All posts tagged "Owen Farrell"
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Scots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip
My heart sunk a little for the Scots on Wednesday when John Spencer read out the 41- strong Lions squad and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 8 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions have the talent, do they have the time?
It was always going to be a very competitive 2017 Lions squad, and I like the look of the 41 players...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJenkins ramps up pressure on Barrett
By NICK VERDIER BEAUDEN Barrett might be the best player in the world but his goal kicking could be the All...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoLions have the talent, do they have the time?
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Head start at No.6: Ireland blindside CJ Stander It was always going to be...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoScots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT Brilliant: Stuart Hogg one of only two Scots to tour My heart sunk a little for the Scots...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoThis can be when North becomes a true great
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoFarrell earns plaudits from suffering Meads
By PETER JACKSON Impressive: Owen Farrell goes past Wales’ Dan Biggar for England PICTURE: Getty Images OWEN Farrell will pose the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLozowski is ready to state case for England
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX Lozowski has declared himself ready to stake a claim for England’s coveted No.10 jersey on the back...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSaracens show ruthless streak to stem tide of Foley’s red army
By NICK CAIN Powering over: Mako Vunipola charges through Keith Earls for the opening try PICTURES: Getty Images OWEN Farrell was...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoAll-rounder Farrell reminds McCaw of legend Carter
Richie McCaw believes Owen Farrell is turning into a Northern Hemisphere version of Dan Carter. McCaw, a double World Cup-winning captain,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOFFICIAL: British and Irish Lions squad announced
The British and Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand this summer has been announced today. For the second successive tour, head...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoTake 45 players to New Zealand, you’re going to need all of them!
The 2017 Lions must go to New Zealand mob-handed – and only heavy hitting hard nuts need apply. That is the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAll-rounder Farrell reminds McCaw of legend Carter
By ADAM HATHAWAY Running the show: England inside-centre Owen Farrell. Dan Carter scores during the second Lions Test in 2005 PICTURES:...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBolter O’Mahony ‘has drive to lead Lions’
By NEALE HARVEY DONNCHA O’Callaghan reckons forceful Irish back rower Peter O’Mahony is a viable contender for the Lions captaincy if...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGatland’s million dollar question: Is it Sexton or Farrell?
AT LAST, after months and months of speculation Warren Gatland is poised to announce his Lions squad for New Zealand… what...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoEvans: These backs can test my All Blacks
Harlequins fly-half Nick Evans never bets against the All Blacks, but the Kiwi strategist reckons he can name a British &...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSaracens start their long sprint for home
Saracens…40pts Tries: Ashton 16, Brits 23, Rhodes 73, Goode 77 Conversions: Farrell 17, 24, 73, 78 Penalties: Farrell 34, 42, 61,...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGopperth demands a big reaction to Dublin fiasco
By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… Wasps v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm. Ricoh Arena FRUSTRATED Wasps centre Jimmy Gopperth is desperate to exorcise...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJames tops Tait’s list of outsiders to take on the Pumas
By NEALE HARVEY MATHEW Tait reckons England boss Eddie Jones must cast his midfield net wider by looking to Sale duo...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoShane Williams: Warburton still the pick of captaincy candidates
The clock is ticking in the run up to Warren Gatland‘s Lions squad announcement, but for me there’s only one man...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago’Vunipola gives you go-forward like no other in world rugby’
BEFORE he heads home to Australia, former Gloucester head coach Laurie Fisher has been casting his eye over England’s line-up and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWilkinson: Lions will need a team full of captains to defeat All Blacks
Been there: Jonny Wilkinson on Lions duty in 2005 By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA JONNY Wilkinson claims the Lions will need...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Stop whinging Rob, you’re ignoring player welfare!
