All posts tagged "World Rugby"
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Features
/ 9 months agoStick or twist? The choice at 10
Paul Rees looks ahead to New Zealand's heavyweight matches against world champions South Africa The Rugby Championship title could be decided...
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/ 9 months agoEveryone’s on a different journey – so enjoy yours
Steve Hill puts the questions to Fred Pierrepont, below, the head coach at Worthing RFC Why did you get into coaching...
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Features
/ 9 months agoThrowing the ball in straight at the lineout should be a given
IS there anybody out there who can explain to me, preferably in words of two syllables or less, the rationale behind...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoBBC will be covering all 32 World Cup games
By PAUL MARTIN On top: WXV champions England are favourotes to lift the World Cup WORLD Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin believes...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoSouth American sides facing unfair hurdles
AFTER World Rugby confirmed the qualification process for the 2027 World Cup, frustration among South American nations was tempered only by...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 months agoNo scrums? No problem for Springboks
BRENDAN GALLAGHER LAST week in Brisbane Pieter Steph Du Toit famously asked Luke Pearce: “Where’s the scrum?” when presented with a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 months agoRoad to next World Cup lacks jeopardy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points UNLESS I’ve missed something pertinent – and it’s...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 months agoI can’t remember a thing after I was kicked in head
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS WE all take a break for the summer and thoughts of...
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Letters
/ 10 months agoLETTER: World Rugby made the game too complicated, attritional
This is a follow on from Raymond Howell’s letter in last weekend’s Rugby Paper about rugby's loss of wide appeal.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 months agoItoje has chance to captain the Lions
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE will be a special edge to the coming season because of the 2025...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 10 months agoSpringboks open box of tricks as they leave Wallabies at the gate
By PAUL REES Australia.............................. 7pts Tries: Paisami 76 Conversions: Lynagh 77 South Africa .................... 33pts Tries: Kolisi 10, du Toit 24,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 10 months agoCreevy & Co show England how it’s done
BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANEW Pumas generation is beginning to flex their muscles, but it was the veteran Gus Creevy, 40 next birthday,...
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Features
/ 10 months agoAttack is becoming the new defence…
PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW LAWMAKERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE GAME FASTER -AND CREATE MORE SPACE ON THE PITCH Class...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoHow the sun keeps shining for Spain
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Impressive: Joel Merkler in action for Toulouse PICTURE:...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoRevolution on a river cruise
RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE CRUCIAL MEETINGS BEHIND THE BIRTH OF RUGBY’S WORLD CUP Brendan Gallagher tells the story of...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoHaydn Thomas urges England U20s to push on to the next level
As the anticipation of the new season builds, Haydn Thomas has praised the England Under-20s squad for their impressive talent and...
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Letters
/ 10 months agoLETTER: World Rugby allows scrums to be boring, dangerous
Jeff Probyn says that it takes a long time to learn the ‘dark arts’ of the scrum while David Flatman claims...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 10 months agoJoe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions
Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...
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Chris Hewett
/ 10 months agoWhy SVNS makes sense for the future
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoFarrell loves it, says Robinson
■By JOE HARVEY JASON Robinson always knew that his Wigan Warriors teammate Andy Farrell would go onto great things as a...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 months agoBuild the future on front row brilliance
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE England U20 scrum is the best in the world, and in winning...
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Features
/ 10 months agoSpain’s coming of age
ANALYSIS >> PAUL REES REPORTS ON THE CHALLENGES FACING EMERGING NATIONS TO REACH THE TOP...WHILE PROBLEMS MOUNT IN WALES Triumph: Spain...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoRichardis goes the distance with pearler of a kick
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Delight: Spain U20 celebrate victory over Fiji PICTURE:...
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Latest News
/ 10 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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Latest News
/ 10 months agoTop of the world
England U20s too strong for France in final showdown By BEN JAYCOCK Head coach Mark Mapletoft praised the England U20s as...
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Women's International
/ 10 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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Latest News
/ 10 months agoGlory for a band of brothers
By WILLIAM GUPWELL England.................................................21 Tries: Bailey 35, Green 53 Conversions: Kerr 35 Penalties: Kerr 47, 56, 66 France...................................................13 Tries: Ferte 80 Conversions: Reus 80 Penalties: Reus 10,...
