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Fiji cruise past USA for place in the final

15 September 2024 0 comments

PACIFIC NATIONS CUP By JAMES ORPIN THE Fijians are the first side to book their place in the Pacific Nations Cup final after they saw […]

When the butterfly, the bison, the rocket, the barker, Popeye (and a vegetarian) took control

8 September 2024 0 comments

15. Pierre Lacaze (Lourdes) Diminutive fullback, nicknamed Papillon (the butterfly) but counter intuitively commanding in the air. Snared by Rugby League after Les Bleus’ Five […]

All-action Malolo leads way for Samoa

1 September 2024 0 comments

PACIFIC NATIONS CUP ■ By JON NEWCOMBE MOANA Pasifika hooker Sama Malolo stole the show as Samoa all but confirmed their place in the PNC […]

Jones to miss out on WXV

25 August 2024 0 comments

MEG Jones has been ruled out of England’s September internationals and the WXV tournament after sustaining a significant ankle injury which requires surgery.

South American sides facing unfair hurdles

18 August 2024 0 comments

AFTER World Rugby confirmed the qualification process for the 2027 World Cup, frustration among South American nations was tempered only by the fact that they were expecting nothing better.

Road to next World Cup lacks jeopardy

18 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points UNLESS I’ve missed something pertinent – and it’s not unknown – qualification […]

The good, bad and the ugly…

18 August 2024 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE MOST TUMULTUOUS TOUR BY NEW ZEALAND EVER IN 1972-73 Brendan Gallagher looks back at the highs and lows – from scuffles […]

Frenchman Fourcade put Italy on the right track

11 August 2024 0 comments

FRENCH coach Bertrand Fourcade, whose death at the age of 81 was announced this week, rarely gets mentioned for his contribution to Italian rugby these […]

Revolution on a river cruise

11 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE CRUCIAL MEETINGS BEHIND THE BIRTH OF RUGBY’S WORLD CUP Brendan Gallagher tells the story of how two men were […]

No stopping New Zealand as they take no prisoners to land top prize

11 August 2024 0 comments

THE 16 teams who eventually contested RWC1987 did so entirely by invitation. No qualifying process. There were of course the eight founder members of the […]

Emma Uren: Great Britain must learn from Olympic setback

4 August 2024 0 comments

Emma Uren has called on her GB Sevens team-mates to learn from a groundbreaking Olympic campaign after they finished seventh at Paris 2024.

New Zealand and Canada get act together

4 August 2024 0 comments

SEMI-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL NEW Zealand booked their place in the final with a convincing second-half performance to claim a 24-12 win over the […]

Battling China put down a marker for future

4 August 2024 0 comments

QUARTER-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL IT WAS always going to be a difficult challenge for this valiant China side as they took on reigning gold […]

Bronze for USA as they grab dramatic win over Aussies

4 August 2024 0 comments

3RD-12TH PLACE WRAP By SAM JACKSON Joy: USA celebrate winning bronze EMILIE Bydwell became the first female head coach to win a medal as USA […]

POOL C WRAP

4 August 2024 0 comments

FRANCE’S Seraphine Okemba followed in Maddison Levi, Michaela Blyde and Perry Baker’s footsteps, becoming the fourth player of the 2024 Games to score four tries […]

Hastings opens up options for Townsend

4 August 2024 0 comments

By JOE SANTAMARIA IF YOU were to ask two different Scotland fans for their assessment of the tour of the Americas, you would be forgiven […]

France show us how to do it – again

4 August 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN THE 2024 Olympic Sevens was a massive showcase for Antoine Dupont’s extraordinary sporting talent, but also for rugby union, not just in France, […]

It was good to see Scotland support for T2

4 August 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Captured: Gus Warr in action against Canada PICTURE: Alamy SCOTLAND, for reasons […]

Increase the teams in Olympic Sevens

4 August 2024 0 comments

SOMETIMES you just have to say well done. To witness six days of raucous sell-outs at the Stade de France for the two Sevens competitions […]

Fijian speedster leading the way

4 August 2024 0 comments

Ben Jaycock reports on the comings and goings in England’s second tier ahead of the new season which kicks off next month FORMER Bath and […]

Mitchell names 40-player training squad

4 August 2024 0 comments

Top of the world: Red Roses with the WXV 1 trophy PICTURES: Getty Images JOHN Mitchell has named a 40-player Red Roses squad for the […]

Good to see women winning more awards

4 August 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS disappointing that Team GB women’s sevens side were unable to get any medals that […]

Antoine Dupont inspires France to Olympic gold in Paris

28 July 2024 0 comments

Nine months on from their heartbreaking quarter-final loss in the World Cup to South Africa, Antoine Dupont inspired France’s Sevens side to win Olympic gold at the Stade de France.

