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Dennis: Proof is there, tries win you trophies!

2 July 2017 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Try threat: Jack Nowell elebates his try in the final against Wasps PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER star Dave Dennis reckons a change […]

Madigan eyes route back to Test scene via Bristol

25 June 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY FLY-HALF Ian Madigan has revealed his twin targets of steering Bristol into the Premiership and reclaiming a place in the Ireland team. […]

Watson grabs revenge for Scots’ World Cup misery

18 June 2017 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON A SENSATIONAL try by Hamish Watson helped Scotland beat Australia in Sydney and avenge two consecutive narrow defeats, including a controversial World […]

Hunt stars on debut as slick Wallabies run in five

11 June 2017 0 comments

Australia 37 Fiji 14 KARMICHAEL Hunt impressed on his first outing to help the Wallabies cruise to an easy victory in Melbourne. The former rugby […]

Wallabies will be force again come 2019 warns Smith

14 May 2017 0 comments

Robust: Michael Cheika By NEALE HARVEY WRITING off Australia’s World Cup chances on the back of an abysmal Super Rugby campaign would be a huge […]

Nick Cain: Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity

26 April 2017 0 comments

Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. No sooner had the Lions squad been announced […]

Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity

23 April 2017 0 comments

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. […]

Saracens add weight to pack with Wallaby star

4 April 2017 0 comments

Saracens have announced that Australian international forward Will Skelton will re-join the club on a permanent deal later this year. Skelton made eight appearances for […]

Warriors close to O’Connor deal

12 March 2017 0 comments

FORMER WALLABY star James O’Connor looks set to be heading to the Premiership next season and is close to agreeing a deal to join Worcester […]

Kurtley Beale to leave Wasps

9 March 2017 0 comments

Wasps have confirmed today that Kurtley Beale will return to Australia at the end of the season, following the conclusion of his one-year deal with […]

O’Driscoll is on the case to find any Kiwi flaws

19 February 2017 0 comments

When it comes to the lengths New Zealand will go to turn over the Lions there are none with better first-hand knowledge than Brian O’Driscoll. […]

Exeter’s Lewis in at Stoop as cover for Care

12 February 2017 1 comment

By ED HUTSON HARLEQUINS have this week confirmed the signing Dave Lewis from Exeter ahead of next season. As revealed in the Fissler Files on […]

Kruis will keep his foot down in quest to be Borthwick’s man Down Under

15 December 2016 0 comments

British & Lions hopeful George Kruis is adamant there will be no favouritism from Steve Borthwick despite his former Saracens colleague’s elevation to the coaching […]

Mumm: Scots and Irish want us to win

2 December 2016 0 comments

Dean Mumm is making the same impact this autumn in the green and gold of Australia during their Grand Slam tilt as he did during […]

Australia go for size to tackle England

1 December 2016 0 comments

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has opted for size and aggression as his team vies for revenge against England at Twickenham. Number eight Lopeti Timani has […]

Nick Cain looks at the motivational forces behind England’s clash with Australia

1 December 2016 0 comments

A few weeks ago Michael Cheika was incensed at being portrayed as a clown on the front page of a New Zealand newspaper. However, for […]

Wasps statement on Kurtley Beale

4 November 2016 0 comments

Following speculation that Kurtley Beale might leave his contract early, Wasps’ Director of Rugby Dai Young has moved to clarify the situation in response to […]

Wales v Australia preview

4 November 2016 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny will make his long awaited return to Test rugby after being given a start at fullback against Australia. Halfpenny has not played for […]

Peter Jackson: Clowns? No the joke’s on Wales when Aussies call

2 November 2016 0 comments

Wales take their annual autumn shot at the Wallabies next Saturday, driven by the assumption that they cannot go on missing indefinitely. This one will […]

Wallabies will reign supreme – Bob Dwyer

2 November 2016 0 comments

Bob Dwyer is backing Australia to prolong Welsh misery on Saturday in angry reaction to their ‘disrespectful’ portrayal in New Zealand as a bunch of […]

Cooper dropped for Wallabies as All Blacks chase record

21 October 2016 0 comments

Australia have dropped Quade Cooper to the bench as they go in search of a first victory over the All Blacks at Eden Park since 1986. […]

Stuart Lancaster: I’d like to end up coaching in the Premiership

11 October 2016 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster admits his ultimate aim is to coach in England again one day but for now his focus is on helping prepare Leinster for […]

Strong-man Scott Sio wants smooth finish to patchy Australia season

30 September 2016 0 comments

Last Autumn Australia’s powerful prop Scott Sio made no fewer than four Test appearances in a month at Twickenham and as he says himself there […]

I’ve been beating my demons says Kurtley Beale

9 September 2016 0 comments

Watching Kurtley Beale, ball in hand, whizzing past defences at full speed is one of the most beautiful sights in the game so it is […]

Nick Cain: Yes, I believe England can rain on New Zealand’s parade

8 September 2016 0 comments

The All Black procession is in full marching order again, with the usual array of tub-thumpers and cheerleaders proclaiming them as the undisputed masters of […]

