The Saints The Maro and Mako show Saracens march on into the European Champions Cup final, having suffocated Wasps’ challenge with a 24-17 victory in a brutal contest and their…
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Seven talking points for the Champions Cup semi-finals
By Alex Shaw The northern hemisphere season begins its final countdown towards conclusion this weekend, as the European Rugby Champions Cup semi-finals come to town. The festivities begin on Saturday…
How the southern hemisphere has changed Leicester Tigers’ attack
Ben Youngs is helping to transfer the attacking style Eddie Jones has introduced with England to the Leicester Tigers game plan
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Super six Wasps wing Christian Wade found six ways to score a try at Sixways on Saturday as he crossed the whitewash half-a-dozen times in his team’s 54-35…
Analysis: What does Eddie Jones see in Ben Te’o?
Already looking far past the Grand Slam he landed at his first attempt in March, Eddie Jones spent last Friday morning discussing a few selection issues ahead of England‘s June tour of Australia. He knows…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints The Sting Wasps will take on Saracens in the European Champions Cup semi-finals on 23 April thanks to Jimmy Gopperth’s nerves of steel. The fly-half struck a final-kick…
What’s in the latest issue of Rugby World?
A full list of contents for Rugby World's May edition – a celebration of England's Six Nations Grand Slam
Is it worth selling the naming rights to Twickenham?
The RFU have hinted that they would sell off the naming rights to Twickenham – but what is the point? They make a bit of money but there is nothing…
Are foreign players to blame for France’s diminishing powers?
We all know who’s to blame for the decline of France as a rugby power. Foreigners. It’s what everyone says, from Philippe Saint-Andre to Guy Noves, to most of the…
The five changes that turned England into Grand Slam champions
It has been a long time coming for England but they finally got over the line and won a Grand Slam for the first time since 2003 with, mostly, a…