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England shouldn’t pension off old guard says Ugo Monye

15 May 2015 0 comments

Ugo Monye believes England‘s World Cup wing selections are potentially set in stone but has urged boss Stuart Lancaster not to dismiss the old guard. […]

Nick Cain talks to Saracens wing Chris Ashton about England and the Premiership title race

14 May 2015 0 comments

Chris Ashton has spent all season looking-in at the England squad from the outside, and the Saracens wing yearns to be back at the epicentre […]

Jeremy Guscott: Marland Yarde and Christian Wade deserve another look by Stuart Lancaster

13 May 2015 0 comments

The England back three is still a work in progress, and with Manu Tuilagi not back from injury until just before the World Cup, finding […]

Jeremy Guscott: Stuart Lancaster must not bow to PRL double-standards

6 May 2015 3 comments

Stuart Lancaster should bring Steffon Armitage into the World Cup training squad he will announce later this month using the ‘exceptional circumstances’ ruling. If he […]

Vickerman announces retirement

22 April 2015 0 comments

Former England Sevens captain and Yorkshire Carnegie centre Rob Vickerman has announced that he has had to make the decision to retire from the game […]

Forget Steffon Armitage, Red Rose needs Matt Kvesic

17 April 2015 0 comments

Matt Kvesic is overdue an England call-up, according to Gloucester legend Andy Hazell, who believes the in-form openside has the potential to displace captain Chris […]

Red-hot Freddie Burns targets World Cup warm-ups

15 April 2015 0 comments

Fly-half believes he could yet earn him a place in England’s World Cup training squad – if he can steer Leicester to a shock Premiership title.

Nick Cain’s column: Danny Cipriani’s return gives Andy Farrell a dilemma

5 March 2015 0 comments

Danny Cipriani’s decision to turn down a big-money move to France to join European champions Toulon shows how much he wants to play for England. […]

Hendre Fourie: England have the right mix

27 February 2015 0 comments

James Haskell may favour playing in the seven shirt but former England openside Hendre Fourie believes the reason he’s playing his best rugby again for […]

Nick Cain talks to Dave Attwood about the effect the Bath quartet is having on England

26 February 2015 1 comment

When Dave Attwood grounded the ball over the line at the Millennium Stadium late in the script for what appeared to be England‘s third try […]

Northampton Saints still in market to find the next Samu Manoa says Dorian West

26 February 2015 2 comments

East Midlands outfit still in the market for more top recruits to cover Samu Manoa.

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: England must take heed of Irish warnings from history!

25 February 2015 0 comments

There is no disgrace losing in Dublin – New Zealand are the only team in the world to have avoided that fate and twice even […]

Mike Brown may be Mr Angry but I’m no Mr Softie! – Alex Goode

25 February 2015 0 comments

Saracens full-back ready for an England recall.

Nick Abendanon still hopes for an England recall

10 February 2015 0 comments

Europe’s in-form full-back questions the rationale behind England’s policy on overseas-based players.

Farrell to miss entire Six Nations

27 January 2015 1 comment

Owen Farrell will miss the entire Six Nations after suffering a knee ligament injury at the weekend. The England fly-half was forced from the field […]

Bad boy Dylan Hartley gets England all clear

27 January 2015 0 comments

England’s bad boy looks certain to start for England against Wales.

Two more injuries for England, Croft and Day called up

27 January 2015 3 comments

Centre pairing Brad Barritt and Luther Burrell are the latest players who could miss England‘s opening match of the Six Nations with injury. Barritt has […]

Injury fears for England quartet

26 January 2015 0 comments

Owen Farrell, Tom Wood, Kyle Eastmond and Geoff Parling have given England some injury fears ahead of the Six Nations opener against Wales following an […]

Dai Young said ‘no’ to national job to stay at Wasps

20 January 2015 0 comments

DoR turned down an international coaching offer before re-signing with Wasps to run their Coventry revolution.

Flying Joe Simpson eager to exploit gap in the No.9s market

9 January 2015 0 comments

Wasps scrum-half knows he has it all to do to claim a place in England’s World Cup squad but his form merits a call-up.

Jeff Probyn: Progress? Surely not if we are still relying on Manu Tuilagi

19 December 2014 1 comment

Hype, hope and more than a little desperation seems to be the recipe for English rugby as Stuart Lancaster plots the future course of his […]

Stephen Myler insists Northampton Saints can challenge for Double

19 December 2014 0 comments

Fly-half believes Saints have a squad capable of challenging for both the Premiership and the Champions Cup.

