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All Blacks must lose Rugby Championship

12 August 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Kings again: All Blacks are crowned last year The Southern Hemisphere’s Rugby Championship starts next weekend, and unlikely though it is, it’s vital […]

Lions’ board will demand improved schedule in 2021

5 August 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY BRITISH & Irish Lions bosses will play hardball over their schedule for the 2021 South Africa tour to avoid the kind of […]

Atkins on gym diet in bid to replace Watson

5 August 2018 3 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Injured: Anthony Watson CONFIDENT flier Darren Atkins is ready to repay the faith Bath have shown by proving himself as the heir […]

Spencer column: Forget the Olympic dream or Red Roses will wither

3 August 2018 0 comments

By Catherine Spencer San Francisco, home of the Golden Gate Bridge and this year’s Sevens World Cup, was not so Golden for our Red Roses […]

England to play Wales in Japan warm ups

29 July 2018 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND and Wales are finalising plans for a pre-World Cup double header with the potential to gross £10m. The old rivals expect […]

Weir plotting his route to World Cup via Warriors

29 July 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Returning: Jono Lance HAVING survived an horrendous injury experience last season following a botched steroid injection in his groin, Scotland standoff Duncan […]

Super Rugby must cut teams to 12 to survive

29 July 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Air miles: The Japanese Sunwolves would need to do most of the travelling July is always the most boring month for UK rugby […]

FEATURE: Saracens star Schalk Burger wants the Springboks to join the Six Nations

22 July 2018 0 comments

Lengthy read where the 35-year-old talks retirement and the Saracens back row

You did it Sam, you’re a true Lions legend now

22 July 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ambition achieved: Sam Warburton with the Lions in NZ PICTURE: Getty Images ■ A global perspective of […]

I’ve no doubt we’d have won a World Cup under Johnno

22 July 2018 2 comments

JOHN WELLS Q&A ON THE RECORD Missed opportunity: Martin Johnson should have stayed on as England coach says John Wells Pictures: Getty Images John Wells, […]

Guscott column: Wayne Pivac will look to emulate All Blacks’ all-court game

19 July 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott looks at some storylines that are set to develop once Wayne Pivac transitions into the Wales head coach role

Kieran Brookes is on his way back to lean and mean best

18 July 2018 0 comments

The Wasps summer arrival has shed just shy of a stone in weight and his back to his optimal size for the new Premiership season

Wales & Lions captain Sam Warburton retires from rugby with immediate effect

18 July 2018 0 comments

Legendary flanker calls time on his career before reaching the age of 30

Stick with Wayne as Wales No.2 Stephen!

15 July 2018 0 comments

Suited to assistant’s role for now: Stephen Jones PICTURE: Getty Images Stephen Jones has the greatest rugby mind of anyone I’ve worked with and in […]

Pivac will look to emulate All Blacks’ all-court game

15 July 2018 2 comments

Room for improvement: Scarlets centre Jonathan Davies PICTURE: Getty Images Wayne Pivac seems like a natural successor to Warren Gatland as Wales coach given how […]

Arrest this alarming slide in standard

15 July 2018 1 comment

THE lack of top tier homegrown international class coaches coming through in the home nations was highlighted by this week’s announcement that Wayne Pivac will […]

Leinster’s strong season aids IRFU to £1.1m profit

14 July 2018 0 comments

A good year for Irish rugby after the sucker punch of losing out on hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup with their bid

Sanderson: Farrell best man to lead us to Japan

8 July 2018 3 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones has been urged to dump Dylan Hartley and keep Owen Farrell as his captain right up to the World Cup. […]

Scarlets pair set for national service

8 July 2018 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES are close to putting the future of their national squad in the hands of their dream ticket –Wayne Pivac and Stephen […]

Hansen’s moan shows Lions effects still linger

8 July 2018 0 comments

NICK CAIN looks at New Zealand rugby a year on from that epic drawn series Ruling the roost: Crusaders pack have dominated Super Rugby this […]

Unrelenting Leinster taught us so much about life at top

8 July 2018 0 comments

Q&A DAVE RENNIE ON THE RECORD Dave Rennie, Glasgow’s Kiwi head coach, tells NEALE HARVEY why he’s loving life in Scotland and is determined to […]

Ryan could give Eddie shoulder to lean on

1 July 2018 1 comment

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones jokes that since England started losing games on his watch he has suddenly been renamed […]

Vernon brings Test pedigree to Exiles

1 July 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY MARQUEE signing Richie Vernon is ready to spearhead London Scottish’s charge for a top six Championship place after quitting Glasgow for a […]

Ioane joins quick-fire hat-trick club

1 July 2018 0 comments

RIEKO Ioane has been in a hurry ever since the All Blacks rushed him into their team as a teenager, a point underlined with his […]

How meaningful were those summer tours?

1 July 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Now that the summer tours have ground to an end, what’s the verdict on how the northern countries fared? At best you’d have […]

Cain column: Eddie Jones has a plan for life without Billy Vunipola

28 June 2018 0 comments

Any coincidence that England’s 2018 losing streak came when Big Billy was out injured?

