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Room 101: Nick Kennedy – Toulon, former England and London Irish lock

3 July 2012 1 comment

1.Short people who sit in the exit seats on airplanes. Being 6ft 8in is not good when you’re flying at the best of times. The […]

London Irish new signing Shane Geraghty hoping to get back in England picture

26 June 2012 0 comments

Shane Geraghty declared he has “unfinished business” with club and country after revealing that Brian Smith’s plans for London Irish persuaded him to cut short […]

Sale Sharks’ pack has bulked up and ready to front up

26 June 2012 0 comments

Sale‘s pack is ready to front up and make its mark in the Premiership next season, according to Henry ‘Meathead’ Thomas. The Sharks‘ set-piece endured […]

Man Behind the Match: Richard Hill and the 2002 November test against Australia

26 June 2012 0 comments

England victories over the Southern Hemisphere giants are cherished as rare happenings these days but a decade ago they came along as frequently as London […]

Jeremy Gucsott: A fit Manu Tuilagi can become England’s Ma’a Nonu

26 June 2012 0 comments

If the RFU and Premiership Rugby do not do something about the league, English rugby could follow in the same steps as English football, in […]

Peter Jackson: Lions’ roar takes on a different sound now

26 June 2012 0 comments

A Lions Test team selected at the end of the World Cup last October would have been a straightforward exercise – Wales and The Rest. […]

South Africa Memories: Mike Burton and the 1972 tour

26 June 2012 0 comments

There was a lot of pressure on us not to tour South Africa in 1972. The apartheid regime had attracted worldwide condemnation and I remember […]

Nick Cain: Don’t believe the spin, we still have long way to go

26 June 2012 1 comment

If the mission statement of Clive Woodward’s 2003 world champion outfit was, “To Be The Best”, then the one that comes most readily to mind […]

Jeff Probyn: Let’s suspend relegation during World Cup years

26 June 2012 0 comments

At last, with the summer tours over, we can reflect on what has been a rollercoaster season for all. This World Cup year threw the […]

2O Questions: Andy Hazell – Gloucester and England flanker

26 June 2012 1 comment

Been anywhere nice on holiday? I went to Portugal with the wife and kids, which was nice and quiet. Then I went to Ibiza for […]

Young Gun: Shaun Moulton – London Irish hooker

22 June 2012 1 comment

South African hooker Shaun Malton is a man in a hurry and wants to make his mark at London Irish in double-quick time. A former […]

My Life in Rugby: Peter Short – former England Saxons and Exeter lock

22 June 2012 1 comment

Bath felt like champions the day we beat Tigers Winning away at Leicester in the Heineken Cup quarter-final with Bath in 2006 was an incredible […]

Alistair Hargreaves excited to join old friends at Saracens

22 June 2012 1 comment

South Africa second row Alistair Hargreaves has revealed that it is the link between Saracens and his native Sharks which convinced him to swap Durban […]

England legend Jonny Wilkinson still living for kicks after all these years

22 June 2012 0 comments

A campaign which began on England duty against Wales before 80,000 at Twickenham in early August ended ten months later for Toulon‘s favourite émigré before […]

Chris Whitehead ready to make most of Heineken Cup

22 June 2012 0 comments

But Exeter‘s all-action hooker has vowed to put the pain of rejection behind him by proving his worth in next season’s Heineken Cup. Whitehead pressed […]

South Africa Memories: Paul Hull and the 1994 tour

21 June 2012 1 comment

I’d been around the England squad for four years and had been on the outer 1991 World Cup squad, but it was a tough team […]

Danny Cipriani is ‘ready for an England comeback’

21 June 2012 0 comments

O’Connor played outside the former London Wasps talisman in Super Rugby and is a self-confessed admirer of the outside-half’s full range of skills. Cipriani is […]

Jeremy Guscott: Progression of sorts – but where are leaders?

19 June 2012 1 comment

In the end it was all a bit like kissing your sister; comforting but not particularly satisfying. England had the chances to win yesterday against […]

Jeff Probyn: Losing England captain Chirs Robshaw will have done England some good!