Argentina, NZ and Ireland go

28 July 2024 0 comments

QUARTER-FINALS WRAP ■By WILLIAM GUPWELL THE opening game of the quarter-finals saw a close encounter in a rematch from the Pool as South Africa ground […]

Africa as Williams steps up at the death

28 July 2024 0 comments

The Blitzboks overturned the deficit after Tristan Leyds raced down the sideline and offloaded to Davids to score. Australia captain Nick Malouf was red carded […]

POOL C WRAP

28 July 2024 0 comments

FIJI secured a hat-trick of wins and France qualified for the quarter-finals despite winning just one of their three pool matches. It was a 12-12 […]

Kildunne wants to get teeth into gold

28 July 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK CROSS-CODE star Ellie Kildunne says Great Britain ‘would be stupid not to strive for a gold medal’ given the quality of their […]

We’ll benefit from tourTownsend

28 July 2024 0 comments

■By SAM JACKSON HEAD coach Gregor Townsend believes the successful tour of the Americas will bring huge benefits for Scotland in the coming seasons. Big […]

Dominguez helped Italy break into rugby’s elite

28 July 2024 0 comments

RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER TELLS HOW ITALY PLAYED THEIR WAY INTO THE TOP TIER OF EUROPEAN RUGBY Brendan Gallagher looks at how Italy, inspired by […]

Men’s Rugby Sevens takes centre stage as Dupont’s dream takes shape

26 July 2024 0 comments

The Olympics opened with rugby sevens’ biggest names competing for a spot on the podium as some of the games’ first medallists.

Scotland see off battling Chile for third win on tour

21 July 2024 0 comments

BY JOE SANTAMARIA Chile…………………………………………………11 Tries: Escobar 50 Penalties: Videla 11, Salas 27 Scotland……………………………………………52 Tries: Bayliss 22, Rowe 29, 65; Dobie 34, 45; Currie 58, Richardson 73, Steyn 79 Conversions: Healy 23, 30, 36; Hastings 59, […]

2027 World Cup is closer than you think, says Borthwick

21 July 2024 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick admits he faces a race against time to get England up to speed as he turns his sights to the […]

Packer out to defend WXV crown in Canada

21 July 2024 0 comments

By PAUL EDDISON Marlie Packer enjoyed one of the greatest nights of her rugby career in the first edition of WXV – little wonder she […]

Scotland confirm return with win over USA

21 July 2024 0 comments

U20s TROPHY ■By JAMES ORPIN SCOTLAND secured their spot back in the big time of age-grade rugby by winning the Trophy on home soil in […]

World Cup 2031 will be a tough sell in USA

21 July 2024 0 comments

Nick Cain World Cup USA is six and a half years away. Yet, outside the fraught situation World Rugby (IRB) faced in scheduling the 1995 […]

No stopping the American battlers

21 July 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S exactly 100 years ago since France and the USA met in […]

Playing for your country is the biggest honour

21 July 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER USA HOOKER AND HEAD COACH, WHO PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY FOR HARLEQUINS AND PONTYPRIDD TOM BILLUPS IWAS born and raised in a […]

Overseas stars join top teams

21 July 2024 0 comments

Ben Jaycock reports on the increasing popularity of the Women’s Prem as 30 imports sign for the top sides in England Premiership Women’s Rugby is […]

Scotland u20s back in the big time

18 July 2024 0 comments

By James Orpin Scotland have secured their spot back in the big time of age-grade rugby. They won the Rugby Trophy on home soil at […]

Hat-trick for Ashman as Scots down the Eagles

14 July 2024 0 comments

By Sam Jackson USA …………………… 7pts Tries: Boni 32 Conversions: MacGinty 33 Scotland ………. 42pts Tries: van der Merwe 6, Ashman 19, 26, 40+3; Horne […]

Try happy Scotland face USA in fight for promotion

14 July 2024 0 comments

U20s TROPHY By JAMES ORPIN SCOTLAND will be looking to book their return to the U20s World Championship on Wednesday when they contest the Trophy […]

There’s more than money to Toulouse

7 July 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There have, rightly, been acres of words written about Toulouse in recent […]

19-try Scotland set points record

7 July 2024 0 comments

Men’s U20 Trophy SCOTLAND smashed the U20 Trophy points-scoring record with a 123-15 win over Samoa in Pool A at Hive Stadium in Edinburgh as […]

Uruguay keen to give Scots a test

30 June 2024 0 comments

From JOE SANTAMARIA in Santiago, Chile AFTER Glasgow’s thrilling URC triumph, many Scotland fans would love to see their side test themselves against one of […]

3,250 miles all in the name of Doddie

30 June 2024 0 comments

Top team: Winters and fellow riders THE Peter Winterbottom/Mike Teague led USA coast-to-coast ultra marathon bike ride in support of Doddie Weir’s Foundation to find […]

Georgia to build on England victory

23 June 2024 0 comments

GEORGIA Georgia will be full of confidence going into the tournament following their big win over England this month. The Junior Borjgalos beat Mark Mapletoft’s […]

Winters leads brutal ride across USA in aid of Doddie

16 June 2024 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Even for men as mentally and physically durable as former England Grand Slam back rowers Peter Winterbottom and Mike Teague, the 3,250 […]

Townsend targeting four wins out of four

16 June 2024 0 comments

By BRYN PALMER Scotland will have a target on their backs this summer but Gregor Townsend has urged his squad to front up and win […]

Mistake to select Tom and not Ted

16 June 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ted Hill must be wondering what else he has to do to get back into an England […]

NEWS EXTRA

16 June 2024 0 comments

‘Hardnosed’ Gilmore signs up with Quins HARLEQUINS have appointed Jason Gilmore as defence coach. The Australian arrives following head coach roles with Australia A and […]

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