All posts tagged "Sevens"
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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 agoFor me, this was their finest Six Nations win
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Could have beaten England. Should have beaten France, finally did the business against Scotland. Italy took the major scalp...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoMilitary’s finest ready for battle
Inter Service Champs – A look ahead to this season’s big matches involving the Army, Navy and RAF “The win we...
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Paul Rees
/ 1 year agoPlayers or gladiators? Why the game is struggling to find the right balance
Paul Rees reports on World Rugby's attempts to broaden the sport's appeal but can see problems ahead It has become an...
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News Extra
/ 1 year agoDupont inspires French victory
NEWS EXTRA ANTOINE Dupont inspired France’s men to their first sevens title since 2005 as they beat injury-hit Great Britain 21-0...
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News Extra
/ 1 year agoGollings gets boot
NEWS EXTRA FIJI have sacked coach Ben Gollings less than a month before the Hong Kong Sevens, with former captain and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoHow one player really can make a team tick
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY have France fallen off a cliff ?Can...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 1 year agoThe team culture at Exeter blew me away
My Life in Rugby with Bryan Rennie - The former Scotland A, Border Reivers, London Irish, Exeter & Bristol centre, now...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBenson leads the way for Cambridge
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Oxford..................11pts Cambridge........ 56pts Tries: Hamilton 66 Penalties: Tries: King 2, 20 Holdroyd 4, Gompels 28, Kantolinna 31, Hughes...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoHampton look team to beat at Rosslyn Park 7s
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Hampton claimed the Middlesex School Sevens Cup as they continue to impress ahead of the Rosslyn...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoBig clubs are hit by ‘doublon’ clashes
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN We always knew the World Cup would play havoc with the Top 14 season – as soon...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoMcHenry grabs his lifeline from Dax
By LUKE JARMYN Alex McHenry scored Jersey’s third try against Exeter in September, yet eight days later was selling nearly all...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoScarratt excited for inaugural PWR ‘Super Weekend’
Premiership Women’s Rugby is embarking on its first ‘Super Weekend’ and Emily Scarratt is delighted to return just in time to...
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Sevens World Series
/ 1 year agoDupont looks sharp at 7s
Antoine Dupont’s Olympic dream got off to a winning start with two victories on his sevens debut for France at the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoLow degree of danger? This man is just lethal…
BRENDAN GALLAGHER There was a curious moment in the last minute at Murrayfield last night when a message suddenly flashed up...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoEdwards in firing line as France lose rhythm
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT’S too easy to say that France have fallen off and are no longer the team...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoYet again, Ealing prove they have what it takes
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ealing Trailfinders’ narrow defeat by Leicester in the Premiership Cup semi-final last weekend...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoCranleigh show big boys how it is done
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS The sevens season continued with a quiet week before it truly erupts, with just one headline...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoTosa takes chance with a lighter blue
By ROB COLE Makoto Tosa will join an exclusive club on Saturday when he wins his second Blue in the Varsity...
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Rugby Europe Championship
/ 1 year agoNo stopping Portugal as they put on a show
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Romania ......................... 24pts Tries: Cojocaru 20, Gontineac 43 , Neagu 59 Conversions: Conache 21, 44, 60 Drop goals:...
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Red Roses
/ 1 year agoRed Roses: Helena Rowland
Loughborough Lightning fly-half Birthplace: Doncaster Date of birth: 19/09/99 Community club: Aylesbury RFC Red Roses debut: vs Italy November 2020 Caps:...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 1 year agoBaloucoune eyes Olympics
Ulster wing Robert Baloucoune is eager for the chance to compete at the Paris Olympics with Ireland. Baloucoune, 26, was previously...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoSedbergh kick-off sevens season in style
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Sevens season is here. This week saw the first major regional tournaments take place and made...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoSleightholme out to follow his pals
By JON NEWCOMBE Ollie Sleightholme takes huge encouragement from seeing his Saints mates get England recognition as he looks to further...
