All posts tagged "World Cup"
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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...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoTonga Qualifies for Rugby World Cup After Fiji Victory
Fiji braved the rain to see off Samoa and take home the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2017
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoI was left out in 2015 and I’ll risk missing 2019 to prove my class in Europe, says Exeter signing White
Revved-up Aussie maestro Nic White has revealed why he rejected the chance to fight for a place at the 2019 World...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLittle Belgium has a big rugby heart
Assistant coach Simon Leader gives the inside track on the rise of rugby in Belgium Our season finished with a big...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCruden can help restore the thrills
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Montpellier fans cannot wait to see All Black fly-half Aaron Cruden in their colours this season. They...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWho’d have thought it? Sam a radio role model
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW No matter what happens from now on, nothing will stop Sam Warburton taking...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CALLUM SIRKER ENGLAND SEVENS WING Callum Sirker ended the past two seasons at Twickenham but what a journey the last 14...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSunwolves end season on a high as Keino binned
By ADAM ELLIS THE Sunwolves rounded off their second year in Super Rugby with a maiden win over New Zealand opposition,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSeniloli try treble sends Tonga into RWC
By SAM JACKSON Samoa 16 Fiji 38 TONGA qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan without having to play...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER SELKIRK, SCOTLAND AND BRITISH & IRISH LIONS FLY-HALF JOHN RUTHERFORD When I made my Scotland debut in 1979 it...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoPub talk
Breakfast in the local… a light-hearted look at how the Lions unite the country You wouldn’t say there was an air...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoRef Poite was wrong, but Sam handled him so well
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND HIS WAS an incredible achievement by the Lions. I don’t understand those people who are...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoSing-a-long fans show rugby still has romance
John Taylor, a hero of the 1971 tour, finds thousands of reasons to be cheerful in Eden Park Tributes: Tadhg Furlong...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoI suspect Gatland feared the Lions would lose this one
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Tough call: Jerome Kaino wraps up Alun Wyn Jones after catching him...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLionhearted Saracens won’t buckle
By JON NEWCOMBE Saracens Six: Super Maro Itoje and insets Owen Farrell, Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, George Kruis and new signing...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoVolavola secures Fiji’s place in Japan
FIJI qualified for the 2019 World Cup in Japan with a second-half rally to beat Tonga in their Pacific Nations Cup...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTough schedule no concern for Gloucester starlet
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND U20s scrumhalf Harry Randall has defended World Rugby’s format for the Junior World Cup despite ongoing criticism...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoFaletau came of age, going toe to toe with Read
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Consistently brilliant: Taulupe Faletau IT’S been one hell of a series and no-one involved...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoCrying shame there’s no fourth Test to show how great Lions could be
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Not enough time: Rhys Webb had more to offer WHAT a whirlpool of emotions it was on the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAaron Morris extends his contract with Harlequins
Junior World Champion full-back Aaron Morris has extended his contract with Harlequins. Joining Harlequins from Saracens in 2016, Morris, 22, made...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 8 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions prove they have stomach for the battle
To beat an All Blacks side that have lost only six games since the World Cup in 2011 – and not...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHarlequins rising star pens new contract
Harlequins have received a big boost ahead of next season with the news that highly-rated centre Joe Marchant has extended his...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoChisholm hungry to hit England summit with Hill behind him
ALL-ACTIONHarlequins No.8 James Chisholm aims to lay down a challenge to England’s back rowers with another stellar campaign at the Stoop....
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoLions prove they have stomach for the battle
That was more like it: Taulupe Faletau JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK To beat an All Blacks side that have...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoWayne’s way has made the All Blacks better people
John Taylor, the 1971 Lions flanker, speaks to Wayne Smith, the coach who makes the All Blacks tick in defence and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHunter leads women in their World Cup defence
SARAH Hunter will captain England’s title defence at the World Cup in Dublin on August 9. Rachael Burford, Rochelle Clark, Tamara...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 8 years agoGreatest of them all still battling like a true champion
John Taylor John Taylor, the 1971 Lions flanker, meets up with his old sparring partner, the great Colin Meads Te Kuiti...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoAshton impressed by attacking mindset
By JON NEWCOMBE BRIAN ASHTON has urged England to stick with the attack-minded philosophy that brought them eight tries and 73...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoRegan: Hartley’s success has put pressure back on George
By NEALE HARVEY DYLAN Hartley’s “outstanding” leadership has earned him the right to captain England through to the 2019 World Cup,...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoHero Evans grabs two to signal his Test arrival
From ALEX BYWATER in Apia STEFFAN Evans ended a season to remember with his first international tries as Wales claimed a...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEtzebeth try sparks Springboks’ second half battering
By NICK VERDIER SOUTH Africa celebrated the anniversary of their 1995 World Cup triumph by completing a 3-0 whitewash of France...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTownsend focus on conquering Europe
By COLIN NEWBOULT Chiefs livewire: Stuart Townsend PICTURE: Getty Images SUCHwas the meteoric rise of Exeter’s Stuart Townsend during the latter...











