All posts tagged "England"
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Martin Hynes – former Orrell, Northampton and England prop
When I told Ed Morrison I was retiring from rugby to start my own pest control business his response was that...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland to host 2016 World Rugby U20s Championships
World Rugby and the RFU have today announced that the World Rugby U20 Championship 2016 will be held in Manchester, England....
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Mark Lilley – London Scottish and former Bath and Bristol loosehead
1. Nathan Catt – Best prank caller I’ve ever worked with and a very good friend. Moved from back-row to prop...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoIf Manu Tuilagi needs a bodyguard on a night out he just has to ask, says Billy Vunipola
Manu Tuilagi deserves to be cut some slack, according to his England pal Billy Vunipola, who is backing the errant Leicester...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Bull-dozing Ross Moriarty may be Wales’ missing link
When Wales beat Australia in the World Cup for the first and only time, amid the geothermal geysers of Rotorua, their...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The 69-match journey to the World Cup
Nations Cup The tenth year of this competition and the ninth to be held in Bucharest. Only the inaugural tournament, in...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoQuiting never crossed my mind insists George North
George North has read some nasty stories about the effects of concussion over the past nine weeks – but not once...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Stuart Lancaster’s left with more questions than answers
Well, well at last the bridesmaids have become the brides as Saracens stormed to victory last weekend in the Premiership final...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain discusses the political dangers which are threatening Championship clubs
Chris Pennell’s superb two-try contribution to the thrilling 30-30 draw in the second-leg of the Championship final at Sixways on the...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoJon Fisher: Alex Corbisiero can prove doubters wrong, like me
Saints loosehead Corbisiero will leave no stone unturned in his bid to make the World Cup team.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’ column: George Ford still gets my England vote over Owen Farrell
Ford or Farrell? It was predictable that the meeting of two fly-halves who have been close friends since schooldays, and are...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Get the scrum sorted or risk damaging our great product
This season as a whole has been very positive, and the attitude of teams in the Premiership will, hopefully, help to...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoEXCLUSIVE: BT Sport set to showcase Championship rugby
By JON NEWCOMBE BT Sport are ready to add the Championship to their growing rugby portfolio. The broadcaster is said to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoClown prince Joe Marler plays it seriously now
TRP sits down with the one and only Joe Marler.
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Will Owen – England U20s and Leicester openside
Breaking into the Leicester first team is no mean feat but Will Owen will be attempting just that next season after...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoSix Nations TV deal set to rocket past £50m a season
The next Six Nations television deal is expected to increase by 25 per cent.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHomer called by England U20s to replace Townsend
Will Homer will replace Stuart Townsend in the England U20s World Rugby Championship squad after the Exeter scrum-half sustained a knee...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoApache win at Broadstreet GB7s Series
Apache clinched victory in the second round of the GB7s series in dramatic fashion with a kick in the final second...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Sam Burgess is different, but does he have the time to deliver
How do you make 50 into one? That was the question most occupying the mind of Stuart Lancaster as he announced...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoCourtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury ‘top locks for England’
Pair must be England’s World Cup starting locks according to Nick Kennedy.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’s view on England’s World Cup training squad
One of the enduring conundrums of Stuart Lancaster’s tenure, and that of many England coaching regimes before his, is whether Red...
