James O'Connor, the 23-year-old Australian utility back who joined London Irish this week and will make his debut for his new club against Northampton Saints at the Madejski Stadium on…
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Tom Youngs and David Wilson Pump Up the Ball
Tom Youngs and David Wilson batter through our Pump Up the Ball Challenge!
Is there an identity crisis for France?
The editorial in Monday’s edition of Midi Olympique pulled no punches. The national team is beset by a “gloomy lassitude”, declared the paper, brought on by a year in which…
Teams for England and Australia
The stage is set and the first test of the November campaign is almost here. Both Australia and England have named their starting line-ups for this Saturday at Twickenham. There…
Conor Murray takes on our Pump Up The Ball Challenge
MUNSTER AND Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray was the second player to take on our Pump up the Ball challenge. Watch the video below to see where Murray ended up in…
Jonathan Davies’ Pump Up The Ball Challenge
Jonathan Davies had the honour of being the first to take our Pump Up the Ball challenge...
Winning or losing, Wallabies a worry for England
A possibly happier Australia really does throw something unpredictable into the mix and that can damage England
Autumn Series: Richard Hill picks his England backrow
WITH STUART Lancaster is poised to announce the England squad to face Australia in a matter of hours and the most hotly contested area of selection is the backrow. We…
The Championship Blog: Week 5
If Bristol Director of Rugby Andy Robinson was disappointed about his side’s second-half performance against Nottingham on Sunday, he will be even more frustrated by a careless breach of regulations…
Mike Phillips and James O’Connor both make poor decisions
THERE IS a sitcom starring David Cross called ‘The increasingly poor decisions of Todd Margaret’ and wile the subject is somewhat different – the American protagonist spends his days trying…