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Peter Jackson: Victor Matfield’s return can help Wales come good

13 June 2014 0 comments

Wales made their first stand in the Southern Hemisphere 50 years ago in the place they used to call the last outpost of the British […]

Wales’ Adam Jones to become a centurion against South Africa

12 June 2014 0 comments

Adam Jones will win his 100th international cap in Saturday’s first Test against South Africa. The Opsreys star has been named at tighthead by Warren […]

Wales start tour with Kings win

11 June 2014 0 comments

Wales began their tour of South Africa with a 34-12 win over Eastern Province Kings in Port Elizabeth last night. With the first Test against […]

Peter Jackson: Willie John’s Lions are dwarfed by Toulon titans

6 June 2014 1 comment

When the Lions secured their only series win against New Zealand in 1971, they did so with a pack averaging 15 stone-a-man. Back then long […]

Brendan Gallagher: We’ve had hell and miracles, so what next for England?

5 June 2014 0 comments

England rugby tours of New Zealand – with some just fleeting visits in these furious fast forward times – are always an occasion nonetheless and […]

Peter Jackson: Yes, it all goes South when we head South

30 May 2014 0 comments

Every June the home countries fly south of the Equator in a battered state of semi-resignation to what awaits them. Almost as a matter of […]

Banned Owen Williams to miss Wales tour

28 May 2014 0 comments

Owen Williams will not tour South Africa with Wales after the he picked up a six-week ban. The Leicester fly-half was found guilty of making […]

South Africa lose captain Jean de Villiers for Wales Tests

26 May 2014 0 comments

South Africa have suffered a huge blow with the news that Jean de Villiers is out of the June Tests against Wales and Scotland. The […]

Ambitious Bismarck du Plessis targets Welsh scrum

15 May 2014 2 comments

Wales beware, Bismarck du Plessis says the Springboks’ front row aims to be the most formidable in the world and will use the scrum to target every team they face.

Gavin Henson called up for Wales trial

13 May 2014 0 comments

Gavin Henson could make his international return in South Africa after being named by Rob Howley in Possibles squad for the trial match against the […]

Wales to stage trial game on May 30

8 May 2014 1 comment

Wales will hold the first trial match in 14 years later this month with a Probables versus Possibles encounter at the Liberty Stadium on Friday, […]

Barbarians match bid snubbed by Wales

22 April 2014 0 comments

The Barbarians have been snubbed by Wales after offering them a home match as preparation for their Test series in South Africa in June.

Peter Jackson: Hanno Dirksen heads the new foreign invasion

28 March 2014 1 comment

France will be free to pick another South African next season and install Rory Kockott as their prospective scrum-half for the World Cup. As from […]

Nick Cain: Yes, BOD was great, but not the greatest

27 March 2014 0 comments

That Brian O’Driscoll is one of the great players is undisputed. However, justice was done when Mike Brown won the 2014 RBS 6 Nations Player […]

Nick Cain: Yes, they’re good – but England are a way off being great

20 March 2014 1 comment

If England can make the same progress over the next 18 months that they have made in the last year then they will be realistic […]

Peter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Robocops must find new game

20 March 2014 1 comment

Heavy depressions hanging over Wales in between World Cups are not a new phenomenon even if the latest one may take some lifting. Doom and […]

Nick Cain: ‘Aggro’ Joe Marler is just a big chicken!

21 February 2014 0 comments

Joe Marler has a reputation for not walking away if the opposition are looking for a bit of aggro. Scotland were on the receiving end […]

Brendan Gallagher: Ruan Pienaar keeps faith with Ulster

14 February 2014 0 comments

There might have been a more influential and committed ‘overseas’ signing than Ruan Pienaar in the last 18 seasons since rugby turned professional but I […]

Peter Jackson: Rookie 10s can shape outcome of Six Nations

24 January 2014 1 comment

The Six Nations cast for 2014 includes seven fly-halves who have yet to play in the tournament and seven more who cannot be sure of […]

Nick Cain urges England to look at some new faces in the World Cup build up

8 January 2014 0 comments

The seemingly routine announcement of amendments to the England elite squad on Thursday at Twickenham is the exact opposite. It is a make or break […]

Young Gun: Sam Olver – Northampton fly-half

3 January 2014 0 comments

Labelled a ‘softie in the backs’ by his dad, a former England hooker, Northampton Saints fly-half Sam Olver is already plotting his revenge – eclipsing […]

Peter Jackson: Cliff was out of this world, but Barry was untouchable!

3 January 2014 2 comments

New Year gongs will be all the rage all too soon, a good enough excuse to enter the festive spirit and award a few of […]

Nick Cain picks his highs and lows from 2013

1 January 2014 2 comments

Team of the Year – The 2013 Lions. Whereas the All Blacks are virtually a club side which plays and trains together for half of […]

Nick Cain: Enough! We don’t want more League coaches

18 December 2013 1 comment

The news that Steve McNamara is staying at his post in Rugby League – part time with England and assistant coach at Sydney Roosters – […]

Peter Jackson: The joke’s wearing thin for Warren Gatland

4 December 2013 0 comments

This is getting beyond a joke. The more Wales fail to answer needling jibes about their ‘mental barrier’, the more the Australians succeed in tripping […]

Peter Jackson: Wales will count cost of vanishing 70,000 fans

29 November 2013 5 comments

For the second time in six days, Wales went about their business in Cardiff on Friday night in front of more than 25,000 empty seats. […]

