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This year’s World Rugby Classic looks set to be a star-studded affair with some of the sport’s most decorated names lined up for the tournament.
Keven Mealamu, a two-times World Cup winner, Shane Williams, Wales’ record try scorer, and Gordon D’Arcy,...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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Stephen Wright
Ollie Smith, the former England centre, will be among a star-studded Classic Lions squad travelling to Bermuda for next month’s World Rugby Classic.
The Lions will be hoping Smith, 33, can help inspire the side go one better than last year when they ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2015
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Ugo Monye, the former England and Lions wing, signed his career off in style with a try and two conversions in Harlequins’ 68-43 rout of the Bermuda Barbarians on Saturday.
Monye, who retired at the end of the season, helped the Aviva Premiership sid...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
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France rediscovered their flair against Italy to win their second Plate final in three years in the World Rugby Classic at North Field, National Sports Centre, on Saturday night.
The Les Bleus had laboured to a very un-French-like ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
It might not have been a performance typically associated with Les Bleus, but France got the job done against Canada with minimal fuss in the World Rugby Classic Plate semi-final at North Field, National Sports Centre.
In the absence of almost any of...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Dan Parks kicked two second-half penalties to help the Classic Lions topple South Africa, the defending champions, in an entertaining and often bad-tempered semi-final at the World Rugby Classic.
If there was any doubt about the Classic Lions’ inten...
DATE: Nov 13, 2014
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Felipe Contepomi, the Argentina inside centre, played an instrumental role in his side’s 28-14 victory against Canada in the World Rugby Classic at North Field, National Sports Centre, yesterday.
Contepomi, who is making his Classic debut, had a hand...
DATE: Nov 10, 2014
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Argentina will touch down in Bermuda today with the strongest squad they have assembled for the World Rugby Classic as they go in pursuit of a treble of titles.
That is the view of Rodolfo Ventura, the team manager, who has travelled with the Classic...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
The North Field at the National Sports Centre has been passed fit to host next week’s World Rugby Classic, John Kane, the event’s president, confirmed yesterday.
Three of the eight floodlights at North Field were brought to the ground by Hurricane Go...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
John Kane, the World Rugby Classic president, has insisted that the “show will go on” despite 50 per cent of the floodlights at North Field, National Sports Centre, being destroyed by Hurricane Gonzalo.
Three of the eight floodlights at North Field w...
DATE: Oct 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright