In late December 2015, England’s new head coach Eddie Jones was appraising the backroom staff in Stuart Lancaster’s World Cup group. As part of that process, as a consultant/analyst I…
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Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Double dose of Vunipola magic The Vunipola brothers both played a leading role in England’s 15-9 win over Scotland on the opening day of the RBS Six Nations.…
RBS Six Nations: Ireland 16-16 Wales
What’s hot and what’s not from the final round one game of the 2016 Six Nations
RBS Six Nations: Scotland 9-15 England
A round-up of what’s hot and what’s not from the Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield
RBS Six Nations: France 23-21 Italy
Italy led for 45 minutes in all, but two long-range second-half penalties by Jules Plisson put France ahead in the last five minutes and when Italy set up a chance…
Six questions ahead of the opening round of the Six Nations
As the Six Nations gets underway on Saturday, here are six things we will be looking out for in the opening round of matches
Ireland v Wales preview: Where the match will be won and lost
Ireland and Wales’ simmering Celtic rivalry will resurface on Sunday when Warren Gatland and his experienced squad across the Irish Sea to Dublin to take on Joe Schmidt’s depleted Ireland,…
Six Nations: Guy Noves making the right calls
Have we made a mistake? This correspondent and the other British and Irish commentators who have been noisily trumpeting that France have appointed the wrong man as their new coach.…
Six Nations: How Eddie Jones will set England up for hostility of Murrayfield
By Adam Hathaway The scrum The scrum is traditionally England’s strong point and it was all going so well under Graham Rowntree until France did a number on the pack…
Five talking points from rugby in January
The Rio dream, not as easy as some thought. January saw Sonny Bill Williams make his debut for the New Zealand Sevens team in Wellington. Despite being part of the…