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Brendan Gallagher: We’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace

17 May 2017 0 comments

No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it was slightly ironic that it was […]

Brendan Gallagher: Crusading Clermont are closing in on their Holy Grail

11 May 2017 0 comments

It possibly won’t surprise you that Clermont – who took 99 years to land their first French Championship and who are almost defined by their […]

Brendan Gallagher: Scots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip

27 April 2017 0 comments

My heart sunk a little for the Scots on Wednesday when John Spencer read out the 41- strong Lions squad and there were just two […]

Back row dominance will be key for Leinster

23 April 2017 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Johnny Sexton in action for Leinster during victory over Wasps. Organiser: Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster Route to the semis CLERMONT Exeter 8 […]

Munster v Saracens: Pedigree is there for a classic Euro showdown

21 April 2017 0 comments

It’s 18 years since Saracens first met Munster in Europe in a double header that still ranks alongside any clash in the competition’s illustrious history. […]

High-flying Chiefs cash in another win bonus

16 April 2017 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Double delight: Chiefs full-back Lachie Turner dives over for one of his scores PICTURES: Getty Images Veteran: Nick Evans breaks away to […]

Brendan Gallagher: Willie wasn’t a wonker – he just got it wrong

13 April 2017 0 comments

Don’t blame Willie Le Roux or Danny Cipriani for that matter. Wasps‘ humbling defeat at Leinster went much deeper than an embarrassing cock-up by their […]

Brendan Gallagher remembers the 1993 Lions tour

6 April 2017 0 comments

The last truly amateur tour in Lions history ended up as just about the perfect metaphor of everything that had preceded it in the previous […]

French giants no match for runaway Red Army

2 April 2017 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Munster 41pts Tries: Ryan 5, Stander 48, Sweetnam 76, Conway 80 Conversions: Bleyendaal 5, 76, 80 Penalties: Bleyendaal 10, 27, 43, 53, […]

Brendan Gallagher: Eurostars who can earn chance to make a late check-in for the Lions

30 March 2017 0 comments

European Cup quarter-final weekend is right up there with the very best rugby weekends of the season but doubly so this season with so many […]

Robshaw’s back and firing for his Lions selection

26 March 2017 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins 53pts Tries: Buchanan 14, Brown 21, Marchant 40, Yarde 42, Luamanu 48, Care 55, Swiel 77 Conversions: Evans 15, 22, 40, […]

Brendan Gallagher’s Team of the Six Nations

23 March 2017 0 comments

15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in decent nick. 14. George […]

Brendan Gallagher: Good riddance to record run, now Eddie can experiment

22 March 2017 0 comments

It had to happen – and in fact you could argue it might have been better for England if France had nicked the win they […]

Inglorious tour which began with an erroneous choice of captain

12 March 2017 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back at 1983 when the Lions suffered badly from selection mistakes Clash of the giants: Maurice Colclough jumps against Andy Haden Ollie […]

Just how good is Stuart Hogg

9 March 2017 0 comments

Earlier in his career – and he’s still only 24 for heaven’s sake – the story that Stuart Hogg was distantly related to the late […]

Tigers’ revival hope is scalped by the Chiefs

5 March 2017 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER Chiefs’ march to the play-offs – possibly even topping the table – continued apace with this comprehensive dismantling of a Tigers […]

Young and Solomona top of the list outside bets for Lions

2 March 2017 0 comments

Is there any chance of Warren Gatland coming up with a genuine bolter for the 2017 Lions? Probably not. All four Home Unions are strong […]

Brendan Gallagher on the famous Lions bolters

2 March 2017 0 comments

As far as I can determine the term “bolter” was originally an Australian equine expression used to describe a horse that unexpectedly wins at long […]

Irish ride out the early storm with half-back pairing back in groove

26 February 2017 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND, guided by the old firm of Connor Murray and Johnny Sexton at half-back, beat France without undue alarm in tricky conditions […]

Brendan Gallagher remembers the 1977 Lions tour

24 February 2017 0 comments

History has not been kind to the 1977 Lions and, coming after the triumphs of 1971 and 1974, they were, perhaps, on a hiding to […]

Quins suffer mauling as Bath begin to flow

19 February 2017 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER BATH maintained their push for a playoff place by pulling away from a dogged and resilient Harlequins side in the final quarter […]

Brendan Gallagher: Joost was a joy to watch and an utter nightmare to play against

16 February 2017 0 comments

Rarely, if ever, have the sporting gods given so abundantly before retracting their favours so suddenly and without sentiment. To see Joost van der Westhuizen […]

Brendan Gallagher: Play Itoje and Daly in their natural positions

8 February 2017 0 comments

Sometimes we can get carried away and expect too much from out young players with their extravagant talents encouraging us to believe they can automatically […]

Campagnaro wants Italy to catch the wave this time

5 February 2017 0 comments

MICHELE CAMPAGNARO has two sporting passions in life – playing rugby and surfing – and both so far have given him more grief than joy, […]

Hair Bear Adam Jones finds happy new lair at the Stoop

26 January 2017 0 comments

One of the best, most direct and honest, Rugby autobiographies written in recent years was Bomb by Adam Jones which modestly chronicled a career of […]

Brendan Gallagher: Payback as Lions bare their teeth in New Zealand

20 January 2017 0 comments

Only those of a certain age can fully appreciate the excitement, and sheer disbelief, as news filtered back in the summer of 1971 of the […]

