All posts tagged "Ireland"
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: The ancient battleground welcomes Warren Gatland again
So Warren Gatland has felt it necessary to make a pre-emptive strike aimed at reducing the hostility level towards him in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ricky Nebbett – former Harlequins, Leicester, Leinster and Esher prop
When I joined Harlequins as a teenager the first team had Brian Moore, Will Carling and Jason Leonard. It was basically...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoSam Warburton returns for Ireland clash
Sam Warburton will lead Wales against Ireland on Saturday for the Six Nations‘ second round clash in Dublin. The British &...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Dr Ron still at the head of Grand Slam pack
It has been said of Dr Ronald Cove-Smith that he never turned up on a Saturday afternoon without his little black...
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/ 11 years agoDai Young fears that weary Welsh Lions will suffer in Six Nations
Dai Young feels the after-effects of a gruelling Lions tour could hinder Wales’s chances of becoming the first side to claim...
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/ 11 years ago…but Jamie Heaslip turns them down
Despite being heavily linked with Toulon in recent weeks, Jamie Heaslip has put pen to paper on a new three-year deal...
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/ 11 years agoEngland Saxons v Ireland Wolfhounds preview
Anthony Watson will make his international debut on Saturday after being named on the wing for the England Saxons as they...
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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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/ 11 years agoSean O’Brien agrees to stay with Leinster
Sean O’Brien has decided to stay on with three-times Heineken Cup winners Leinster rejecting an offer from the current European Champions...
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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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/ 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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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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/ 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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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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/ 11 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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/ 11 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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Peter Jackson
/ 11 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
/ 11 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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Latest News
/ 11 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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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 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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/ 11 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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/ 11 years agoIreland v New Zealand preview
Brian O’Driscoll and Jonny Sexton have been named in Ireland‘s starting XV to face New Zealand on Sunday. There were doubts...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoKeith Wood: Only Ireland’s very best for 80 minutes will suffice
Only five nations on this rugby planet have beaten New Zealand in a Test match in 110 years of trying so...
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/ 11 years agoGeorge Pisi hit with six-week ban
George Pisi will miss the remainder of Samoa‘s Autumn internationals after being hit with a six-week ban for a tip-tackle on Ireland‘s...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Eoghan Grace – Plymouth Albion flanker
Enjoying the season so far? It’s going well. I’ve played in all but one of our games and I’m happy. I...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Karl Dickson – Harlequins scrum-half
1. Soane Tonga’uiha – I played with him at Bedford. He arrived in a No.13 jersey, which was a bit scary,...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Warren Gatland about the Lions triumph and autumn challenge
Warren Gatland’s credentials as the best coach in Northern Hemisphere rugby, and arguably the best in the world, have been writ...
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/ 12 years agoThree uncapped players in Ireland squad
Dave Kearney, Jack McGrath and James Coughlan could be making their Test debut next month after being named in Ireland‘s squad...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Craig Gillies – former Bath, Worcester and England lock
With 288 first team appearances over 11 years, there is no doubting Worcester Warriors are a team close to my heart....
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ireland’s new star is made in Wales
At the end of a week when English football got its knickers in a nationality twist, Ireland’s next scrum-half can be...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Heroic, tragic and downright eccentric, yes rugby has it all
A mate of mine, literary agent David Luxton, has had the brilliant idea of organising the inaugural London Sports Writing Festival...
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/ 12 years agoSaracens v Toulouse & Leicester v Treviso: preview
Saracens v Toulouse England centre Joel Tomkins will start tomorrow’s Heineken Cup clash between Saracens and Toulouse on the bench as...
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/ 12 years agoIreland and Munster rocked by Simon Zebo injury
Ireland has been rocked by the news that Simon Zebo will be out of action for “approximately ten weeks” with a foot...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Anthony Buchanan – former Wales and Llanelli prop
The year Wales won the Triple Crown in the 1988 Six Nations I was called up while I was at work...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The quiet-man keeping that Tigers’ roar loud and clear
A small, bald-headed gent has been taking centre stage at Leicester on match days this autumn but the volume and quantity...
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/ 12 years agoEngland Saxons to face Irish Wolfhounds at Kingsholm
England Saxons will face the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds at Kingsholm on Saturday, January 25 it was announced today.. The match will...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Money is not the root of all success in Europe
There’s an old saying which seems to be more and more fashionable in our game and that is, ‘money talks’. As...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoWelsh clubs in talks over Heineken breakaway
Two Welsh regions have declared their interest in joining the new Europe under Anglo-French direction from next season. PRL chief executive...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half
Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ah You Irish? Well, that’s complicated, Rodney!
Rodney Ah You arrived in Belfast as a hefty member of the baby All Blacks in 2007 and duly went home...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ruairi Cushion – Plymouth Albion captain
1. Facebook These days it seems that every time I scroll down my news feed on Facebook all that comes up...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoGloucester to face Japan in November
There will be a battle of the cherries at Kingsholm in November as Gloucester announced today they will face Japan on...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoBOD named in Joe Schmidt first Ireland squad
Ireland boss Joe Schmidt has included Brian O’Briscoll in his first squad ahead of the Autumn internationals. The 34-year-old veteran is...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Ed Hoadley – London Irish scrum-half
There are not many better places to learn your trade as a scrum-half than at London Irish and Ed Hoadley does...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ten years on, Coombs is overnight sensation!
When it comes to recurring rejection in pursuit of a professional career, Andrew Coombs deserves to be out on his own...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Let’s hope England use attack at key word
The pulse always quickens at the start of a new season, and with the Lions’ first triumph for 16 years still...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tom Shanklin – former London Welsh, Saracens, Cardiff and Wales centre
When I was 20 Clive Woodward tried to poach me for England and it actually led to my first Wales call-up....
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