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Japan warm up for their World Cup in style

4 August 2019 1 comment

By WILLIAM WITHERS Japan ………………… 41 Tonga ………………… 7 Flyer: Kenki Fukuoaka score Japan’s fifth try JAPAN eased past Tonga in a convincing victory for […]

Highs and lows on

21 July 2019 0 comments

Lions tour in ‘74 RIGHT up until my early 20s, when I was playing professionally for Middlesbrough, I seemed to be heading in the same […]

Fiji fire out World Cup warning to Wales

14 July 2019 3 comments

FIJI made a statement of intent with a resounding win over their Kiwi rivals in Suva in the first match of a two-match series with […]

England hold the key to Olympic dream

14 July 2019 0 comments

By ANDRE THOMAS ENGLAND may have taken the long route round to qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, but they remain on course after […]

Falcons duo join Harlequins

7 July 2019 0 comments

HARLEQUINS have signed Fiji internationals Vereniki Goneva and Tevita Cavubati from Newcastle. Winger Goneva, 35, joins for pre-season while second row Cavubati, 31, will arrive […]

Owens: We’ll run ourselves into the ground

7 July 2019 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER KEN OWENS will take a mantra of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ into Wales’ World Cup preparations and has urged […]

Warren can conquer the world in stages!

30 June 2019 0 comments

World’s best: Warren Gatland coaching Wales Chiefs: Sam Cane and Anton Lienert-Brown PICTURE: Getty Images ITHOUGHT Warren Gatland was going to have a rest after […]

Wales can win it, says Roberts, but there’s more to do

30 June 2019 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS High hopes: Jamie Roberts playing for Wales WALES might be Six Nations Grand Slam champions, 14 games unbeaten and ranked second in […]

Barbarians put Eddie in charge

30 June 2019 0 comments

ENGLAND boss Eddie Jones will coach the Barbarians against Fiji at Twickenham in November, just two weeks after the World Cup final. The game will […]

Eddie Jones to take charge of Barbarians in clash with Fiji

27 June 2019 0 comments

Twickenham match will be the first time Jones will have been head coach of the Baa-Baas

More Fijians on their way to Scotland as Mesu Dolokoto signs for Glasgow Warriors

26 June 2019 0 comments

Dolokoto becomes latest player to join Glasgow Warriors, with Edinburgh already recruiting heavily from Fiji

Karkadze breaks Fiji hearts

23 June 2019 0 comments

Georgia …12 Fiji …8 GEORGIA held on to their status for next year’s U20 Championship in Italy with a pulsating finish to their mud bath […]

Outpowered Scotland left facing the axe

23 June 2019 0 comments

Scotland…19 Italy…26 SCOTLAND slumped to their fourth straight defeat amid the rain and thunder in Rosario. Carl Hogg’s side trailed 14-7 to the Italians when […]

Duty free solace for sacked Jenkins

23 June 2019 1 comment

NO international coach can have been subjected to a more brutal sacking than Gareth Jenkins, on the Sunday morning after Fiji had given Wales the […]

EQP system is not working, the figures are a fudge

23 June 2019 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME England qualified: Nathan Hughes came to the Premiership before he was capped by his homeland Fiji […]

Thomas-Wheeler targets more big scalps in bid for fifth

16 June 2019 1 comment

■By ALEX BYWATER WALES U20’s most infamous clash with the Baby Blacks saw them hammered 92-0 in 2011. A side including Liam Williams, Cory Hill […]

Pumitas in seven heaven

9 June 2019 0 comments

Argentina………41 Fiji …………………14 ARGENTINA put on a show in front of the home crowd in Santa Fe by beating Fiji 41-14 with seven different try […]

Graham Rowntree signs three-year contract with Munster

4 June 2019 0 comments

England’s triumvirate of 2015 will all call Ireland home after this year’s World Cup

Davies off to Dragons to make room for Anscombe

2 June 2019 2 comments

TRANSFER WRAP DEAN Ryan has landed his No.1 target for the Dragons with fly-half Sam Davies moving to Rodney Parade from the Ospreys. The PRO14’s […]

Fiji in pole position to win World Series

29 May 2019 0 comments

Fiji have a two-point lead going into the final round in Paris

London Sevens: Phil Burgess raring to go as Sevens hits the capital

23 May 2019 0 comments

Burgess will stand in to captain England at Twickenham as Tom Mitchell misses out through injury

World Rugby to offer Six Nations a compromise with ‘World League’ plans

15 May 2019 0 comments

World Rugby trying to keep order with Six Nations over promotion and relegation system, amid £5bn investment in proposed World League

Ulster turn heads with ‘significant’ addition from Highlanders

14 May 2019 0 comments

Ulster add to an already versatile backline with signing of Matt Faddes

Naiyaravoro pining for a chance with his homeland

12 May 2019 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD TAQELE Naiyaravoro is still dreaming of one day enjoying the “passion” of playing for his native Fiji despite all but giving up […]

Goode crowned best in Europe

12 May 2019 0 comments

ALEX GOODE was last night named the best player in Europe after Saracens’ Champions Cup win to pile more pressure on England head coach Eddie […]

TRP’s Championship Dream Team XV 2018-19

11 May 2019 0 comments

Jon Newcombe has canvassed opinion from the second tier to select a dream XV

Pivac gets best out of people says Hayward

5 May 2019 2 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS BYRON Hayward has transformed the Scarlets’ defence – and now he faces the task of stepping into the shoes of Shaun Edwards […]

Legend Watson accuses Sharks of ‘culture of fear’

28 April 2019 0 comments

By ADAM ELLIS Determination: Andre Esterhuizen scores for the Sharks THE SHARKS took full advantage of an ill-disciplined Waratahs team to claim a crucially-timed 23-15 […]

England scrape through after shock loss toWales

14 April 2019 1 comment

World Sevens Series From ANTON CLARKE SINGAPORE SEVENS Counting their lucky stars: England captain Tom Mitchell in action for England in during their surprise 12-0 […]

Fiji still kings of Hong Kong while Ireland join the party

14 April 2019 0 comments

HONG KONG WRAP FIJI turned on the style to claim a fifth consecutive Hong Kong Sevens title with an unstoppable display to beat France 25-7 […]

Try-star Norton puts England into quarters

7 April 2019 1 comment

By ANTON CLARKE HONG KONG Record man: Dan Norton excels in Hong Kong Scorer: Phil Burgess Fiji flyer: Vilimoni Botitu NOT ONLY did England produce […]

Victory in Vancouver has got Blitzbokke believing

17 March 2019 0 comments

■ By ADAM ELLIS Confidence boost: South Africa triumph in Vancouver ENGLAND have fallen further from contention for the World Rugby Sevens Series with a […]

Probyn column: World Cup is still the best way to gain exposure for Tier 2 nations

14 March 2019 0 comments

A big meeting to come this month on World Rugby’s Nations League concept

Lam’s right to make voice heard, fans should follow suit

10 March 2019 1 comment

I WAS struck by Nick Cain’s reference, in his well-balanced piece on the World League, to Pat Lam’s statement that the Pacific Island protests “were […]