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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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…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Wasps buzzing Six different try-scorers crossed the whitewash for Wasps as they demolished Leinster 51-10 to finish top of the European Champions Cup Pool of Death. The pick…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Sam’s the man Step up and take a bow Sam Davies! The Ospreys’ replacement fly-half kicked 15 points in the second half of the European Champions Cup match…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Ten out of ten for the ten Jimmy Gopperth produced a masterclass of fly-half play in Wasps’ 36-10 away win at Bath in Pool Five of the European…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Spot on George Ford held his nerve and ignored some off-putting shouts from the crowd at the Ricoh Arena to slot a winning conversion for Bath as the…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Champions stung Wasps produced arguably the performance and result of the weekend, beating three-times European champions Toulon 32-6 at the Ricoh Arena, just a week after kicking off…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Hot stuff in the cold Connacht deserve absolutely all the plaudits in the world for playing through temperatures of around -20 celcius and managing to beat Enisei STM…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Treble triumph We can all accuse Toulon of buying their success, and there is no doubt their riches have allowed them to assemble an unparalleled squad, but they…
Analysis: What do Armitage and Kvesic offer at the breakdown?
The number seven is almost as sacred in modern Test rugby as it is at Old Trafford, Manchester United’s theatre of dreams. Thanks to a lineage of eye-catching, influential players…