I had to do something to unsettle Wallaby captain Nick Farr-Jones in the second Lions Test now known as the ‘Battle of Ballymore’ in 1989 – and luckily I […]
None of the explanations I’ve heard so far for Warren Gatland‘s ill-conceived comments about the divisive potential of having too many English players in a […]
After weeks of speculations about his future, Stephen Jones has announced he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season. The legendary […]
Nathan Sharpe, one of the great Wallaby locks, believes Geoff Parling will be given the responsibility to ‘marshal the cattle’ as the Lions lineout caller […]
Shaun Edwards spent the week keeping a profile low enough as to be positively subterranean over Warren Gatland‘s decision to make him surplus to Lions […]
Last week’s surprise win against the current world champions was thoroughly deserved as the players delivered on all counts and it made everybody sit up […]
As expected, England duo Andy Farrell, Graham Rowntree have been confirmed as Warren Gatland‘s Lions assistants for next summer’s tour of Australia today. England’s defence […]
Manu Tuilagi‘s display against New Zealand makes him a certainty for next year’s Lions tour of Australia, according to former England centre Mike Tindall. But […]
Rhys Priestland will be out of action for six months after suffering a ruptured left achilles tendon during the region’s Heineken Cup game against Exeter […]
England coaches Graham Rowntree and Andy Farrell will assist British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland on this summer’s tour of Australia. Rob Howley, […]
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 […]
When the going gets tough, blindside flankers get going – and in Peter Dixon and Derek Quinnell (1971), Roger Uttley (1974), Mike Teague (1989), Ben […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ray Gravell would have been 61 this week and the world, especially the part which revolved around Mynydd-y-Garreg, would have been all the better for […]
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 […]