All posts tagged "World Rugby"
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont honoured with knighthood
Doddie Weir also honoured for his contribution to rugby and the search for a cure to Motor Neurone Disease
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWonder of Webb but Stade are heroes all
DAVID BARNES Standing ovation: Rhys Webb starred for Toulon Stade Francais brought a tragic week to a winning close that allowed...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoProfessional game is getting boring
JUST watched the last batch of European Cup games and I’m so, so depressed about the state of rugby. With the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCut the subs to take brute force out of modern tackles
NICK CAIN THE death of Nicholas Chauvin, the 19-year-old Stade Francais U21 flanker, has triggered game-changing shockwaves in French rugby. Chauvin,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIf we can’t have Shaun, Byron is the best option
SHANE WILLIAMS Right man for the job: Scarlets coach Byron Hayward. Wayne Pivac Jonathan Humphreys Stephen Jones STEPHEN Jones and Jonathan...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPremiership Rugby must think more about boys in the middle
I CAN’T believe that with a World Cup around the corner next year, there is even a semblance of doubt whether...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSkelton’s decision may create chaos for rugby
THE pulling power of the north, whether in terms of size of wage packets or more vibrant competitions, is starting to...
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Top 14
/ 6 years agoLaporte rides the outcry over £7m loss
DAVID BARNES Dogged: Bernard Laporte is still fighting to stage the 2023 World Cup in France ”Laporte asked an annual meeting...
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Features
/ 6 years agoStats prove it: Ireland are the best
Peter Jackson chronicles the outstanding achievements of the 2018 season Ringmaster: Johnny Sexton New Zealand end the year clinging to the...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoSam Burgess lets rip at ‘selfish players’ who cost England at the 2015 World Cup
Former England and Bath centre has his say on players who had their 'own agendas'
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAphiwe Dyanti and Malcolm Marx added to cosmopolitan Barbarians squad for Argentina clash
Rassie Erasmus has named 13 of his South Africa tourists into the Barbarians group preparing to face Argentina on Saturday. They...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlackadder: Testing autumn has been a gift for All Blacks
By NEALE HARVEY Under fire: All Blacks’ Sonny Bill Williams NEW Zealand’s November tribulations against England and Ireland will only strengthen...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPichot’s got a point about qualification
AGUSTIN Pichot, World Rugby’s vicechairman, came in for a lot of criticism this week over his tweet showing the percentage of...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoI’ll still be making big hits despite ban says Spencer
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA HARD-NOSED Leicester hitman Will Spencer has vowed to carry on making big hits despite the red...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Exit of RFU CEO Steve Brown exposes growing split in rugby
Nick Cain explains how the RFU's agreement with the Premiership and the revamp to Twickenham's East Stand caused headaches
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: England must beat Wallabies in convincing fashion
Jeremy Guscott questions whether the players who were given a chance against Japan will be trusted against the Aussies
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Features
/ 7 years agoTwiggy’s Rapid Rugby may be fashionable in Oz
COLIN BOAG Ducking the issue: Jerome Garces let TMO Marius Jonker take control Super Rugby, the Southern Hemisphere’s troubled and unloved...
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Features
/ 7 years agoExit of Brown exposes growing split in rugby
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK STEVE Brown’s decision to stand down as the RFU’s chief executive is undoubtedly...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWe’re still waiting for Lions to roar their complaint
THE silence of the Lions is deafening. We are not talking here about the former Lions players, coaches, and administrators –...
