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Nov 10, 19 •
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England Women began their autumn series with a 20-10 win against France in Clermont-Ferrand. Playing their first game since coming second in the Women’s Super Series in San Diego in the summer, England won in France for the first time since 2012 in front of...
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Nov 4, 19 •
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Simon Middleton has named his England Women squad for the opening autumn Test against France. Newly-crowned World Rugby Player of the Year Emily Scarratt takes her place in the group alongside Darlington Mowden Park Sharks’ Heather Kerr and...
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Nov 1, 19 •
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World Rugby has announced the shortlists for the prestigious Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year awards for 2019, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at The Prince Park Tower in Tokyo, Japan, on 3 November. Following a stellar year for...
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Oct 24, 19 •
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his team to play New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup 2019 semi-final at Yokohama Stadium (KO 5pm local time, 9am UK time). Captain Owen Farrell is named at inside centre with George Ford selected at fly half...
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Oct 22, 19 •
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World Rugby has announced the match officials for the Rugby World Cup 2019 semi-finals at International Stadium Yokohama this weekend. Nigel Owens (Wales) will take charge of England versus New Zealand on Saturday (17:00 JST) with Romain Poite and Pascal...
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Sep 4, 19 •
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his side to play in the Quilter International against Italy on Friday at St James’ Park in Newcastle (KO 1945 live on Sky Sports). A mix and match selection strategy sees Joe Marchant named at outside centre...
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Aug 22, 19 •
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his squad to play Ireland as part of the Quilter Internationals on Saturday at Twickenham Stadium (KO 3pm live on Sky Sports). A different selection strategy for the weekend will see a number of changes to...
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Aug 15, 19 •
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his team to play Wales in Cardiff on Saturday (KO 2:15pm live on Sky Sports). George Ford will captain the side again following Sunday’s 33-19 win over Wales at Twickenham Stadium. There are three changes to...
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Aug 12, 19 •
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has confirmed his official 31-man squad to participate in the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan beginning next month. Owen Farrell will captain England in his second Rugby World Cup. The squad of 31 players have over 1,000...
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Aug 9, 19 •
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his team to play Wales in their first Quilter International of the season at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday 11 August, KO 2pm live on Sky Sports. George Ford (Leicester Tigers) will captain England with 377 caps...
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Aug 8, 19 •
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England men U18s head coach Jim Mallinder has named his team to face Argentina in their first game of the U18 International Series in South Africa on Friday at Paul Roos Gymnasium (KO 1.30pm BST). Tighthead prop Fin Baxter will captain the side, with nine...
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Jul 22, 19 •
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England men U18s head coach Jim Mallinder has named his 26-player squad for the U18 International Series in South Africa. Mallinder’s side will play fixtures against Argentina (9 August), France (13 August) and South Africa Schools (17 August) during the...
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Jul 11, 19 •
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France Gendarmerie Rugby XV embark on South African tour The rugby teams of the South African Police Services, Correctional Services, and National Defence Force will have a rare opportunity to measure themselves against international opposition when the...
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Jul 4, 19 •
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his official Rugby World Cup 2019 training squad. 35 players will assemble at The Lensbury Hotel on Sunday (7 July) for England’s first official training camp. Premiership finalists Luke Cowan-Dickie...
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Apr 18, 19 •
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Support from parents is the single-most important factor in nurturing young rugby players, new research by a Swansea University team for the Rugby Football Union has found. The findings have already prompted England Rugby to introduce a requirement that...
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Apr 11, 19 •
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The 2019 Wellington Festival kicks off on Saturday, with 420 players from the 14 regional academies taking part. The week-long programme is held annually at Wellington College, Berkshire and aims to develop both academy players and coaches on and off...
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Mar 21, 19 •
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England Women will take part in the Women’s Rugby Super Series in San Diego, USA in June-July this year. The 2019 Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam winners will play the world’s top ranked teams New Zealand, Canada, USA and France in a round-robin...
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Feb 20, 19 •
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Bill Sweeney has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Rugby Football Union (RFU). He joins from the British Olympic Association (BOA) where he has been Chief Executive Officer since 2013. After a record breaking London 2012 Olympic Games,...
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Nov 14, 18 •
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Simon Riekert: Pretoria Verby is die dae toe Skotse rugby so grof en onverfynd soos die landskap anderkant Edinburgh is. Verby is die dae toe reuse Skotse voorspelers al wat ʼn geleentheid aangegryp het om ʼn naelskraapse oorwinning voorlangs uit te maal....
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Nov 2, 18 •
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Simon Riekert- Centurion Daar is altyd vir ʼn joernalis ʼn beter opsie om oor rugby te praat, veral as jy Springbokrugby praat: kry die kenners bymekaar. Die Springbokke is in Europa en spring...
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Jun 22, 18 •
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Simon Riekert-Kaapstad Rassie Erasmus, hoofafrigter van die Sporingbokke se snoeiskêr was toe nie so diep ingesteek soos wat baie verwag het op die vooraand van die...
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Jun 15, 18 •
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Simon Riekert- Johannesburg Rassie Erasmus, Springbokafrigter het toe nie soos bespiegel is, grootskaalse veranderings aan die Springbokspan gemaak wat eerskomende Saterdag in...
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Jun 8, 18 •
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Simon Riekert- Johannesburg Rassie Erasmus, hoofafrigter van die Springbokke het drie nuwelinge in Saterdag se eerste Toets teen Engeland ingespan. Hulle is ‘Sbu Nkosi van die Sharks op vleuel, Aphiwe...
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Jun 7, 18 •
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-Simon Riekert (Johannesburg) Die derde jaar in ʼn ry kondig ʼn nuwe hoofafrigter van die Springbokke sy nuwe span aan met ʼn nuwe kaptein. Die derde jaar agtereenvolgens skuif die manne met die tjekboeke die...
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Nov 10, 17 •
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Simon Riekert-Johannesburg Die Springbokke begin hul 2017-uitgaande toer na die noorde met ʼn wedstryd teen die Iere. Daar was lanklaas soveel verskille oor die Bokke se kanse teen ʼn span wat die afgelope paar jaar ʼn radikale transformasie ondergaan het....