Nick Cain: Ritchie keeps the faith with Lancaster…for now

17 December 2014 0 comments

Ian Ritchie delivered an intriguing line in double-speak as he delivered his verdict on England‘s autumn return of two losses and one win against the […]

Jeremy Guscott: Tyro tens are the big plusses of the autumn

17 December 2014 0 comments

These days it seems to be impossible to make a judgement on any of the Home Union teams without referring to the 2015 World Cup. […]

Jonathan Joseph frustrated by lack of opportunity

11 December 2014 0 comments

Bath centre upset at being overlooked during the autumn but believes he is in a better place now than he was a year ago.

Tyro Chiefs are putting hands up for England

10 December 2014 2 comments

Chiefs skills coach reckons Nowell and Co. are staking claims for Six Nations’ inclusion.

England v Australia preview

28 November 2014 0 comments

As widely expected, Billy Twelvetrees will start at inside centre for England on Saturday as they take on Australia at Twickenham. The Gloucester centre gets […]

Jeff Probyn: England need a coherent attack to test the top teams

27 November 2014 0 comments

Last Saturday’s game against the All Blacks drew the usual response from Stuart Lancaster and the media. Lancaster extolled the progress being made by the […]

Ford to wear England’s No.10 shirt against Australia

25 November 2014 1 comment

But will Owen Farrell remain at No.12?

Nick Cain: A few dickheads can brighten up the game

20 November 2014 0 comments

There is always a danger in professional team sports like rugby that brilliant players who are different – idiosyncratic in their habits, slightly autistic, have […]

Michael Cheika ‘can turn Wallabies into World Cup winners’

20 November 2014 0 comments

Brian Smith and Dean Mumm back appointment of Super Rugby winning coach

The 3 big questions Lancaster must face

19 November 2014 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster’s stewardship of the England rugby team is in crisis ten months before the World Cup.

Nick Cain talks to Dick Best about England’s best chance of beating South Africa

12 November 2014 1 comment

Dick Best says that South Africa, the big beasts of the world game, are on the hunt. He says that Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer’s side […]

Danny Care determined to prove he is the man

7 November 2014 2 comments

Scrum-half is a changed man with the alcohol-fuelled misdemeanours helped mould him into a more mature individual and player.

Jeremy Guscott: Stats don’t lie and Semesa Rokoduguni is top in attack and defence

5 November 2014 2 comments

Want to know how and why Semesa Rokoduguni has forced his way into the contest for one of the England wing shirts this autumn? Look […]

Nick Cain examines the England EPS and asks head coach Stuart Lancaster about his key decisions

5 November 2014 0 comments

Semesa Rokoduguni’s selection in the 33-man England squad announced this week for the autumn internationals could be Stuart Lancaster‘s chance to conjure up his own […]

Nick Cain: Good luck ‘Coventry Wasps’, the great club I joined is dead

23 October 2014 1 comment

This was the week when Wasps supporters and former players said farewell to their club. The London and home-counties based Wasps of the last 147 […]

Jeff Probyn: Get Martin Johnson on board to pass on lessons learned in 2011

16 October 2014 2 comments

So Martin Johnson is reliving the nightmare that was the 2011 RWC England campaign. Although it has been virtually three years, it is obvious that […]

Jeremy Guscott: The RFU are right to back Lancaster’s long-term plan

15 October 2014 1 comment

There has been interesting debate surrounding Wednesday’s announcement by Ian Ritchie, the RFU chief executive, that Stuart Lancaster and his assistant rugby coaches have all […]

Nick Cain: Now Stuart Lancaster has a licence to gamble

15 October 2014 2 comments

If Stuart Lancaster sees out his full term as England head coach he will have been in the post for an unprecedented eight years, his […]

Nick Cain talks to James Haskell about his world tour of self discovery

10 October 2014 0 comments

James Haskell doesn’t do run-of-the-mill. If the guinea-pig generation of Academy pro-players are among the most pampered but least colourful that English Rugby Union has […]

England coaches sign new deal

1 October 2014 1 comment

Stuart Lancaster and his assistants has signed a new contract with the RFU that will keep him in them in charge of England until 2020. […]

Versatile Henry Slade can take Toby Flood path to top

27 September 2014 1 comment

Exeter backs coach Ali Hepher believes Slade’s ability to play anywhere in the backline can only enhance his Test prospects.

Nick Cain: Magician who turned invisible for England

17 September 2014 0 comments

James Simpson-Daniel was one of those players, who, like David Campese and Gerald Davies before him, was touched by the rugby genius that left you […]

Geoff Parling frustrated by World Cup talk

15 September 2014 0 comments

As England launched their new kit for the upcoming season, lock Geoff Parling revealed he gets frustrated when asked about the 2015 Rugby World Cup. […]