JOE Schmidt, the recently-appointed coach of a Wallaby vintage who wear the same colours as Matthew Burke, David Campese, Tim Horan and John Eales but […]
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Liverpool Date of birth: 14/02/99 Community club: Firwood Waterloo RFC Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2018 Caps: 34 Why I […]
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By TOM JEFFREYS Crusaders’ miserable start to their new era continued with a third straight defeat as Fijian Drua picked up […]
Round Three of the Super Rugby Americas season kicked off with a convincing 37-7 victory for defending champions, Peñarol over American Raptors on Friday night. […]
By ADAM HATHAWAY England new boy Chandler Cunningham-South is still paying the price for not recognising 2003 legend Richard Hill. World Cup winner Hill, in […]
By GARY FITZGERALD Lewis Moody fears “unstoppable” Ireland will deliver further bad news for England when they arrive at Twickenham. Andy Farrell’s side go into […]
By MARK STEVENS In terms of an on-field audition, Northampton’s Tom Pearson could not have done much more to impress watching England head coach, Steve […]
By JON NEWCOMBE Scotland’s record points scorer Chris Paterson has defended referee Christophe Ridley’s decision to not re-set the shot clock in the dramatic finale […]
By MARK STEVENS George Skivington insists the future is bright in terms of the talent coming through within the English rugby set-up. Handed the perfect […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ENGLAND will be disappointed with the result at Murrayfield and will look at the Scotland game as a […]
An English upset against Ireland on Saturday is about as likely as Donald Trump losing his fake tangerine tan. However, witnessing France’s epic no-hoper victory […]
By NICK POWELL PREVIEW… Portugal vSpain Today. Kick-off 3pm, Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon PORTUGAL host Spain in today’s second semi-final looking for a statement […]
Play-offs round-up GERMANY and the Netherlands will contest the fifth-place final. Poland have been relegated to the Rugby Europe Trophy after their heavy 54-7 loss […]
PETER JACKSON Until Scotland’s converted Junior Springbok struck last weekend, England had not been hit by a Five or Six Nations’ hat-trick since Maurice Richards’ […]
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK The Crusaders suffered back-to-back defeats to begin their title defence after the impressive Waratahs secured a stunning 37-24 […]
By LOUIS CHAPMAN-COOMBE England assistant coach Richard Wigglesworth insists widespread change isn’t the solution to their attacking woes following last weekend’s Calcutta Cup disaster. England’s […]
Zach Mercer will pull on the famous Barbarians jersey again this summer in the Killik Cup clash against Fiji. Mercer, 26, joins England’s most-capped men’s […]
Portugal captain Tomás Appleton set his side the goal of beating Wales at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and feels that “crazy” ambition helped Os Lobos win […]
The Super Rugby Americas season continued over the weekend as Pampas built upon their thrilling victory in Round One with a dominant performance against American […]
From ADAM HATHAWAY at Murrayfield England boss Steve Borthwick admitted his side got what they deserved after another Murrayfield nightmare in Edinburgh. Borthwick’s men went […]
By NICK CAIN Scotland ……………………….30pts Tries: van der Merwe 20, 30, 45 Conversions: Russell 21, 31, 47 Penalties: Russell 35, 57, 66 England ………………………… 21pts […]
BRENDAN GALLAGHER It’s more than a little sobering to think that Ireland’s win over Wales on Saturday was probably their “iffy” performance of their 2024 […]
By PAUL REES PREVIEW…France vs Italy (Today. Kick-off 3pm, Decathlon Arena, Lille) IT does not come any more demanding in the Six Nations than visits […]
By PAUL REES PREVIEW…England A vs Portugal (Today. Kick-off 1pm, Welford Road) Steve Borthwick left Edinburgh after England’s clash against Scotland last night and set […]