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Wayne Pivac confirmed as Scarlets new head coach

12 August 2014 2 comments

Scarlets today confirmed that the region’s new assistant coach Wayne Pivac will take over the reins as Head Coach in West Wales. The New Zealander, […]

England name side for WRWC semi-final against Ireland

12 August 2014 0 comments

England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street has made six changes for Wednesday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final clash against Ireland at the Stade Jean Bouin in […]

England take 55 players to Loughborough camp

10 August 2014 0 comments

England today assembled at Loughborough University for their annual summer training camp. Fifty-five players will undergo strength and conditioning assessment as well as rugby training […]

So far it’s been so-so but David Sisi is set to soar

9 August 2014 1 comment

Giant back row ready to put two years of injury behind him and kick on at Bath.

“We just have to beat big guns this autumn” – Chris Robshaw

8 August 2014 0 comments

England skipper targeting a perfect international season as the countdown to the 2015 World Cup begins.

Moment in Time: The day London Irish avoided relegation

8 August 2014 0 comments

It would be no exaggeration to say that the future of London Irish was at stake. Powergen Cup winners and fourth in the Zurich Premiership […]

Nick Cain talks to Joe Lydon and Mike Friday about the GB challenge in the Rio Olympics Sevens

7 August 2014 0 comments

Joe Lydon and Mike Friday used to share the same vision of Sevens when they worked together at the RFU from 2001 to 2004, with […]

Carter to miss start of Rugby Championship

5 August 2014 0 comments

Dan Carter will miss the start of the Rugby Championship after suffering a leg fracture during the Super Rugby final last Saturday. The All Black […]

The Big Interview: A Q&A with Conor O’Shea

26 July 2014 0 comments

Neale Harvey sits down with the Harlequins boss and discusses preparation for the new season.

Tom Mitchell: The heat is on – we must get it right or go home

25 July 2014 0 comments

The England 7s Captain gives the inside story from the athletes’ village.

Nick Cain: Pennell breaks Tier Two Test taboo

25 July 2014 1 comment

Chris Pennell can be selected in the next England elite squad (EPS), despite playing in the Championship for Worcester. Stuart Lancaster‘s decision to be flexible, […]

Brendan Gallagher: Vermeulen and Namibia, a tale of defiance and pure maths

25 July 2014 1 comment

If Namibia coach Danie Vermeulen could jump for joy he would have been in orbit last Sunday, instead he stayed very earthbound in his wheelchair […]

Young Gun: Jordan Onojaife – Saints Academy lock

25 July 2014 2 comments

When Jordan Onojaife sat down at home to watch England‘s opening game at the Junior World Championship last month, little did he know he would […]

Peter Jackson: George North and Alex Cuthbert are giants, but Fiji have a monster

24 July 2014 0 comments

Nemani Nadolo has been a rock for Fiji and Crusaders, Peter Jackson warns Australia, England and Wales about the 129kg winger.

Wales team in turmoil as Regions crank it up

24 July 2014 0 comments

With an agreement between the WRU and RRW seeming a long shot, the November tests could be in jeopardy

Brendan Gallagher: Agony of 2010 can spur us to title in WRWC

23 July 2014 0 comments

A hard core of determined World Cup veterans may lay at the heart of England‘s World Cup squad but equally it will need fearless younger […]

I’d wing it with Wade says supremo Robinson

23 July 2014 0 comments

World Cup winner backs Wasps’ flyer to rise to the top of wing options.

My Life in Rugby: Ian Davies – Cornish Pirates DoR

22 July 2014 0 comments

I wasn’t as good as my old friend Scott Quinnell playing for the New Dock Stars as a youngster but I was never expecting my […]

London Welsh confirm signing of Piri Weepu

11 July 2014 0 comments

Following reports earlier this week, London Welsh today confirmed the signing of New Zealand World Cup winning scrum-half Piri Weepu. Capped 71 times by the […]

Jeff Probyn: Precision under pressure is key to the All Blacks

10 July 2014 0 comments

Reflecting on the latest Test series made me realise that the one major difference between the big three Southern Hemisphere teams and ours is precision […]

Peter Jackson: The eternal debate: King John or Benny?

10 July 2014 0 comments

The surest way to start an argument in any clubhouse is to ask one question and then step smartly out of the firing line: Barry […]

Nick Cain: it’s time for Stuart Lancaster to decide on his style of forward play

9 July 2014 0 comments

The heat has been turned up following England’s blackwash in New Zealand with the All Blacks and their cheerleaders in the Kiwi media jostling to […]

Jeremy Guscott: Get the players fully fit, Stuart, and cut down on your subs

9 July 2014 1 comment

The biggest mental plus that New Zealand have over England at the end of their three-Test summer series is Julian Savea’s try right at the […]

Brendan Gallagher: Girls go full-time and and full-on for big prize

8 July 2014 0 comments

Without fanfare or fuss a minor revolution has been taking place in and around Surrey Sports Park in Guildford this summer with the England Women’s […]

Nick Cain: Aussie man-mountain can Eclipse England

8 July 2014 0 comments

The Aussies are more inventive than most when it come to nick-names, and the one in the news most Down Under is the one coined […]

All Blacks name Sevens squad for Commonwealth Games

7 July 2014 0 comments

New Zealand have named an experienced Sevens squad for the Commonwealth Games. The All Blacks will be led once again by DJ Forbes but there […]

Kyle Eastmond will show he’s the right fit for England

3 July 2014 3 comments

Bath head coach back rugby league convert and brands critics “uneducated”.

