A great piece of finishing by Joe Ansbro won the game for Scotland against Ireland. Here is a video link to the try…
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England 23 Wales 19 – Winners and Losers
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor ENGLAND GOT off to a winning start in the World Cup warm-up games at Twickenham, tries from James Haskell and Manu Tuilagi coupled…
The funny side of Matt Stevens
England’s café-owning prop enjoys a coffee break with Bea Asprey… RUGBY WORLD: How’s life back in the England squad? Matt Stevens: Brilliant! Competitive, which is good. The training’s been hard…
Australia v New Zealand – statistical preview
The Tri-Nations kicks into second gear this weekend with Australia taking on New Zealand after South Africa were effectively eliminated from the competition last weekend. Here’s the low down… New…
Cullen to captain Ireland against Scotland
Venue: Murrayfield, Date: Saturday 6 August, Kick-off: 1415 BST Coverage: Live on BBC2, BBC Radio Scotland, Radio Ulster and BBC Sport website LEO CULLEN will captain Ireland in their first World…
Stephen Jones to become Wales’ most-capped player
Venue: Twickenham, date: Saturday, 6 August, Kick-off: 1430 BST Coverage:Live commentary on BBC Sport website, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC 5 live sports extra; Watch live on Sky Sports 1; Highlights…
Tuilagi to make debut against Wales
Venue: Twickenham, date: Saturday, 6 August, Kick-off: 1430 BST Coverage:Live commentary on BBC Sport website, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC 5 live sports extra; Watch live on Sky…
Al Kellock’s World Cup verdict
Our Scotland training camp has been great so far. It’s tough and very challenging, but enjoyable too. I didn’t play in April and May, which gave the broken hand I’d…
Sam Warburton’s World Cup verdict
This has definitely been my toughest pre-season ever as we prepare for the World Cup. We had two camps in Poland in July doing lots of weights and conditioning work.…
Why the England U16 team should be scrapped – Stephen Jones
Today we can reveal the identity of the most dangerous rugby team in England, a team so disruptive to rugby in the rest of the country, and such a malign…