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🇯🇵 Japan centre Dylan Riley of Saitama runs past 🇿🇦 South Africa scrum half Faf de Klerk of Yokohama on his way to an 80 metre individual try.

🇯🇵 Japan centre Dylan Riley of Saitama runs past 🇿🇦 South Africa scrum half Faf de Klerk of Yokohama on his way to an 80 metre individual try.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain women's 7s player kicks out at 🇪🇸 Spanish player. Totally ignored by the referee.

🇬🇧 Great Britain women's 7s player kicks out at 🇪🇸 Spanish player. Totally ignored by the referee.

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For those wondering Jean-Yves Zebago still does his trademark slam dunk try celebration every time he scores for 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso. Here he was in the recent Rugby Africa 7s competition. Still find it remarkable he can consistently slam the ball down like this without dropping it.

For those wondering Jean-Yves Zebago still does his trademark slam dunk try celebration every time he scores for 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso. Here he was in the recent Rugby Africa 7s competition. Still find it remarkable he can consistently slam the ball down like this without dropping it.

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🇿🇦 South Africa wing Cheslin Kolbe, who there is scarcely any player in world rugby with a bigger gulf between reputation and quality of most recent performances this year, got fooled by a dummy yet again in JRLO today as he fell off a tackle leading to a Kobe try for Moeakiola.

🇿🇦 South Africa wing Cheslin Kolbe, who there is scarcely any player in world rugby with a bigger gulf between reputation and quality of most recent performances this year, got fooled by a dummy yet again in JRLO today as he fell off a tackle leading to a Kobe try for Moeakiola.

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Eddie Jones: "You don't recruit at international level". Erm .... actually certain teams very much do recruit at international level.

Eddie Jones: "You don't recruit at international level". Erm .... actually certain teams very much do recruit at international level.

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To celebrate his try vs 🇦🇺 Australia being nominated for World Rugby try of the year 🇬🇪 Georgia wing Akaki Tabutsadze scored another very similar one today vs 🇹🇴 Tonga (albeit merely from 80 rather than 100 metres out this time). His 41st try in 44 caps.

To celebrate his try vs 🇦🇺 Australia being nominated for World Rugby try of the year 🇬🇪 Georgia wing Akaki Tabutsadze scored another very similar one today vs 🇹🇴 Tonga (albeit merely from 80 rather than 100 metres out this time). His 41st try in 44 caps.

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🇳🇱 Rugby Nederland instagram contrasts the size of big lock Koen Bloemen and little scrum half Boris Hadinegoro to try and illustrate the sport as for all sizes.
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🇳🇱 Rugby Nederland instagram contrasts the size of big lock Koen Bloemen and little scrum half Boris Hadinegoro to try and illustrate the sport as for all sizes.

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583,993 views • 1 year ago

Former 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England back row James Haskell: "if I had an option to watch an NRL or State of Origin or a Union game I'd probably choose NRL at the moment". If he really feels this way about the sport then why doesn't he just go and watch and comment on Super League instead?
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Former 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England back row James Haskell: "if I had an option to watch an NRL or State of Origin or a Union game I'd probably choose NRL at the moment". If he really feels this way about the sport then why doesn't he just go and watch and comment on Super League instead?

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538,270 views • 1 year ago

Eddie Jones says obvious reality about why 🇯🇵 Japan has to give up a home game vs 🇮🇪 Ireland to play at a neutral venue of Newcastle. Tier 1 Unions are selfish and run the sport in an incredibly biased way towards themselves and don't care about sporting values like fairness.
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Eddie Jones says obvious reality about why 🇯🇵 Japan has to give up a home game vs 🇮🇪 Ireland to play at a neutral venue of Newcastle. Tier 1 Unions are selfish and run the sport in an incredibly biased way towards themselves and don't care about sporting values like fairness.

