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Nel stays at Edinburgh

26 March 2017 1 comment

EDINBURGH Rugby have re-signed Scotland international tighthead prop Willem ‘WP’ Nel on a three-year deal. Nel joined Edinburgh in 2012 and has made 102 appearances […]

O’Mahony had a hunger England never showed

26 March 2017 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT THERE are as many questions after the Six Nations as there were before it in terms of selection for the 2017 Lions. England […]

Williams: This one was for Aaron

26 March 2017 1 comment

MATCH-WINNING marksman Owen Williams said Leicester wanted to give departing coach Aaron Mauger a winning send-off. “He’s a lovely bloke and a great coach, and […]

Robshaw’s back and firing for his Lions selection

26 March 2017 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins 53pts Tries: Buchanan 14, Brown 21, Marchant 40, Yarde 42, Luamanu 48, Care 55, Swiel 77 Conversions: Evans 15, 22, 40, […]

Ton-up Louw hopes to do a number on Sarries

26 March 2017 2 comments

BATH are challenging strongly for a return to the Premiership play-offs and Francois Louw has urged his teammates not to let such an opportunity slip […]

Lions watch: fly-halves

24 March 2017 0 comments

The Six Nations provides Warren Gatland with the most exacting series of trials that any Lions chief selector could wish for. This is especially true […]

Jeff Probyn: Eddie’s lionhearts must now dispel the myth of supermen

24 March 2017 0 comments

As this year’s Six Nations finishes with more of a fizz than a bang, with everything decided last week, have we learned anything that we […]

Brendan Gallagher’s Team of the Six Nations

23 March 2017 0 comments

15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in decent nick. 14. George […]

Shane Williams: Sorry, France, but this was not in spirit of the game!

23 March 2017 0 comments

What an effort by Wales. What a sham by France! Some might call it cheating, others will say what happened with the substitution of the […]

Academy duo sign new Harlequins contract

22 March 2017 0 comments

Harlequins academy players Sam Aspland-Robinson and Calum Waters have committed to the club. Both players will remain in the Harlequins Academy under their new contracts. […]

Northampton bring in Francis

22 March 2017 0 comments

Northampton Saints have signed Piers Francis ahead of next season from Super Rugby side the Blues. Francis who is originally from Gravesend in Kent has […]

Brendan Gallagher: Good riddance to record run, now Eddie can experiment

22 March 2017 0 comments

It had to happen – and in fact you could argue it might have been better for England if France had nicked the win they […]

Jeremy Guscott: So, why did England give Ireland so much ball?

22 March 2017 0 comments

It was always going to be a tough ask to claim a second Grand Slam on the bounce in Dublin but I thought England might […]

Don’t call it a comeback: Four of the best Rugby comebacks

21 March 2017 0 comments

We all love a comeback victory. There is no better pleasure in sport than coming from behind to cause a massive upset.

France overpower Wales in the generation game

19 March 2017 0 comments

A DOMINANT second-half in Montauban on Friday night helped France and their famous sons hit Wales for six in the last round of the Six […]

Skeldon holds nerve to earn Scots victory

19 March 2017 0 comments

Scotland W 14 Italy W 12 SCOTLAND claimed a second win in Six Nations for the first time since 2006 by beating Italy at Broadwood […]

Wales denied despite Evans’ salvo

19 March 2017 0 comments

France W 39 Wales W 19 FRANCE made it three from three over Wales in this last weekend of the Six Nations with their women’s […]

High quality moments could not mask increasing shortage of classic matches

19 March 2017 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher looks back at the defining moments of the Six Nations and how the introduction of bonus points effected things Brendan Gallagher Round One […]

The Six Nations that was…

19 March 2017 0 comments

Player of the tournament: Owen Farrell. Last year’s winner Stuart Hogg again provided the moments that remain seared in the brain but we should look […]

My team of the tournament…

19 March 2017 0 comments

15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in decent nick. 14. George […]

Europe’s finest being sold down the river

19 March 2017 0 comments

WELCOME to Northern Hemisphere rugby’s endless road. An 11 month season which purports to be all things to all men, but actually gives the Southern […]

‘It’s taken 5 years for Joseph to get recognition for defence’

19 March 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY MIDFIELD maestro Jonathan Joseph has “no limits” to what he can achieve in rugby now that people have recognised his ability to […]

International snub powering Chiefs’ charge for title

19 March 2017 1 comment

FLANKER Don Armand reckons Exeter’s players can prove their Test credentials by claiming the Premiership title after using this season’s England snubs to rocket up […]

England outsider Goode focused on Saracens trophies

19 March 2017 1 comment

ALEX Goode insists he will see out the remaining three years of his contract with Saracens and has rubbished talk he is thinking of moving […]

Eddie’s lionhearts must now dispel the myth of supermen

19 March 2017 2 comments

As this year’s Six Nations finishes with more of a fizz than a bang, with everything decided last week, have we learned anything that we […]

Mitchell: Lions should go with co-captains

19 March 2017 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE THE Lions captaincy will be the key debate now the Six Nations has concluded, but John Mitchell believes his old Waikato team-mate […]

So, why did England give Ireland so much ball?

