All posts tagged "England"
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoKnee injury keeps Joe on sidelines for Autumn
ENGLAND lock Joe Launchbury has been ruled out of the Autumn internationals after having knee surgery. The 27-year-old, who has 54...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBath may have to choose between glory and safety
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Losing start: Bath took on Toulouse yesterday at the Rec As we...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJack’s back to fend off Cokanasiga challenge
By HARVEY NEALE Upping the ante: Nathan Earle and Joe Cokanasiga Threat: Jack Nowell goes close against Bath PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSmokin’ Joe tipped to be England’s version of Sivivatu
NEALE HARVEY POWERHOUSE wing Joe Cokanasiga can enter the annals of rugby fame in the way Fijian legend Sitiveni Sivivatu once...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
KIERAN SASSONE HARLEQUINS TIGHT-HEAD Role models play a vital part in any young player’s career and academy tight-head Kieran Sassone could...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEddie stays no matter what insists RFU chief
By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has been given an unequivocal assurance by RFU chief executive Steve Brown that “come what may”...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSeventh heaven as Firwood meet their Waterloo
Firwood Wat 10 Gloucs-Hart 43 By BRADLEY WEST Hat-trick: Kelly Smith GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY earned their second victory of the Premier 15s season...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoYoung unfazed by Toulon galacticos
By JON NEWCOMBE Big game experience: Falcons scrum-half Micky Young PICTURE: Getty Images Ace: Julian Savea A TRIP to the Mediterranean...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSaracens need to make a big statement at Scotstoun
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Threat: Huw Jones picks good lines and has gas to burn PICTURE: Getty Images SARACENS’ trip...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoHughes is a tweet for misjudging the mood
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NATHAN Hughes may feel that a relatively light right-handed punch from a prone...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWe’re 6/10 so far but still have a way to go
NEALE HARVEY sits down with supremo Paul Gustard to assess Harlequins’ start to the new campaign Big job on: Quins head...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMarchant back on track for World Cup place
PAUL Gustard reveals how a pre-season kick up the backside has pushed electric centre Joe Marchant back towards England selection. With...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI still feel the stress of that French fightback in ‘99
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Comeback kings: France beat New Zealand in 1999 RUGBY MATTERS...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCrisis? What crisis? Brown says RFU are in good shape
INTERVIEW STEVE Brown has taken so much flak over the past year that it would be no surprise if he took...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOlowofela making case for more games at HQ
By NEALE HARVEY Foot race: Jordan Olowofela runs in a try against Northampton at Twickenham PICTURES: Getty Images Twin: Ryan Olowofela...
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: London Irish and former Wasps and Leinster centre Brendan Macken
This is some team...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChampions Cup preview: A look at all five pools as Leinster seek to retain European crown
Leinster and Wasps kick things off on Friday night at the RDS
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Alex Goode and Liam Williams can be European Player of the Year nominees when they set the Champions Cup alight
Jeremy Guscott makes his picks of players to watch in this season's Champions Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHorwill: More international stars may follow Joe Marler’s lead
The Harlequins vice-captain also talks about Michael Cheika's job security
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoIt would be special to add Champions Cup title to my Super Rugby medal, says Wasps fly-half Lima Sopoaga
Three years on from winning Super Rugby with the Highlanders, Sopoaga wants to win the equivalent in the Northern Hemisphere
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBristol’s Luke Morahan ready for war now the honeymoon is over
"The Premiership has definitely changed"
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSemesa Rokoduguni to troop on for Bath after penning new deal
Todd Blackadder high of praise for the prolific wing
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMarland Yarde told how long he will be sidelined for after dislocating knee
A severe injury suffered by the Sale Sharks wing
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoNathan Hughes availability for autumn internationals uncertain after citing for punching
Number 8 Hughes could face time out for Wasps and England
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago…but Doran-Jones backs the old king to return
