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Captaincy could take Tipuric to next level

6 May 2018 2 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS Standard bearer: Justin Tipuric is man to lead Wales PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland faces a tough job this summer, but I’ve got […]

How Negri climbed from BUCS league to the Six Nations

29 April 2018 1 comment

Back row tyro Seb Negri tells Brendan Gallagher the benefits of a more scenic route to Test rugby High on the list of most promising […]

McCormick, the pocket rocket who hit like a heavyweight

15 April 2018 1 comment

ITALY’S Matteo Minozzi – 5ft 8in and 13 stone something – has provided ample evidence this season that contrary to the general perception you don’t […]

YOUNG GUNS

15 April 2018 1 comment

JACK OWLETT EXETER PROP You could say Exeter tight-head Jack Owlett faces stiff competition. Harry Williams is vying with Dan Cole to be England’s first […]

Warrior Te’o finally back up to speed after Lions hangover

15 April 2018 3 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Back in the groove: Ben Te’o holds off Ireland’s Johnny Sexton PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND centre Ben Te’o believes Ireland ‘do it […]

ON THE BLIND SIDE

8 April 2018 0 comments

Castro’s consortium looking to invest in Tier 2 BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler MARTIN Castrogiovanni is looking to get back into rugby and […]

Scotland focused on clean sweep at Arms Park

8 April 2018 1 comment

U18s FESTIVAL By ROB COLE IAIN Monoghan’s Scottish U18 team will be aiming to make it a triple triumph as they look to end the […]

Wakefield’s wily RAF ‘juniors’ are still punching above their weight

1 April 2018 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER celebrates the heroes of RAF Rugby since its inception 100 years ago THE RAF is officially 100 years old today and their commitment […]

England blow big first half lead over Scotland

1 April 2018 2 comments

U18s FESTIVAL THE first day of the festival at Dragons’ training centre at Ystrad Mynach got off to an explosive start. England scored three first […]

England wing Denny Solomona charged by RFU over alleged homophobic comment

29 March 2018 0 comments

Sale back will appear in front of disciplinary panel next month over incident in match against Worcester Warriors

Sandwich-man Polledri could have been Welsh rarebit

25 March 2018 3 comments

HAD Wales done a genealogy check on Jake Polledri, the results would have entitled them to offer one of the English Premiership’s best young back […]

Too many poor games in this year’s Six Nations

18 March 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG All week there were adverts on television proclaiming that the Six Nations was the best rugby tournament in the world, a claim that […]

Let’s call time on the drunks

18 March 2018 2 comments

MORE drunken behaviour during Wales-Italy last weekend has strengthened the perception of the world’s finest city-centre stadium as a place fast doubling up as Britain’s […]

Study of Einstein could fix Eddie’s breakdown woes!

18 March 2018 0 comments

Halted: England’s Chris Robshaw goes down in the tackle against France PICTURE: Getty Images Isn’t it strange how every time the RFU think they have […]

Ireland hardly hit top gear and they’re only going to get better

18 March 2018 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT World class: Conor Murray People have short memories, even your correspondent! Two months ago at the annual Rugby Paper Six Nations lunch […]

Lock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Seb Negri for Italy

16 March 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher suggests how Italy can transform themselves in time for the Japan Rugby World Cup

Gatland will hope there is no repeat of history

11 March 2018 0 comments

ANYTHING less than a home win by 30 clear points for Wales this afternoon will add up to a below-par performance. Italy have lost their […]

Junior Azzurri finally end 20-game losing run

11 March 2018 2 comments

Wales U20 …7 Italy U20…18 ITALY produced a huge defensive display to claim an historic first Six Nations U20 win over Wales, and end a […]

Phillips confident Wales will rise to expectation

11 March 2018 1 comment

PREVIEW Wales v Italy Today. Kick-off 11.45pm WALES women head coach Rowland Phillips believes his side is close to realising its potential as they prepare […]

Rugby remembers Fallen with Armistice festival

11 March 2018 0 comments

RUGBY has done a fine job commemorating the massive contribution and sacrifices made by rugby players during World War I and that process will come […]

Wales are hunting £2m Italy bonus

11 March 2018 0 comments

■ By PETER JACKSON WALES will be chasing a crock of gold in Cardiff today that promises to be worth as much as £2m in […]

Captaincy can take Faletau up to new level

11 March 2018 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Leadership role: Taulupe Faletau PICTURE: Getty Images WALES will beat Italy this afternoon. There’s no doubt though Warren Gatland […]

Faletau: It’s time to showcase our skills

11 March 2018 1 comment

ALEX BYWATER finds the new Wales captain wants team to prove how exciting they can be Key men: Gareth Anscombe and Giulio Bisegni PICTURE: Getty […]

Launchbury: We’re aiming to put on the Ritz in Paris

4 March 2018 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Falcon in flight: Ally Hogg breaks clear to score Newcastle’s first try against Gloucester PICTURE: Getty Images JOE Launchbury says England are […]