Dan Lydiate is aiming for fresh Test glories

28 June 2018 0 comments

Wales aren’t short of depth in the back row

Lydiate’s aiming for fresh Test glories

24 June 2018 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON DAN Lydiate has vowed to join the massed ranks of Welsh back row contenders in Test rugby. After 18 months scarred by […]

Eddie has to plan for life without Big Billy

24 June 2018 0 comments

Injury prone: Billy Vunipola has spent months on sideline PICTURE: Getty Images IT is no surprise that England’s five Test crash, and some of the […]

Wales flyer aiming high after breakthrough campaign

24 June 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY JOSH Adams’ fairy tale start to international rugby has got him dreaming of a first World Cup appearance. The Worcester Warriors wing […]

Brendan Gallagher picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup

21 June 2018 0 comments

Except for a brief break last August we seem locked into a never ending season which has been trundling along for the best part of […]

Drowning Eddie needs a life raft

21 June 2018 0 comments

By Nick Cain England are in danger of drowning and their one time saviour, Eddie Jones, is starting to look like a lifeguard who can’t […]

Gatland’s right, we will be contenders

21 June 2018 0 comments

By Alex Bywater Martyn Williams is certain that Wales‘ summer tour has rubber stamped Warren Gatland’s claim his team are genuine contenders for next year’s […]

Ford’s been caught short so Cipriani must start | Jeremy Guscott

21 June 2018 0 comments

By Jeremy Guscott Danny Cipriani simply has to start the final Test in Cape Town next Saturday. George Ford was asked the question last week […]

Eddie: It was like watching horror film

17 June 2018 0 comments

From NICK CAIN in Bloemfontein EDDIE Jones described England’s latest defeat as “a horror show’ and called on the players to show pride in the […]

Current crop will yield best ever harvest

17 June 2018 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup Still only 17: France No.8 Jordan Joseph Except for […]

Playoffs essential while clubs still lose internationals

10 June 2018 0 comments

IN response to Jeff Probyn’s article about him not understanding why there are four team play-offs at the end of the season: I, too, used […]

Rubbish like last week won’t grow game in US

10 June 2018 1 comment

COLIN BOAG Dud: Wales clash with South Africa in Washington last weekend Did you watch the Wales v South Africa match held in Washington DC […]

DREAMTEAM

10 June 2018 0 comments

DAVID SISI, ZEBRE AND FORMER LONDON IRISH AND BATH BACK ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED …WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Nathan Catt –When […]

Zulu war cry sends new Rainbow Boks into Test battle

10 June 2018 1 comment

NICK CAIN IN JOHANNESBURG SETSTHE SCENE AS THE RASSIE ERASMUS CRUSADE BEGINS Springboks’ first black captain: Siya Kolisi PICTURES: Getty Images Urbane: Rassie Erasmus SOUTH […]

We missed Launchbury, Boks had Le Roux back

10 June 2018 1 comment

JEREMY GUSCOTT ENGLAND were immaculate in the first 20 minutes and when George Ford and Owen Farrell combine like that in attack, there aren’t many […]

Lang takes centre stage as Jackson returns at 10

10 June 2018 2 comments

By SAM JACKSON HARLEQUINS playmaker James Lang and Edinburgh flanker Jamie Ritchie were set to make their make Scotland debuts in their first summer Test […]

YOUNG GUNS

3 June 2018 1 comment

JORDAN OLOWOFELA LEICESTER FULL-BACK Atry-double in the Junior World Cup opener against Argentina continued the recent run of success for England U20s speedster Jordan Olowofela, […]

Barbarians put the brakes on a few England careers

3 June 2018 0 comments

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Poor preparation: England were humbled by the Barbarians last weekend PICTURE: Getty Images The two best […]

Penalties will kill our Boks hopes warns Itoje

3 June 2018 1 comment

By NICK CAIN MARO Itoje has warned his England team-mates to cut out the penalties or face defeat on their Springbok tour which starts next […]

Rees set for Cup bid at the age of 38

3 June 2018 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON MATTHEW Rees plans to make a Champions’ Cup come-back with Cardiff Blues next season at the age of 38 after signing a […]

New cap Kinghorn plots route to Japan

3 June 2018 1 comment

By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ace: Blair Kinghorn PICTURE: Getty Images BLAIR Kinghorn knows that Gregor Townsend has put a lot of faith in him and […]

Olowofela’s early double sets England on their way

3 June 2018 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON England U20s ….39pts Tries: Olowofela 7, 36: Walker 16, 45, Smith 79 Conversions: Grayson 8, 17, 46; Smith 80 Penalties: Grayson 42, […]

Big defence energising our attack – Ponton

3 June 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… England v Italy Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, Stade Aime-Giral, Perpignan ROCK solid defence and adaptability under pressure are the twin pillars underpinning […]

Late mistakes cost Scotland

3 June 2018 0 comments

Italy U20s ……27 Scots U20s……26 ITALY face England today full of confidence after they overcame Scotland with a dramatic lastminute pushover try in the other […]

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