All posts tagged "World Rugby"
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Features
/ 1 day agoThe Raeburn Shield: Rugby Union’s unknown honour
Rugby Union fans often take jokes at the seemingly endless amount of trophies to be won, but there is one unofficial...
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Letters
/ 4 days agoBorthwick simply can’t stay in charge
I DON’T enjoy watching England losing any match, but if a first-ever defeat to Italy hastens the end of Steve Borthwick’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoCampbell Ridl quick to make a name for himself at Exeter Chiefs
Last season it was Paul Brown-Bampoe, now it is Campbell Ridl who has very quickly made his name at Exeter Chiefs.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: My Six Nations Top 20 – The good, the bad and the rugby
And breathe! In the blink of an eye, we are 60 per cent through the 2026 Six Nations, and we are...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 weeks agoChris Hewett: Difficult choices in the game of survival
There is no shortcut to anywhere worth going, as rugby discovered to its acute discomfort following the fumbled embrace of professionalism...
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International Rugby
/ 3 weeks ago2026 Six Nations analysis: England’s No.8 debate deepens after Ireland defeat
England have produced a lacklustre opening three rounds of the Six Nations, with poor outings against Scotland and Ireland meaning their...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: Award booming huge pens a full five points
We are losing so much from the game as World Rugby dumbs down in the professional era, which is bizarre considering...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoRugby World Cup 2027: Organisers on course to deliver a thrilling tournament
Australia is putting the final touches to its preparations for the 2027 Rugby World Cup (RWC).
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 month agoBrendan Gallagher: I think Sevens is badly in need of an energy boost
I worry about Sevens which, having invested so much energy and emotion into securing Olympic status, seems to have become very...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Cain: Save our scrums! Refs must do their jobs
There was a snapshot from the second to fourth minutes of the opening match of the Six Nations between France and...
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Features
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: Wales needs to rediscover its old rivalries to help the National side
Paul Rees argues that it's time for the regional game to be shown the same concern as the national team...
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Feature
/ 1 month agoJoe Santamaria: Chile flyer Nicolás Saab leads Pablo Lemoine’s new generation
In a year full of groundbreaking moments, Chile’s 20-year-old flyer Nicolás Saab carved out a few of his own in 2025.
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 month agoChris Hewett: Blow the whistle on all these changes
Imagine, if you will, a rugby version of the once-loved, long-departed BBC children’s programme Play School and repeat after me:
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: We don’t want these front row giants
It is dire news when a player is forced to retire due to health issues, as happened last week when France’s...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: England must ditch the hype and make history
The Six Nations decision to play this season’s tournament opener between reigning champions France and Ireland in Paris on Thursday evening...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Referees need to keep their distance
Behind locked doors at their camp on the Algarve, Ireland’s brains trust will have devoted more time than usual analysing the...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoUini Atonio retires in a seismic blow to France ahead of Six Nations
France’s Six Nations preparations have been dealt a devastating blow after Uini Atonio was forced to retire with immediate effect following...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPaul Williams: At last we can see signs of stability for Steve Tandy’s Wales
Have you ever had someone try to tell you something really important? But instead of taking in that information, you’re instead...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months ago16 teams to battle it out in Georgia
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER ONE thing you can always be sure of in rugby is that it will make a mess...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: Scott ‘Razor’ Robertson fails to produce a cutting-edge strategy
Scott Robertson’s ‘windmill’ spin breakdancing celebrations were shelved during his tenure as All Blacks head coach.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: European Champions Cup is still in dire need of an overhaul
The European Champions Cup which, after this weekend, goes back into hibernation for the best part of three months, remains in...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoPoland Women target SVNS promotion after European podium finish against the odds
Poland Women’s Rugby 7s are quietly constructing a programme of genuine substance. Operating largely beyond the spotlight and without the financial...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoToo many officials ignoring the laws
RUGBY continues to move towards an uncontrolled sport as officials ignore the laws. Law 12: When the game kicks off, all...
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Features
/ 2 months agoPaul Rees: Battle of the airways puts coaches in the cross-fire
Paul Rees looks at how one law tweak by the game’s authorities can have unintended consequences.