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46,394 views • 1 month ago

Stephen Donald "expert" analysis on the 🇫🇷 France team: "I still couldn't tell you the names of them". In 🇳🇿 New Zealand rugby is the #1 sport, their players & coaches travel the world, yet still have a parochial rugby culture that is utterly ill informed about the global game.
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Stephen Donald "expert" analysis on the 🇫🇷 France team: "I still couldn't tell you the names of them". In 🇳🇿 New Zealand rugby is the #1 sport, their players & coaches travel the world, yet still have a parochial rugby culture that is utterly ill informed about the global game.

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337,151 views • 1 year ago

Remember when 19 y/o 🇬🇪 Niniashvili dumped 🇿🇦 Etzebeth backwards then got up and easily stopped 🇿🇦 Kolbe. Etzebeth then cheap shotted him with charge to back of the head forcing him off concussed. Lost respect for Etzebeth for that scumbag play. Ought to have been straight red.
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Remember when 19 y/o 🇬🇪 Niniashvili dumped 🇿🇦 Etzebeth backwards then got up and easily stopped 🇿🇦 Kolbe. Etzebeth then cheap shotted him with charge to back of the head forcing him off concussed. Lost respect for Etzebeth for that scumbag play. Ought to have been straight red.

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336,235 views • 1 year ago

New 🇰🇷 South Korean Netflix series "Rugged Rugby: Conquer or Die" features 8 vs 8 scrum battle contest between each team (best of 3 with the defensive scrum winning if it holds out for 20 seconds)!
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New 🇰🇷 South Korean Netflix series "Rugged Rugby: Conquer or Die" features 8 vs 8 scrum battle contest between each team (best of 3 with the defensive scrum winning if it holds out for 20 seconds)!

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270,947 views • 1 year ago

"Rugby must be more open" Reposting this interview clip from 2022 with Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze. Everything he says is spot on. As mentioned before the sport desperately needs more people who share these principles in its leadership.
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"Rugby must be more open" Reposting this interview clip from 2022 with Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze. Everything he says is spot on. As mentioned before the sport desperately needs more people who share these principles in its leadership.

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369,506 views • 2 years ago

The 🤡 Nigel Owens says Georgian talents like Niniashvili "would not really add anything" to 6N and lied that they got "beaten very comfortably by Italy recently". Georgia's rise one of greatest stories in rugby yet "Tier 1" establishment just spits on it.
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The 🤡 Nigel Owens says Georgian talents like Niniashvili "would not really add anything" to 6N and lied that they got "beaten very comfortably by Italy recently". Georgia's rise one of greatest stories in rugby yet "Tier 1" establishment just spits on it.

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186,888 views • 1 year ago

🧵 FLASHBACK THREAD: three of biggest low IQ plays from the career of Donncha O'Callaghan. Who else remembers when O'Callaghan greedily butchered a 4 vs 1 overlap for Lions vs New Zealand in 2005? One of worst butcherings of an overlap ever seen in many years watching rugby.
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🧵 FLASHBACK THREAD: three of biggest low IQ plays from the career of Donncha O'Callaghan. Who else remembers when O'Callaghan greedily butchered a 4 vs 1 overlap for Lions vs New Zealand in 2005? One of worst butcherings of an overlap ever seen in many years watching rugby.

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82,747 views • 5 months ago

Flashback to the classic "Last Man Standing" Adidas Lions vs New Zealand commercial in 2005. Probably the greatest rugby advert of all time.
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Flashback to the classic "Last Man Standing" Adidas Lions vs New Zealand commercial in 2005. Probably the greatest rugby advert of all time.

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215,978 views • 1 year ago

There are several clips circulating of the young 🇿🇼 Zimbabwean sidestepping sensation Edward Sigauke utterly destroying Varsity Cup level rugby in 🇿🇦 South Africa over the past few weeks.
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There are several clips circulating of the young 🇿🇼 Zimbabwean sidestepping sensation Edward Sigauke utterly destroying Varsity Cup level rugby in 🇿🇦 South Africa over the past few weeks.