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Shane Williams
/ 11 years agoShane Williams’ column: Chris Ashton will lift England but Wales won’t be worried
Stuart Lancaster’s die is cast, but this Dai certainly isn’t downcast! England‘s 50-man squad won’t hold many fears for Warren Gatland...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: No Steffon Armitage means no exile will ever get in
The exclusion of Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon had been well documented before the selection of England‘s 50 man World Cup...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoJames Haskell won’t be giving up to Sam Burgess without a fight
James Haskell will not give up his England No.6 jersey lightly and has warned Sam Burgess he faces a major battle...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWasps announce four new signings
Wasps have today announced four new signings for next season. Centre James Downey will remain at the club having impressed since...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVIDEO: Dylan Hartley previews the Premiership Northampton’s semi-final
Dylan Hartley: Ten months of hard work are on the line Our latest Killik Rugby video is with Northampton Saints and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoSaracens No.8 Billy Vunipola relishing Northampton challenge
Billy Vunipola is fully aware of the challenge awaiting Saracens at Northampton tomorrow in the Premiership semi-finals but the No.8 is...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: World Cup wage cap would promote level playing field
With the domestic season more or less over and sights set firmly on the World Cup, we are once again forced...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoDean Mumm on mission to prove he’s World Cup ready
Exeter skipper Dean Mumm insists he will have no qualms over returning to England as ‘public enemy No.1′ if he achieves...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s Premiership play-offs preview
Northampton (1) Story of the season The reigning champions may have wobbled badly in Europe with those big defeats against Racing...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoHarlequins prop Matt Shields now ready for his crack in big league
Rookie Harlequins tighthead Matt Shields has endured a baptism of fire since joining from Darlington Mowden Park in February and emerged...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Why Manu Tuilagi deserves just a little sympathy
If any England player was likely to stray off the straight-and-narrow then Manu Tuilagi was always a prime candidate. That was...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBurgess and Itoje in England World Cup training squad
Sam Burgess and Maro Itoje have today been named in Stuart Lancaster‘s England World Cup training squad. Rugby League superstar Burgess...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: This Bath side has the ability, now they must finish the job
Bath have arrived as true Premiership contenders again, and with a home semi-final already secured I would bet on them at...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Rob Vickerman – former England Sevens captain, Newcastle and Yorkshire Carnegie centre
I appreciate that having read this feature a fair few times over the years it usually starts with a remarkable memory...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain looks at the likely composition of Stuart Lancaster’s World Cup squad
There’s a spaghetti of conflicting views surrounding the long-squad of around 50 players – initially billed as 45 – that Stuart...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoManu Tuilagi ‘will be worried about his big brother’
Leicester Tigers are to ask Tuilagi’s elder brother Freddie to keep a closer eye on their young star and ensure he...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoAlex Corbisiero set to miss World Cup – Trevor Woodman
Lions prop set for World Cup heartbreak according to former England prop who believes Joe Marler and Mako Vunipola will be...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoManu Tuilagi kicked out of England squad for assaulting police officer
Leicester centre convicted this week of three charges of assault and one of criminal damage.
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: James Cordy-Redden – Cross Keys full-back
James Cordy-Redden is about to sit his last exams at university but he could be an Olympian by next summer after...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Poachers at work on both sides of Severn
One day long ago during a break from curing toothache at his dental practice in Newbridge, Derek Morgan found himself asked...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: What’s the money on Toulon making it four on the spin?
As the dust settles on the first ever Champions Cup and the remarkable but unsurprising success of Toulon in winning their...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoEngland shouldn’t pension off old guard says Ugo Monye
Ugo Monye believes England‘s World Cup wing selections are potentially set in stone but has urged boss Stuart Lancaster not to...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Richard Whiffin – London Irish backs coach
1. Pre-match pyrotechnics I didn’t see the need for the light show and all the razzmatazz before the first game of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: How the RAF revived spirit of Bader and Cooler King
Through adversity to the stars, as the RAF motto proclaims. Taking on the might of the Army and Navy has always...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Saracens wing Chris Ashton about England and the Premiership title race
Chris Ashton has spent all season looking-in at the England squad from the outside, and the Saracens wing yearns to be...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoTom Varndell: I won’t quit England until I beat Mark Cueto’s record
Tom Varndell wants to end his career abroad but he will not leave English rugby until he is the most prolific...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Mathew Tait – Leicester full-back
London Welsh made you work hard for that win, didn’t they? The objective was achieved as we got the bonus points...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoJoe Simpson injury update
Joe Simpson’s potential participation in the World Cup with England is not under threat after Wasps revealed he should only be...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoTuala signs contract to stay at Saints
Northampton Saints have today announced that Ahsee Tuala has signed a contract that will keep him at Franklin’s Gardens. The 25-year-old...
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