Exploiting loopholes in rugby’s law book

4 March 2018 1 comment

MATT EVERARD TALKING TACTICS This year’s Six Nations has been a hot bed for cunning coaching tricks. Guys like Eddie Jones and Gregor Townsend spend […]

French should have heeded that Mexican Wave

4 March 2018 2 comments

WHEN it comes to the most reliable barometer of spectator boredom, there is still nothing to touch the Mexican wave. They were throwing their hands […]

Williams: Davies has talent to be star for Lions

4 March 2018 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS SEB Davies has been tipped as a future British Lion as he prepares to push for a return to the Wales side. […]

Gatland ready to call up new blood

25 February 2018 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER WARREN Gatland says he’ll give Wales’ fringe players the chance to impress in the rest of the Six Nations after his team’s […]

Irish ‘bullies’ gave us a lesson at breakdown

25 February 2018 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Superb: Wales openside Josh Navidi PICTURE: Getty Images Powerplay: Bundee Aki crashes over for Ireland’s opening try One of […]

TEAMS: Round Three of the Six Nations

22 February 2018 0 comments

Rest week over, here’s the all the team news ahead of this weekend’s rugby

Leicester move has taken Jonny May’s game ‘to new level’

21 February 2018 0 comments

The England international says he has no regrets about leaving Gloucester for Welford Road after bagging two game-clinching tries against Wales

Allen: Unlike me, these England U20s boys will be Test ready

21 February 2018 0 comments

England U20s coach Anthony Allen profers two youngsters not far away from a senior Test berth

Thomas dropped

18 February 2018 1 comment

FRANCE head coach Jacques Brunel has dropped a number of players who went out in Edinburgh after defeat by Scotland on Sunday. Six Nations top […]

See him here, see him there… Nowell pops up everywhere!

18 February 2018 1 comment

JACK NOWELL’s flashing footwork means he has been given the freedom of the field by Eddie Jones – and the Exeter Chiefs wing says the […]

Guscott column: England won arm-wrestle as Wales paid for their errors

14 February 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott delivers his verdict on England’s closely-fought victory over Wales at Twickenham

Ireland’s Italian romp marred by injury fears

11 February 2018 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND duly accumulated an impressive total against Italy which helped boost their points difference immeasurably – but it came at the cost […]

Injuries could be key, says Schmidt

11 February 2018 0 comments

JOE Schmidt admits injuries could be a factor for Ireland after Tadhg Furlong and Robbie Henshaw both left the field early in Ireland’s big win […]

Brunel rap for putting Jalibert in harm’s way

11 February 2018 0 comments

Mega-boot: Lionel Beauxis is back at fly-half PICTURE: Getty Images It didn’t take long for the club v country rows that have dogged French rugby […]

Alun Wyn: We can bounce back against Ireland

11 February 2018 1 comment

Defiant: Alun Wyn Jones ALUN WYN Jones vowed Wales will bounce back from their Six Nations defeat to England when they travel to Dublin to […]

England won arm-wrestle as Wales paid for their errors

11 February 2018 1 comment

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE …EVERY WEEK England won this arm-wrestle of a contest by playing the conditions better than Wales, dominating territory and dictating […]

YOUNG GUNS

4 February 2018 0 comments

TOBY TRINDER NORTHAMPTON PROP As a budding young star emerging through the ranks at Ipswich RFC, versatile Toby Trinder experienced the full gamut of positions […]

Eddie Jones names England squad to take on Italy

2 February 2018 0 comments

Ben Te’o beats Jonathan Joseph to start at inside centre

Jacques Brunel must turn France’s Cup aces into champs

31 January 2018 0 comments

Can the 64-year-old turn France into a team to fear? He’s certainly making changes in selection

Courtney Lawes has big appetite for success – Eddie Jones

30 January 2018 0 comments

Eddie Jones on the upward trend of Courtney Lawes since he took over the England job

Trailblazer Brown aiming to hammer down on Italy

28 January 2018 0 comments

SAM PARKHOUSE talks to the England flanker who’s no stranger to international competition FRANCE Lise Arricastre, Cyrielle Banet, Camille Boudaud, Caroline Boujard, Pauline Bourdon, Patricia […]

Force yourselves into Eddie’s plan for Japan

28 January 2018 2 comments

NEALE HARVEY finds England head coach Steve Bates has set his lads a big challenge Under 20s Returning stars: Quins flier Gabriel Ibitoye and Saints […]

Strange gives Welsh boys licence to thrill

28 January 2018 0 comments

Round-up FRANCE were runners-up last season but must do without 19-year-old fly-half sensation Matthieu Jalibert, who was called up to the senior squad. In his […]

Injury-hit England sweat on fitness of Robshaw and Brown

24 January 2018 0 comments

Eddie Jones left with selection worries ahead of Six Nations opener as injury list grows to 16

Guscott column: I wouldn’t ask Jack Nowell to play outside centre, Eddie

23 January 2018 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Jeremy Guscott IT is interesting that Jack Nowell is now being talked about by Eddie Jones as an outside-centre, especially as […]