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166,529 views • 1 year ago

Eddie Jones: 🇿🇦 South Africa benefits from having so many players in 🇯🇵 Japan because "it's a bit less arduous on their bodies, they get good training time in, plenty touches of the ball [...] they come back refreshed look at Malcolm Marx [...] it's a massive advantage for them".
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Eddie Jones: 🇿🇦 South Africa benefits from having so many players in 🇯🇵 Japan because "it's a bit less arduous on their bodies, they get good training time in, plenty touches of the ball [...] they come back refreshed look at Malcolm Marx [...] it's a massive advantage for them".

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43,929 views • 3 months ago

All time favourite moment of Peter O'Mahony's Ireland career.
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All time favourite moment of Peter O'Mahony's Ireland career.

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141,523 views • 1 year ago

Got to laugh at Tindall here criticising Prem for "a half empty stadium" and for a game being "not a great game of rugby". Guarantee the R360 plan would have plenty of "half empty stadiums", in no sport is every game a classic, and "spunking" money is exactly what R360 is doing.
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Got to laugh at Tindall here criticising Prem for "a half empty stadium" and for a game being "not a great game of rugby". Guarantee the R360 plan would have plenty of "half empty stadiums", in no sport is every game a classic, and "spunking" money is exactly what R360 is doing.

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82,978 views • 7 months ago

After winning the Rugby Africa Cup 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe wing Edward Sigauke gave his boots away to 18 year old 🇺🇬 Ugandan Ivan Longa who wore them in a local 7s competition the next weekend. 📹 video: denisenamale on instagram
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After winning the Rugby Africa Cup 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe wing Edward Sigauke gave his boots away to 18 year old 🇺🇬 Ugandan Ivan Longa who wore them in a local 7s competition the next weekend. 📹 video: denisenamale on instagram

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93,246 views • 10 months ago

Last month 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe decided to enter a few of their top 15s backs into the Rugby Africa 7s tournament. So checked footage to see how Edward Sigauke did and sure enough he was excellent at 7s scoring 9 tries in 6 games. Here he is scorching 🇿🇦 South Africa from 75 metres out.
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Last month 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe decided to enter a few of their top 15s backs into the Rugby Africa 7s tournament. So checked footage to see how Edward Sigauke did and sure enough he was excellent at 7s scoring 9 tries in 6 games. Here he is scorching 🇿🇦 South Africa from 75 metres out.

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70,828 views • 10 months ago

New 🇰🇷 South Korean Netflix documentary "Strongest Rugby: Die or Win" following the South Korean domestic league is released on December 10. Hopefully a big opportunity to promote the sport in the country. Here is the trailer:
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New 🇰🇷 South Korean Netflix documentary "Strongest Rugby: Die or Win" following the South Korean domestic league is released on December 10. Hopefully a big opportunity to promote the sport in the country. Here is the trailer:

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114,158 views • 1 year ago

🇫🇯 Fiji staged a Legends exhibition 7s game this week featuring many of their most historic figures in the sport having a run about. Hopefully they all had fun.
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🇫🇯 Fiji staged a Legends exhibition 7s game this week featuring many of their most historic figures in the sport having a run about. Hopefully they all had fun.

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20,753 views • 2 months ago

Flashback: Sky Sports Rugby Club analyses London Welsh's first Premiership win of the 2012/13 season. On a low budget with a rag tag squad in a league biased against them they won 5 games that season and 7 losing bonus pts. They didn't stay up but it was a great underdog effort.
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Flashback: Sky Sports Rugby Club analyses London Welsh's first Premiership win of the 2012/13 season. On a low budget with a rag tag squad in a league biased against them they won 5 games that season and 7 losing bonus pts. They didn't stay up but it was a great underdog effort.

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90,683 views • 1 year ago

Flashback: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gavin Henson effortlessly throws one of the greatest passes in Premiership history which leads to a superb long range London Welsh try vs Saracens in 2013.
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Flashback: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gavin Henson effortlessly throws one of the greatest passes in Premiership history which leads to a superb long range London Welsh try vs Saracens in 2013.

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84,111 views • 1 year ago