All posts tagged "England"
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Features
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Harry Thacker – Leicester hooker
Making your father proud is something that every son seeks and Harry Thacker couldn’t have done much more to test his...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: South African link would make Stuart Lancaster happy
Last week I said the Premiership would have to look further afield if they wanted to find a replacement for those...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoDominant Courtney Lawes takes game to another level
Courtney Lawes has established himself as one of world rugby’s foremost locks, insists his Northampton second row partner Christian Day.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: England only third in ‘group of death’
The Autumn Internationals provide an obvious point from which to do a stock-take on where England, Wales and Australia are two...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Iain Fullarton – former Edinburgh, Sale, Saracens, London Scottish & Scotland lock
If I had stayed at Sale I might have won a Premiership two years later, but hindsight is a great thing....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Fans are shortchanged twice in one bad week
What do the RFU and the Premiership have in common? First, both have hit the headlines this week with announcements that...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoNick Easter: My pal Mike Brown’s always been this good
While Mike Brown’s autumn form has solved one of England’s selection headaches, Nick Easter claims the answer has been staring Stuart...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: All Blacks dominate my best of the autumn XV
This has been New Zealand’s year, and their unbeaten run continued over the course of the autumn series. That is why,...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDon’t just look at my power, says Luther Burrell
Luther Burrell is determined to keep knocking on the England door – rather than smash it down – after being overlooked...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland U18s beat Australia Schoolboys
Two late tries from captain James Chisholm and Will Haywood set England U18s on the way to a hard-fought 23-3 victory...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoMartyn Thomas – “Mark McCafferty should go – he led us into wilderness”
Ever since the Anglo-French club pact was formed Martyn Thomas has predicted that the Top 14 clubs would fold like a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: The joke’s wearing thin for Warren Gatland
This is getting beyond a joke. The more Wales fail to answer needling jibes about their ‘mental barrier’, the more the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Aussie kids who changed the face of rugby for ever
It’s hard to credit in this era of 12 or 13 Test matches per calendar year by all the major Test...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNow Welsh regions can join the Aviva Premiership says Nigel Wray
Saracens chairman Nigel Wray claims that the embattled Welsh regions want to join the English Premiership as a move towards long-term...
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/ 12 years agoAndrew Sheridan’s career in tatters
Andrew Sheridan could be forced to retire following a new neck injury he sustained during Toulon‘s Top 14 match against Perpignan last...
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/ 12 years agoEngland confirm Test dates against All Blacks
The Rugby Football Union and the New Zealand Rugby Union today announced the dates and venues for England’s three-Test tour in...
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Sevens World Series
/ 12 years agoTom Mitchell: Sevens deep in the desert
Of all the nine tournaments on the IRB series, the Dubai 7s is perhaps the one that best brings home the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years ago2015 World Cup tickets price announced
The ticketing structure for the 2015 World Cup has been announced with adult prices ranging from £15 to £715 for a...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain uncovers the ticking time bomb of Red Rose tour to New Zealand
The buzz-phrase after the autumn series is that ‘England are building’. However, exactly what structure Stuart Lancaster and his side build...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Joe Marler has moved above Mako Vunipola in the prop order
As the end of this season’s Autumn Internationals are approaching, what have we learned? England set a goal of three wins...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Owen Farrell must play flat if England are to score tries
England‘s attack has been a hot topic this week after an autumn of few tries against the better teams. This is...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoAxe Chris Ashton now says World Cup wing Dan Luger
World Cup winner Dan Luger believes Chris Ashton has used up all of his nine lives for England, claiming his presence...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWIN Dylan Harley’s signed boots
To celebrate the end of the Autumn internationals, we are giving the opportunity to one of our readers to win a...
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/ 12 years agoHalfpenny nominated for IRB Player of the Year
Leigh Halfpenny could end a sensational year in style after being nominated in a five-man shortlist for the IRB Player of...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Ellis – Bath lock
Tom Ellis has been hooked on rugby since the age of six but he took an unorthodox route to reaching his...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoMike Brown named England player of the Series
England full-back Mike Brown has been voted by fans as England‘s best player of the Autumn International series. The 28 year-old...
