Skills, strength, jubilation and heartbreak
Tonga v Namibia
In front of a capacity crowd at Exeter’s Sandy Park, it was clear that neither side wanted a narrow, forward-orientated game, and the outcome was a thrilling clash, which Tonga eventually claimed, running out 35-21 winners. A first ever World Cup win still eludes Namibia, but they scored three tries in a match at the tournament for the first time and will take plenty of positives from the game. Full set of images from the match
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One week in…
Scotland v Japan
With Japan playing their second match in four days after the heroics of their stunning win against South Africa, fitness was always going to be an issue late in the match, and so it proved. The game turned when Japan suffered the cruel loss of the influential Amanaki Mafi to injury early in the second half, as Scotland turned the screw and ran in 45-10 winners. Full set of images from the match
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Rugby World Cup opening weekend
England v Fiji
England were made to work hard by Fiji in their World Cup opener but pulled away in the last 20 minutes to secure a bonus-point win at Twickenham. Two tries from full-back Mike Brown and the impact from the bench saw Stuart Lancaster’s men home despite a disjointed display. Full set of images from the match
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Ticket to Twickenham
Bath Rugby reached their first Premiership Final since 2004 with a crushing 47-10 play-off semi-final win over Leicester Tigers. Heads up clinical rugby was once again the order of the day with the home team running in seven glorious tries. Here are some of the stand out shots from an extraordinary match…
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Best of 2014
With most of my time taken up with rugby, and a little Commonwealth Games action thrown in for good measure, here are twenty of my favourite shots from the past year.
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Glasgow 2014
After eleven days of competition, seventeen sports, 261 gold medals and surprisingly more sunshine than anyone could have expected, here are twenty of my favourite shots from my time at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow…
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A League Champions
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In the gym with Bath Rugby