On Saturday in Cardiff, the media sniping – margarine comparisons and everything – subsided for 80 minutes and some rugby broke out. Incredibly, an emotionally draining Test match lived up…
Six Nations
Six Nations: Are the French fit for purpose?
The odds are in England’s favour on Saturday, not just because of this season’s Six Nations form but because of results in ‘Le Crunch’ over the last ten years. Bear…
Five things we learnt – Ireland
It took us a while to get over the news that Steve Walsh‘s business commitments meant he had to withdraw from big screen duty at the Millennium Stadium, and it…
Six Nations: Five things Wales learnt against Ireland
Wales unravel the third-best team in the World Wales’ 23 – 16 victory over Ireland will rightly draw rapturous applause. Against any Irish team, in the modern era, this would…
Six Nations player analysis: Courtney Lawes, England
It is futile and immature to add imaginary points onto a scoreboard, but sometimes the exercise helps emphasise a message – so here goes. England were four passes away from…
Six Nations 2015: Round four
A round-up of the action from the fourth round of the Six Nations
Six Nations: five key clashes in round four
After what seemed a lifetime, but was merely a two week break, the Six Nations is finally ready to get back under way with a number of questions to be…
What drives Ireland centurion Paul O’Connell
Ireland captain Paul O'Connell reflects on his career to date
Geoff Parling – preparation for game day
After the misfortune of a knee injury just days before England‘s game in Cardiff, Leicester Tiger lock Geoff Parling is back in the squad for the visit of Scotland on…
France’s woes lead to Saint-Andre being compared to Lievremont
It’s all becoming wearily familiar for the French public, a distressing déjà vu if ever there was one. A squad allegedly at loggerheads with its coach, a media showing no…