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Captain Sam Warburton has winning ways with the referees

7 May 2013 0 comments

Warren Gatland has revealed that a crucial component in his appointment of Sam Warburton as captain of the 2013 Lions was his ability to get […]

Peter Jackson: All Blacks rest cure will cost WRU £4m

30 April 2013 0 comments

The All Blacks have torn a gaping hole in Wales‘ autumn schedule, one damaging enough to run into seven figures. Instead of squeezing every last […]

BBC win battle to avert Sky monopoly

24 April 2013 3 comments

The BBC has won its fight to keep Wales on network television, averting the threat of Sky seizing almost the entire autumn Test schedule. After […]

Jeremy Guscott looks at the contenders for the Lions captaincy and selects his man

18 April 2013 0 comments

For the first in a long time whoever Warren Gatland selects as his Lions captain will not be a majority pick by most supporters. In […]

James Haskell: Magic of the Lions transcends everything

17 April 2013 0 comments

As the end of this season approaches, the elephant is in the room. The topic being touched upon with baited breath in all the sports […]

England open 2014 RBS Six Nations with trip to France

16 April 2013 1 comment

England will start their 2014 Six Nations campaign with a trip to the Stade de France to face France on Saturday, February 1. On the […]

My Life in Rugby: Rob Henderson – former Ireland and Lions centre

11 April 2013 1 comment

My highest and lowest moments in rugby both started with a phonecall from Donal Lenihan. In 1999 he gave me the call to say I […]

Peter Jackson: Drumrolls, but the big act has yet to appear

11 April 2013 0 comments

The Welsh Rugby Union considered their announcement important enough to carry a ‘strict embargo’ until one minute past midnight on the first Wednesday of December. […]

London Irish sign Rotherham duo

10 April 2013 0 comments

London Irish added depth to their back-line option with the signings of Eamonn Sheridan and Fergus Mulchrone from Championship side Rotherham on two-year deals, it […]

Peter Stringer commits to Bath

9 April 2013 0 comments

Irish scrum-half Peter Stringer has signed a contract extension and will remain with Bath next season. The 35-year-old, who has been capped by Ireland 98 […]

Young Gun: George McGuigan – Ireland U20 hooker

30 March 2013 0 comments

This year’s Six Nations has been a frustrating one for Ireland U20s but for Newcastle hooker George McGuigan the most important part was securing the […]

Jeremy Guscott: Don’t despair, we will come good

30 March 2013 1 comment

Stuart Lancaster has said he wants his England side to have amassed 600 caps between them before the 2015 World Cup…and yesterday in the Millennium […]

Young Gun: Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi – Northampton prop

23 March 2013 1 comment

Being picked to start for England U20s on home soil at Franklin’s Gardens against Italy – Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi admits he could not have asked for […]

My Life in Rugby: Mike Blair – Brive and former Scotland and Edinburgh scrum-half

21 March 2013 3 comments

I was a late call-up for the 2009 Lions in South Africa and never really felt I had the selectors’ backing. I’d been playing well […]

Three-week ban for Brian O’Driscoll

20 March 2013 0 comments

Brian O’Driscoll has been given a three-week ban for his stamp on Simone Favaro last Saturday in Rome. The Ireland centre was initially given five weeks but the independent […]

New two-year deal for Andrew Trimble

19 March 2013 1 comment

Andrew Trimble has signed a new contract with the Irish Federation which will see him remain at Ulster until at least the summer of 2015. […]

Italy v Ireland: teams

14 March 2013 0 comments

Jonny Sexton has been ruled out of Ireland‘s last game of the Six Nations with a foot injury. The Leinster playmaker, who missed the last […]

Michael Owen backs Tom Wood for Lions No.8 spot

14 March 2013 1 comment

This time last year Tom Wood feared he would never properly recover from his toe injury – 12 months on and he is leading the […]

Under-par England beat Italy and still hope of Grand Slam

10 March 2013 0 comments

England are 80 minutes away from their first Grand Slam in a decade despite an under-par display which saw them struggle to beat Italy 18-11 […]

Jeremy Guscott: Breathless, but the Referee didn’t blow

9 March 2013 1 comment

Stuart Lancaster spoke before this game about the last 20 minutes being crucial, about how England’s now superior fitness would pay dividends as the French […]

Ireland v France: teams

7 March 2013 0 comments

Cian Healy has been named at loosehead for Ireland‘s clash against France at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday in the fourth round of the RBS […]

Phil Vickery set for gruelling summer on behalf of Wooden Spoon

7 March 2013 0 comments

World Cup winner and former England captain Phil Vickery will embark in an extreme eight-week journey that will see him cycle over 2000 miles, row […]

Jeremy Guscott: Clockwork England show their composure

2 March 2013 0 comments

Remember the great England World Cup-winning side and the management mantra that came from their head coach Sir Clive Woodward, T-CUP, which was shorthand for […]

Healy wins appeal to play France

28 February 2013 0 comments

Cian Healy will be available to face France on March 9 for the next round of the RBS Six Nations after winning an appeal against […]

Nick Cain looks at the key areas which will decide today’s battle at the Aviva stadium, Dublin

24 February 2013 0 comments

It is a decade since England last won in Dublin in the Six Nations. In the interim there have been heartache and heavy defeats inflicted […]

