Tests with France
NEWS EXTRA STEVE HANSEN has been dealt a major blow ahead of the All Blacks series against France by being told...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIf this is how pros run our game, give me amateurs
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Over-zealous pursuit: Denny Solomona was sanctioned by the RFU PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWalker’s in a hurry to make up lost time
By NEALE HARVEY HOOKING prospect Jack Walker is relishing the chance of a head-to-head against Jamie George and Schalk Brits as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHoward Packman makes switch from Bedford Blues to Ealing
Former Saints winger becomes latest recruit for Ben Ward's Ealing
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRomanian failings just a bad joke, or worse?
NICK CAIN The Romania-Spain-Belgium World Cup qualifying scandal has forced the ostriches who thought the match-fixing could never happen in rugby...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEl Magico forced to hang up his boots
JUAN Martin Hernandez has been forced to retire from the game due to a knee injury suffered while playing for the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLet jaded Lions have summer off – Dowson
By NEALE HARVEY Periphery: Dom Barrow Tired out: Courtney Lawes PICTURES: Getty Images COURTNEY Lawes is among a number of jaded...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCowan’s delighted to be back soaking in the ‘festival atmosphere’ at the Aviva Stadium
BLAIR Cowan’s inclusion in the Saracens 23 against Leinster suggests that the English side are not as short on impact off...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoPaul’sgoing strong – 15 years after his first cap
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Any day now Paul James will qualify for membership of an exclusive club,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE NEATH AND WALES FULL-BACK PAUL THORBURN Born in Germany but Welsh through and through, to captain my country on ten...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMaro Itoje isn’t tired, he just needs new tricks
Saracens forwards coach Alex Sanderson says Itoje has not been overworked and must simply crack the rule books to rediscover his...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland wing Denny Solomona charged by RFU over alleged homophobic comment
Sale back will appear in front of disciplinary panel next month over incident in match against Worcester Warriors
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoLondon Calling: Don’t miss out on Sevens action!
This year’s HSBC London Sevens will be a celebration of everything that makes the capital great, as the World Series visits...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWales legend Adam Jones announces retirement from rugby
The 37-year-old will move into coaching at the end of the season with Quins
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoI’m ready to be No1 now says Anscombe
GARETH Anscombe has told Wales fans he is close to finding his best form as he targets becoming Warren Gatland’s number...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBrown’s ready to ride the wave with Eddie
EDDIE Jones was sacked by Australia after a seven Test losing run in 2005. On Wednesday at Twickenham I asked the...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoStranger and stranger, this tale of Spanish defeat
Controversy: Belgium beat Spain ONE of the saddest aspects of events in Brussels last Sunday when Belgium beat Spain 18-10 in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
LOUIS DEACON FORMER ENGLAND AND LEICESTER LOCK Growing up all I ever wanted to do was to play for my local...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie must adopt Japan style
I AGREE with Jeff Probyn’s points regarding the coaching and selection of the England team over the past 12 months, especially...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRory Best and Rob Kearney extend IRFU contracts
Grand Slam winners sign new deals with Ulster and Leinster
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoLes Bleues seal Grand Slam with six-try rout of Wales
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE Wales Women …3 France Women …38 Grand! France celebrate PICTURE: TRP photographer FRANCE regained the Women’s Six...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSlow down Eddie and do job you are paid for
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones tipped a frying pan of egg over his face this week...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRomania boss Howells blasts RWC qualification imbalance
By JON NEWCOMBE LYNN HOWELLS has called for European qualification for the Rugby World Cup to be run over one year...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoStodgy England need change fast
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I’M very concerned about...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAlun-Wyn gets the ideal deal
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Staying in Wales: Alun-Wyn Jones is mob-handed by England PICTURE: Getty Images A...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDays when Griffiths was an outcast in his own country
Clive Griffiths witnessed the evils of apartheid South Africa during a rugby tour there almost 40 years ago and thought he...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CHRIS WALKER THE FORMER ENGLAND U20 CAPTAIN AND YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE FLANKER It was in a small, idyllic Yorkshire Dales village, watching...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoVictors Wales finish off with a lap of honour but this was poor fare
By ALEX BYWATER WALES’ narrow victory over France in front of a sell-out Cardiff crowd secured them a second-place Six Nations...
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