All posts tagged "USA"
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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 months agoBattling China put down a marker for future
QUARTER-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL IT WAS always going to be a difficult challenge for this valiant China side as they...
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/ 9 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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/ 9 months agoPOOL C WRAP
FRANCE’S Seraphine Okemba followed in Maddison Levi, Michaela Blyde and Perry Baker’s footsteps, becoming the fourth player of the 2024 Games...
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/ 9 months agoHastings opens up options for Townsend
By JOE SANTAMARIA IF YOU were to ask two different Scotland fans for their assessment of the tour of the Americas,...
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/ 9 months agoFrance show us how to do it – again
NICK CAIN THE 2024 Olympic Sevens was a massive showcase for Antoine Dupont’s extraordinary sporting talent, but also for rugby union,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 months agoIt was good to see Scotland support for T2
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Captured: Gus Warr in action against Canada PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 9 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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/ 9 months agoFijian speedster leading the way
Ben Jaycock reports on the comings and goings in England’s second tier ahead of the new season which kicks off next...
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/ 9 months agoMitchell names 40-player training squad
Top of the world: Red Roses with the WXV 1 trophy PICTURES: Getty Images JOHN Mitchell has named a 40-player Red...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 months agoGood to see women winning more awards
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS disappointing that Team GB women’s sevens side were unable to...
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/ 9 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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/ 9 months agoArgentina, NZ and Ireland go
QUARTER-FINALS WRAP ■By WILLIAM GUPWELL THE opening game of the quarter-finals saw a close encounter in a rematch from the Pool...
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/ 9 months agoAfrica as Williams steps up at the death
The Blitzboks overturned the deficit after Tristan Leyds raced down the sideline and offloaded to Davids to score. Australia captain Nick...
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/ 9 months agoPOOL C WRAP
FIJI secured a hat-trick of wins and France qualified for the quarter-finals despite winning just one of their three pool matches....
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/ 9 months agoKildunne wants to get teeth into gold
By BEN JAYCOCK CROSS-CODE star Ellie Kildunne says Great Britain ‘would be stupid not to strive for a gold medal’ given...
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/ 9 months agoWe’ll benefit from tourTownsend
■By SAM JACKSON HEAD coach Gregor Townsend believes the successful tour of the Americas will bring huge benefits for Scotland in...
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/ 9 months agoDominguez helped Italy break into rugby’s elite
RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER TELLS HOW ITALY PLAYED THEIR WAY INTO THE TOP TIER OF EUROPEAN RUGBY Brendan Gallagher looks at...
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/ 9 months agoMen’s Rugby Sevens takes centre stage as Dupont’s dream takes shape
The Olympics opened with rugby sevens’ biggest names competing for a spot on the podium as some of the games’ first...
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/ 9 months agoScotland see off battling Chile for third win on tour
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...
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/ 9 months ago2027 World Cup is closer than you think, says Borthwick
By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick admits he faces a race against time to get England up to speed as he turns...
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Women's International
/ 9 months agoPacker out to defend WXV crown in Canada
By PAUL EDDISON Marlie Packer enjoyed one of the greatest nights of her rugby career in the first edition of WXV...
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/ 9 months agoScotland confirm return with win over USA
U20s TROPHY ■By JAMES ORPIN SCOTLAND secured their spot back in the big time of age-grade rugby by winning the Trophy...
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/ 9 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
/ 9 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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Features
/ 9 months agoPlaying for your country is the biggest honour
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER USA HOOKER AND HEAD COACH, WHO PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY FOR HARLEQUINS AND PONTYPRIDD TOM BILLUPS IWAS born...
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/ 9 months agoOverseas stars join top teams
Ben Jaycock reports on the increasing popularity of the Women’s Prem as 30 imports sign for the top sides in England...
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/ 9 months agoScotland u20s back in the big time
By James Orpin Scotland have secured their spot back in the big time of age-grade rugby. They won the Rugby Trophy...
