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Adam Jones joins Wales coaching team for Six Nations on secondment from Harlequins

22 January 2025 0 comments

Scrum specialist Adam Jones will join Wales’ coaching team for this season’s Guinness Six Nations. Jones will link up with Warren Gatland’s support staff on […]

Champions Challenge Cup Sunday roundup: All the action from the last day of pool stage fixtures

20 January 2025 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott The teams playing their games on Sunday in the Champions and Challenge Cups had the advantage of knowing exactly what was required of them […]

Anthony Watson: I had to quit, I was in so much pain

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Paul Rees As Anthony Watson trudged off five minutes into the second-half in Leicester’s match at Sale in December, he knew deep down that […]

Christ Tshiunza: There’s no panic at Exeter Chiefs

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Paul Rees As Christ Tshiunza reflected on what has been a frustrating season for the Wales forward, he recalled a recent conversation he had […]

Teddy Williams is poised to shift up a gear for Wales

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Simon Thomas Teddy Williams will be looking to put his international disappointments behind him now his remarkable shift this season has been rewarded with […]

Jeremy Guscott – Steve Borthwick must put faith in his players during Six Nations

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Jeremy Guscot – Outspoken and unmissable every week… The change of England captaincy that was discussed in last week’s column has become reality with […]

Alex Sanderson packs his Sale Sharks side with his seven England stars

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Paul Rees Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, AJ Bell Stadium Alex Sanderson is set on Sale making the last 16 of the Champions Cup even though […]

Captains don’t have to play the full 80

19 January 2025 0 comments

By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed It seems your columnist’s hotline to the England head coach Steve Borthwick has turned positively polar. “Don’t take the […]

A hat-trick to beat them all

19 January 2025 0 comments

PETER Brown, born into one of Scotland’s most decorated footballing families during the Second World War, responded to the privilege by daring to do a […]

Steve Borthwick needs to be brutal – and bold – this Six Nations

19 January 2025 0 comments

Paul Rees looks at the tough decisions the England coach has to make ahead of this season’s Six Nations It is the middle of winter […]

Scotland’s class of 1925 fired by legends

19 January 2025 0 comments

Rugby Matters – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points, by Brendan Gallagher Scotland only have three Grand Slams to lovingly remember but […]

I was astonished when Leicester got in touch

19 January 2025 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY MICHAEL VAN VUUREN THE FORMER JUNIOR SPRINGBOK, CHEETAHS, STADE FRANCAIS, KINGS, LEICESTER, BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, LONDON IRISH, NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, AMPTHILL, EALING, WASPS, […]

The seven best head-to-head matchups in the Champions Cup this weekend

17 January 2025 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott The Champions Cup pool stage is at the business end now, with plenty still to play for going into the final round. Getting a positive […]

Champions Cup: Permutations of Final Pool Games

17 January 2025 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott The Champions Cup enters its final round of fixtures in the pool stage over the course of the weekend. With plenty still at stake, […]

Simon Easterby welcomes return of Leinster quartet for Ireland’s Six Nations title defence

15 January 2025 0 comments

Interim head coach Simon Easterby believes the availability of Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong, Jack Conan and Jimmy O’Brien “massively increases” Ireland’s competitiveness ahead of their […]

Uncapped prop Jack Boyle named in first Ireland squad under Simon Easterby

15 January 2025 0 comments

Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has named uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle in a 36-man squad for the Guinness Six Nations. The 22-year-old Boyle […]

Gregor Townsend hoping Kyle Steyn can still feature for Scotland in Six Nations

15 January 2025 0 comments

Gregor Townsend is hopeful that Glasgow captain Kyle Steyn can still play a big part in the Six Nations despite being omitted from Scotland’s initial […]

Lock Jonny Gray and hooker Dave Cherry recalled by Scotland for Six Nations

15 January 2025 0 comments

Bordeaux lock Jonny Gray and Edinburgh hooker Dave Cherry have been recalled to the Scotland squad for the Guinness Six Nations. Uncapped duo Jack Mann […]

Handre Pollard: Argentina will test Steve Borthwick’s England

12 January 2025 0 comments

England have been warned to expect “tough battles” when they enter the backyard of the Pumas later this year.

Sam Underhill to undergo surgery and miss Six Nations

12 January 2025 0 comments

England flanker Sam Underhill is an injury doubt for the Six Nations after Bath announced that he requires ankle surgery.

Jeremy Guscott: Four changes to fire up England

12 January 2025 0 comments

Whoever makes the England Six Nations squad, to be announced on Tuesday by Steve Borthwick, I cannot imagine much in the way of change.

Rampant Stormers too good for Sharks

12 January 2025 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Stormers ……………………… 40pts Sale ………………………………… 0pts Tries: Schickerling 21, Libbok 25, Sithole 45, Gelant 54, De Wet 63, Venter 70 Conversions: Libbok […]

Sharks 8-20 Toulouse: Toulouse on easy street as the sun beats down

12 January 2025 0 comments

This match proved more of a damp squib rather than a tournament classic as reigning champions Toulouse showcased their class by navigating difficult conditions to get past a toothless Sharks.

