Heart-breaking, gut-wrenching. Gael Fickou’s score that won Le Crunch for France on Saturday evening was a bitter body blow for Stuart Lancaster and his side. Leading 24-19 deep into the…
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Six Nations: Grunt will be there, but more is needed
Expect grunt in the 2014 Six Nations, but a little bit more is needed to win it. With Wales' Warrenball, Ireland's silk and determination and England's drive there should be…
England Saxons: Burns Night shouldn’t scotch Freddie
Saturday was Burns Night. But only the Irish celebrated it at Kingsholm. In fact, given what went on during England Saxons’ narrow defeat to Joe Schmidt’s second string, an excruciating…
30 Minutes with… Tom Youngs
The Leicester and England hooker talks farming, fears and flying RUGBY WORLD: Do you have any phobias? TOM YOUNGS: I don’t like heights very much. I get nervous going up the…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
By Katie Field The Saints Green machine The O2 Ireland Wolfhounds proved that excellent defence is just as valuable as exciting attacking play as they defeated England Saxons 14-8 on…
England Saxons: a glimpse of the future
By Charlie Morgan Saturday’s Kingsholm clash between England Saxons and the catchily-named O2 Ireland Wolfhounds – selected directly from Joe Schmidt’s wider Six Nations training group – is not just…
Las Vegas Sevens: Amor planning to shake England up
SIMON AMOR is three tournaments in to his tenure as England Sevens head coach, and he has already started to make some changes to the squad. We caught up with…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
Ulster went into the final weekend of Heineken Cup pool matches as the top ranked team and duly completed a near-perfect qualifying campaign, making it six wins out of six…