All posts tagged "Six Nations"
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National League One
/ 8 years agoFarrell in to help Ulster
IRELAND defence coach Andy Farrell is to help out at Ulster short-term after the Six Nations. Head coach Jono Gibbes needs...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoBrunel rap for putting Jalibert in harm’s way
Mega-boot: Lionel Beauxis is back at fly-half PICTURE: Getty Images It didn’t take long for the club v country rows that...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoAlun Wyn: We can bounce back against Ireland
Defiant: Alun Wyn Jones ALUN WYN Jones vowed Wales will bounce back from their Six Nations defeat to England when they...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland won arm-wrestle as Wales paid for their errors
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE …EVERY WEEK England won this arm-wrestle of a contest by playing the conditions better than Wales,...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoRobbed…but I still say Wales can win the title
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Impressive: Gareth Anscombe showed his versatility against Englan THE focus of Wales’ defeat to England...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoGregor Townsend names Greig Laidlaw among six changes to Scotland team
Scotland head coach makes three changes to the backs and three to the forwards for clash with France
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Jonathan Joseph must stop ambling through and get positive
'Ben Te'o could be the Billy Vunipola in the backs' writes former England centre Jeremy Guscott
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Featured
/ 8 years agoBen Youngs suffers suspected ligament damage
Leicester Tigers scrum-half to have a scan on Monday
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoMomentum will carry us to Twickenham with belief
SHANE WILLIAMS Midfield maestro: Centre Hadleigh Parkes That was more like it! I’ve said for a long time that Wales have...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoHalfpenny is class on another red-letter day for Scarlets
PETER JACKSON VERDICT Marksman: Leigh Halfpenny kicks more points One day soon the scoreline will be enshrined in clubhouses all over...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSexton sets Irish eyes smiling with one of the great drop goals
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER JOHNNY Sexton broke French hearts in Paris last night with a match winning 45 metre dropped goal with...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
Trailfinders are on long trek towards Premiership BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points COULD Ealing...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGalloping George is ready for England
By NEALE HARVEY KEN PISI notched a fine try-double but it was his wing partner George North who will be giving...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath are in it to win it now Ewels tells competition
By ALEX BYWATER CHARLIE Ewels warned Bath’s rivals his team are out for Anglo-Welsh Cup success after they booked a home...
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Features
/ 8 years agoI’ve got FIVE world class players now says Eddie
NICK CAIN TALKS TO EDDIE JONES ABOUT ENGLAND’S CHALLENGE IN ROME TODAY DAMNED if you do, damned if you don’t. That’s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TOBY TRINDER NORTHAMPTON PROP As a budding young star emerging through the ranks at Ipswich RFC, versatile Toby Trinder experienced the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFrance find it difficult to feel love for Altrad
DAVID BARNES Montpellier chairman Mohed Altrad, born to a Bedouin tribe in the desert, has built a global empire that turns...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones names England squad to take on Italy
Ben Te'o beats Jonathan Joseph to start at inside centre
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Featured
/ 8 years agoStockdale and Aki named in Ireland team to play France
Ireland's last trip to Paris in the Six Nations ended in a 10-9 defeat
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Featured
/ 8 years agoJacques Brunel must turn France’s Cup aces into champs
Can the 64-year-old turn France into a team to fear? He's certainly making changes in selection
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDeano: Eddie Jones can do the Slam and win the World Cup if Farrell and Vunipola stay fit
Newcastle Falcons head coach Dean Richards talks England's prospects in Six Nations and beyond
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Rhys Webb has become the victim of politics
Peter Jackson suggests Rhys Webb may never play for Wales in Cardiff again given he will be 32 when his Toulon...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Scotland can beat Wales if they play fast and error-free rugby
Jeremy Guscott pins Scotland's hopes of victory in Cardiff on the axis of Price-Russell and dangerman Huw Jones
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoSix Nations spotlight – Ireland: Joe Schmidt must unleash his terrifying dogs of war
Ireland head coach spoilt by riches of big-name players and new dynamics brought to the table by young up-and-comers
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Featured
/ 8 years agoCourtney Lawes has big appetite for success – Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones on the upward trend of Courtney Lawes since he took over the England job
