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Owen Farrell could still be a World Cup star for England

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

OK, let us cast our thoughts forward a little. England have won their Rugby World Cup Pool, defeating Wales and Australia (as I think they will), and then they have beaten Samoa in the quarter-final...

Kaplan slams Crusaders "illegal" scrum

1 decade ago by Super Sport.com

Prominent ex-Test referee Jonathan Kaplan has joined the chorus calling for scrutiny of the Crusaders scrumming action after their win over the Toyota Cheetahs last weekend. The Crusaders scrum...

England must deliver at World Cup, demands Ritchie

1 decade ago by ESPN Scrum

Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie has called on England to deliver at the Rugby World Cup, branding their four years without a Six Nations win 'unacceptable'. England's 55-35 win over...

SuperWrap: Week 6, 2015

1 decade ago by Super Sport.com

When the North goes South To the casual observer the story of last Saturday’s rugby will have had an all-too-familiar look to it. As always happens at this time of the year, we had two big rugby...

Reds rush stars back for Lions

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Reds coach Richard Graham wasted no time in rushing back a number of Wallaby stars, when he named his side to take on the Lions in Brisbane on Friday. There are six players returning from injury for...

Quade Cooper among Reds' inclusions

1 decade ago by ESPN Scrum

Quade Cooper is among four key backs returning from injury the struggling Queensland Reds for Friday night's Super Rugby clash with the Lions. Wallabies playmaker Cooper will make his first start of...

HSBC Sevens World Series: Tom Mitchell aiming to improve on last year's runners-up spot in Hong Kong

1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby News

Tom Mitchell has great memories of the Hong Kong, which remains the jewel in the crown of the HSBC Sevens World Series – and it will be glittering even more from this Friday, as it enters it's fifth...

Ian Ritchie's straight talking is just what England's underachievers need

1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby News

A shot across the bows, the antidote to the dreaded vote of confidence. The first is reassuring, the other worrying. One speaks to the reality, the other masks the truth. Ian Ritchie’s stark...

If you think the England v France match was good take a look at the Bledisloe Cup match in 2000

1 decade ago

After we were treated to a spectacular game of Rugby on Saturday with England defeating France 55-35 lets take a look at another high scoring affair that took place in Sydney in the year 2000 in the Bledisloe...

England's finish 'unacceptable' - RFU boss

1 decade ago by Super Sport.com

England's fourth successive Six Nations runners-up finish is unacceptable but Stuart Lancaster's side can still triumph at the World Cup on home soil, Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie...