All posts tagged "France"
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoSean Fitzpatrick: Lions will have the talent to test All Blacks
Sean Fitzpatrick and Jason Robinson come from different sides of the rugby spectrum in every sense, but this week the indestructible...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoVunipola and Care to start for England in Paris’ Grand Slam decider
Mako Vunipola and Danny Care will start England’s Grand Slam decider against France in Paris on Saturday as head coach Eddie...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoJoe Marler free to face France
Joe Marler is free to play against France after escaping punishment over two incidents in England‘s win against Wales at Twickenham...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Savvy England were not the one-man band Wales expected
The big difference in the past is that England have lost decisive games like this, but this time they produced when...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland retain 26 for Grand Slam decider
Eddie Jones has retained 26 players ahead of England’s Grand Slam decider against France in Paris on Saturday. Prop Matt Mullan...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher feature: Georgia have success at Japan 2019 on their mind
Georgia might have been mobbed at Tbilisi airport at some ungodly hour on their return from RWC2015 and, yes, a week...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Come on Wales, try and give us a thrill
Wales will bring their Iron Curtain to Twickenham next week and defy England to find a way through. They will man...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: England will need to crack the Shaun Edwards defence code
This game between England and Wales is winner-takes-all, because, whichever side win, they will almost certainly win the 2016 Six Nations...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWales unchanged for Six Nations decider against England
Wales have named an unchanged starting XV to face England at Twickenham in the Six Nations decider on Saturday. There are...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Why France are at sixes and sevens over David Smith
There was a time when rugby enjoyed a titter at football’s expense over their nationality laws and the amusing case of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott comment: Billy Vunipola must be at his best to halt charging cousin Taulupe Faletau
It’s a shame we didn’t see more expression from the Welsh team but the win overrides that and momentum is all...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams’ verdict: Livewire Gareth Davies is the Welsh gamebreaker but he must learn quickly it’s not all about try glory
Gareth Davies sums up Wales right now – plenty of effort but lacking that final crucial touch. Davies was named man...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Let’s ban the booze – at least during the match
Wales opened their wondrous new stadium to a fanfare of fancy features, not least its capacity to pour alcohol in record...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoIreland name uncapped pair for England trip
Stuart McCloskey and Josh van der Flier will make their Test debuts on Saturday as Ireland travel to Twickenham to take...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: Let’s hope the rugby gets better as Six Nations goes on
As we take a break in the Six Nations, it gives us all a chance to evaluate how everybody is doing....
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoFrance change five for Cardiff trip
France have made five changes to face Wales on Friday as they seek their third win of the Six Nations in...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Maro Itoje can match Ireland’s energy in the back-row
If Joe Schmidt is under pressure in Ireland, that’s pretty unjust. It would be based only on the World Cup, and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWales change three to take on France
Alex Cuthbert, Bradley Davies and Dan Lydiate are all named in the starting XV as Wales make three changes for the...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoWhy Sam Warburton really stayed in Wales
Modest Sam Warburton insists he is not guaranteed his place against France next weekend and revealed how a dog kept him...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: It feels like a minor classic is waiting for us in Cardiff
No sign yet of the ‘beautiful game’ that Guy Noves had Toulouse playing in their heyday but that was a massively...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoShane Williams: So good to see mighty George back among tries
Watching Wales win is great but seeing George North in that sort of form is even better. George gave everyone a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ayoola Erinle – Former Wasps, Leicester, Biarritz, Nottingham and England centre
Wasps really were avant-garde under the coaching of Warren Gatland, Shaun Edwards and Craig White, and I count myself very fortunate...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoItoje set for England debut as Eddie Jones change three for Italy trip
Maro Itoje should make his England debut in Italy on Sunday after being named on the bench by Eddie Jones. The...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain talks to former hard man hooker Graham Dawe about what he brought to red rose training
Graham Dawe was the incarnation of uncompromising. That is one of the reasons why Eddie Jones invited the grizzled former Bath...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson verdict on France – Much more of this and Guy Noves will feel his age
When France last required the services of Guy Noves, the Fifth Republic as headed by Charles de Gaulle had barely completed...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoIntense competition at Bath will make Taulupe Faletau even better – Luke Charteris
Luke Charteris reckons Bath can bring the best out of Taulupe Faletau. The Wales pair and former Newport Gwent Dragons team-mates...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott’s England verdict: A clean and clinical show in a hostile environment
The selection of Owen Farrell and George Ford was a stop-gap because Manu Tuilagi‘s not fit; Henry Slade is injured; and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Six Nations coaches are at the crossroads
Three New Zealanders, two Frenchmen and an Aussie. That’s your Six Nations coaching line-up this season, an eclectic and erudite bunch...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: My arrows of desire point to an anthem for England
Having (reluctantly) once had to regale a packed Marseille restaurant with a solo rendition of God Save the Queen on the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: It’s time for this England backline to really produce
When you look at the England backs ahead of the Six Nations my main feeling is that this is their time....
