All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoReferees are not free from criticism
In a country in which we are lucky to have freedom of opinion and speech as a birthright, Wayne Barnes is...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoMatt Banahan tribute to ‘superb’ Anthony Watson
By Jon Newcombe Former England international Matt Banahan has hailed Anthony Watson as the ‘ultimate team man’ and a ‘true professional’...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoI want the Red Roses to be unstoppable, says Zoe Aldcroft
By Dan Robertshaw Newly appointed England captain Zoe Aldcroft insists there is work to be done before her side can set...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 months agoCaptains don’t have to play the full 80
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed It seems your columnist’s hotline to the England head coach Steve Borthwick has turned positively...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoBeefing up club rugby may start a trend
HERE’S a novel idea: a fresh European tournament specifically aimed at clubs based on the continent of Europe, as opposed to...
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/ 4 months agoGreg Fisilau is following in father’s footsteps
By Mark Stevens In what has been a challenging campaign for the Exeter Chiefs, Greg Fisilau has emerged as a rare...
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/ 4 months agoWhat a team London Irish could have been…
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know Those disciples of London Irish pining for their lost Premiership team...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoA hat-trick to beat them all
PETER Brown, born into one of Scotland’s most decorated footballing families during the Second World War, responded to the privilege by...
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Features
/ 4 months agoSteve Borthwick needs to be brutal – and bold – this Six Nations
Paul Rees looks at the tough decisions the England coach has to make ahead of this season's Six Nations It is...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 months agoQuins turn on style to rip Sharks apart
By ANDREW SMITH Sale ........................ 10pts Try: Stefan 12 Conversion: Powell 12 Penalty: Powell 37 Harlequins ...........43pts Tries: Kildunne 6, 47,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 months agoScotland’s class of 1925 fired by legends
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game's other talking points, by Brendan Gallagher Scotland only have three Grand Slams...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoFarewell, Hammer of the English
SCOTLAND wins over England are ten a penny these days but there was a time when they were a rarity which...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 months agoBill’s tour depends on fame, not facts
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, it hasn’t taken long for Bill Beaumont to reveal what we...
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Features
/ 4 months agoREGGIEHAMMICK
YOUNG GUNS SARACENS FLANKER A brasive back row Reggie Hammick has joined Mark Mapletoft’s England U20s set-up aiming to make his...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoHartpury aiming for top four, says Short
By BEN JAYCOCK HARTPURY University continue to punch above their weight in the Championship and influential back row Harry Short says...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoSpandler hits four for Bath
England U20 By BEN JAYCOCK Bath United.................. 50pts England U20................ 28pts JASPER Spandler scored four first-half tries as Bath came out...
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/ 4 months agoRob Baxter: Tom Hooper will be the first of a few big-name signings for Exeter Chiefs
By Paul Rees Tom Hooper is the first of a number of big signings Exeter intend to make before the end...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoLam on the lookout for cover at No.10
PAT Lam is looking to add an outside-half to Bristol’s squad with only one fit 10 on the books. AJ MacGinty...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoThe seven best head-to-head matchups in the Champions Cup this weekend
By Charlie Elliott The Champions Cup pool stage is at the business end now, with plenty still to play for going into the final...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoChampions Cup: Permutations of Final Pool Games
By Charlie Elliott The Champions Cup enters its final round of fixtures in the pool stage over the course of the...
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Six Nations
/ 4 months agoMax Llewellyn snub from Six Nations sums up everything wrong with Welsh Rugby
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The Wales squad has officially been announced, and Welsh fans will likely have mixed emotions when...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoAnthony Watson announces retirement after injury struggles
England and Leicester wing Anthony Watson has been forced to retire from professional rugby on medical grounds. The 30-year-old has had...
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/ 4 months agoLevani Botia – My wife didn’t know I played rugby until she saw me on TV
By Brendan McGilligan Flicking between the channels on the television, Emele Veivuke landed on a rugby match. Not being a rugby...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoIlona Maher: Rugby union needs culture shift to create stars and grow the game
Ilona Maher says that rugby union has to shift culture and mindset if it is going to evolve as a sport....
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoSimon Easterby welcomes return of Leinster quartet for Ireland’s Six Nations title defence
Interim head coach Simon Easterby believes the availability of Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong, Jack Conan and Jimmy O’Brien “massively increases” Ireland’s...
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Six Nations
/ 4 months agoUncapped prop Jack Boyle named in first Ireland squad under Simon Easterby
Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has named uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle in a 36-man squad for the Guinness Six...
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Six Nations
/ 4 months agoGregor Townsend hoping Kyle Steyn can still feature for Scotland in Six Nations
Gregor Townsend is hopeful that Glasgow captain Kyle Steyn can still play a big part in the Six Nations despite being...
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoSteve Borthwick backs new skipper Maro Itoje to lead England at 2027 World Cup
Steve Borthwick insists Maro Itoje can lead England into the next World Cup after appointing him captain for the upcoming Six...
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Six Nations
/ 4 months agoGeorge Skivington surprised by Gloucester duo’s absence from Wales’ Six Nations squad
Gloucester rugby director George Skivington has admitted his surprise at the omission of Gareth Anscombe and Max Llewellyn from Wales’ Six...
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Podcast
/ 4 months agoS4, E18: Maro Itoje England captaincy reaction and Niko Matawalu madness
Join Ollie Little, Brendan Gallagher and Chris Hewett for this week’s Rugby Paper Podcast edition, recorded just half an hour after...
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Six Nations
/ 4 months agoMaro Itoje replaces Jamie George as England captain for Six Nations
Maro Itoje will lead England into the upcoming Guinness Six Nations after replacing Jamie George as captain. George has been in...
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoHandre Pollard: Argentina will test Steve Borthwick’s England
England have been warned to expect “tough battles” when they enter the backyard of the Pumas later this year.
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoBill Sweeney facing SGM following Six Nations
The RFU will hold a special general meeting after the men’s Six Nations with chief executive Bill Sweeney facing demands for...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months ago‘Je ne regrette rien’: Lewis Ludlam loving life at Toulon
Lewis Ludlam insists he will return to Northampton one day but has no regrets about leaving the town or England behind...
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoSam Underhill to undergo surgery and miss Six Nations
England flanker Sam Underhill is an injury doubt for the Six Nations after Bath announced that he requires ankle surgery.
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoJack Singleton on breaking into the England set-up, again
Much time has passed since Jack Singleton's leg break sustained against Northampton two years ago and the hooker is looking to...
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Letters
/ 4 months agoSorry, Nick, but it’s different in France
NICK Cain has spent several issues arguing the case for promotion from the Championship and made an unfavourable comparison with French...
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Letters
/ 4 months agoIs Bill Beaumont the right man for the job?
Rugby Union’s dire inability to handle the crisis threatening a great sport’s future is reflected in Sir Bill Beaumont’s hasty appointment...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoJeremy Guscott: Four changes to fire up England
Whoever makes the England Six Nations squad, to be announced on Tuesday by Steve Borthwick, I cannot imagine much in the...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoStade Francais 45-35 Northampton Saints: Henry Pollock power show can’t rescue Saints
By Adam Hathaway at Stade Jean Bouin Stade Francais- 45 Tries: Dakuwaqa 22, Van der Mescht 29, Tanga 40+2, 57, Penalty...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoPhil Dowson: Henry Pollock is ready for England
Northampton Saints boss Phil Dowson insists Henry Pollock is ready for an England call-up if it comes on Tuesday when their...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoBristol Bears v Benetton: James Williams out to prove his worth again
James Williams saw off the challenge of Virimi Vakatawa last season and having recovered from a shoulder injury now has the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoOllie Lawrence’s play-acting was shameful to watch
Ollie Lawrence’s sham injury in the closing minutes of a knife-edge finish between Northampton and Bath at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoWe don’t need platitudes, we need to see change
The RFU’s U-turn on Friday in agreeing to an SGM, just 24-hour’s after rejecting the Thursday’s submission representing 152 clubs across...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoBath v Clermont: Joe Cokanasiga- “It is all down to chatting to the boss”
Joe Cokanasiga has credited a frank conversation with head of rugby Johann van Graan for his purple patch of form for...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoWe know this is a must-win match, admits van Graan
Return: Bath’s Ted Hill BATH make five changes as they look to kickstart their Champions Cup campaign against Clermont Auvergne. England...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoToulon v Harlequins: We’re expecting a brutal clash, admits Chisholm
James Chisholm admits he is not one of the flashier players who wear the Harlequins’ multi-coloured jersey, but the back rower...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 months agoWilson: We have a good record and won’t be overawed
■ By PAUL REES DANNY Wilson says Harlequins will not be overawed when they face Toulon at Stade Mayol today having...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 months agoGloucester take the easy route to cruise past Scarlets
■ By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ....... 31pts Tries: Englefield 4, Clement 17, Barton 31, Blake 50, Wade 73 Conversions: Carreras 4,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 months agoMontpellier ..28 Lions ……………… 5
FORMER England and Exeter Chiefs No.8 Sam Simmonds scored a late try as unbeaten Montpellier comfortably brushed off the Lions to...
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