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/ 12 years agoGeoff Parling out for three months
Leicester Tigers suffered yet another injury blow with the news that Geoff Parling could be out for up to three months...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoLewis Moody’s Movember Grab Your Balls Challenge
Are you up for a Challenge? England Rugby Legend and Viper 10 Ambassador Lewis Moody takes part in a ‘Grab Your...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: The good, bad and ugly of the scrum machines
So at last we have the answer to all scrum problems – the new scrum machine being used by Bath Rugby...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years ago‘Smoking’ Joe Launchbury is the new silent assassin
Ten years after lifting the World Cup alongside Richard Hill, Lawrence Dallaglio is convinced England have found their new silent assassin...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Charlie Davies – Wasps scrum-half
Good wins against Leicester and Gloucester… corner now turned? Definitely. We’ve always known we can deliver performances and the last few...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVote for your try of the year
Allblacks.com have released a video polling fans for their favourite try of this year from a list of sensational scores across the international scene, Super...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAlex Gray in line for England Sevens debut in Dubai
Alex Gray is set to make his first appearance in the HSBC Sevens World Series after being named in the England...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Scrum has the X factor now we need some backs
England might lack an individual with real X factor at the moment but their collective dog and spirit is their special...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s autumn verdict: McCaw & co look like world champions elect to me
England gave it a rattle and for once New Zealand seemed to come off second best with the ref but still...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson’s verdict: Wales know the precise problem
George North knew he needed something special to reassure the faithful shocked at the sight of Bryan Habana giving their gigantic...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Budge Pountney – former Northampton and Scotland flanker
1. Tom Smith – Never underestimate the quiet players, he was destructive on the pitch but a true gent off it....
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Dan Luger – World Cup winning England wing
I didn’t have many injuries but when they did happen they were quite big and seemed to come at unfortunate times,...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland reassuring over Dylan Hartley
The England medical have given reassuring over the fitness of hooker Dylan Hartley. The Northampton Saints captain was taken to hospital...
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/ 12 years agoBreakfast with Jonny Wilkinson
No doubt some of you were fortunate enough to make it out to Sydney on that glorious day ten years ago....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: What chance a real scrum when refs can’t get it right?
Question: What are the reasons for scrums? I was asked the same question by a friend who currently occupies a high...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Stuart Lancaster ducks his big chance to be bold
Little more than a week ago Stuart Lancaster called the next 12 months a “defining year” for his team. The England...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAlex Corbisiero to have knee surgery
England loosehead Alex Corbisiero is to undergo surgery on his left knee, the injury which he aggravated upon his return in...
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/ 12 years agoEngland v New Zealand preview
Dylan Hartley will earn his 50th Test cap against New Zealand on Saturday at Twickenham after being named at hooker for...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoTom Youngs’ strengths outweigh his weaknesses, says George Chuter
Former England hooker George Chuter has launched a staunch defence of Tom Youngs in the wake of the criticism directed towards...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s verdict on Wales
And still Wales can’t make the breakthrough the nation demands and expects and their talent warrants. For all their excellence on...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict on England
As thoughts turn to New Zealand do you judge Chris Robshaw‘s team on their first half performance or that inexplicably poor...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoMatt Mullan in for second England cap against New Zealand with Alex Corbisiero out
Matt Mullan is set to earn is second Test Cap for England against New Zealand on Saturday as Alex Corbisiero is...
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/ 12 years agoManu Tuilagi could miss Six Nations
Manu Tuilagi could miss the next Six Nations after undergoing surgery on a chest injury. The England centre, who tore his...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoMike Ford: Anthony Watson in line to get England call for Six Nations
One has worked with him for four years, the other for four months – but both Neal Hatley and Mike Ford...
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