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Ben Jacobs – Wasps centre
How big is today’s game in Toulon? It’s huge. If we win we qualify for the quarter-finals but if we lose...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Can Guy Noves make the real France stand up?
Is Guy Noves a greybeard version of D’Artagnan arriving to put the cut and thrust back into French rugby, or an...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Olly Kohn – former Harlequins, Bristol, Plymouth and Wales lock
First and foremost, I feel lucky to have been involved in what felt like a golden era for Quins. Conor O’Shea...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Being coach of England often ends in tears, Eddie
So Eddie Jones is off and running, and to borrow slightly from the late and much lamented David Bowie, we might...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Nigel Horton – former England, Moseley and Toulouse lock
Being the first England player to play for their country across three decades, I once found myself the subject of a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Friday fun and games is strictly for Wales
Friday night fever of the virulent Six Nations kind will break out again in Cardiff next month. France in Round Three...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: It’s time for Six Nations to produce real quality
It’s normally right now – the second and third week of January – that I fall back in love with the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher feature: All the big guns set their sights on Rio Olympics
So far so good. After Rugby’s ill-starred Olympic history it’s been comparatively plain sailing to date for the 2016 tournament, at...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoBlues bring in Matthew Morgan
Matthew Morgan will leave Bristol at the end of the season after signing a two-year deal with the Cardiff Blues. The...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Good luck to Ian Peel, but don’t forget 2003 guru
Ian Peel has come from the ranks of the RFU‘s coaching pathway to being named as England’s new scrum coach this...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Alex Cuthbert finding form at just the right time
Christmas derbies… there’s nothing else like them in Welsh rugby. As a player I loved this time of year. Now, as...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Craig Joubert and Rupert Murdoch make it a year to remember
Half a century from now, when Georgia win the Ten Nations and two clubs from Mars replace the Italians in the...
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European Rugby
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Out for the count, Europe’s big three
There have been six multiple winners of what is now known as the Champions’ Cup and two have gone already, counted...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Dylan Hartley’s no Johnno and, for me, he’s no captain
As we sit back trying to digest our Christmas excesses while also enjoying the success of the England clubs in the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoIan Madigan to leave Leinster and join Bordeaux
Leinster confirmed yesterday that Ian Madigan will leave the Irish province at the end of the current season to join Bordeaux...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Rob Hardwick – former Coventry, London Irish and England prop
Playing for Coventry and treading the same turf as my heroes had done was something I’d always aspired to when I...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: BBC snub lets bigots back into the game
On their biennial visit to Cardiff over three decades from the early Sixties, England played the role of the compliant guest...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoScott Williams commits his future to Scarlets
Scott Williams has signed a new deal that sees him extend his stay at the Scarlets until at least 2018. Williams,...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Dan Carter can be a success like Jonny Wilkinson – if he learns French
Dan Carter is without doubt a sensational signing for Racing 92 – as big, or bigger, than Jonny Wilkinson was for...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoJack Lam commits future to Bristol
Jack Lam has resisted the temptation to move to France and instead signed a new-two year contract with Championship heavyweights Bristol....
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