Now more than ever, rugby spectators are overrun by technicalities and statistics. The accessibility afforded to broadcasters means heightened scrutiny and overbearing focus on the game’s intricacies. These days you…
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France: Philippe Saint-Andre’s ten big mistakes
This Six Nations has highlighted the flaws of the France coach's regime
Six Nations: Five things Wales learnt against France
Wales nail the basics It’s easy to get carried away with statistics. Sometimes they can be misleading and distort the true outcome of a game. But when a team wins…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Rockin’ Robbie It was the RBS Six Nations game of the weekend, the Grand Slam eliminator, and while a clinical team effort from Ireland took them to a…
Six Nations: Round three
IN A NUTSHELL Scotland 19-22 Italy It looked like a case of same story, different costumes as Scotland were overwhelmed by a resurgent Italy, with the visitors scoring three tries…
Six Nations: Saint-Andre shuffles the pack…again
So not for the first time in his three-year reign Philippe Saint-Andre [PSA] has taken a broom to the Bleus, changing a third of the XV for the visit of…
Clubhouse Podcast: Travelling trophies, medieval training and singing stars
The latest Clubhouse Podcast is here and it is rammed full of incidents and opinions after round two of the Six Nations. Editor Owain Jones is away so we replaced…
Six Nations: The root of France’s problems
Are the French hindered by a lack of sport in their schools?
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Cutting edge He scored a try on his return to the England team last week and just when you thought things couldn’t get any better for Jonathan Joseph…
Six Nations 2015: Round two
IN A NUTSHELL England 47 – 17 Italy England scored six tries in their second Six Nations game, including four in 13 second-half minutes to defeat Italy. The visitors drew…