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Autumn Nations Cup: Shane Horgan questions Ireland's direction under Andy Farrell
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Friday, 04 December 2020 01:46
Former British and Irish Lion Shane Horgan has questioned Andy Farrell's ability to sufficiently evolve Ireland's gameplan.Since being elevated to head coach following Joe Schmidt's departure last year, Farrell's Ireland have struggled to produce dominant 80-minute performances and are yet to win away from home."This next fixture against Scotland (the Autumn Nations Cup third-place play-off) is interesting," Horgan told the…
England v France: Anthony Watson replaces injured Jonathan Joseph for Autumn Nations Cup final
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Friday, 04 December 2020 03:01
Wing Anthony Watson replaces the injured Jonathan Joseph in the one change to the England side for Sunday's Autumn Nations Cup final against France at Twickenham.More to follow.England: Daly; Watson, Slade, Farrell (capt), May; Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Launchbury, Curry, Underhill, B Vunipola.Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Stuart, Hill, Earl, Robson, Malins, Marchant.
Stephen Varney: The teenager born in Wales, now playing for Italy
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Thursday, 03 December 2020 22:51
Saturday will be a special day for one Stephen Lorenzo Varney.The 19-year-old was born in Pembrokeshire, growing up in the hamlet of Rhoshill, a few miles south of Cardigan in deepest west Wales.But despite being raised in a passionate Welsh community and a Welsh speaker himself, he will be lining up for his first international start for Italy against the…
England prop Beno Obano says rugby has become more self-aware
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Thursday, 03 December 2020 11:00
Bath prop Beno Obano says the campaign for a more just society after George Floyd's death in May has changed elite rugby for the better."Certain conversations I have had with other players, they just became more self-aware," Obano told BBC Sport."It made people realise things they may have said or done might be taken poorly by someone else from another…
Autumn Nations Cup: Fiji allowed to play after end of coronavirus outbreak in squad
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Thursday, 03 December 2020 06:50
Fiji have been given the go-ahead to make their first appearance in the Autumn Nations Cup when they face Georgia at Murrayfield on Saturday.But after a spell of quarantine and a round of negative tests, Fiji are set to belatedly take to the field."What we have lived through is difficult," head coach Vern Cotter said. "In this kind of situation…
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