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago‘Historic day’ as Islanders join world Council
By SAM JACKSON WORLD Rugby has welcomed Fiji and Samoa onto an expanded Council, while Burkina Faso and Lebanon were accepted...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMemorial to rugby’s fallen in the Great War
ONE of rugby’s many tributes to those who fell during World War 1 this weekend has been a special commemoration gathering...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLet battle commence for the final place in Japan
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE RWC2019 repechage tournament – the first of...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFarrell debate rages on, but no doubt over scrum frailty
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Aweek has passed but the controversy continues, was it or wasn’t it?...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGet over it Rassie, slo-mo shows the ref was spot on
COLIN BOAG Slo-mo is a strange beast: sometimes it can make an incident seem to be more serious than it is,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRowntree’s expertise can help the Lelos breakthrough
Brendan Gallagher looks at the testing Autumn series awaiting Georgia’s World Cup squad Expert tuition: Graham Rowntree, below, is working with...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSexton on five-man short list
LEINSTER and Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton has been nominated for the World Rugby player of the year award. Sexton – the...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJohnny Sexton the lone ranger in World Rugby Player of the Year shortlist dominated by All Blacks and Boks
Sale Sharks scrum-half Faf de Klerk one of five stars shortlisted
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFranco Mostert in line for first Gloucester start after ‘touchy’ negotiations
The Lions had disputed the lock's move to Kingsholm
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoRassie Erasmus to test homegrown talent with England match falling outside international window
Only South Africa and Japan based players are available to South Africa
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTHREE KEY ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCH-UPS
MARO ITOJE v EBEN ETZEBETH Both second rowers are relatively young, but already have a wealth of experience under their belts....
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER PREMIERSHIP REFEREE ASHLEY ROWDEN DO I miss refereeing? I don’t miss the training, I don’t miss the travelling, but...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years ago‘He just couldn’t get out the way’
GLOUCESTER coach Johan Ackermann sympathised with Danny Cipriani over his sendingoff. “He wasn’t even wanting to tackle the guy. He wanted...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDoor is open for a Graham U-turn, says Townsend
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend has not ruled out a call-up for Newcastle Falcons back row Gary Graham...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSamoa to follow Fiji route to Australia
YOU sometimes worry about Samoan rugby – not just the habitual financial problems and the draining rugby politics – but their...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPresident Laporte on passport control
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN When can a foreigner play for France these days? When Federation president Bernard Laporte says so, that’s...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCut out the goading Maro, it’s just not classy
COLIN BOAG Poor form: Maro Itoje celebrates Edinburgh’s non-try In the Glasgow v Saracens match Champions Cup match, Maro Itoje let...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCanada start as slight favourites, but we’ll be fitter
Brendan Gallagher talks to David Rees about the Welsh connection aiding Hong Kong’s progress Brains trust: David Rees, Leigh Jones and...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLane likely to be only new face in Wales squad
STEFFAN THOMAS OWEN Lane looks set to be named in Warren Gatland’s Wales squad for the November tests this week. The...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSexton would welcome Autumn tours Down Under
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHNNY Sexton believes the proposal for rugby’s new global season can take the game’s entertainment to a new...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTop players may miss new Cup over tackle ban fears
By NEALE HARVEY ANGRY Championship clubs may withdraw top players from the forthcoming Championship Cup following the RFU’s refusal to facilitate...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup crying out for regional qualifiers
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THERE has been much mention recently of having...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby must realise less is more
COLIN BOAG is correct, there are far too many internationals played each season. The November internationals interrupt the club season and...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRed card fever could ruin rugby warns Care
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY Care fears red cards could wreck top rugby as a spectacle if officials fail to adopt a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years ago‘End HIA to curb brain injuries’
By PETER JACKSON WORLD Rugby is being urged to eliminate the danger of ‘brain damaged’ players being sent back into action...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTrailblazing Bee-Gee who twice broke Welsh hearts
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The merest mention of his name still evokes memories of the lunar landing...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe need answers now Gus
THE movers and shakers of World Rugby converge on Sydney this weekend against a back-drop of falling Test match attendances south...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSame again but men get the honour in Tokyo
DON’T mend what isn’t broken seems to be the message from the IOC and World Rugby after this week announcing the...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Hold a World Cup just for Tier Two nations
By Nick Cain SOME of the leading lights in World Rugby appear to be struggling to work out which way is...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMarx can make mark in Europe
Convert: Marx SPRINGBOK hooker Malcolm Marx might be under contract to the South African Union until 2020 but his CV is...
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