Jeremy Guscott: England must get fit to compete

27 June 2014 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster will have learned some important lessons on this tour, first and foremost that you cannot chop and change a team and expect it […]

Nick Cain gives his verdict on England’s losing tour to New Zealand

27 June 2014 0 comments

If England are sick of coming second, and return home determined to do a clean sweep in the autumn of their Southern Hemisphere opponents – […]

Test debut for Scotland No.8

26 June 2014 0 comments

Adam Ashe will make his Test debut on Saturday when he starts at No.8 for Scotland against South Africa in Port Elizabeth. The 20-year-old Glasgow […]

MUST WATCH! – The Power of the Haka

26 June 2014 1 comment

Auckland Grammar and King’s College face off with their traditional haka ahead of the annual derby. Goose bumps guaranteed! Earlier this week, Wales U20s hooker […]

VIDEO: Wales U20s hooker performs the haka

25 June 2014 0 comments

Wales U20s hooker Elliot Dee has become an internet sensation after performing a haka in front of the Baby Blacks at a reception during the […]

Nick Cain talks to Courtney Lawes about England’s welcome strength in depth

19 June 2014 1 comment

Courtney Lawes on the bench? If ever there was a register of the growing confidence and depth of the England squad it came with Stuart […]

“I’ll prove a point to Harlequins,” says Tom Guest

19 June 2014 0 comments

London Irish recruit Tom Guest admits he spent too long wasting his prime years stuck on the bench at Harlequins.

England ring the changes for last Test against New Zealand

18 June 2014 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster has rung the changes ahead of England‘s third and final Test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Saturday. Like in the first Test, Ben […]

Kieran Read returns for All Blacks

18 June 2014 0 comments

Kieran Read will make his long-awaited return for the All Blacks after being named in the starting XV for the third Test against England in […]

Jeremy Guscott’s verdict: Play Manu Tuilagi in centre with Luther Burrell

18 June 2014 0 comments

The experiment of playing Manu Tuilagi on the right wing didn’t work yesterday and if England want to end this tour on a high in […]

Brendan Gallagher: Yes, it’s time for All Blacks to end their Pacific shame

18 June 2014 2 comments

Guys, it’s not the dark side of the moon. No fewer than four airlines, including the national carrier Air New Zealand, with whom I understand […]

Nick Cain: Top 14 cash could tear apart the All Blacks

18 June 2014 2 comments

The suggestion that Aaron Smith, the New Zealand scrum-half, has been sounded out by Toulouse about joining the French club after the 2015 World Cup […]

Piri Weepu: That stroke was never going to stop me

18 June 2014 1 comment

Piri Weepu’s has always been a rugby life less ordinary.

Nathan Earle nominated for IRB Junior Player of the Year

17 June 2014 1 comment

England U20s wing Nathan Earle has today been nominated by the IRB for the Junior Player of the Year Award. The Saracens flyer has been […]

England beat Crusaders

17 June 2014 0 comments

Second-string England score six tries to secure first win in New Zealand tour.

Young Gun – Tom Woolstencroft – Bath & England U20s hooker

13 June 2014 0 comments

England‘s problems at hooker in New Zealand are not just limited to the senior squad, the U20s have already called up reinforcements of their own […]

Nick Cain talks to England full-back Mike Brown about his remarkable transformation

12 June 2014 2 comments

Mike Brown is England‘s torch-bearer, but one with a difference. He is the man at the back, rather than the front, who lights up the […]

Jeff Probyn: Tour from Hell did English rugby the power of good

12 June 2014 0 comments

Isn’t it strange how a perception of history over time can appear to alter what actually happened? Like all the fuss made about this summer’s […]

Anton Oliver: Where are all the All Blacks hookers?

12 June 2014 1 comment

Over the years, New Zealand have had an embarrassment of riches when it comes to picking players, but former captain Anton Oliver is worried about […]

Manu Tuilagi to wing it for England in second Test against All Blacks

12 June 2014 1 comment

Leicester star named on the wing as five others return to starting XV

All Blacks reshuffle back three for second Test

11 June 2014 0 comments

New Zealand have reshuffled their back three for the second Test against England in Dunedin on Saturday. Israel Dagg has succumbed to the thigh and knee […]

Jeremy Guscott’s verdict: Referee Nigel Owens let All Blacks off hook with his card calls

11 June 2014 0 comments

Chris Robshaw and his troops will be mightily disappointed at this defeat which speaks volumes as nobody gave them a chance heading into the match. […]

All Blacks star in new video

5 June 2014 0 comments

  Following an exciting finish to the recent RBS Six Nations tournament, when England were ultimately denied by the free-flowing Irish, fans of international rugby have […]

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