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoBut you’re part of the problem, Beirne
CHRIS HEWETT TADHG Beirne is one of the quiet marvels of the rugby age, so it is worth listening especially hard...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Weird and wonderful in my New Year’s honours
What with Reggie Rabbit playing up in Australia, a dog called Dougal eating a New Zealand passport, Major League franchises vanishing...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoJeremy Guscott: The striking cobra Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is my star of 2025
When it comes to my highlights of 2025, South Africa has to be at the top of the international list because...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoPeter Jackson: Nations Cup suffers from travel sickness
England, Scotland and Wales may soon be on the receiving end of a gift more bounteous than most of those delivered...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Magnums all round in my all-star awards
A cycling mate of mine – award-winning journalist Daniel Friebe – annually ranks the sport’s three Grand Tours using emojis denoting...
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Features
/ 3 months agoPlayers told to provide records
FORMER players taking legal action over alleged brain injuries have been refused permission to appeal against a court order requiring them...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoDREAMTEAM
JACK DIGBY, FORMER EASTERN SUBURBS, EALING TRAILFINDERS AND DONCASTER KNIGHTS BACK ROW, WHO NOW PLAYS FOR ROSSLYN PARK IN NATIONAL ONE,...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: Referees must be told to cut out the forward pass
Here is a message to all the referees, assistant referees, and television match officials confirmed this week for the 2026 Six...
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Letters
/ 3 months agoScrum laws need to be looked at
HAVING read the article in which Sale boss Alex Sanderson talked about “devaluing the scrum” in last week’s paper, I await...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoDREAM TEAM
LEWIS GJALTEMA, THE FORMER HARLEQUINS AND BLUES SCRUM-HALF WHO NOW PLAYS FOR TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: Glad we were spared Gianni Infantino’s sycophancy
Just for once, we must congratulate World Rugby on getting it right. Their staging of the pool draw for the next...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoBrendan Gallagher: I fear the worst in Rugby World Cup mismatches
Rugby’s obsession with micro-management long ago became a disease, a sort of nervous disorder, and a full manifestation of this will...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoAlex Sanderson says it is ‘criminal’ to devalue the scrum
Alex Sanderson has called on World Rugby to allow teams to exploit their dominance in the scrum amid calls for change...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 months agoSouth Africa lock Eben Etzebeth gets 12-week ban for eye gouge
South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth has been banned for 12 weeks for an eye gouge on Wales flanker Alex Mann.
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: Recruiting Benhard Janse van Rensburg sends out the wrong message
The decision by the RFU to petition World Rugby for Bristol’s South African-born-and-bred centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg to be granted...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoChampions fight back to tame Bulls
■By SAM JACKSON Bulls ...................33pts Tries: de Klerk 8, Ludwig 20, van der Merwe 25, Moodie 37, Rudolph 39 Conversions: Pollard...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoWait for R360 will go on a lot longer
MIKE Tindall and his crew have been saying for a while now that they ‘can’t wait’ to float their boat, the...
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Features
/ 3 months agoPaul Rees: R360 threat can force change
Paul Rees on how the proposed breakaway league could revamp rugby amid increasing stresses on top players
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoR360 delays launch until 2028 amid rising opposition
R360, the proposed breakaway rebel tournament, has announced it is delaying its launch by two years to 2028.
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoEngland head coach Steve Borthwick gets green light for Benhard Janse van Rensburg
Bristol Bears centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg will become eligible for England from next November after World Rugby confirmed his brief...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoPeter Jackson: Daan Human factor has made Springboks even deadlier
Forensic experts engaged on a week-long trawl through the ruins of the Irish pack would have found something more disturbing than...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoEngland’s World Cup star Abby Dow calls time on her career at the age of 28
Red Roses wing Abby Dow has announced her shock retirement from professional rugby, ending one of the most decorated careers in...
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoBoks star Marx world player of the year
In at the corner: Damian Willemse scores South Africa’s first try and, right, Sam Prendergast and Ireland players dejected at full-time...
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoAndy Farrell: I have never seen a game like that – ever
IRELAND coach Andy Farrell was proud of the fight shown by his side but said a lack of composue in key...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoNick Cain: Don’t exaggerate the importance of bench too much
The eight-man bench is not an aspect of the pro game I support, and the lauding of England’s “Pom squad” as...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 months agoChris Hewett: These Flying Fijians deserve place in sun
Few historians of the ancient world put it quite this way, but the Peloponnesian War was won off the bench.
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