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Lions Greatest XV: scrum-halves

1 November 2012 0 comments

The best scrum-half I have seen, or am ever likely to see – that was the verdict on Gareth Edwards from Willie John McBride, the […]

All Blacks get £1.5m fee to face England

30 October 2012 1 comment

The All Blacks will command the highest fee in world rugby against England at Twickenham – £1.5m which works out at £18,750 a minute. The […]

Jeremy Guscott: These Aussies – and Dingo Deans – can still deliver

27 October 2012 0 comments

You have to be careful not to write off Australia simply because they have struggled in The Championship. Some blogs I’ve read recently have predicted […]

20 Questions: Martin Roberts – Northampton scrum-half

26 October 2012 0 comments

Happy with how Saints started the league season? We were five wins from five going into last week and we’re still top of the league […]

Nick Cain: All Blacks are simply the best – at PR hype

26 October 2012 4 comments

The 2011–2012 All Blacks are on the brink of becoming one of the great sides, with their victory in Soweto over South Africa last weekend […]

My Life in Rugby: Matt Perry – former Bath, England and Lions full-back

25 October 2012 1 comment

I squeezed every last drop out of my body for England which is probably why I played my last international match at just 24. But […]

Lions greatest XV: No.8

25 October 2012 1 comment

The position in the middle of the back row is tactically one of the most influential on the pitch, because the ball is either in […]

Saracens Mako Vunipola gets England call

25 October 2012 0 comments

Mako Vunipola and Tom Youngs are set to earn their first Test cap after the duo was named in the 32-man England Squad for the […]

Jet-setter Francois Louw enjoys a happy landing at Bath

25 October 2012 0 comments

Francois Louw admits he’s feeling the strain of racking up as many air miles as dadedevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner going between club and country – […]

Dream Team: Tyson Keats – London Welsh and former Crusaders scrum-half

24 October 2012 0 comments

1. Jason Ryan – I know Jason from Canterbury back in New Zealand. Technically perfect and very strong – he is an absolute mutt of […]

Jeff Probyn: Lack of rugby stadiums means shortage of legacy

24 October 2012 1 comment

The announcement of the cut down list of potential venues for the Rugby World Cup has cast a worrying shadow over the whole of the […]

Warriors land Crusaders flyer

23 October 2012 0 comments

Glasgow Warriors have today pulled off another major signing coup, landing Canterbury Crusaders flyer Sean Maitland, subject to medical and visa. The 24-year-old, who follows […]

Stephen Jones set for golden thankyou from Wales

23 October 2012 1 comment

Stephen Jones is to be granted a testimonial by the Welsh Rugby Union in recognition of his status as their most-capped international. The 34-year-old Welsh […]

Bedford Blues’ attacking style pays off for Ben Ransom

22 October 2012 0 comments

Ben Ransom says there is no better place to be than Bedford Blues as he awaits his Saracens first-team chance. Full-back Ranson, 20, who has […]

Room 101: Nick Mullins – ESPN lead commentator

21 October 2012 0 comments

1. The man who abolished proper tours We all know why good, old-fashioned tours became the kind of historical footnotes you only find these days […]

20 Questions: Nick Abendanon – Bath full-back

19 October 2012 0 comments

Pleased with your form this season? Pretty pleased. Coming off the back of scoring a hat-trick for England’s mid- week side in South Africa was […]

“It will be hard but we’re a different team now,” – Chris Robshaw

19 October 2012 1 comment

Tomorrow, Harlequins are travelling back to Galway to face Connacht, the exact same place their dream of reaching the Heineken Cup quarter-finals got away last […]

Nick Cain: Jonny for the Lions? His form says Yes

19 October 2012 1 comment

Jonny Wilkinson’s statement this week that there’s no way he could say no to an invitation to be part of the 2013 Lions touring party […]

Mealamu to get 100th All Black cap

18 October 2012 0 comments

New Zealand hooker Keven Mealamu will become the third All Black to win 100 Test caps as New Zealand travel to Brisbane to face Australia. […]

Peter Jackson: Be positive Danny, and learn from Mad Dog

18 October 2012 1 comment

Danny Lydiate may have spent most of the week in hospital but he is still a long way from matching the medical record of the […]

Missile Joe Launchbury is for lift-off, says Wasps head coach Dai Young

18 October 2012 0 comments

Joe Launchbury is not one for the future, according to Wasps chief Dai Young, because the flanker-cum-lock has arrived already! Young, looking back to Launchbury’s […]

Jeff Probyn: Team GB face so many problems on road to Rio

17 October 2012 1 comment

When I first read Clive Woodward’s call for the 2016 Team GB Sevens squad to be playing together for two years before the event, I […]

Lions greatest XV: Fergus Slattery (1974) – openside

14 October 2012 0 comments

There is a body of opinion that the role of the openside flanker has changed significantly in the 41 years since The 1971 Lions Tour, […]

“Warren Gatland must hold his nerve over Lions team,” says Ian McGeechan

12 October 2012 0 comments

In an era when even the finest rugby coaches have a drastically short shelf-life, Sir Ian McGeechan’s longevity of service with the Lions – the […]

Nick Cain: This waste of George Ford’s talent is so senseless

12 October 2012 6 comments

There are imperfections in most rugby structures, but, when it comes to getting the right outcome for the national team, England’s stick out like a […]

My Life in Rugby: Duncan Bell – Lydney player/coach and former Bath and England prop