Rob Howley should remember that nobody likes a bad loser as he struggles to justify a poor Six Nations’ performance by...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoFarrell would make a great leader of Lions says Mako
Mako Vunipola reckons ‘world-class’ Owen Farrell would make a fantastic job of captaining the British & Irish Lions in New Zealand...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRhodes welcomes back heavy brigade
By NEALE HARVEY WITH their England contingent back and showing no ill-effects from last week’s Grand Slam defeat in Ireland, back...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSaracens v Bath
Today. Kick-off 3pm. Allianz Park PREVIEW… SARACENS are poised for yet another Premiership semi-final but they’ll be desperate to see off...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTwickenham rout ‘will cost Scots their Lions places’
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Scotland lock Jim Hamilton fears his countrymen’s 62-21 Six Nations thrashing by England has dashed any hope...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoStop whinging Rob, you’re ignoring player welfare!
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Rob Howley should remember that nobody likes a bad loser as he...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoLions watch: fly-halves
The Six Nations provides Warren Gatland with the most exacting series of trials that any Lions chief selector could wish for....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s Team of the Six Nations
15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Good riddance to record run, now Eddie can experiment
It had to happen – and in fact you could argue it might have been better for England if France had...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 8 years agoJeremy Guscott: So, why did England give Ireland so much ball?
It was always going to be a tough ask to claim a second Grand Slam on the bounce in Dublin but...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoHigh quality moments could not mask increasing shortage of classic matches
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the defining moments of the Six Nations and how the introduction of bonus points effected things...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoThe Six Nations that was…
Player of the tournament: Owen Farrell. Last year’s winner Stuart Hogg again provided the moments that remain seared in the brain...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoMy team of the tournament…
15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMitchell: Lions should go with co-captains
By JON NEWCOMBE THE Lions captaincy will be the key debate now the Six Nations has concluded, but John Mitchell believes...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSo, why did England give Ireland so much ball?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT On the charge: Ben Te’o should have been brought on sooner It was always...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoGood riddance to record run, now Eddie can experiment
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Days are numbered: England captain Dylan Hartley It had to happen – and in fact you could argue...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoLions watch: centres
The ebb and flow of Lions selection at centre during this Six Nations turned decisively in England‘s direction when Jonathan Joseph...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJoseph becomes centre of attraction
THE ebb and flow of Lions selection at centre during this Six Nations turned decisively in England’s direction when Jonathan Joseph...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDaly a must on Eddie’s teamsheet says Ashton
Neale Harvey finds a former England coach firmly in the corner of Wasps flier Elliot Daly No man is indispensible but...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDon’t kill off the county game, just get rid of the academies!
As Benjamin Disraeli once said: “There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies and statistics.” However, as with all things,...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoImmortality beckons for England’s history men
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham JONATHAN Joseph scored a scintillating hat-trick of tries to spearhead an England win which left Scotland’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain talks to Bob Dwyer about his old Aussie coaching pal Eddie Jones
Bob Dwyer and Eddie Jones are two of the most successful international coaches in Rugby Union history, having both won World...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 8 years agoJeremy Guscott: Eddie must get England playing at a higher tempo
Scotland have good cause to feel confident going to Twickenham based on their home victories over Ireland and Wales. However, the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoVunipola back in England camp
Billy Vunipola has returned from injury to re-join the England squad. The No.8, who played 70 minutes for his club side...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie’s done good but he must beware of arrogance
BOB Dwyer and Eddie Jones are two of the most successful international coaches in Rugby Union history, having both won World...
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoEddie must get England playing at a higher tempo
Threat: Ben Te’o would add go-forward between Owen Farrell and Elliot Daly PICTURE: Getty Images SCOTLAND have good cause to feel...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoTop clubs vie to lure Brown from Harlequins
By MATTHEW EMERY HARLEQUINS face the prospect of losing star full-back Mike Brown in the summer. And Brown’s fellow England international,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: This Scotland team are a serious item
Scotland reaffirmed their status as title contenders yesterday by treating the faithful to something they had not witnessed for a long...
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