Jeremy Guscott: BOD magic captured in a move from the matrix

23 February 2013 1 comment

The best centre I have seen play in the last decade is Brian O’Driscoll. That’s not forgetting my favourites, Philippe Sella, Frank Bunce or Tim […]

Scotland v Ireland: teams

22 February 2013 0 comments

Geoff Cross has been named in Scotland’s starting XV ahead of their clash with Ireland at Murrayfield on Sunday for the third round of the […]

Italy v Wales: teams

22 February 2013 1 comment

Sam Warburton and Alun-Wyn Jones have been named on Wales’ bench as they take on Italy in the Six Nations in Rome on Saturday. Captain […]

Nick Cain: Yes to bonus points, no to TV-driven fixture lists

22 February 2013 0 comments

There are so many contradictory knee-jerk spoutings about the Six Nations that you sometimes wonder whether Glenda Slagg has taken up residence in the Twickenham […]

My Life in Rugby: Geordan Murphy – Leicester and former Lions and Ireland full-back

21 February 2013 0 comments

It doesn’t get much more nerve-wracking than standing under the posts as Stephen Jones takes a kick to deny you the Grand Slam. I was […]

Geoff Parling can boss the Lions, says Aussie great Nathan Sharpe

21 February 2013 0 comments

Nathan Sharpe, one of the great Wallaby locks, believes Geoff Parling will be given the responsibility to ‘marshal the cattle’ as the Lions lineout caller […]

Marshall and Jackson handed Test debut

20 February 2013 2 comments

Luke Marshall and Paddy Jackson will make their Test debuts for Ireland after being named in the XV for their match with Scotland on Sunday. […]

Nick Cain talks to Fred Michalak who has gone from enfant terrible to mature superstar

17 February 2013 2 comments

Fred Michalak is France’s main man going into this Six Nations, with all the signs pointing towards flaky Fred having been transformed into formidable Fred. […]

Young Gun: Robbie Henshaw – Connacht full-back

16 February 2013 1 comment

Battling Biarritz and Harlequins in the Heineken Cup, mauling European champions Leinster and becoming a vital cog of his home region, as well as training […]

Cian Healey hit by three-week ban

14 February 2013 0 comments

Cian Healy will miss the next two Six Nations games after being banned for three weeks for stamping in Sunday’s defeat by England. The Ireland prop […]

Jeff Probyn: Memo to Telfer: the Scots are most elitist of them all

13 February 2013 2 comments

So the English are too arrogant, too pretentious and too condescending and the Welsh are lazy, or so says former Scotland coach Jim Telfer. For […]

Ireland v England: highlights

11 February 2013 1 comment

Watch the highlights of England’s 12-6 win over Ireland in Dublin yesterday.

England beat Ireland in Dublin and dream of Grand Slam

10 February 2013 1 comment

England‘s Grand Slam hopes are still alive after they secured a gutsy 12-6 win over Ireland in Dublin today. In difficult weather conditions, what was […]

Nick Cain : Ben Morgan set to fire with Telfer ‘bullet up his bum’

10 February 2013 1 comment

Ben Morgan couldn’t be in more illustrious company. A quick scan of who the Gloucester and England No.8 will be contending with in this season’s […]

20 Questions: Marlan Yarde – London Irish winger

8 February 2013 0 comments

Tough season for you and the club? No one enjoys watching us lose but we’re focussed and working really hard to be better. I’m getting […]

Ireland v England: teams

8 February 2013 0 comments

James Haskell will start for England in Sunday’s RBS Six Nations match against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The London Wasps forward comes in […]

Ireland U20 v England U20: teams

7 February 2013 1 comment

England U20 have made four changes ahead of their clash with Ireland in Athlone on Friday. Sale Sharks Mark Jennings comes in at outside centre […]

My Life in Rugby: Justin Bishop – former London Irish and Ireland winger

7 February 2013 0 comments

I scored twice in the Powergen Cup final London Irish won in 2002, but I’m still not sure what my celebration was for the second […]

Jeff Probyn: Scotland must prove they should not be demoted

6 February 2013 5 comments

Just one more week and the wait is over for the most eagerly awaited Six Nations Championship in years. Each of the participating countries has […]

Billy Twelvetrees and Manu Tuilagi look set to take on Ireland

5 February 2013 0 comments

Billy Twelvetrees storming debut for England yesterday has opened the way for him to partner Manu Tuilagi in a lethal centre partnership in Dublin next […]

Wales v Ireland: Teams

1 February 2013 0 comments

Dan Biggar will lead the Welsh attack tomorrow after the Ospreys’ play-maker was named at fly-half to face Ireland. After a troublesome Summer and Autumn Test series, […]

BOD, O’Brien and Kearney named in Ireland XV

29 January 2013 2 comments

Brian O’Driscoll, Sean O’Brien and Rob Kearney have been named in Ireland‘s starting XV to face Wales on Saturday. The Leinster trio missed the Autumn […]

Grand Slam worth £100k per player this season

29 January 2013 2 comments

The Six Nations Grand Slam will be worth a record £5m to the winner when the tournament kicks off next weekend. Despite the recession, prize […]

England Saxons scrap past Ireland Wolfhounds

25 January 2013 1 comment

England Saxons scored 14 unanswered points to claim a 14-10 win over the Irish Wolfhounds in Galway tonight. A try from Leinster‘s Kevin McLaughlin and […]