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Manu will need ten games says Ford

7 January 2018 0 comments

TIGERS skipper George Ford saluted Tuilagi’s display. He said: “It’s great for him. He’s building his way back into the game and you saw some […]

Wales in SOS to Worcester wing Josh

7 January 2018 1 comment

Wreckage mounts for Welsh wingers By PETER JACKSON Finding form: Manu Tuilagi scored for Leicester Tigers in their defeat of London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Brendan Gallagher picks his 2017 Team of the Year

4 January 2018 0 comments

Despite Argentina’s poor year, one Los Pumas player makes the grade

‘I’ll do my best to stay on the level of other England locks’, says bulking Isiekwe

3 January 2018 0 comments

Nick Isiekwe on the unconventional diet which has helped him grow to over 18st

Guscott column: Obano’s call-up shows Eddie Jones still has vacant spots when picking forwards

3 January 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott gives his thoughts on Eddie Jones’ training squad ahead of naming his team for the Six Nations

PRO14 pair banned following red cards

31 December 2017 0 comments

SCOTLAND prop Simon Berghan will miss the Six Nations opener against Wales after being banned for six weeks. Edinburgh star Berghan, 27, was red carded […]

North have stolen a march on southern pace-setters

31 December 2017 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN Big gains: Stuart McNally scores in Scotland’s eight-try victory over Australia PICTURE: Getty Images Well that’s it, 2017 is over, and what a […]

Obano’s call-up shows Eddie still has slots to fill

31 December 2017 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT Explosive: Ben Obano has rocketed into the England thinking PICTURE: Getty Images THERE won’t be many surprises with Eddie Jones’ England selection between […]

Dark day for Dan Robson if Cipriani leaves Wasps for France

30 December 2017 0 comments

The Wasps scrum-half praises his team-mate as being ‘a joy’ to work alongside

Williams column: Ability of new caps offers Wales reasons to be cheerful after below-par 2017

29 December 2017 0 comments

Shane Williams says Welsh provinces enjoyed a better 2017 than the national team

Henson urges Wales to keep faith with Williams at 12

24 December 2017 1 comment

By ROB COLE GAVIN Henson sees a bit of himself in Wales’ new midfield playmaker Owen Williams and believes he will only get better with […]

Wasps pair out for two months

24 December 2017 1 comment

ENGLANDwill be without wing Elliot Daly and No.8 Nathan Hughes for at least half of the Six Nations. Both Daly, 25, and Hughes, 26, collected […]

Visser flies in from maternity ward

24 December 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY TIM Visser has revealed how Harlequins’ crippling injury list forced him to make an emergency trip to Belfast last week – just […]

Campagnaro could be back for 6 Nations

24 December 2017 2 comments

EXETER centre Michele Campagnaro could return to action within the next month. The Italy international, 24, has missed the entire season so far after injuring […]

Tigers told to stand up to Irish bullies

17 December 2017 2 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Looking for response: Luke Hamilton in action against Racing 92 PICTURE: Getty Images BACK rower Luke Hamilton believes history can repeat itself […]

Suddenly iron men are starting to melt…

17 December 2017 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW One by one, the supposed indestructibles have been forced to take a knee in circumstances far removed […]

Reid playing catch-up after concussion woe

17 December 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY FIT-AGAIN London Irish prop Gordon Reid has vowed to put his concussion strife behind him as he bids to reclaim his Scotland […]

RUGBY MATTERS

17 December 2017 1 comment

Barritt’s leading candidate to do a Botia-style switch BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE recent morphing of La […]

Ewels looks to power up in bid to be world’s best

17 December 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY CHARLIE Ewels has vowed to turn up the heat on England’s established second rows and bag a Six Nations debut. Highly-rated Bath […]

Youngsters get a bonus

10 December 2017 0 comments

NOT before time, Wales are offering juniors under 16 the chance to sample the Six Nations experience for £20. The cut-price ticket applies to the […]

RUGBY MATTERS

10 December 2017 1 comment

Cult hero ‘Capo’ craving last hurrah with Uruguay BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Pythonesque: Rodrigo Capó-Ortega ONE of […]

RFU funding for EQPs gives England a big advantage

10 December 2017 2 comments

JEFF PROBYN Money bags: Top 14 contenders Montpellier have a raft of Test stars including François Steyn and Nemani Nadolo PICTURE: Getty Images It’s not […]

Wales will be without Sam for a year

10 December 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES are resigned to being without Sam Warburton for a further eleven months following his second operation since leading the Lions. The […]

World Cup ban would end abuse of Test window

10 December 2017 1 comment

ENGLAND’S decision to play four Autumn Tests in 2018 flaunts the World Rugby delineation of three weekends allocated for international rugby in November/December, just as […]