19 March 2017 1 comment

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT On the charge: Ben Te’o should have been brought on sooner It was always going to be a […]

It’s Rorke’s Drift again, but this time the Welsh heroics end badly

19 March 2017 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON Roar power: Referee Wayne Barnes awards a try to Damien Chouly, of France, deep in injury-time to level the scores at 18-18 […]

Cards fall in favour of five-try Scotland

19 March 2017 0 comments

Scotland U20 38 Italy U20 17 DARCY Graham scored two tries as Scotland dominated an ill-disciplined Italian side to claim their first win of the […]

‘Cheating’ French rile Howley in prop row

19 March 2017 0 comments

ROB HOWLEY believes France went against the spirit of rugby with the way they replaced prop Uini Atonio during the 20 minutes of over-time. Atonio […]

Defensive shift earns Slam for Zach’s boys

19 March 2017 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Ireland U20 10pts Try: Coombes 64 Conversion: Johnston 64 Penalty: Johnston 40 England U20 14pts Tries: Nay 18, Walker 40+2 Conversions: Malins […]

Young Gun: Will Jones – Wales U20s captain

17 March 2017 0 comments

Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but Wales U20s captain Will Jones is proving anything is […]

Lions watch: centres

17 March 2017 0 comments

The ebb and flow of Lions selection at centre during this Six Nations turned decisively in England‘s direction when Jonathan Joseph grabbed the lead part […]

We’re off to a party in Dublin says Eddie

12 March 2017 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones vowed not to let the Irish “spoil the party” as he licked his lips at the prospects of a potential […]

Irish dogs of war must soldier on to rescue season

12 March 2017 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT SUDDENLY Soldiers Field seems a long time ago and a million miles away. The slayers of New Zealand and indeed Australia a […]

Advantage Webb in battle for Lions jersey

12 March 2017 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THIS was much more like it from Wales and in George North and Rhys Webb, Rob Howley had the […]

O’Mahony: We won’t be lacking motivation

12 March 2017 2 comments

IRELAND flanker Peter O’Mahony says Joe Schmidt’s side won’t be short on motivation against England, despite seeing their Six Nations hopes ended by defeat to […]

Frenchwide boys make light of travel sickness

12 March 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER FRANCE have finally won away from home in the Six Nations and it came on the back of their best attacking performance […]

O’Shea: Offloads put us on the rack

12 March 2017 0 comments

CONOR O’Shea admitted his Italy side could not cope with the offloading skills of France as they slumped to their fourth defeat of this Six […]

Clinical French keep Italy at bay

12 March 2017 1 comment

FRANCE U20s resisted a second half comeback to claim their second win of the Six Nations at the Stadio Santa Rosa on Friday night. Front […]

Seventh heaven for record-breaker Kay

12 March 2017 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON KAY Wilson scored a record-breaking seven tries as England humiliated Scotland to line up a Grand Slam decider against Ireland next week. […]

Lancaster helps new blood fire Leinster to try record

12 March 2017 0 comments

STUART Lancaster has wasted no time leaving an indelible mark on the PRO12. Leinster, whom the former England coach joined under director of rugby Leo […]

Kvesic out to show he’s as able as Cane

12 March 2017 2 comments

MATT Kvesic provides a perfect case history of why English rugby, with its boombust results cycle, can never afford to be complacent. Despite England’s blast-off […]

Joseph becomes centre of attraction

12 March 2017 0 comments

THE ebb and flow of Lions selection at centre during this Six Nations turned decisively in England’s direction when Jonathan Joseph grabbed the lead part […]

Daly a must on Eddie’s teamsheet says Ashton

12 March 2017 0 comments

Neale Harvey finds a former England coach firmly in the corner of Wasps flier Elliot Daly No man is indispensible but one member of the […]

YOUNG GUNS

12 March 2017 0 comments

JAMIE BLAMIRE ENGLAND U20S HOOKER Leaving the parental home at 16 to live with strangers was not easy for Jamie Blamire but the Newcastle hooker […]

Immortality beckons for England’s history men

12 March 2017 0 comments

From NICK CAIN at Twickenham JONATHAN Joseph scored a scintillating hat-trick of tries to spearhead an England win which left Scotland’s hopes of a Triple […]

Jeff Probyn: Crooked feeds are bigger concern than lack of rucking

10 March 2017 0 comments

What a fuss about nothing. As all hell breaks loose because of what Italy did not do, and what England could not answer, the Italian […]

Lions watch: wings

10 March 2017 0 comments

Warren Gatland is going to be spoiled for choice when it comes to selecting his 2017 Lions wings. The head coach has such a variety […]

Nick Cain talks to Bob Dwyer about his old Aussie coaching pal Eddie Jones

10 March 2017 0 comments

Bob Dwyer and Eddie Jones are two of the most successful international coaches in Rugby Union history, having both won World Cup winners’ medals. Dwyer […]

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