All posts tagged "Schools"
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRegions would benefit from having Welsh leadership, says Robin McBryde
Leinster forwards coach Robin McBryde shares his view on no Welsh region having a Welsh head coach
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBlackrock’s class of ’96 is a story of future Ireland stars and hidden gems
Leo Cullen and Brian O'Driscoll both came through the corridors of Blackrock College
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Rosslyn Park Sevens will be even more prestigious
Brendan Gallagher views how the current health crisis is affecting schools rugby
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoNo place for BOD in Rock’s ‘96 all-stars
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Starter at 10: Brian O’Driscoll playing fly-half for Blackrock College in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTwinkle toes Vasily danced a merry jig at Blackrock
ONE of Blackrock’s more exotic recent products is Russia’s captain Vasily Artemyev, who made such a big impression at RWC2019, first...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBrilliant Logie was the forerunner of modern Sevens
Top talent: Laughland FIJI might be the Sevens kings but it’s worth remembering that Scotland invented the game and, it is...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHume worked miracles at Ampleforth
Star: Basil Hume in Ampleforth 1st XV, 1940 IT’S a funny thing but in the 850 odd years since Britain last...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCommunity game is sadly bottom of list
THIS week we saw the excruciating decision by the game to make every community rugby coach and regional development officer redundant....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWitcher wants Valkyries to ride on Roses success
By ADAM ELLIS Big plans: Mark Witcher PORTSMOUTH Valkyries head coach Mark Witcher believes the club is perfectly situated to heighten...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSam’s triple winners rivalSherri’s mean machine
Brendan Gallaghercontinues his series looking at rugby’sgreat schools WINNING trophiesand reaching finalsisn’t everything inschools’ rugby butit’s nice when it hap-pens and...
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Schools / Universities
/ 5 years agoState school PE staff work hardest to provide rugby
IN RESPONSE to Jordan Crane’s remarks in last week’s My Life in Rugby re state school rugby. While accurate in regard...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHigh time Cardiff put up a statue for Billy
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Exceptional: Billy Boston on the rampage for Wigan. Inset, above, with Cardiff &...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDiversity sounds good – but are the people there?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On the climb: Bill Beaumont was elected as one of the first...
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Features
/ 5 years agoEuros signs five to drive his Drovers up the table
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE EUROS Evans got his recruitment for next season over and done early doors this year and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGareth Edwards-led Millfield really started Rosslyn Park Sevens dynasty
Brendan Gallagher begins a new feature looking at Britain's esteemed rugby schools
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoChampion class of 2020 maintaining the highest standards
IT can’t be easy living up to brilliant teams of yesteryear but this season’s Wellington 1st XV have been right up...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGivvons spun them a golden yarn in Oldham
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Star man: Alec Givvons, bottom row, third left, with the Oldham team of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoVarndell stays in the game with coaching role at Bury
By NEALE HARVEY TOM Varndell is ready to add another chapter to his x-factor career after joining Bury St Edmunds as...
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoWhy English rugby is so popular in Japan
Despite its aversion to a foreign culture, Japan is a country that has adopted quite a few things from the west...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoNew kicking law will increase excitement
New role: Taulupe Faletau should get more opportunity to carry the ball from deep PICTURE: Getty Images I was really looking...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoTalent-spotter Dusty is back to help his old club’s revival
World record kicker: Dusty Hare DUSTY Hare remains a Leicester legend despite having spent seven years bringing through a swathe of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby’s finest rushed to the battlefront and died heroes with VCs
FOR three decades or more before 1914 the young men of Britain and its extended Empire had been fighting generally good...