Ex-Pirates supremo on Warriors short-list

10 December 2017 0 comments

FORMER Cornish Pirates high performance manager Chris Stirling is in the running to be Worcester Warriors’ new director of rugby. Kiwi Stirling, who has been […]

Scotland’s resurgence promises top class Six Nations

10 December 2017 0 comments

THE Six Nations looms ever brighter on the horizon with the certainty that the 2018 version will be like no other. For the first time […]

Manu back and aiming for a big Six Nations

3 December 2017 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD MANU Tuilagi can make up for lost time this Christmas and prove he has lost none of his explosive talent. Mathew Tait […]

Wales in good place insists Gatland

3 December 2017 0 comments

WARREN Gatland insists he’s happy for Wales to go into the Six Nations under the radar after his side sealed a 24-22 victory over South […]

Hit and miss campaign but some stunning tries

3 December 2017 0 comments

WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMSVERDICT Master controller: Wales key man Dan Biggar, and new openside contender Josh Navidi PICTURE: Getty Images Modern day Test […]

France need revolution to catch up says Saint-Andre

3 December 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Hope: Philippe Saint-Andre PHILIPPE Saint- Andre claims France are now lagging “ten years behind England” and that radical changes to the Top […]

Townsend is showing Wales the way to play

3 December 2017 1 comment

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Gregor Townsend last appeared in Cardiff on Six Nations business a long time ago, helping Scotland beat […]

Yes, Eddie’s right to be obsessed by the All Blacks

3 December 2017 0 comments

One of few: Maro Itoje is ahead of his All Black rival PICTURE: Getty Images ARE England obsessed by New Zealand? It’s less of a […]

Jenkins set to follow Williams to Ospreys

3 December 2017 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS ELLIS Jenkins looks set to swap Cardiff Blues for the Ospreys for the start of next season. The flanker will become the […]

Now let’s see Daly in that No.13 shirt

3 December 2017 2 comments

IT’S been another successful Autumn series for England and well done Eddie Jones for picking up the World Rugby’s coach of the year award. However, […]

Eddie’s got too much talent to choose from

3 December 2017 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Now that the Autumn internationals are behind us, whose stock rose, and whose fell? Eddie Jones’ problem remains that he has almost too […]

Scotland have an outside chance of a Grand Slam

3 December 2017 1 comment

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT THE outright winners from the Autumn series are Scotland, especially as England and Ireland were pretty well nailed-on to have […]

Young Guns: Leicester Tiger scrum-half Harry Simmons

1 December 2017 0 comments

The Tigers youngster talks to TRP about his work with mentor Ben Youngs

Cain column: Chatty refs have aided the growth of dissent

30 November 2017 0 comments

By Nick Cain Dissent is an evil genie that was always going to escape from the bottle when Rugby Union referees began to engage players […]

Guscott column: Eddie needs more power to reach All Black level

29 November 2017 0 comments

(Picture: Getty Images) By Jeremy Guscott England are deserved No.2 in the world after beating Argentina, Australia and Samoa. That’s because the Wallabies are the […]

Eddie needs more power to reach All Black level

26 November 2017 0 comments

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMY Needs to find his mojo: Jonathan Joseph has been quieter than usual England are deserved No.2 in the world after […]

So far so good for England but scrum coaching must be reviewed

26 November 2017 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN COMMENT Still winning: Eddie Jones after Samoa victory With the autumn internationals drawing to a close, what have we learned about the Six […]

Now for the Six Nations title says happy Eddie

26 November 2017 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERAL Twinkle toes: Elliot Daly crosses for England ‘s sixth try PICTURE: Getty Images EDDIE Jones insists his England men are on course […]

We must beat Boks say Gat ‘s battlers

26 November 2017 1 comment

WALES insist their autumn campaign will be a failure unless they beat South Africa on Saturday. Warren Gatland ‘s side suffered a 30th straight defeat […]

Pure farce as Wales play the crocked prop card that drew jeers in Paris

19 November 2017 1 comment

PETER JACKSON COMMENT Held: Kristian Dacey tries to break through The Georgian Prime Minister had promised to declare tomorrow a public holiday in the improbable […]

YOUNG GUNS

19 November 2017 0 comments

HARRY SIMMONS LEICESTER TIGERS SCRUM-HALF Harry Simmons recently announced himself as a scrum-half of huge potential when, under his expert guidance, a youthful Leicester side […]

It’s time, England, to put some stick about

19 November 2017 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Opportunity knocks: Elliot Daly goes over for England’s opening try PICTURE: Getty Images England weren’t wildly impressed with what they perceived as […]

England will improve this year, but so will All Blacks

19 November 2017 1 comment

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Improved carrying force: Joe Launchbury took it to Australia PICTURE: Getty Images To close the gap on the Kiwis […]