Brendan Gallagher previews the last two rounds of the Champions Cup

12 January 2017 0 comments

The European Champions Cup – which will forever remain the ‘Heineken’ for those of a certain age – can sparkle at any time of the […]

Brendan Gallagher’s ten to watch in 2017

5 January 2017 0 comments

Ardie Savea, above: Outrageously gifted All Blacks flanker and younger brother of Julian. Combines at bit of Michael Jones and Jerry Collins. Put all that together […]

Brendan Gallagher: Fasten your seatbelts for a rip-roaring 2017

4 January 2017 0 comments

The great thing about the New Year, for the rugbyhead anyway, is that everything seems to accelerate after January 1. The film speeds up, time […]

Brendan Gallagher: Germans are defying odds to climb up the rankings

22 December 2016 0 comments

So suddenly Germany are ranked 23rd in the world, hard on the heels of recent World Cup qualifiers Namibia and Uruguay and born-again hopefuls Spain, […]

Brendan Gallagher: Lamentable affair which left the Lions in doldrums

15 December 2016 0 comments

From the outside looking in, the 1966 Lions visit to New Zealand seems like a calamitous affair. A first ever Test series whitewash for any […]

Brendan Gallagher: Yes, I have to admit it, England do have momentum right now

7 December 2016 0 comments

For many years I hated the word momentum, used in a rugby context, and tied myself in knots avoiding it – but just occasionally nothing […]

Brendan Gallagher: England roll on but battle-weary Pumas need rest

30 November 2016 0 comments

A gritty, invaluable win by 14-man England against a Pumas side who finish 2016 punch drunk and dispirited after a year spent mainly catnapping at […]

Hall of Fame or a random collection of great names?

24 November 2016 0 comments

by BRENDAN GALLAGHER Like any sporting Hall of Fame – and I’m aware of at least 50 worldwide from ballooning to rodeo and bowling to wrestling […]

Fish and chips? At times this England performance was a banquet of brilliance

23 November 2016 0 comments

Eddie Jones called for fish and chips rugby to beat Fiji – by which I take it he meant basic wholesome no nonsense fare – […]

Have Ireland found template for Lions to beat All Blacks?

18 November 2016 0 comments

Suddenly the biggest match in Irish Rugby history is upon us – well so it seems. New Zealand at home just two weeks after their […]

Brendan Gallagher: Launchbury gives England a world-class look at lock

16 November 2016 0 comments

The record books will point to a very significant historic win – England‘s first over the Boks for ten years – but in truth this […]

Brendan Gallagher: Are China ready to rush through the open door?

4 November 2016 0 comments

Will Rugby ever crack China or indeed vice versa? I ask that question again in light of the rather startling announcement in midweek of a […]

Brendan Gallagher on a 30-day 46-test global spectacular

3 November 2016 0 comments

There was a time when rugby fans looked forward eagerly to THE annual November international, the big match between the touring giants from the Southern […]

Brendan Gallagher: Look away now unless you can think back to England beating South Africa…

28 October 2016 0 comments

England have been playing international rugby for 145 years and there have been a few bad trots over the decades against various opponents, but nothing […]

Brendan Gallagher – Who would earn place in Steve Hansen’s Invincibles?

21 October 2016 0 comments

If New Zealand beat Australia in Auckland on Saturday – and they haven’t lost at Eden Park against anybody for 22 years for heaven’s sake […]

Strong-man Scott Sio wants smooth finish to patchy Australia season

30 September 2016 0 comments

Last Autumn Australia‘s powerful prop Scott Sio made no fewer than four Test appearances in a month at Twickenham and as he says himself there […]

Brendan Gallagher takes a look at the 1930 tour to New Zealand

16 September 2016 0 comments

In many ways the 1930 Lions tour epitomised everything we have grown to love, and occasionally curse, about the trips down under to New Zealand. […]

Guy Mercer will keep Bath honest

31 August 2016 0 comments

So here’s a question. You’ve just jetted in from New Zealand tasked with turning around the talented but clearly underperforming rugby beast that is Bath […]

Brendan Gallagher: Beware the All Blacks ‘in transition’

18 August 2016 0 comments

It seems barely five minutes ago that the Rugby Championship was first mooted and then established and now here we are contemplating the start of […]

Brendan Gallagher remembers the 1908 Lions who halted the rise of Rugby League

11 August 2016 0 comments

The 1908 ‘Lions’ tour of New Zealand was, at first glance, a miserable failure with humiliating drubbings in two of the three Tests, but strangely […]

Introducing the reigning Olympic rugby champions

4 August 2016 0 comments

15. Charles Doe (Stanford University): Basketball was his first love but he quickly took to rugby. Vice-captain in Paris in 1924 and a gold medallist […]

Brendan Gallagher catches up with Italy boss Conor O’Shea

4 August 2016 0 comments

Conor O’Shea has been moving house this week and barring ferry delays, French customs getting moody and removal vans getting lost en route to Italy, […]

Brendan Gallagher: Built on sand, but Fiji’s Olympics bid will be rock solid

28 July 2016 0 comments

When it comes to stand-out Olympic performances, David Hemery’s 400m hurdles gold for Great Britain in 1968 is right up there and Ben Ryan’s Fiji […]

Brendan Gallagher: The All Black tour that left Olympics in chaos

28 July 2016 0 comments

It’s 40 years pretty much to the day that a rugby tour wreaked havoc with the 1976 Montreal Olympics, a financially precarious Olympiad that could […]

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