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Featured
/ 8 years agoHalfpenny’s kicking can win it for Wales, says Sir Gareth Edwards
Wales legend gives his backing to the Scarlets full-back to kick Wales to victory against Scotland
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWales name squad for Six Nations opener
Scarlets players dominate Warren Gatland's squad for Scotland match
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTrailblazer Brown aiming to hammer down on Italy
SAM PARKHOUSE talks to the England flanker who’s no stranger to international competition FRANCE Lise Arricastre, Cyrielle Banet, Camille Boudaud, Caroline...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoScotland
■Scotland get the honour of kicking of this year’s Championship, but start it with a tricky Friday-night trip to take on...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFrance
■FRANCE are desperate to get their hands on the title again after a disappointing third-place finish last season. They improved steadily...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoForce yourselves into Eddie’s plan for Japan
NEALE HARVEY finds England head coach Steve Bates has set his lads a big challenge Under 20s Returning stars: Quins flier...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStrange gives Welsh boys licence to thrill
Round-up FRANCE were runners-up last season but must do without 19-year-old fly-half sensation Matthieu Jalibert, who was called up to the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRhys has become the victim of politics
Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell PICTURE: Getty Images The lucky ones find a way of bowing...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoCan Wales half-backs hit it off like Gareth and Barry?
AN UNCANNY piece of Celtic history will be repeated in Cardiff next Saturday after exactly 50 years. When Wales and Scotland...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAwkward questions for Eddie to ponder around World Cup
NICK CAIN’S welljudged assessment of England’s present position in last Sunday’s TRP was welcome. Any judgement of where England are a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBigger squad sizes are answer to injury crisis
COLIN BOAG One positive: Freddie Clarke got his chance at Gloucester through injuries In last weekend’s Sunday Times, Stephen Jones highlighted...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoOwen Williams can be Wales’ flexible back, says Gloucester partner Burns
By Neale Harvey Owen Williams’ flexibility across the back-line can propel him into Six Nations starting contention for Wales, says Gloucester...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: French teen-star Matthieu Jalibert can light up the Six Nations
The Bordeaux-Begles fly-half has been turning heads in the Top 14 this season
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie won’t hang about if England flop again
Nick Cain gives his thoughts about England renewing Eddie Jones' contract and including a get-out clause should the team disappoint in...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoInjury-hit England sweat on fitness of Robshaw and Brown
Eddie Jones left with selection worries ahead of Six Nations opener as injury list grows to 16
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Featured
/ 8 years agoHalfpenny ‘needs to offer more ball in hand’ warns JJ Williams
Welsh rugby great says Halfpenny hasn't been the same since returning from Toulon
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSuccession planning only way after that 12-year blip
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sideways star: Harlequins No.10 Marcus Smith PICTURE: Getty Images Don’t you just...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEddie won’t hang about if England flop again
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HERE’S a prediction. If Eddie Jones does not win the 2019 World Cup,...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSuperb Hogg sends Six Nations warning
By NEALE HARVEY RETURNING Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg declared himself itching for Six Nations duty after delivering a superb display as...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSeven tries not enough for Bath to survive
By GARY FITZGERALD BATH were left with major European regrets as they slipped sadly and painfully out of the Champions Cup...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTeen-star Matthieu can light up Six Nations
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Anew fly-half is on schedule to do something beyond the most revered No.10’s,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoFrom Jersey journeyman to England contender
By NEALE HARVEY GARY Graham’s potent mix of determination and “edge” will see him thrive on the England stage, according to...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMapletoft backing Boyce to grab his big chance
NEWS EXTRA ■By NEALE HARVEY SHOCK England call-up Lewis Boyce has all the attributes to succeed but must prove himself quickly...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTop 14 helps top refs to learn right language
THE France national rugby team might be all over the place at present but French referees are flying the flag in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNoves’ players are history as well!
Slight: Guy Noves HOW the mighty have fallen. Not only has Guy Noves, boss at Toulouse for over 20 years, been...












