Scotland Head Coach Vern Cotter today welcomed the return of Sean Maitland and Tommy Seymour for this Saturday’s World Cup warm up against France in. […]
Brad Barritt has a reputation for being England’s midfield rock. We are talking about a centre who is not just teak-tough mentally and body-on-the-line brave, […]
Jim Hamilton has today announced his retirement from international rugby after missing out of Vern Cotter’s Scotland World Cup squad. The 32-year-old lock won the […]
Italy have called up Glasgow flanker Simone Favaro to their World Cup squad for injured winger Angelo Esposito. Esposito, 22, picked up a partial left-shoulder dislocation […]
Brad Barritt will make his long-awaited return to the England starting XV to take in Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The Saracens centre’s last Test […]
Head Coach Vern Cotter today named scrum-half Greig Laidlaw as captain of the 31-man Scotland squad for the World Cup. The squad features a balance […]
Andrew Trimble has been left out of Ireland’s World Cup squad with Joe Schmidt opting to take just two scrum-halves. The one-cap prop Tadhg Furlong […]
James Horwill’s arrival at The Stoop to join his new Harlequins team-mates will probably come sooner than he expected following his axing from the Australian […]
The England-Ireland World Cup warm-up game on September 5 has huge significance for both sides. The managements can spin this however much they like but […]
Looking back at last week’s game and the England team’s performance against France at Twickenham, I have the feeling that I watched a different game […]
Fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc has been left out of France World Cup squad by Philippe Saint-Andre. The 28-year-old, who played in the 2011 final and started […]
Head-coach John McKee has omitted experienced backs Napolioni Nalaga and Seremaia Bai in Fiji’s 31-man World Cup squad which features five Premiership players. The squad […]
James Horwill will arrive at Harlequins earlier than expected as the former Australia captain wasn’t included in Michael Cheika’s World Cup squad. There is also […]
Kyle Eastmond’s World Cup omission betrays a startling lack of England ambition, according to former Sevens boss Mike Friday. Friday says he is struggling to […]
Alex Corbisiero’s chances to play at the World Cup are getting slimmer after the England prop suffered yet another injury setback. The Northampton loosehead came […]
There is always a dilemma for international coaches such as Stuart Lancaster when it comes to cutting players, because it is so important that they […]