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/ 10 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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/ 11 months agoFuture’s looking bright up front
There were reasons to be cheerful in wet and windy Cape Town in midweek. England might have a better scrummaging future...
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Chris Hewett
/ 11 months agoEuropean elite keen to exclude outsiders
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Whichever way you care to define the i-word, it was an interesting few hours for Canadian sport....
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoPowerful England roar into last four
POOL C By WILLIAM GUPWELL England................ 17pts Tries: Carnduff 26, Bailey 44, Isaacs 86 Conversions: Kerr 27 South Africa....... 12pts Tries:...
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Features
/ 11 months agoI can’t wait to take on Ireland in semi
OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW Winners: England celebrate their hard-fought victory against South Africa PICTURE: World Rugby THE team is...
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International Rugby
/ 11 months agoThe key talking points ahead of the second Test between Australia and Wales
Wales have not won a Test match since the 2023 World Cup. Wales will have another chance to try and end...
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International Rugby
/ 11 months agoGatland: We need to learn from this
Warren Gatland feels frustrated that Wales did not get the 50-50 calls in crucial moments but was encouraged by his inexperienced...
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Features
/ 11 months agoBig guns in danger of just looking after No.1
ANALYSIS PAUL REES WONDERS HOW THE SPORT CAN KEEP PAYING FOR ITSELF IN HARD TIMES....WHILE UNIONS BUILD FOR THE FUTURE When...
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Features
/ 11 months agoThe scrum has decided the last two World Cups
Q&A Ben Jaycock speaks to Northampton scrum coach Matt Fergurson about their victorious Premiership campaign and the game’s issues around the...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoNew-look England put Fiji to the sword
By WILLIAM GUPWELL POOL C England............... 48pts Tries: Issacs 6, Halliwell 14, Hall 20, 37; Pollock 25, Cousins 31, 75; James...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoPlaying high stakes game to stay alive
OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW We’re coming off the back of another good win against Fiji this week and one...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months agoScratch XV that downed Boks
Brendan Gallagher was at Sixways when a National League One team caused a big upset - here he looks back to the...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoBracken keeps England on course
By BEN JAYCOCK Mark Mapletoft commended his England U20s side for continuing to find solutions and adapting to their problems but...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoDREAM TEAM
HARRY SLOAN, THE AGEN AND FORMER HARLEQUINS, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING AND SARACENS CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoRuthless Ireland savour Italian job
U20S WORLD CUP POOL B By BEN JAYCOCK Ireland.................55pts Tries: Sheahan 3, L Murphy 13, O’Connell 18, Berman 27, 37, 47,...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoBracken’s hat-trick inspires England
U20S WORLD CUP POOL C By WILLIAM GUPWELL England ...............40pts Tries: Bracken 34, 65, 68 Redshaw 38, Sela 44, Pollock 50,...
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/ 11 months agoYoung stars following in fathers’ footsteps…
BRENDAN GALLAGHER So we are up and running again with another Junior World Cup to feast on over the coming fortnight....
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/ 11 months agoGatland hits the 50-mark for Wales
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Unless they change the habit of a lifetime in Australia over the next...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoHunt and George lead the way in a team packed with talent
Ben Jaycock talked to our reporters to select The Rugby Paper’s Women’s Premiership Team of the Season 2023-24 Premiership Women’s Rugby...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 months agoEngland have enough to down the All Blacks
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Steve Borthwick’s England team have taken their first step of their summer...
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James Harrington
/ 11 months agoTerrific Toulouse go on the rampage
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN “We didn’t just lose the arm wrestle – we had our wrists broken under the table,” Bordeaux...
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Features
/ 11 months agoWhen two tribes go to war
PAUL REES SAYS IRELAND’S TWO-TEST SHOWDOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA WILL BE THE REAL THINGAND NOT A FUND-RAISER THE pick of the...
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Features
/ 11 months agoI was offered a NFL trial but it was too big a risk
MY LIFEIN RUGBY IAN DAVEY THE FORMER BATH, BEDFORD, EL SALVADOR AND PERTEMPS BEES WINGER WHEN I was 16, in my...
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