All posts tagged "Olympic Games"
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/ 9 months agoEmma Uren: Great Britain must learn from Olympic setback
Emma Uren has called on her GB Sevens team-mates to learn from a groundbreaking Olympic campaign after they finished seventh at...
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/ 9 months agoBronze for USA as they grab dramatic win over Aussies
3RD-12TH PLACE WRAP By SAM JACKSON Joy: USA celebrate winning bronze EMILIE Bydwell became the first female head coach to win...
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/ 9 months agoPortia takes her leave in fine style
By PAUL EDDISON at Stade de France SEVENS queen Portia Woodman-Wickliffe bowed out in the perfect manner as New Zealand retained...
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/ 9 months agoPOOL C WRAP
FRANCE’S Seraphine Okemba followed in Maddison Levi, Michaela Blyde and Perry Baker’s footsteps, becoming the fourth player of the 2024 Games...
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James Harrington
/ 10 months agoJalibert is top of the ‘wanted’ list again
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Never mind that the words ‘Stade Toulousain’ have only just been meticulously punched into the plaque on...
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Features
/ 10 months agoGolden oldies who had speed to burn
Rob Cole looks back at rugby players like Ken Jones and Jack Gregory who enjoyed success at the Olympic Games... It's...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months agoIt’s close but Dupont edges out Edwards
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Your columnist fell in love with rugby watching...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 12 months agoKildunne and Jones join GB Sevens
Red Roses Grand Slam stars Ellie Kildunne and Meg Jones will join Great Britain Sevens women’s squad in preparation for the...
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/ 12 months agoSeries 3, Episode 37: Champions Cup, Dupont and Olympics with Mike Friday
There’s plenty on the agenda for the Rugby Paper Podcast this week. Ollie Little and columnists Brendan Gallagher, Chris Hewett and...
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Paul Rees
/ 1 year agoTime to create a new dynasty
Paul Rees looks at what Mark McCall needs to do at Saracens as several big names head for the exit door...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoTV deal to break €500m barrier
FRENCH COLUMN - JAMES HARRINGTON France's Ligue Nationale de Rugby hopes to pocket more than half-a-billion euros, after launching a call...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoGalthie looking for mix of renewal and continuity
Six Nations team-by-team previews: France James Harrington anticipates an Era of Expectation from the side who stalled at the World Cup...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 1 year agoExperts Predict the Front-Runners of the HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 Dubai Opener
The HSBC Sevens Challenger Series 2024 — the men’s and women’s parity makeover of the World Rugby’s international 7s series is...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoDupont deserves to be on Olympic stage
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED There are exceptions to the general rule – the best three-minute pop songs, James Joyce’s stories in...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoJoyce keeps her Olympic dream alive
By ROB COLE Jazz Joyce doesn’t believe taking up a full-time contract with the Welsh Rugby Union will jeopardise her dream...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoHome of Premiership Rugby TNT Sports goes live
TNT Sports goes live today throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, replacing BT Sport and is the new home of...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoDupont is looking to take a sabbatical
Antoine Dupont could take a sabbatical year after the 2024 Olympic Games, reports in France suggest. The France captain, 26, is...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoGB women clinch sevens spot at Paris Olympics
By SAM JACKSON GREAT Britain’s women’s sevens team won gold at the European Games in Krakow, Poland to clinch a place...
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/ 2 years agoGB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland
A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years ago2009 champions Wales name men’s squad for Rugby World Cup Sevens
Head coach Richie Pugh has confirmed his 12-man Wales squad for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, getting underway...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPhillips out to guide China to Olympics
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler FORMER England Sevens star Ollie Phillips has taken over as...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby
What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoSportsman who like to bet
Many people tend to play in aussie casino no deposit bonus and strive to win, what can we say about professional...
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/ 4 years agoSevens gets revamp to become a global game
By PAUL REES WORLD Rugby is looking to grow the game globally through Sevens which returns from its Covid lockdown next...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoWorld Rugby recruits from within to find Brett Gosper’s successor
Alan Gilpin has been announced as the new chief executive of World Rugby
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/ 4 years agoWorld Cup delayed until 2022 but 7s press ahead
By SAM JACKSON THE WOMEN’S Rugby World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by New Zealand, has been postponed until 2022 because...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoIf Lions can’t roam free on tour then call it off | Shane Williams
Player, management and fans safety has to remain at the forefront of the Lions concerns, as the UK and South Africa...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby calls end to 2020 World Sevens Series
New Zealand Men's team win first title since Gordon Tietjens left and Black Ferns Sevens go back-to-back
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoKolbe’s call on Lions is sign of true rugby man
THERE are plenty of things to like about Cheslin Kolbe, the tap-dancing wing from the Cape Town suburbs whose late try...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEngland scrape through after shock loss toWales
World Sevens Series From ANTON CLARKE SINGAPORE SEVENS Counting their lucky stars: England captain Tom Mitchell in action for England in...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoDanielle Waterman: England’s World Cup winner retires from Test rugby
England World Cup winner calls time on her Red Roses career
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Ignore the balance sheet, our grassroots game is in crisis
And so it begins. Australian rugby‘s announcement of a A$9.8 million (£5.3m) loss for the 2015 season, up from A$6.3 million...
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/ 10 years agoLondon Irish to play Saracens Premiership match in USA
London Irish and Premiership Rugby confirmed today that the Club will be the first to play an Aviva Premiership fixture overseas...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to England full-back Mike Brown about his remarkable transformation
Mike Brown is England‘s torch-bearer, but one with a difference. He is the man at the back, rather than the front,...
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/ 11 years agoEngland Sevens to take on Wales at Twickenham
England will take on Wales in a one-off Sevens international staged immediately after Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations contest between the countries...
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/ 12 years agoNorthampton Saints to play in World Club 7s
Northampton Saints will play at Twickenham for the second time in three months as they are the ninth team to be...
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