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Posted 91 days ago
DYLAN HARTLEY and Joe Launchbury dissect the scrum in the run up to England v France at Twickenham. But what else have the England squad been up to in camp? In this week’s video, Ben Youngs takes us to breakfast, plus we go behind the scenes Owen Farrell and Mako Vunipola, and meet England’s kit man…
Posted 91 days ago
THE BRITISH and Irish Lions are still hotter than a Justin Bieber and David Beckham collaborative calendar. Need proof? Every single test ticket for this summer’s tour sold out in 15 minutes. People are tearing their hair out, trying to find a seat. The powers that be Down Under have promised a spectacle to rival the 2003 Rugby World Cup and the omens are good.
Posted 429 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.
Posted 430 days ago
England ruined Ireland’s St Patrick’s Day party by inflicting a 30-9 thrashing of their guests at a rain-soaked Twickenham. In a scrappy encounter in which there were numerous handling errors, England’s scrum was completely dominant over Ireland’s, and penalties resulting from it, plus a penalty try, won them the game, and saw them finish the championship in second place.
Posted 471 days ago
By Ben Coles
A first win for the Lancaster regime took plenty of blood and guts but was far from the convincing performance many would have hoped for. In all honesty, England’s performance was a realistic reflection of their current state: a new team learning new combinations, which despite a considerable amount of goodwill and hard work will not gel instantly.
England’s…
Posted 895 days ago
In 2010′s Summer Internationals, England made Sydney their temporary home in June to play Australia. In a game that showed Englands true capabilities, the spotlight fell on a young Leicester Tiger – Ben Youngs, who takes advantage of an overlap to not only stun the Australians but the cameraman heading in the wrong direction.