11 October 2012 0 comments

I have never been the best of losers and was always a bit sulky after a defeat but I don’t think my depression was ever […]

A former Saracen to referee England

11 October 2012 1 comment

Former Saracens fly-half Glen Jackson will referee England’s clash with Fiji at Twickenham next month continuing his meteoric rise as an international match official. Jackson, […]

“We need Olympic formula” – Jonny Wilkinson

10 October 2012 3 comments

Jonny Wilkinson says it is time for England to put wins on the board during their forthcoming autumn internationals against Australia, South Africa and New […]

Peter Jackson: Such a loss as Nevin joins pantheon of lives cut short

8 October 2012 2 comments

The Spence family farm catastrophe brought a small Ulster town to a standstill on Wednesday, a triple tragedy marked with bare-headed sorrow all over the […]

Lions greatest XV: Roger Utley (1974) – blindside

7 October 2012 0 comments

When the going gets tough, blindside flankers get going – and in Peter Dixon and Derek Quinnell (1971), Roger Uttley (1974), Mike Teague (1989), Ben […]

Peter Jackson: Jones heads lost legion of forgotten Welsh stars

4 October 2012 1 comment

There is a whole team of them to be found out there – the Welsh internationals whose meteoric streak in some cases hardly lasted much […]

Rugby Championship round 6: preview and predictions

4 October 2012 1 comment

Argentina v Australia Santiago Phelan has once again named the same starting XV as the Pumas seek their first ever win in the Rugby Championship. […]

Nick Cain talks to Exeter blindside Tom Johnson about his remarkable rise from grass roots to Test level

30 September 2012 0 comments

Tom Johnson is not so much a late bloomer as a one-man Indian summer. The Exeter Chiefs blindside flanker was a 5ft 10ins, 13 stone […]

Young Gun: Mike Haywood – Northampton hooker

29 September 2012 1 comment

Mike Haywood is not lacking for mentors when it comes to learning the ropes as a hooker at Northampton with the vast experience of both Dylan […]

Jeremy Guscott: At last, some skills are returning to club rugby

29 September 2012 1 comment

Is it a coincidence that Premiership teams appear to be playing a more expansive game this season, or that the same is true of the […]

20 Questions: Anthony Allen – Leicester centre

28 September 2012 1 comment

Good start for Tigers and yourself? Yes. We lost five out of six this time last year so we’ve bettered that, and I’m on a […]

Rugby Championship round 5: preview and predictions

28 September 2012 1 comment

Argentina v New Zealand Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has named the same starting XV that narrowly lost to Australia two weeks ago. The Pumas came […]

Lions greatest XV: Jason Leonard (1989) – tighthead

23 September 2012 0 comments

L ions tight head props are the strongest of the strong, the men with iron-girder necks, backs and legs who have to absorb and transmit […]

Nick Cain assesses some early problems for the 2013 lions

23 September 2012 0 comments

Will a Lions tour party ever leave these shores without having a ball-and-chain clapped to their ankle? This week’s coach-naming Press conference was at a […]

Jeremy Guscott: Gatland musn’t go looking for problems

22 September 2012 0 comments

I was surprised when Warren Gatland came out with the view that overseas-based players, especially those in France, could rule themselves out of contention for […]

Ben Foden needs ankle surgery

20 September 2012 0 comments

Ben Foden will miss the England Autumn internationals after it was revealed the England full-back needs ligament surgery to his right ankle. Foden, who limped out of […]

“I just had to cherry-pick Gloucester,” says All Black Jimmy Cowan

19 September 2012 0 comments

All Black scrum-half Jimmy Cowan revealed he has joined Gloucester because of the club’s ‘parochialism’ and argued that he heads to Kingsholm to reignite, rather […]

Lions greatest XV: Brian Moore (1989) – hooker

16 September 2012 1 comment

When the British & Irish Lions embark on their Tour of Australia next summer, their army of fans will be ready to hail new heroes. […]

NICK CAIN finds London Welsh skipper Jonathan Mills is a Realist with an optimistic streak

16 September 2012 0 comments

Jonathan Mills is full of pioneer spirit despite the giant survival task facing him and his newly promoted band of London Welsh brothers. As the […]

Nick Cain: Lancaster must pick his diamonds now

14 September 2012 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster appears to have taken it as a given that he will be England head coach until his contract ends in January 2016. However, […]

Rugby Champioship round 4: preview and predictions

14 September 2012 1 comment

New Zealand v South Africa Liam Messam, Sam Whitelock and Andrew Hore have all been drafted back into the All Blacks’ starting XV for the […]

Peter Jackson: “It seemed so unfair to have my dream taken away,” says Lloyd Burns

13 September 2012 1 comment

He blazed across the skies of the rugby globe like a meteor, a trans-global journey of fairytale dimension from Cardiff to Auckland. Lloyd Burns’ magical […]

Lions greatest XV: Ian Mclauchlan (1971-1974) – loosehead

9 September 2012 0 comments

The Lions have fielded some of the greatest props the game has seen, mirroring the finest scrummaging tradition within the four Home Unions. Paramount among […]

Jeremy Guscott: Watch out if Cowan makes Gloucester’s back line tick

8 September 2012 1 comment

I have a sense of huge anticipation for the upcoming Aviva Premiership mostly based on the rugby I’ve watched over the summer. It may be […]

Rugby Championship Round Three: preview and predictions

7 September 2012 0 comments

Australia v South Africa Australia have made their intention clear before their crucial clash against South Africa in Perth, they will run the ball and […]

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