All posts tagged "World Cup"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEngland beat France to reach Women’s World Cup final
England overcame France 20-3 in Belfast yesterday to set up a Women’s Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand on Saturday....
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Guest Blogs
/ 8 years agoFive reasons why the Rugby Super League is worth betting on
While betting has seeped into almost every sport such as football and horse racing, rugby is still considered to be relatively...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoBenefactor set to offer Red Roses contracts
By NICK VERDIER INVESTOR Simon Pennock will fly to Belfast on Tuesday to present the England Women squad with an ambitious...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPumas must let players go abroad
I HAVE never understood the rationale behind Argenina’s recent insistence on picking only from home based professionals in their Jaguares Super...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWales face more woe over Walker
By PETER JACKSON WALES are concerned over the immediate future of the wing they have been trying to pick for the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYou won’t outscrum us warns Du Plessis
NEALE HARVEY finds London Irish’s veteran prop star in defiant mood ahead of the new season NEALE HARVEY Indestructible prop Petrus...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRonaldo’s just lucky it wasn’t on rugby field
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Cristiano Ronaldo may never have heard of Neil Back nor Percy Montgomery but...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWallabies smashed for six in first half blitzkrieg
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW ZEALAND dismissed Australia from their presence with a remarkable six-try first half burst in Sydney which left...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CHRISTIAN LOADER FORMER WALES, SWANSEA, PONTYPRIDD, ROTHERHAM AND BATH PROP Believe it or not, I started out as a full-back at...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPortuguese pathfinder Vieira quits Italy for Rotherham
IT’S A brave decision to swap the sunshine of the Portuguese coast for industrial South Yorkshire, but that’s the choice of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDTH ready to turn up the heat for Falcons
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWCASTLE signing DTH van der Merwe plans to blaze a trail in the Premiership before putting out fires...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCheika has to sort out his sorry Wallabies – and fast
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK It is not all doom and gloom yet for Australia despite that 54-34 hammering by...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Jones must show courage of convictions this autumn
There is that certain ‘something’ about the last remaining days before a new season that always brings a feeling of anticipation...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoGary Gold: Time now for Boks to unleash wonderkid
The wave towards the 2019 World Cup is gathering pace and while the wily old veterans will be in situ for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Will All Blacks be fresh to go again?
New Zealand have lost only two of their 27 Rugby Championship matches to date – there was also a draw against...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoContest for No.10 will help keep Chiefs at the top
Exeter hero Gareth Steenson has revealed he is fighting for a new contract just months after leading the Devon outfit to...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoHow Henley helped make England Women great
Rochelle Clark and Tamara Taylor are seasoned world champions who will play a crucial role in the Red Roses’ bid to...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoCatherine Spencer: Stop judging us by the scorelines, men’s game had mismatches, too
In front of a not-so full crowd (arguably due to tournament format) England secured a fairly straightforward ten-try victory over Spain....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoGive Manu new chance – O’Driscoll urges Jones
Brian O’Driscoll reckons “world-beater” Manu Tuilagi is too good to go on England‘s black list just yet. But the Irish legend...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBish and Ray undervalued
NOBODY can say for sure but when it comes to the one-cap wonder to beat them all, David Bishop springs to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTime now for Boks to unleash wonderkid
GARY GOLD The wave towards the 2019 World Cup is gathering pace and while the wily old veterans will be in...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoAUSTRALIA
FIXTURES: August 19 v New Zealand (Sydney); August 26 v New Zealand (Dunedin); September 9 v South Africa (Perth); September 16...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWill All Blacks be fresh to go again?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off New Zealand have lost...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoChris Robshaw commits to Harlequins
Chris Robshaw will remained at Harlequins until at least 2020 after putting pen to paper on a new deal. A former...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: I’m puzzled why women’s game needs a World Cup
With the women’s World Cup starting this week, hope is the excitement that the tournament will generate could be great for...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoUnderdogs Wales to unleash teenage sensation George
Wales WALES face a huge battle to get out of their pool but head coach Rowland Phillips is desperate to put...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoThese professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title
CATHERINE SPENCER Ordinary people: England lift trophy in 2014 In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRead leads Kiwi charge to restore the world order
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Although it might be a slight exaggeration to claim that the Crusaders’ Super Rugby triumph at Ellis Park...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWilliams working hard to put heat on No.9 rivals
TOMOS Williams says he is ready to add more strings to his scrum-half bow as he hopes to make a big...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight as the leading points scorer and player of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Replace women’s contracts with individual match fees
As I prepare to write this article, I have a feeling of impending doom as the last time I broached this...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher previews the Women’s World Cup
The memory of 2014 in France might still be fresh with us but women’s rugby has moved on apace and, a...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoMike Ford: My love of risk-taking has landed me in the USA
The opportunity to try something new appealed to me when Dallas Griffins owner Phil Camm asked me to head up the...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoBreak the bank to keep Dan at Ospreys
Key man at Ospreys: Dan Biggar PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S MY message to the Welsh Rugby Union; you have to try...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJones wants Tour to help England go the distance
Rupert Guinness, rugby writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, finds the England coach in the Alps Eddie Jones is back at...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoReplace women’s contracts with individiual match fees
World cup captain: England No.8 Sarah Hunter, World Rugby’s player of the year for 2016 PICTURE: Getty Images As I prepare...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLean, keen and ready to fight for England dream
By NEALE HARVEY World beaters: Johnny Williams scores against South Africa at last summer’s U20s World Cup, with Joe Marchant in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMcMahon set to miss World Cup
HIGHLY-RATED Wallaby back row Sean McMahon has signed a ‘lucrative’ two-year contract to play for an unnamed club in Japan. The...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJoseph has to reinvent himself now says Mears
Critic: Lee Mears LIONS flop Jonathan Joseph must take a leaf out of Brian O’Driscoll’s book by re-evaluating his game in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSarries rocket helps Nick hit new heights
By NEALE HARVEY Impressive start: England boss Eddie Jones congratulates Nick Isiekwe after his debut against the Barbarians PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWallaby skipper steps down
AUSTRALIA captain Stephen Moore has decided to call time on his 12-year international career at the end of the season. Moore,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Baa-baas ‘Test’ would solve the Lions tour conundrum
Sometimes you have to ask why people ask questions when something has already been decided upon and accepted by all. I...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain: Without doubt, Ford’s found fresh gears since Bath exit
Welcome to the new, improved, Ford. In this case, however, the model is called George rather than describing the latest product...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: How Leigh Halfpenny went from hero to zero offers in less than six months
Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his next move....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoSaili eyes silverware after turning his back on All Blacks
Gifted centre Francis Saili believes his unique brand of passing skills, embellished by gainline-busting, off-loading qualities reminiscent of Sonny Bill Williams...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWorld Cup stars left high and dry by RFU
Rugby Football Union bosses have taken a sledgehammer to England Women‘s hopes of winning next month’s World Cup after informing stunned...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOlver: Give kids a chance or risk losing them
By NEALE HARVEY DEPARTED fly-half Sam Olver has warned Northampton that more of their potential young stars could leave if denied...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFrom hero to zero in less than six months
PETER JACKSON Six months ago Leigh Halfpenny found himself under a veritable bombardment of offers on an ever-escalating scale over his...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFox Jnr falls just short
THERE was always the possibility, however remote, that one of the All Blacks’ coaching hierarchy would get his own back for...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGatland switches focus to going out on top in Japan
By ALEX BYWATER WARREN Gatland says he’s already planning for the 2019 World Cup with Wales after leading the Lions to...












