The England 2015 Rugby World Cup fanfare gets underway for real at Twickenham on Wednesday when the IRB announce their ticketing strategy, including distribution and […]
The buzz-phrase after the autumn series is that ‘England are building’. However, exactly what structure Stuart Lancaster and his side build on top of the […]
Patricio Albacete is Argentina’s most experienced forward, and is widely regarded as one of the best locks in the game, yet he arrives at Twickenham […]
Matt Kvesic’s early departure from the England squad to play Australia highlights the thorny problem of how far a head coach backs his judgement when […]
Warren Gatland’s credentials as the best coach in Northern Hemisphere rugby, and arguably the best in the world, have been writ large since the 2013 […]
With Mike Catt giving England coaching directives while on the pitch during Six Nations matches last season, and Neil Jenkins doing the same for Leigh […]
Dean Mumm does not hail from anywhere within 10,000 miles of Devon. Yet, the Exeter Chiefs captain, New Zealand born and Australia bred, is playing […]
While I have sympathy for Premiership Rugby’s bid to secure a more meritocratic Heineken Cup, the initiative by PRL, the administrative arm of the elite […]
Billy Vunipola is a tank, and at Twickenham two weeks ago London Irish found him virtually unstoppable. The pulverising charges of the gargantuan Saracens back […]
Dean Ryan is realistic about Worcester’s place in the Premiership pecking order. The Warriors are perched precariously on the lower rungs of what is rapidly […]
Brett Gosper came up with some marketing waffle this week which illustrates how the International Rugby Board have earned a reputation for consistently stuffing-up the […]
The suggestion that Sonny Bill Williams and Benji Marshall, two of Rugby League’s biggest stars, could be chasing Sevens gold for New Zealand at the […]
Stuart Lancaster’s EPS selection for the new season reveals that England have just a single option in one of the most influential attacking positions on […]
Mike Phillips versus Will Genia is the one clash which seems to encapsulate better than any the differences between the Lions and Wallabies ahead of […]
Sam Warburton’s selection as Lions captain was under serious scrutiny before last night’s crushing of the Waratahs, but the Welsh openside has made a habit […]
There is no escaping the fact that Dylan Hartley’s sending-off at Twickenham in the Premiership final last weekend cost Northampton the chance of being crowned […]
Tom Croft has an attribute that few international forwards possess, including those back rowers alongside him in the 2013 Lions squad: The pace to scare […]
The grass-roots setting of Barnes RFC is an unlikely location for game-changing decisions at the apex of the English elite game. However, when Stuart Lancaster […]