All posts tagged "England"
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBredan Gallagher: Nutter who made Jim Telfer’s class of ’84 finest of all
Jim Telfer shakes his head in amusement and then caves in completely and laughs uproariously. It happens occasionally: “All really good...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Italy arrive in Wales on a wing and a blessing
Italy come to Cardiff for the opening match in the Six Nations next month armed with something different, a Papal blessing....
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoMark Cueto and Tom Brady sign extension with Sale
Premiership’s all time leading try scorer Mark Cueto will have the chance to ramp up his 84-try tally for another season...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVIDEO: Know your Bro with Danny Care & Nick Evans
In the lead up to the Heineken Rugby Show hosted at The Cabbage Patch in Twickenham on Monday, former England captain...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Just 20 games to go for Stuart Lancaster to get it right
With last week’s additions to the Elite Player Squad, Stuart Lancaster gets his one and only chance to choose the players...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoBoy George Ford will man-up for England says Peter Stringer
Stuart Lancaster has challenged George Ford to show he can handle the international stage – but the Bath prodigy has already...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain takes a look at Stuart Lancaster’s Six Nations squads and likes what he sees
If England can show the sort of staying power that Stuart Lancaster demonstrated at Twickenham last Thursday then it will hold...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Phil Christophers – former Bristol, Brive and England wing
After spending a year away from rugby I realised I didn’t want to finish my career on injuries. It was definitely...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Cory Hill – NG Dragons lock
As Wales’ brightest talents spark an exodus from the Valleys it’s surprising to see one of their hottest prospects heading the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Let’s spare a thought for Toggie and Tanky
Freddy ‘Tanky’ Turner captained Scotland one hundred years ago, a Liverpudlian by birth who worked in the family printing business and...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoDelon Armitage: Toulon will release us for England
Delon Armitage has described England’s refusal to pick France-based players as a “big opportunity missed”, insisting he and brother Steffon are...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoGeorge Ford called up by England as Toby Flood is dropped
George Ford has been called up by England ahead of the Six Nations as Stuart Lancaster named his new EPS and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Georgia on my mind as the cosy club stick together
Lacking a degree in applied mathematics I only look at the IRB world rankings once a year and that is in...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoBritish and Irish option is Heineken alternative
A fresh attempt is being made to salvage a substitute tournament from the wreckage of Europe – a revised British and...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Rob Webber – Bath hooker
Good season so far? Really good. Everyone’s working hard and we’ve been getting some good results. We just want to keep...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain urges England to look at some new faces in the World Cup build up
The seemingly routine announcement of amendments to the England elite squad on Thursday at Twickenham is the exact opposite. It is...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: This Anglo-Welsh decoy shouldn’t be discounted
Is the golden handshake across the Severn, binding the four Welsh regions to the English clubs, the solution it is being...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: RFU Championship clubs face a vital strategy meeting
Later this month the chairmen and owners of the 12 RFU Championship clubs will lock themselves away in a Birmingham Hotel...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoChampionship clubs’ rage over Anglo-Welsh proposals
Championship chair- man Geoff Irvine believes it is highly unlikely the Rugby Football Union will sanction a 16-team Anglo-Welsh league, describing...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoWRU ‘will move their top stars to England’
The Welsh Rugby Union is proposing to sign six players and loan them to English clubs as a consequence of the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Cliff was out of this world, but Barry was untouchable!
New Year gongs will be all the rage all too soon, a good enough excuse to enter the festive spirit and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher takes a personal look at the Rugby World in 2013
BEST NEWCOMERS BTSport for their lively match day coverage and excellent Sunday lunchtime round-up show which is the must-watch rugby programme...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Danny Cipriani is a risk, but he could unlock golden door
Who holds the keys to No.10 for England? There is no shortage of contenders to pilot them through the 2015 World...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: My fab four could make any team in the world
The Northern Hemisphere possesses some brilliantly talented players who would be comfortable playing in any team because they are that good....
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain picks his highs and lows from 2013
Team of the Year – The 2013 Lions. Whereas the All Blacks are virtually a club side which plays and trains...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoDead-eye Stephen Myler has England in his sights
Northampton’s marksman Stephen Myler has revealed his burning to desire to represent England during the forthcoming RBS Six Nations.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoKaty Mclean receives MBE in New Year’s Honours List
England’s Katy Mclean has received an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list for services to rugby. The 28-year-old fly-half from...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoQuotes of the Year
“I was the Englishman who gate crashed the Welsh party. Phil Bennett got the ball and ran up his own back...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Walker – Leeds & England U20 hooker
For the last few years it’s been his older brother Chris making the headlines at Leeds Carnegie, but fresh from beating...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: All Blacks chase the dollar in Big Apple
The All Blacks have announced their intention to cash in on the American market with a match in New York next...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher reminisces about some unique times with a hell-raising rugby fanatic
The security guard’s radio crackled around a deserted Twickenham: “Lawrence Of Arabia and a Man Called Horse are leaving the stadium....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoGamble on Leicester Tigers exit has paid off says George Ford
It is hard to avoid drawing comparisons between George Ford and Owen Farrell – two of the brightest young things in...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Danny Cipriani’s back as he decides to return to Planet Earth
Danny Cipriani is back on the England radar, there’s little doubt about that, he’s far from the wilderness he found himself...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBreakaway or die, Welsh regions are warned
The man who created the Welsh regions is urging them to break away and join the English Premiership or face destruction.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: One hundred years on – and rugby hasn’t changed
There is a saying that there is nothing new in rugby and I think I may have found the proof. While...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoGraham Kitchener can be England lineout king says Louis Deacon
Louis Deacon has backed Leicester second row partner Graham Kitchener to break into the England team.
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Featured
/ 12 years agoAlex Goode: Well played Mike Brown, but I still want your place
While Alex Goode admits Mike Brown’s current form makes him deservedly England’s No.15, that does not mean the Sarries man is...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Brett Sturgess – Exeter prop
Nearly, but not quite for Exeter so far this season? Yes, especially in the last two weeks against Saracens and Bath....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoFreddie Burns: Doubt over my future is getting to me
Freddie Burns has revealed the full extent of the emotional turmoil he is enduring as he grapples with deciding whether to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoTom Wood signs Northampton contract extension
Northampton Saints today announced that Tom Wood has signed a contract extension along with four other forwards to stay at Franklin’s Gardens...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Peter Short – former Leicester, Bath, Exeter and England Saxons lock
1. Dave Flatman – he was not afraid to put himself in the way, and was very aggressive on the pitch....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoBath beat Northampton to win A-League title
Bath United claimed a 29-20 win over the Northampton Wanderers at Franklin’s Gardens to lift the A-League trophy last night. A...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoI could play on for one more year, says Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson came off the bench on Saturday to score the bonus-point try that helped put champions Toulon firmly in control...
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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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