All posts tagged "Paris"
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoLETTER: Four-day trip to see France vs England in 1931 only £5
I was most interested in Brendan Gallagher’s article last week on French rugby and spending 16 years in the wilderness.
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoEx-rugby player Nathan Macqueen shooting for gold at Paralympics
Former rugby prodigy turned paralympic archer Nathan Macqueen could fulfil a life’s ambition today for Team GB in Paris.
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 months agoRound 1 to Boks in battle of the big beasts
By ADAM HATHAWAY South Africa ..................... 31pts Tries: Mbonambi 16, Smith 68, Williams 75 Conversions: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 69, 76 Penalties: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 29,...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoJones to miss out on WXV
MEG Jones has been ruled out of England’s September internationals and the WXV tournament after sustaining a significant ankle injury which...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoBBC will be covering all 32 World Cup games
By PAUL MARTIN On top: WXV champions England are favourotes to lift the World Cup WORLD Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin believes...
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James Harrington
/ 9 months agoCarbonel will add the flair for Stade
James Harrington French column Last season, Stade Francais finished second in the Top 14 to qualify directly for the semi-finals –...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 months agoVivre Le Stade! I’m smitten by fabulous stadium
RUGBY MATTERS Stunning: The Stade de France during the Olympics closing ceremony PICTURE: Alamy IT has taken decades to fall in...
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Latest News
/ 10 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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Features
/ 10 months agoSir Gareth Edwards: Antoine Dupont ‘has a buzz about him’
Simon Thomas talks to Sir Gareth Edwards, rated by many as the greatest rugby player of all time, about the brilliance...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoNew Zealand and Canada get act together
SEMI-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL NEW Zealand booked their place in the final with a convincing second-half performance to claim a...
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Latest News
/ 10 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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Latest News
/ 10 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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Latest News
/ 10 months agoSouth American quintet who could sparkle in Europe
BRISTOL made headlines this week with the signing of Argentina U20 full-back Benjamin Elizalde, below, ahead of the new season. Elizalde...
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Features
/ 10 months agoIncrease the teams in Olympic Sevens
SOMETIMES you just have to say well done. To witness six days of raucous sell-outs at the Stade de France for...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoAntoine Dupont inspires France to Olympic gold in Paris
Nine months on from their heartbreaking quarter-final loss in the World Cup to South Africa, Antoine Dupont inspired France's Sevens side...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoA golden finish for greatest showman
■By BEN JAYCOCK ANTOINE Dupont cemented himself as one of the greatest cross-code rugby players of all time as his second...
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoBryan Habana expects ‘box office’ Antoine Dupont to light up sevens at Olympics
The Les Bleus captain skipped the 2024 Six Nations to focus on the shortened version of the sport. Bryan Habana expects...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoWorld Cup 2031 will be a tough sell in USA
Nick Cain World Cup USA is six and a half years away. Yet, outside the fraught situation World Rugby (IRB) faced...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoNo stopping the American battlers
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S exactly 100 years ago since France and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoDon’t let our sport move to summer
RUGBY MATTERS NOT for the first time I offer a heartfelt warning against those who continue to argue for a switch...
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoWales show defiance but the wait goes on
PETER JACKSON All week long the Red Dragon legions had planned their regimental mobilisation with just enough military precision to let...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoDon’t lose Six Nations bonus on a Sunday
By Brendan Gallagher There have been more reports recently about the Six Nations wanting to do away with Sunday games and...
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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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James Harrington
/ 11 months agoHogg has eyes set on Top 14 surprise
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Stuart Hogg’s reported surprise reverse-ferret back into the professional game after his retirement last year – and...
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Rugby Sevens
/ 12 months agoJones will give all in chase for Olympic glory
By MILLY McEVOY Meg Jones knows rugby is unfair which is why she is giving it everything to get to the...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 12 months agoWhere Does “The Best Try Ever” by Gareth Edwards Rank Among Rugby’s Greatest Moments?
Throughout rugby history, few moments have achieved the legendary status of Gareth Edwards’ try for the Barbarians against New Zealand in...
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Features
/ 12 months agoDean seeks platform
Ross Heppenstall finds out what Dean Richards has been up to since stepping down as Newcastle Falcons boss for more success...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoKildunne crowned Women’s Six Nations Player of the Tournament
England’s Ellie Kildunne has been named as the Player of the Tournament for the 2024 Women’s Six Nations. After a shortlist...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoGame in England is good, says Ford
By PAUL REES George Ford feels English rugby is on the up after a testing couple of years on and off...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoPower of the four musketeers
A common theme of last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals was the influence of the four scrum-halves, the catalysts of teams that...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoGB face Monaco battle for Olympic decider
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANY rugby tourist, or indeed anybody who finds themselves in striking distance of Monaco, should consider looking...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 1 year 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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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoI may sell Toulon for €1 – Lemaitre
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A matter of weeks after ProD2 strugglers Biarritz were sold for €1, Toulon owner Bernard Lemaitre suggested...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year ago35 years on and Tim’s charity still full of hope
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER If you believe rugby is the ultimate team sport – which I still do – it is...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoRobertson will cash in on Barrett move
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED LOOKING at it from Leinster’s point of view, the signing of the world’s best inside centre is...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoTry-fest with big issues below the surface
The Paris Games, more formally known as the XXXIII Olympiad, are almost upon us and the Rugby Sevens schedule is full...
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Sevens World Series
/ 1 year agoHooper helps Aussies reach HK semi-finals
Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper made his sevens debut for Australia in their 12-0 win against Fiji at the Hong Kong...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoNtamack back for heavyweight clash
By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Toulouse vRacing 92 Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Ernest Wallon ROMAIN Ntamack starts his first match since suffering...
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Paul Rees
/ 1 year agoIt’s still all to play for in race to the finishing line
Paul Rees predicts a nerve-racking end to the Premiership season where bonus points will prove crucial THE two-month Premiership break has...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year ago25 years of hurt and counting for Scotland
Scotland fans should look away now but this week – April 10 to be precise – will be the 25th anniversary...
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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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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoIt’s time to consider talent, not geography
If everyone is heading to French club rugby, including the England centurion Courtney Lawes, it makes Courtney Lawes right: rival unions...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoEngland A need to face ‘real’ Portugal
NICK CAIN Portugal face multiple champions Georgia in the Rugby Europe final at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris today, and...
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Rugby Europe Championship
/ 1 year agoAll the pressure’s on us – Cockerill
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Georgia vs Portugal Today. Kick-off 8pm, Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Eddie Jones has coached three national teams, South...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoToulouse and Stade in line for a race to glory
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The top two tiers of French domestic rugby have been on hiatus this weekend, giving fans a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoSorry Cockers, but it’s Portugal for me
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I wish the doughty warriors of Georgia no...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoMcRae’s hat-trick highlight on a very tough day
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Ed’s......29 Dorking..............33 DORKING emerged victorious on a day when the home club remembered the 18 players...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBig two leading charge
JAMES HARRINGTON STADE Francais and reigning champions Toulouse look set to continue their twohorse race for top spot with both victorious...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoLethargic France in need of new drive
By PAUL REES PREVIEW...France vs Italy (Today. Kick-off 3pm, Decathlon Arena, Lille) IT does not come any more demanding in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoWhen the B grade was full of A stars
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER AS England A crank back into action today...