Undoubtedly the best game of the 2013 Six Nations – ferocious, physical and frantic.
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RBS 6 Nations: Italy 22 – 15 Ireland
ITALY MADE history as they beat Ireland for the first time in the RBS 6 Nations at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, on Saturday. In what has been widely suspected to…
Rugby World TV: Six Nations Round 4 analysis
IN THE latest instalment of Rugby World TV we review the penultimate round of the 2013 RBS 6 Nations. We pick our Lions contenders, and name and shame those who…
Lions 2013: Who’s Hot Down Under?
THERE MAY just be one week of the RBS 6 Nations left. Players may be dropping like flies and suddenly we are reshuffling our pecking order of favourites for a…
Former Lion Tom Smith on Lyon’s bid back to Top 14
TOM SMITH was always a canny player and he’s proving pretty canny as a coach. Judging by recent events at Edinburgh that have seen the departure of the coaching staff,…
RBS 6 Nations: Scotland analysis
IT WOULD be easy –and indeed lazy –to suggest that the referee was solely to blame for Scotland’s loss to Wales. Yes, Craig Joubert’s performance was one every referee in…
RBS 6 Nations: England analysis
WHERE DID it go wrong for England on Sunday? Where did it go right?
RBS 6 Nations: Ireland analysis
JUST LIKE his French counterpart Kidney is a man under pressure. At the beginning of the tournament, it was expected the fourth round in Dublin would be a defining moment…
RBS 6 Nations: Wales analysis
WALES HAD a tackle completion rate of 98% against Scotland. That’s right – 98%. They only missed two tackles in 80 minutes and completed 83. It was a sensational display,…
RBS 6 Nations match review: England 18-11 Italy
The Grand Slam is still within England’s reach, but they are stuttering rather than marching towards it.