Alex Goode looks at Ireland's shape and how to take on the Springboks' blitzing challenge
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Dan Biggar – “I remember the thrill of being announced in the Welsh squad”
The Wales fly-half looks at his life in pics as retirement looms
Opinion: Blame individual errors, not England’s kicking game
England’s kicking game has been publicly lamented season after season. Even fans of the Red Rose – despite wins against their two most challenging pool-stage opponents – were audibly frustrated…
What the England kicking game needs next
Former England fly-half Toby Flood takes a look England's overarching tactic
Introducing Portugal’s Samuel Marques – your new favourite scrum-half
Os Lobos nine Marques is a player who goes all-in...
Is rugby big in Portugal?
We explain how popular the sport is in Portugal
The incredible rise of France Rugby World Cup star Thibaud Flament
From a fly-half in Loughborough’s fifth team to a lock for France at Test level, via a spell in Argentina. Paul Eddison reports
Carded? Here’s how to thrive with just 14 players
When it comes to team systems, I have a crib sheet for carte jaune (yellow card) or carte rouge (red card). And for each person that might be carded, I have…
Opinion: Brilliant Biggar is clearly the best Wales fly-half of the pro era
August saw Dan Biggar announce his impending retirement after the Rugby World Cup in 2023. He will finish on a minimum of 109 Test caps and bring to an end…
In defence of Paloma Faith’s World In Union (sort of)
Home Rugby World Cups don’t come around very often, and so when it returned to the ‘home’ of rugby in 2015, it was clear that host broadcaster ITV was going…