SOMETIMES WITH Scottish rugby there is a feeling that you are being shown a flat that has all the mod cons, a nice view and above all else is cheap.…
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RBS 6 Nations: Injured Ireland flirting with the past
AS THE rain tumbled down at the Aviva Stadium, Ireland were toiling. They had dug deep, hoping to scoop out some of the visceral anger that bubbles up whenever England…
RBS 6 Nations: France face a culture clash with Top 14
THE FRENCH love a good debate and last weekend’s debacle deserves special attention. Losing in Rome to an adventurous Italian side was one thing, going down in their own back…
Leigh Halfpenny’s Lions memories
WALES FULL-BACK Leigh Halfpenny watched the Living with Lions video that followed the 1997 tour to South Africa countless times and remembers the 2001 trip to Australia well too. Here…
RBS 6 Nations: Ireland lose the plot in Dublin
YES, FIRST half injuries to Simon Zebo and Jonathan Sexton didn't help the Ireland cause and certainly England's Owen Farrell played with composure far beyond his 21 years, but basic…
RBS 6 Nations – Wales: Five things we’ve learned
WALES' WIN against France cannot be summed up by numbers and statistics – even though, scrum apart, the numbers were in the black. The Welsh lineout ran at an impressive…
RBS 6 Nations: Scotland find their try-scoring touch
WITH CLEAN linout ball, Ruaridh Jackson stepped left and threw a pass behind Sean Lamont just as the centre screamed in against the grain. At his back, Sean Maitland barely…
RBS 6 Nations: England analysis round two
ENGLAND'S 12-6 victory over Ireland in Dublin was the biggest achievement of the Stuart Lancaster regime. It was a coming-of-age performance.
RBS 6 Nations match review: Ireland 6-12 England
A DIFFERENT type of win to the one over Scotland at Twickenham last week but a win nonetheless. The wet weather in Dublin dictated that this was never going to…
RBS 6 Nations match review: France 6-16 Wales
This was a drab game, full of errors and lacking inspiration, with little to entertain as players trudged from scrum to scrum. In fact, it look like the pitch was…