The England team has been unveiled for a Dublin dust-up with the winner of this Sunday showdown already being touted as 6 Nations champions. Stuart Lancaster and his selectors have…
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RBS 6 Nations: Round Two Talking Points
Round 2 of the Six Nations is almost upon us. After a rip-roaring first weekend, there are three more tantalising fixtures. Scotland take on Italy, a fired-up France will clash…
RBS 6 Nations: Can Bastareaud help restore French pride?
PHILIPPE SAINT-ANDRE has kept faith with his fumbling French side for the visit of Wales to the Stade de France on Saturday evening. Instead of bringing down the guillotine on…
RBS 6 Nations: Inside the England Camp Part Two
ENGLAND KICKED off their RBS 6 Nations campaign with a win over Scotland at Twickenham – but what have they been up to behind the scenes? In this week’s video…
RBS 6 Nations: Lions Watch – Round 1
THE FIRST weekend of the 2013 RBS 6 Nations was, for lack of a better phrase, a jaw dropper. We segued from the half-for-half excitement at the Millennium Stadium to…
RBS 6 Nations: Owen Farrell interview
HE MAY not be the Messiah and he may not be a very naughty boy, but Owen Farrell is a certainly a young man making a sizeable impression to his…
RBS 6 Nations: Ireland analysis
BOD’S HANDS… Zebo’s feet… First half demolition… Second half defensive scrambling… It’s hard to know where to start with the latest celtic clash in Cardiff because as the late Belfast…
RBS 6 Nations: Wales analysis
WALES HAD a tremendous second half against Ireland. It was as well as they have played at any point during the last nine months. They dominated the entire period and…
RBS 6 Nations: Scotland analysis
AFTER SCAMPERING backwards and forwards all afternoon, a red-faced and heavy-legged Matt Scott leant against the bar in the conference room and pronounced, “that was the hardest game of rugby…
RBS 6 Nations: England analysis
ENGLAND RETAINED the Calcutta Cup and launched their Six Nations campaign with a 38-18 victory over Scotland at Twickenham, their biggest win in the fixture for six years. Here's how…