19 June 2012 0 comments

This may sound odd, but the loss of captain Chris Robshaw for the final Test may have been something of a blessing for the immediate […]

Peter Jackson: Wales Morgan Stoddart deserves to avoid scrapheap

19 June 2012 1 comment

After 20 Tests spanning 46 weeks, the curtain came down in Sydney yesterday on the busiest and longest Welsh international season. Back home, the player […]

Jeremy Guscott: The spirit of braveheart England will not be broken

14 June 2012 0 comments

At no point in this Test did England look like winning. And at no stage did their spirit look like waning. Stuart Lancaster wants progression […]

Jeff Probyn: Yes, winning is important, but the 2015 World Cup is the real target

14 June 2012 0 comments

Following last week’s defeat the headlines in almost every paper was about the reality check that England had faced when playing against the team ranked […]

Man Behind the Match: Brian O’Driscoll and the 2000 Six Nations’ France Ireland

10 June 2012 1 comment

There are certain moments in sport when a realisation dawns that what you are watching is not run-of-the-mill; an extraordinary talent announces itself on the […]

Moment in Time: Leeds and the 2005 Powergen Cup final

10 June 2012 1 comment

An epic day for the Tykes. Bath, whose record in senior Cup finals prior to this read played 10, won 10, were well placed in […]

South Africa Memories: Jason Robinson at the 2003 World Cup

10 June 2012 1 comment

We had hammered the South Africans 53-3 the year before at Twickenham, but we knew this game would be different. To play South Africa is […]

Room 101: David Flatman – England and Bath prop

10 June 2012 0 comments

1. Try-scoring celebrations I have to contest Dave Jackson’s claim that celebrations have a place in rugby (TRP, June 3). I think they should be […]

My Life in Rugby: Catherine Spencer – former England women’s captain

10 June 2012 0 comments

I was half-way out the door to go training when England coach Gary Street asked me to captain my country. He called me up and […]

20 Questions: Brad Barritt – Saracens and England centre

3 June 2012 0 comments

Looking forward to the England tour? Hugely excited… it’s a massive opportunity for this young squad. A Test series in SA is a very hard […]

Young Gun: Joel Conlon – Exeter No.8

3 June 2012 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott: Owen Farrell must play flatter and Ben Morgan needs help

3 June 2012 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster has a dilemma going into Saturday’s second Test in Johannesburg – does he take a step back in development and play Charlie Hodgson […]

Jeff Probyn: Why do we always have this hype about brutality?

3 June 2012 1 comment

As the England players are recovering from the first of their three Tests they might well be wondering what all the fuss was about in […]

Nick Cain: Country is divided on inflexible Heyneke Meyer

3 June 2012 1 comment

Heyneke Meyer knows that ultimately his reign as Springbok coach will be defined not on whether he produces a South Africa team with thrills, frills, […]

Jeremy Guscott: Come on Stuart Lancaster, make us more like Harlequins than Sarries

27 May 2012 2 comments

Listening to Stuart Lancaster talk about his England rugby team, the words are pretty familiar. There’s nothing unusual, nothing that makes you start to think […]

Nick Cain: A sizeable problem is wrecking our game

27 May 2012 1 comment

Bigger is better. That is the false mantra that coaches and talent scouts appear to be chanting with the brainless devotion common to one of […]

England put Ireland to the sword

18 March 2012 0 comments

England claimed second place in this year’s Six Nations with a crushing 30-9 victory over Ireland at Twickenham. Owen Farrell kicked 20 points in another nerveless display […]

England battle to win in France

11 March 2012 2 comments

England produced a heroic performance to defeat France 24-22 in Paris on Sunday afternoon. Tries from Manu Tuilagi and Ben Foden put England 14-3 ahead […]

Last-gasp Wales break English hearts

26 February 2012 0 comments

A late Scott Williams try was enough for Wales to claim a 19-12 victory over England at Twickenham and take the Triple Crown in the process. The […]

England rally to beat Italy

12 February 2012 1 comment

England made it two wins from two in this year’s Six Nations with a 19-15 victory over Italy in a wintry Rome on Saturday. The hosts looked […]

Lancaster’s reign starts with a victory

5 February 2012 1 comment

England took the Calcutta Cup bragging rights with a hard-fought 13-6 win over Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Two Dan Parks penalties handed Scotland a […]

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