With the majority of players now already back in preseason across the Aviva Premiership and Guinness PRO12, it’s a stark reminder that the 2016/17 season is just around the corner…
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Part 2: French Top 14 comings and goings – Lyon to Toulouse
Lyon The runaway winners of the ProD2, Lyon lost just five of their 30 league matches and finished 31 points clear of second-placed Bayonne. It was a similar story in…
How will the 2017 Lions beat the All Blacks?
Although Wales eventually lost the Test series 3-0 to the All Blacks, nobody could claim they did not go down fighting. Wales scored five tries in the first two Tests…
Lions 2017: What to do when touring New Zealand
Tips for fans travelling to New Zealand for the 2017 Lions tour
Hartley to lead an English-based Lions?
England’s historic series win in Australia has done more than propel them to second place in the World Rugby Rankings – it has made Dylan Hartley the near unbackable favourite…
Super Rugby: Who is in line for the play-offs?
By Alex Shaw To coin a phrase from legendary former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, it’s squeaky bum time in Super Rugby. With just two rounds of regular season…
Aviva Premiership: Seven stars heading for England in 2016/17
There has been plenty of talk about England’s up-and-coming players after the success of the Saxons and the Under-20s but some of them may have a struggle on their hands…
30 Minutes with… Jonathan Joseph
An off-the-wall chat with Bath and England centre Jonathan Joseph
Part 1: Top 14 comings and goings – Bayonne to La Rochelle
As the Top 14 clubs start returning this week from their summer holidays to begin preparing for the new season next month, Gavin Mortimer runs an eye over the comings…
Five things we learned about rugby – June
Eddie Jones ‘won rugby’ in June Eddie Jones won rugby in June. He won the whole thing. Every aspect of it. To spin a failing national squad around in such…