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Red Roses
/ 1 year agoRed Roses: Lucy Packer
HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF Birthplace: Swansea Date of birth: 02/02/2000 Community club: Amman United Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2021 Caps: 16...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoDominant Ipswich march on with more silverware
SCHOOL REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Schools rugby is now sevens-centric heading through February with an array of sevens spectacles of varying...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAt last! Freeman and Roots give Borthwick reasons to be cheerful
SIX NATIONS 2024 By NICK CAIN Italy..................................... 24pts Tries: A Garbisi 11, Allan 26, Ioane 85 Conversions: Allan 13, 27; P...
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World
/ 1 year agoCockerill out to beef up Georgia
Rugby Europe Championship By JON NEWCOMBE Richard Cockerill starts his reign as Georgia head coach in a remote part of Germany...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoWills double earns Bears memorable derby win
■ By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Bristol Bears ..22pts Tries: Atkin-Davies 35, Wills 48, 52, Varley 67 Conversions: Aitchison 67 Exeter Chiefs.. 12pts...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoSuffolk’s Ipswich take the spoils in Seaford
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS This week was the highlight of the school tens period, the Seaford Southern Tens tournament. The...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoDavidson relief as Castres stop rot
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The afternoon after the Friday-night chastening Six Nations defeat in Marseille before, a subdued French rugby audience...
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Features
/ 1 year agoThe Six Nations round one unavailable XV
As the first Six Nations campaign of the new World Cup cycle draws nearer, the respective international coaches will be praying...
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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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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoAlldritt to captain France
La Rochelle captain Gregory Alldritt will lead France in the absence of Antoine Dupont, who will miss the Six Nations to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoGloucester seal home advantage for last 16
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester .........35pts Tries: Atkinson 9, Clarke 50, Hastings 68, Tuisue 72 Conversions: Hastings 9, 50, Carreras 68 Penalties:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 1 year agoDupont leads the otherwise engaged XV
As the countdown gets ever closer to the launch of the grand old championship in Marseille on Friday week, it is...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoSuper Bears smash four for perfect 10 out of 10
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Bristol Bears ...26pts Tries: Wills 12, Reed 24, Burns 52, Botterman 75 Conversions: Reed 12, 52, 75 Harlequins...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoLucu the man to replace Dupont
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN An email drop and social media flurry confirmed the line-up of France’s 34-player training squad for the...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoWizard Dupont casts his spell to steer Toulouse to emphatic victory
By JIM SHORT Ulster ................ 24pts Tries: Stewart 40, Addison 62, Timoney 69 Conversions: Doak 63, 70, Cooney 40 Penalty: Cooney...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoBath out to make it three in a row
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Bath v Racing 92 Today. Kick-off 1pm, The Rec Bath captain Ben Spencer is looking forward to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoThis year, Scotland can take high road
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED HE was born in the Old Town of Edinburgh, died in the New Town and spent much...
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Young Gun
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns: Newcastle centre Oli Spencer
By BEN JAYCOCK Now back to full fitness Oli Spencer is hoping to repay the faith shown in him by England...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoSaints and Bath academy lads top of class
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS As the sevens season approaches and the finest school talent don their academy/national jerseys, 15-a-side school...
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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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Features
/ 1 year agoCall for more diversity among referees
Jon Newcombe talks to high-level ex-ref David Rose On Boxing Day, Sam Allison became the first black referee to take charge...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 1 year agoGlasgow keen for Hastings return
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Scotland international Adam Hastings has been speaking to Glasgow Warriors about a return north of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoI can see why Dupont has gold in his sights
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT is very hard to think of France without Antoine Dupont as a driving...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoThe French out in front? That’s not how it looks
With 12 victories in 16 games, Paul Rees reflects on a promising start by English clubs in the Champions Cup It...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoO’Gara’s problems keep on coming
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Australian hooker Tolu Latu went straight into La Rochelle’s matchday squad for pre-Christmas trip to Stade Francais,...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoWarriors win ugly to keep Euro hopes alive
■By BRYN PALMER Bayonne............ 11pts Try: Bosch 33 Penalties: Lopez 28, 49 Glasgow............12pts Tries: Miller 37, McKay 56 Conversion: Thompson 38...
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