De Villiers to captain Baa-Baas against Fiji

26 November 2013 0 comments

South Africa captain Jean de Villiers will lead the Barbarians in Saturday’s clash with Fiji at Twickenham. De Villiers is one of seven Springboks in […]

Halfpenny nominated for IRB Player of the Year

22 November 2013 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny could end a sensational year in style after being nominated in a five-man shortlist for the IRB Player of the Year award. The […]

Autumn international teams

22 November 2013 0 comments

France v South Africa (preview) France: Brice Dulin; Yoann Huget, Florian Fritz, Wesley Fofana, Sofiane Guitoune; Rémi Talès, Morgan Parra; Yannick Forestier, Benjamin Kayser, Nicolas Mas; […]

France v South Africa preview

21 November 2013 1 comment

Philippe Saint-André has named a similar side to the one that rattled the cage of New Zealand two weeks ago to take on South Africa […]

Nick Cain talks to Nick Mallett about the growing threat of South Africa

21 November 2013 0 comments

Nick Mallett knows a thing or two about being in charge of “the most dominant team in the history of the world”. That, of course, […]

Peter Jackson: Departure of Jonathan Davies highlights WRU feud

21 November 2013 1 comment

Jonathan Davies will more than double his money at Clermont this season, a move into the £400,000-a-year bracket befitting a player of his status. While […]

Peter Jackson’s verdict: Wales know the precise problem

20 November 2013 0 comments

George North knew he needed something special to reassure the faithful shocked at the sight of Bryan Habana giving their gigantic wing the brush-off. Someone […]

South Africa ease past Scotland

17 November 2013 1 comment

Scotland were kept scoreless at Murrayfield today as they fell to a 28-0 defeat against South Africa. Willem Alberts got the Springboks 7-0 early while […]

Peter Jackson: Brave rebel Byron Hayward is still blazing his own trail

15 November 2013 1 comment

Of the 1,109 players capped by Wales, only one began by scoring a hat-trick of tries on debut as a second-half substitute. He finished the […]

Brendan Gallagher’s verdict on Wales

13 November 2013 0 comments

And still Wales can’t make the breakthrough the nation demands and expects and their talent warrants. For all their excellence on the European scene – […]

Autumn Internationals teams

8 November 2013 1 comment

England v Argentina England (Team news): Mike Brown; Chris Ashton, Joel Tomkins, Billy Twelvetrees, Ben Foden; Owen Farrell, Lee Dickson; Joe Marler, Dylan Hartley, David […]

Mike Phillips to start for Wales against South Africa

5 November 2013 2 comments

Despite being sacked by Bayonne last week, Phillips has been named at scrum-half by Warren Gatland to take on South Africa at the Millennium on […]

‘Mental block’ is stopping Wales

5 November 2013 1 comment

Wales will have to smash a ‘mental blockage’ when they go big-game hunting against the Springboks in Cardiff on Saturday.

Peter Jackson: Threadbare Wales are on a wing and a prayer

1 November 2013 1 comment

Wales will go into their annual home bash at the Southern Hemisphere down to the bare bones in specialist wings. They have picked just two […]

Brendan Gallagher: Heroic, tragic and downright eccentric, yes rugby has it all

17 October 2013 1 comment

A mate of mine, literary agent David Luxton, has had the brilliant idea of organising the inaugural London Sports Writing Festival this week at Lord’s […]

Nick Cain talks to Exeter’s captain Dean Mumm about the Heineken Cup and Australia’s autumn challenge

17 October 2013 0 comments

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 […]

Eddie Jones suffers stroke

16 October 2013 0 comments

Japan head coach Eddie Jones has been hospitalised after reportedly suffering “signs of a minor stroke”. Jones was in Japan for a training camp ahead […]

Jeremy Guscott: Lancaster’s dilemma is who plays 10, Farrell or Burns?

9 October 2013 2 comments

Having watched the best team in the world, New Zealand, beat the second best, South Africa, 38-27 in a humdinger of a match in Jo’burg, […]

2014 Autumn internationals announced

3 October 2013 2 comments

The RFU today confirmed that next year’s QBE Internationals will see England play four consecutive Test matches in November 2014 at Twickenham. Stuart Lancaster’s men […]

Rugby Championship round 6: preview

3 October 2013 1 comment

South Africa v New Zealand South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer believes his side can do the impossible and pip New Zealand to the Rugby Championship […]

Jeremy Guscott: Beware these danger men coming here in autumn

2 October 2013 0 comments

When South Africa beat Australia 28-8 on Saturday I was interested to see how their backlines would operate as a pointer for what will be […]

Peter Jackson: Ignore all that ghostly talk, Phillips is a fixture

27 September 2013 0 comments

At the end of the Lions tour, Mike Phillips used his newspaper column to suggest that he might soon be calling time on Wales. “It’s […]

Alain Rolland to hang up the whistle

26 September 2013 1 comment

Irish international referee Alain Rolland will retire from refereeing at the end of the 2013/2014 season. Rolland, 47, who also played three Tests at scrum-half […]

Rugby Championship round 5: preview

26 September 2013 1 comment

Argentina v New Zealand Argentina have made six changes for their clash against New Zealand in La Plata on Saturday. After narrowly losing 14-13 to […]

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