We don’t need platitudes, we need to see change

12 January 2025 0 comments

The RFU’s U-turn on Friday in agreeing to an SGM, just 24-hour’s after rejecting the Thursday’s submission representing 152 clubs across the length and breadth […]

George is the best captain for England

12 January 2025 0 comments

IF Steve Borthwick has his share of tricky selection quandaries ahead of the Six Nations, the choice of captain is not among them. At least, […]

When brute force saved day for the Baa-Baas

12 January 2025 0 comments

MEIRION Roberts would have been highly amused had someone told him that his death last week would resurrect probably the most controversial tackle in Anglo-Springbok […]

Gifted KG MacLeod was well ahead of his time tally on

12 January 2025 0 comments

Has rugby ever had an equivalent of Luke Littler the youthful prodigy, who won the World Darts Championship aged 17 years and 342 days? The […]

Hansen’s comments proved the final straw for Chris Busby

10 January 2025 0 comments

Ireland and Connacht winger Mack Hansen has provided guaranteed entertainment to the game of rugby by means of his exciting style of play, unselfishness with […]

Top Seven Rugby Rivalries That Defined the Sport

9 January 2025 0 comments

There are only a few sports that can match Rugby in terms of intensity, passion, and rivalry. Over the years, there have been some matchups […]

England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso ruled out for entire Six Nations

7 January 2025 0 comments

England wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso will miss the entire Six Nations because of the dislocated shoulder sustained on club duty for Exeter last month. Feyi-Waboso is […]

Ange Capuozzo at scrum-half: Is the bench about to be changed forever?

7 January 2025 0 comments

Italian full-back/ winger Ange Capuozzo played as the replacement scrum-half for Toulouse in their defeat to La Rochelle and did not look out of place one bit. It has raised […]

2025 Predictions: More Antoine Dupont dominance + The British & Irish Lions to win down under

7 January 2025 0 comments

2025 has begun and a year of rugby excitement awaits. With it being a World Cup year for the Women’s game and a Lions tour […]

Hybrid Hash will tie Steve Borthwick in knots

5 January 2025 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week The description ‘Hybrid Central Contracts’ does not inspire confidence. Hybrid usually means a bit of […]

Glorious Gerald Davies, a man of true class

5 January 2025 0 comments

By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know Every now and then, Gerald Davies would take a stroll through the rare old times […]

Springboks and Ireland to still lead the way in 2025

5 January 2025 0 comments

Paul Rees looks forward to 2025 and sees South Africa and Ireland keeping their places at the top of the tree A new year carries […]

Josh Hathaway can follow Louis Rees-Zammit -George Skivington

5 January 2025 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe George Skivington has backed Josh Hathaway to continue to go from strength to strength as the young winger attempts to follow in […]

My office at home is like a shrine to rugby

5 January 2025 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER MET POLICE, WASPS AND SARACENS NO.8, WHO REPRESENTED MIDDLESEX, LONDON, BRITISH POLICE & THE BARBARIANS LEE ADAMSON Decent: Lee Adamson […]

How Ireland inspired one man’s dream

5 January 2025 0 comments

By Brendan McGilligan As Ireland ran World Cup holders Australia close in the final Pool A match of the 1999 World Cup, a generation of […]

Freddie Steward prepares new plan of attack

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Freddie Steward has the safest pair of hands in the Premiership and is now set on finding his feet as an attacking […]

Strength in depth at Bath and Scotland is huge, says Josh Bayliss

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe On form: Josh Bayliss Josh Bayliss enjoyed his best run in a Scotland jersey over the autumn but insists competition for places […]

Ollie Sleightholme is the right man for England

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Jeremy Guscott – Outspoken and unmissable every week… Since Ollie Sleightholme won his first two England caps against New Zealand last summer, and then […]

Steve Diamond adjusts the cap to fit

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week The season of good cheer got a kick-start last week with Steve Diamond’s musings about […]

Maro Itoje: Life’s taken turn for the better under Steve Borthwick

29 December 2024 0 comments

England and Saracens lock Maro Itoje has claimed that the ‘atmosphere and experience’ of playing for the national team has improved under Steve Borthwick compared […]

My take on the good, the bad and the ugly of rugby in 2024

29 December 2024 0 comments

Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher – A Weekly look at the game’s other talking points The Good Lorenzo Pani: His exquisitely crafted try for Italy […]

Hope for hooker Ryan Elias

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Sam Jackson Scarlets hope hooker Ryan Elias will recover from a neck injury and play some part in the conclusion of their Challenge Cup […]

Willis: I’m loving my life with Toulouse

22 December 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS WHILE some sides would consider the tag of defending champions as a target on their backs, it appears Toulouse see it more […]

Willis: I’m loving my life with Toulouse

22 December 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS WHILE some sides would consider the tag of defending champions as a target on their backs, it appears Toulouse see it more […]

Speedster Ollie Sleightholme ends the year on a high

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Rees Ollie Sleightholme will not be among those glad to see the back of 2024 – a year in which he made his […]

Speedster Ollie ends the year on a high

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES OLLIE Sleightholme will not be among those glad to see the back of 2024 – a year in which he made his […]

Speedster Ollie ends the year on a high

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES OLLIE Sleightholme will not be among those glad to see the back of 2024 – a year in which he made his […]

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