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International Rugby
/ 10 months agoHat-trick for Ashman as Scots down the Eagles
By Sam Jackson USA ........................ 7pts Tries: Boni 32 Conversions: MacGinty 33 Scotland .......... 42pts Tries: van der Merwe 6, Ashman...
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/ 10 months agoTry happy Scotland face USA in fight for promotion
U20s TROPHY By JAMES ORPIN SCOTLAND will be looking to book their return to the U20s World Championship on Wednesday when...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoThere’s more than money to Toulouse
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There have, rightly, been acres of words written...
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/ 10 months ago19-try Scotland set points record
Men’s U20 Trophy SCOTLAND smashed the U20 Trophy points-scoring record with a 123-15 win over Samoa in Pool A at Hive...
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/ 10 months agoUruguay keen to give Scots a test
From JOE SANTAMARIA in Santiago, Chile AFTER Glasgow’s thrilling URC triumph, many Scotland fans would love to see their side test...
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/ 10 months ago3,250 miles all in the name of Doddie
Top team: Winters and fellow riders THE Peter Winterbottom/Mike Teague led USA coast-to-coast ultra marathon bike ride in support of Doddie...
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/ 10 months agoGeorgia to build on England victory
GEORGIA Georgia will be full of confidence going into the tournament following their big win over England this month. The Junior...
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/ 11 months agoWinters leads brutal ride across USA in aid of Doddie
By NICK CAIN Even for men as mentally and physically durable as former England Grand Slam back rowers Peter Winterbottom and...
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/ 11 months agoTownsend targeting four wins out of four
By BRYN PALMER Scotland will have a target on their backs this summer but Gregor Townsend has urged his squad to...
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/ 11 months agoMistake to select Tom and not Ted
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ted Hill must be wondering what else he has to do to get...
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/ 11 months agoNEWS EXTRA
‘Hardnosed’ Gilmore signs up with Quins HARLEQUINS have appointed Jason Gilmore as defence coach. The Australian arrives following head coach roles...
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/ 11 months agoGregor Townsend will not close the door on George Turner’s Scotland career
Gregor Townsend is adamant the door is not closed on George Turner’s Scotland career although he acknowledged it will be “challenging”...
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Summer Tours
/ 11 months agoGus Warr among 10 uncapped players named in Scotland squad for Americas tour
Sale scrum-half Gus Warr is among 10 uncapped players named in Gregor Townsend’s 37-man Scotland squad for the summer tour of...
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English Championship
/ 11 months agoHampson can keep on playing and coaching
By JON NEWCOMBE Craig Hampson has come to an agreement that will allow him to continue playing with Ealing Trailfinders while...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 11 months agoAtkin-Davies returns to boost Bears
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Sale v Bristol Today. Kick-off 3pm, Heywood Road ENGLAND front row star Lark Atkin-Davies returns to action...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 11 months agoJones centre stage for Tigers
Fresh from being named the RPA’s women’s player of the year, Meg Jones starts in the centres for Leicester’s final match...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 months agoTry tsunami sends a mixed message
Peter Jackson looks at an increase in points scored but suggests the figures may be hiding a problem for the Premiership....
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoComposure is the name of the game for Umaga
By SIMON THOMAS Jacob Umaga showed plenty of composure with his match-winning heroics for Benetton in Durban last weekend – which...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 months agoMine was very much the road less travelled
My Life in Rugby - Mike Ross, the former Ireland, Harlequins and Leinster prop talks about his life in the game...
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/ 12 months agoSeries 3, Episode 37: Champions Cup, Dupont and Olympics with Mike Friday
There’s plenty on the agenda for the Rugby Paper Podcast this week. Ollie Little and columnists Brendan Gallagher, Chris Hewett and...
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/ 12 months agoI’d love to coach at top level, says Biljon
By JON NEWCOMBE It is one of rugby’s cruel ironies that Harvey Biljon, who has transformed the careers of so many...
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