Aviva Premiership Bath Rugby – Guy Mercer – It was two pre-season wins from two for Bath, who beat Yorkshire Carnegie 20-14 followed by a 32-17 drubbing of the Scarlets. Impressive…
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Aviva Premiership: Squads announced for first game of the season
Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks (Friday, 8pm, Kingston Park Stadium) Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Vereniki Goneva, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Mike Delany, 9 Sonatane Takulua, 1 Jon Welsh, 2 Scott…
Argentina ready for Twickenham rematch with Australia
Argentina head coach Daniel Hourcade on learning from defeat and returning to Twickenham
Can Argentina break into the world’s ‘top three’?
Times, they may be a changing. The traditional triumvirate of power in the Southern Hemisphere – New Zealand, Australia and South Africa – is no longer the all-powerful force it…
Analysis: New Zealand blindside Australia for Bledisloe victory
August 16, 2014 – precisely two years and two weeks ago – saw Australia hold New Zealand to a 12-12 draw at a sopping wet ANZ Stadium in Sydney. Neither…
Round Two: The Rugby Championship highlights
Argentina exacted revenge on the Springboks in Salta, a week after a 78th-minute try cost them victory in their first meeting. The Pumas scored the first try of the game,…
Blackadder prefers to look to Bath’s future rather than past glories
If you can work out what the next number in this sequence is then you should probably get a job writing a horoscope column in a newspaper or apply for…
Top 14: Boudjellal chases the American Dream
Mourad Boudjellal spent his summer vacation in Florida and it seems he was doing more than just lying on a sun lounger. “Boudjellal and the American Dream” was the headline…
Round One: The Rugby Championship highlights
The Rugby Championship got off to a thrilling start. Just hours after a bugging device was said to have been found at the InterContinental hotel on Sydney’s picturesque waterfront, the…
All you need to know about next Glasgow coach Dave Rennie
Dave Rennie will replace Gregor Townsend as head coach of Glasgow Warriors next summer and we give you the lowdown on the New Zealander