All posts tagged "World Cup"
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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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Featured
/ 8 years agoAlun Wyn Jones commits to Wales and Ospreys with new deal
Ospreys second row commits to region with Japan World Cup on the horizon
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Features
/ 8 years agoKeith-Roach tribute to scrum guru who helped beat world
PHIL Keith-Roach, England’s 2003 World Cup-winning coach, will travel to Exeter on Tuesday to pay his respects to Tim Francis, the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTuohy joins Stade Francais as medical joker
FORMER Ulster and Ireland lock Dan Tuohy has signed a short-term deal with French Top 14 club Stade Francais after being...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoCaptaincy can take Faletau up to new level
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Leadership role: Taulupe Faletau PICTURE: Getty Images WALES will beat Italy this afternoon. There’s no...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoFaletau: It’s time to showcase our skills
ALEX BYWATER finds the new Wales captain wants team to prove how exciting they can be Key men: Gareth Anscombe and...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland crash to last minute Tremouliere try
Heartbreaker: Jessy Tremouliere scores the late winner TEAMS ENGLAND: Kildunne; Dow, Burford, Reed, Waterman; Daley-McLean, Riley; Cornborough, Cokayne, Bern, Scott, Taylor,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCentre Williams set to join Irish exiles at Bath
England ambitions: Johnny Williams PICTURE: Getty Images BATH are set to bolster the number of former London Irish players in their...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBotha playing for his future at Irish
Believer: London Irish back rower Arno Botha HIGH-impact back rower Arno Botha believes London Irish can still pull off a miracle...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoFeeling of déjà vu with Eddie’s team
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk DYLAN Hartley should be...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
BRETT BEUKEBOOM, CORNISH PIRATES AND CANADA LOCK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Cian Healy – Tough character...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGatland ready to call up new blood
By ALEX BYWATER WARREN Gatland says he’ll give Wales’ fringe players the chance to impress in the rest of the Six...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSaxons on schedule again ahead of World Cup 2019
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S second string Saxons will be revived next year with World Cup preparations in mind. Planning is at...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNadolo gets behind bid for Pacific Islanders franchise
ISN’T it odd how things come full circle. Back in the supposedly bad old amateur days, the Super Ten competition was...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDe Villiers may come calling for Ewers
Boss: Pieter De Villiers NEW Zimbabwe coach Pieter De Villiers, who led South Africa to a Lions and Tri-Nations success in...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Alun Wyn’s magnificent week on and off the field
Peter Jackson reveals the good deed done by the Wales captain for an elderly man in hospital
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAllen: Unlike me, these England U20s boys will be Test ready
England U20s coach Anthony Allen profers two youngsters not far away from a senior Test berth
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSir Nick had a way of stopping Scots pulses
SIR Nicholas (call me Nick) Shehadie had a chuckle to himself once every four years whenever Scotland turned up for the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoKiwi Linklater feeling tingly at prospect of World Cup
By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up Challenge: Brad Linklater SPAIN points-machine Brad Linklater admits he has “goose bumps” at the thought of going...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoShehadie helped shape the game on global scale
Visionary: Shehadie THERE are 230,000 Australians who can claim Lebanese ancestry and many of the sport-minded gravitate to Rugby League. Wallaby...
International Rugby
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