All posts tagged "Paris"
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Features
/ 1 year agoUnassuming Charlie, the water carrier
One of the attractions of rugby union is that it is a game which provides a refuge for the likes of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLegend of the ‘Bearded Beast’ Esteve
PETER JACKSON FOR sheer bloodthirsty brutality, no international fixture of the last half century has come remotely close to matching France-Wales...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCreevy fires Sharks back to winning ways
By LUKE JARMYN Sale .................................... 24pts Tries: Reed 15, 33; B Curry 51, Creevy 69 Conversions: Ford 34, 70 Gloucester ...........................
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoBarnes showed why he’s the best
Wayne Barnes retired at the top of his game on Thursday after taking charge of a record 111 internationals, the last...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoGeorge urges RFU to listen to old boys
By ADAM HATHAWAY Jamie George has urged the RFU to listen to England’s seasoned internationals before rubber-stamping proposals over new playing...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLagisquet’s effort cannot be ignored
RUGBY MATTERS World Rugby could desperately do with an injection of PR savvy not to mention a certain generosity of spirit....
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoThriller in Paris: South Africa knock out Rugby World Cup hosts
Almost 80,000 fans did not help France reach the semi-finals. There we will see England vs South Africa and Argentina vs...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoPerfect England: Fiji failed to create a sensation at the Rugby World Cup
Red and Whites are the only team to win all 5 of their World Cup matches. Uzbekistan kompaniyasi Pin Up foresaw...
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/ 2 years agoUpset day in Rugby World Cup. Part II. New Zealand
Ireland were not the clear, but still favorites with the bookies. The Boys in Green were favored at around 1.7, while...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoAll Blacks move into the final but this was a sorry mismatch
From NICK CAIN at the Stade de France Argentina............................6pts Penalties: Boffelli 4, 34 New Zealand......................44pts Tries: Jordan 10, 61, 72 Barrett...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoPaying the price of a lopsided draw
BRENDAN GALLAGHER And there, ladies and gentlemen, we can see the mortal danger of having such a lopsided draw. We may...
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/ 2 years agoA touch of Aznavour
THE Springboks held their team announcement on Thursday in what was basically a village hall, in Presles, about half an hour...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoHow To Keep Up To Date With Rugby World Cup 2023
The Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2023 concludes at the end of October after a gruelling seven weeks of rugby played by...
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/ 2 years agoUnbelievable! It all ends in Irish tears
By TOM BRADSHAW Ireland............................ 24pts Tries: Aki 27, Gibson-Park 39, Penalty 64 Conversions: Sexton 29, 40 Penalties: Sexton 22 New Zealand...................
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/ 2 years agoGatland makes most of the late, late show
TIME-KEEPING has not been a strong point of teams in this tournament with most of them guilty of tardiness. Wales were...
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/ 2 years agoAussie accents in the air
WALES and England fans were flooding into the Vieux Port in Marseille on Friday afternoon ahead of this weekend’s fixtures. There...
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/ 2 years agoSteward tees up for the south
■ JUST like in Japan four years ago, which had the Olympics following a Rugby World Cup, this tournament has felt,...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoMagic money tree can’t last for ever
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BILL Sweeney does not much care for accountability. It is why his first...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 2 years agoScore a Winning Try at the Rugby World Cup with the help of Direct Ferries
With the Rugby World Cup well and truly under way there’s no better – or easier – way for fans to...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoThe Biggest Sporting Events Of 2024 – What To Expect
As the world anticipates the return of definitive global sports events in 2024, it behoves one to look ahead at what...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoAki gives Ireland reason to believe
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER South Africa .................... 8pts Tries: Kolbe 51 Penalties: Libbok 5 Ireland............................. 13pts Tries: Hansen 33 Conversions: Sexton 34...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoWhy Vernon would take a dim view of this kicking game
PETER JACKSON Roughly 30 years ago, a new coach took charge of a junior club in a suburb of Cardiff, a...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRaiwalui has transformed Fiji, says old mate Gough
By ROB COLE IF Fiji get off to a flyer at the World Cup and beat Wales in Bordeaux today, then...
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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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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoSpringboks flick the power switch
South Africa beat everyone to the punch by having the nerve to turn their substitute bench into virtually a complete auxiliary...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoLate Ramos penalty denies Scotland in Paris
A Thomas Ramos penalty in the 79th minute denied Scotland a draw in Paris. Replacement George Horne had darted down the...
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/ 2 years agoFired-up France name strong team as Ritchie returns for Scotland
France have made 13 changes to the team who were stunned in Scotland last week, as this week’s visitors welcome back...
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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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Latest News
/ 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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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoWillis: I’d never have left Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England back row Jack Willis admits that he would never have left Wasps if they...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoLaw-tinkerers are a danger to the game
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST THE odds on Owen Farrell travelling to the World Cup as England’s starting No.10 are even shorter...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThere’s no stopping Ramos
PETER JACKSON Thomas Ramos is en route to finishing the season 100 or so points clear of his nearest challenger across...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoWade stays on at Racing 92
Former Wasps and England winger Christian Wade, below, is set to stay in France next season by signing an extension that...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoThe La Liga News: Top 5 English Football Players
Soccer is one of the most popular sports. It captures the attention of millions of fans who enjoy the match in...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoResurgent Scots can give Irish tough test
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK There is no question that Ireland’s visit to Murrayfield today against a resurgent Scotland...
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Six Nations
/ 2 years agoThis is the best Scottish team I have faced – Sexton
By PAUL REES Johnny Sexton’s travelling in the Six Nations started in Paris 13 years ago and it is set to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSpringbok prop Koch keen to head home
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former Saracens and Wasps tighthead Vincent Koch, below, is poised to return to South Africa at the end...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoFrench stars can produce something from nothing
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK France lost to the number one ranked side in the world in Dublin a...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoFrench will want all angles covered
NICK CAIN The French will be twitchy about any repeat against Scotland in Paris today of the defective TMO process which...
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Latest News
/ 2 years ago£2m and rising – the cost of shambolic start to Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON Wales are paying a fearful price for their shambolic start to the Six Nations in lost prize money...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGatland’s desperate to stop the rot
By ROB COLE Wales have suddenly turned into a penalty machine and Warren Gatland says he has got to find a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoCharlie’s move to roll back the years
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Charlie Faulkner will be remembered for his many achievements; from judo black belt...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoKolisi to quit Sharks for long stay in Paris
NEWS EXTRA SOUTH Africa captain Siya Kolisi will join Racing 92 on a multi-year deal after the World Cup in October....
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoHost Cities Guide: Rugby World Cup 2023 locations
If you’re attending the 2023 rugby world cup it is set to be an absolute corker. The best bookmaker bonuses are...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe need to improve discipline – Proctor
By JON NEWCOMBE Matt Proctor is as frustrated as the next person at Northampton’s Jekyll & Hyde start to the season....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing stick with Travers
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Racing 92 have been linked with a host of coaches for next season, but...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDavies brings curtain down on his 30-year service with Wales
By PETER JACKSON Mark Davies is to end one of the longest careers in Test rugby – 30 years unbroken service...
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Rugby Matters
/ 3 years agoSevens shows just how great it can be
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Occasionally, I question the value of Sevens in...
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/ 3 years agoRobinson: Grace can be a star in 15-a-side
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Jason Robinson was one of the greatest ever cross-code players – and reckons St Helens star Regan Grace...
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