Jeremy Guscott: Wallabies’ walloping shows up Bernard Foley’s frailties in attack

24 August 2016 0 comments

What a difference a year can make in international sport. Michael Cheika’s Wallaby side were riding a crest of a wave this time in 2015; […]

All Blacks will have to dig deep to keep that No.1 tag

18 August 2016 0 comments

By the time England are next scheduled to play New Zealand in the autumn of 2017 it will have been three years since the teams […]

Brendan Gallagher: Beware the All Blacks ‘in transition’

18 August 2016 0 comments

It seems barely five minutes ago that the Rugby Championship was first mooted and then established and now here we are contemplating the start of […]

Jeremy Guscott: All Blacks for the title, but Wallabies will come again

17 August 2016 0 comments

This Rugby Championship is the start of a new cycle for the Southern Hemisphere, which leads to Tokyo and the next World Cup in 2019. […]

Jeremy Guscott column: You’ll have to take it up a notch to beat All Blacks

29 June 2016 0 comments

For a team in transition just eight months ago, it is remarkable to see England’s transformation under Eddie Jones and the team’s ability to adapt […]

Nick Cain column: Eddie Jones turns the tables on his Aussie tricksters

22 June 2016 0 comments

England have won the Test series…and head coach Eddie Jones has won the mind games just as conclusively. Yesterday’s succes in Melbourne was even sweeter […]

England Series over for David Pocock

13 June 2016 0 comments

David Pocock will miss the last two Tests against England after fracturing his eye socket in the opening clash in Brisbane on Saturday. The Wallabies […]

Nick Cain looks at the Wallabies’ key personel

9 June 2016 0 comments

All’s fair in love and war – and baggage searches – when England play Australia in any sport. That’s why, after promising his fellow Aussies […]

Horwill and Houston in Wallabies training squad

26 May 2016 0 comments

James Horwill and Leroy Houston could face England next month after being named in Michael Cheika’s Australia 39-man training squad. Houston, who announced his departure […]

Nick Cain’s column: Kurtley Beale’s hit jackpot, now he must deliver

17 March 2016 0 comments

Kurtley Beale has made a habit of unsettling Australia’s rugby suits, and he was at it again this week with the news that he is […]

Nick Cain talks to Quins’ Aussie hard man James Horwill

4 March 2016 0 comments

James Horwill is part of an Aussie invasion that has taken English rugby by storm this season. However, the big former Queensland Reds and Wallaby […]

Nick Cain on the big debate: Call in Sir Clive, Jones, Baxter, Mallinder and Edwards

18 November 2015 0 comments

Ian Ritchie has a solution to England’s coaching future staring him in the face: Appoint Sir Clive Woodward as RFU performance director and let him […]

Shane Williams World Cup XV

6 November 2015 0 comments

15. Ayumu Goromaru (Japan): The Brave Blossoms deserved more after three wins and he was key against South Africa. 14. Nehe Milner-Scudder (NZ): Habana got […]

Jeremy Guscott verdict: I’m delighted classy Dan Carter could savour his fitting finale

4 November 2015 0 comments

For a man who for four years has had a memory of not being involved in the match that won New Zealand the World Cup […]

Brendan Gallagher feature: This was just a complete blast from start to finish

4 November 2015 0 comments

The construction – or in this case deconstruction – gangs will arrive at Twickenham first thing this morning to start ripping down the huge hospitality […]

Basic errors by Stuart Lancaster cost us says Mike Friday

15 October 2015 0 comments

Critical pre-tournament errors in selection by head coach Stuart Lancaster and a failure to deploy X-factor players during losses to Wales and Australia cost England […]

Wallabies change three for Wales clash

8 October 2015 0 comments

Australia have made three changes to their starting XV for their Pool decider against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday. Head coach Michael Cheika had to […]

Jeremy Guscott column: Ireland’s big name players are enhancing reputations

8 October 2015 0 comments

My forecast for an England Ireland semi-final looks to be 50 per cent true at this stage, with Ireland pretty much assured of quarter-final qualification […]

James Horwill: Wales play into Wallaby hands

8 October 2015 0 comments

Wales’ preference for open, attacking rugby could play into Australian hands on Saturday when the sides meet in Cardiff, according to former Wallaby lock James […]

Australia’s World Cup stars join Barbarians squad

6 October 2015 0 comments

Australia’s star forwards will be lining up for the Barbarians side coached by Michael Cheika against Argentina and Gloucester next month. Captain Stephen Moore, […]

Hooper and Pocock start for Australia against England

1 October 2015 0 comments

Michael Hooper and David Pocock will both start for Australia on Saturday in their crucial World Cup Pool of Death clash against England at Twickenham. […]

Nick Cain: England need a Raging Bull to down these cocky Aussies

30 September 2015 0 comments

Michael Cheika has not made many slip-ups since his appointment as Wallaby coach last year, but his decision to play down the importance of bonus […]

Double injury blow for Australia

29 September 2015 0 comments

Australia have suffered a double injury blow with the news that Will Skelton and Wycliff Palu have bot suffered World Cup ending injury against Uruguay […]