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Posted 35 days ago
NO DOUBT about it, Shane Geraghty’s stint in Brive has been eventful, writes Gavin Mortimer. The 25-year-old was to the fore again on Sunday, steering the unfashionable French club into the semi-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup courtesy of a 15-11 defeat of the Scarlets. As usual Geraghty made sure his shock of blond hair was noticed, not just by…
Posted 42 days ago
Toulouse backs coach Jean-Baptiste Elissalde couldn’t help crowing after his side’s impressive defeat of Stade Francais last Saturday, writes Gavin Mortimer.
In front of 80,000 fans at the Stade de France, Toulouse warmed up for this weekend’s trip to Edinburgh with a clinical 22-18 victory to consolidate their position at the head of the Top 14. Afterwards Elissalde tweeted: “Regards our…
Posted 42 days ago
The Championship play-offs exist to decide two issues — who goes up and who goes down — and one of these issues was decided, at Molesey Road on Saturday, writes Richard Grainger.
Unless Esher can win with a try bonus point from their last two games, and London Scottish fail to pick up a single point from theirs, the Surrey side…
Posted 49 days ago
I WENT to Stuart Lancaster’s Six Nations debrief last week. He had put together an impressive presentation, complete with PowerPoint display, but what really stood out were the words of Graham Rowntree, his assistant coach.
Given that the England coaching appointment was still up in the air at the time, Rowntree could have been forgiven for looking after his own interests and making sure that
Posted 51 days ago
Three down and three to go! For the first time this season I can say with some certainty that two of the three play-off pools are virtually decided, writes Richard Grainger.
Bristol and London Welsh should progress from Pool A to the semis, and, unless Esher re-discover their post-Christmas form and win all three of their final games, they will be…
Posted 58 days ago
With two games down and four to play, this division remains as hard to predict as the Stuart Lancaster saga, writes Richard Grainger. In Pool A Bristol, the clear post Stage One favourites, dropped two points against a well-organized and highly charged London Welsh side at the Memorial Stadium on Sunday.
Posted 59 days ago
What a shocker! This generation of Ireland players and fans have got so used to beating England in the last decade that with this year’s match rounding off the tournament on St Patrick’s Day, the script for another Irish victory seemed to be written.
Not so.
Posted 59 days ago
Wales won their third RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam in eight seasons when beating France on Saturday. It was a wonderful occasion in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. Here’s my in-depth analysis on the their performance in the final round…
Posted 59 days ago
Scotland’s 2012 RBS 6 Nations match came to an end in Rome on Saturday much like their tournament as a whole – in a mish mash of penalties, errors and frustration. Several of their performances this year have been positive in some way without ever achieving victory but since the pseudo-highs…
Posted 59 days ago
Four wins from five. Not even the most optimistic England fan in their right mind would have predicted that outcome at the start of this year’s RBS 6 Nations. Yet now England will look back on their defeat to Wales not with the same sense of pride they seemed to feel at the time, but with a sour taste of what might have been.