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Iconic Pictures
/ 5 years agoShy schoolboys whose talent shook the world
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoKingsholm’s poet waxes lyrical about superstar Sinbad
Colin Boag starts his series on Super Fans with Gloucester’s Alfred Lord Tension To support your club for more than 70...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: Muscleman Chris Jones rates power of prayer now
Peter Jackson journeys back to the Vale in the 1980s by having a chat with Treorchy's 'Hatchet prop' Chris Jones
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMuscleman Chris rates power of prayer now
Back in the day when the hatchet men ruled the roost in both football codes, Chris Jones ran a reign of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe Welsh were no saints, I assure you
Match-winner: Scotland’s Tony Stanger makes his break against England in 1990 PICTURE: Getty Images Reading last week’s Sunday’s Times I was...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoWasps and Worcester become first Premiership clubs to cut wages
The two Premiership clubs will cut wages by a quarter
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCommunity clubs must speak up to instigate change
AS the concerted campaign against funding cuts for Championship clubs has shown, the RFU are sensitive to outside pressures. There are...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoMako Vunipola to miss England’s clash with Wales as prop self-isolates following flight via Hong Kong
Coronavirus fears have seen Mako Vunipola held back from rejoining his England teammates in camp
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGallagher column: Small, strong – Dupont is ideal for the French way
Morgan Parra, Maxime Machenaud and Jonathan Pelissie have all come and gone – Antoine Dupont represents the real France
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Features
/ 5 years agoJenkins fears WRU are failing the clubs
Steffan Thomas talks to Gareth Jenkins about his crusade to boost Welsh rugby The way it was: Then Wales head coach...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAll Blacks of the year all come from Fiji!
Swapped allegiance: Sevu Reece PICTURE: Getty Images I OCCASIONALLY get taken to task – I’m being as polite as possible –...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPiutau: Radradra will make us a dangerous prospect
The Bristol Bears full-back talks to Neale Harvey about his desire to win championships at Ashton Gate by agreeing an extension
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPiutau makes his Bears appealing on and off field
■By NEALE HARVEY Expressing himself: Charles Piutau on the attack BRISTOL winger Charles Piutau says earning power was only part of...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJP Doyle follows Owens as ref at Varsity
By ROB COLE JOHN Paul ‘JP’ Doyle will become the latest international referee to take charge of the Varsity Match when...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoO’Meara grabs four to grow feelgood factor around Pirates
By ROB WILDMAN WINGAlex O’Meara had a night to remember in this dominant win for the Pirates over a below-par Nottingham...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlbion launch Baa-baas style side for schools
By SAM JACKSON PLYMOUTH Albion are pioneering a new form of schoolboy rugby which they hope will catch on across the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup will inspire kids all around globe
THE FORMER ENGLAND AND LIONS LOCK, NOW COACHING AT MELBOURNE REBELS, REFLECTS ON HIS TIME COACHING IN AFRICA AS PART OF...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: This Italy warm-up game should be in Yorkshire
Jeff Probyn shares his view on Newcastle United's St James' Park hosting England's match against Italy
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGalant’s try denies England
By ADAM ELLIS Praise: Jim Mallinder Try scorer: England captain Orlando Bailey KEANE Galant’s late try snatched victory for South Africa...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGrady’s double sees Wales sign off with victory
France ..............14 Wales................18 LIVEWIRE centre Mason Grady was the hero for Wales in their 18-14 comeback victory against Six Nations Grand...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoOur young lads played all the rugby – Horsman
By WILL FARRELL SA Schools ….23 Wales …13 CHRIS HORSMAN praised Wales for playing ‘all the rugby’ in their defeat to...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFrench show their class in 40-point romp
SA Schools A …19 France …………43 SIX NATIONS Grand Slam winners France U18 made light work of SA Schools A by...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby must act to stem decline in players
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Dwindling band: Schoolboys enjoy a game of rugby for the fun of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGale quits Warriors to run the Quins academy
■By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA CHIM Gale is reportedly set to become academy manager at Harlequins after leaving Worcester Warriors. Gale...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNonsense to give pro clubs more power
I UNDERTAKE voluntary work in the senior county championship and schools representative rugby. I echo Ian Lewis’ concerns (TRP May 12)...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLet the pros run our game? That would just be lunacy
JEFF PROBYN Grerat man: Brian Habana of the Barbarians is greeted by Micky Steele-Bodger after playing New Zealand at Twickenham in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTouch Rugby is feeling its way towards a bright future
CHRIS WEARMOUTH previews what will be the biggest ever Touch World Cup Touch down: England flyer Kamil Shahabdeen scores against Scotland...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSaints chase prop Josh
NORTHAMPTON Saints are set to raid Premiership rivals Harlequins to strengthen their front row next season by moving for tight-head prop...
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