DISCARDED scrum ace Dan Cole will ensure England’s titanic battle of the tight-heads intensifies this autumn, according to former Red Rose...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBelieve me, it was far more stressful in amateur game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Big loss for World Cup: England’s ‘bit part player’ Joe Marler PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSaracens sweat on latest Barritt blow
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS captain Brad Barritt has undergone surgery on the facial injury he sustained against Bath last Saturday. The former...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEzcurra on board as back up to Youngs
LEICESTER have signed Argentina international scrum-half Felipe Ezcurra on a short-term contract to provide cover after Harry Simmons injured his knee....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMore stars may follow Joe’s lead – Horwill
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Australia captain James Horwill believes more top players will follow Joe Marler into Test oblivion unless an...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGoode is among my star picks to light up Europe
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK THE European Cup provides us with the chance to see great players rise to the occasion...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHorne is the winner as Tigers find their feet
By NICK CAIN THIS was about honouring Rob Horne and both sides delivered in terms of endeavour, even though they were...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors can’t afford another slip up – Weir
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER playmaker Duncan Weir has ordered his side to stop shooting themselves in the foot and make good...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLawes’ back spasm will clear
NORTHAMPTON DoR Chris Boyd said it had been a disappointing outcome for his side, not least their failure to win for...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWillie’s on way back to club rugby in Japan
Return: Willie Le Roux WILLIE LE Roux is set to leave Wasps at the end of the season for a second...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors in fight to keep Josh in England
WORCESTER Warriors’ new owners face a battle to keep Welsh winger Josh Adams who is at the centre of a tug...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMorahan braced for war now honeymoon is over
By NEALE HARVEY AUSSIE wing wizard Luke Morahan says Bristol are braced for a Premiership backlash as they aim to prove...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLudlam on mission to be Saints answer to Savea
HAVING endured injury and illness that stymied his early career, Northampton No.7 Lewis Ludlam is aiming to add his name to...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBajans gear up for a big day out at the Oval
BARBADOS may bat a very modest 83rd in the world rankings – just ahead of India and below Serbia – but...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
International opposition getting Blues battle-hard BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points History boys: Oxford University line...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoImproving Scottish eye another big scalp
By NEALE HARVEY No.15: Joe Luca-Smith FRESHfrom morale-boosting victories over Jersey and Bedford, London Scottish are intent on claiming another big...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoThomas on the attack to claim Cole’s jersey
By NEALE HARVEY Hard yards: Henry Thomas trucks the ball up into heavy traffic against Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images AMBITIOUS England...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: The time has come to pick Owen Farrell as England’s 10
Jeremy Guscott on why the Ford-Farrell format is 'flawed' for England
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National League One
/ 7 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Tynedale match off due to MRSA outbreak By JON NEWCOMBE TYNEDALE have suspended all senior rugby activity until further notice after...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALFIE PETCH EXETER CHIEFS PROP Alfie Petch has the credentials to become a topclass tighthead. Hailing from Bude, where former England...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCockerill relishes Warriors’ big European challenge
By GARY HEATLY Tough: Richard Cockerill EDINBURGH Rugby head coach Richard Cockerill has a long history with the Heineken Champions Cup...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSmid out to follow Rhodes route to England
By NEALE HARVEY NEWLY England-qualified Ealing back rower Rayn Smid has his sights on following compatriot Michael Rhodes into the Red...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHughes hopes to get the nod to tackle All Black great Read
By NEALE HARVEY Hitting form for Wasps: Nathan Hughes BIG-HITTING Wasps No.8 Nathan Hughes says the chance to face down New...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWebber believes West can give Sharks teeth
Forward guru: Dorian West has joined Sale PICTURE: Getty Images ANOTHER ‘old-school’ addition or a breath of fresh air? Rob Webber...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRowntree to help Georgia
GEORGIA’S World Cup preparations have been boosted by the appointment of former England prop Graham Rowntree as their forwards coach ahead...













