IT WAS heavily assumed that France, with all their resources and illustrious red-carpet players, would enter Rome and destroy the Azzzurri. However, before the anthems had even finished there was…
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RBS Six Nations match review: England 38-18 Scotland
CALCUTTA CUP matches are so often dour, attritional battles but this Twickenham clash was a world away from that, featuring six tries and some helter-skelter running rugby. Scotland had their…
RBS 6 Nations match review: Wales 22-30 Ireland
IRELAND ENTERED the Millennium Stadium with confidence and a resolve to give Brian O’Driscoll, a win on what could be his final encounter in Cardiff. They didn’t disappoint. They didn’t…
RBS 6 Nations: Key Lions battles – Round 1
WHEN SATURDAY comes the Six Nations will throw up an interesting anomaly. In one day we will get to see several fit and firing candidates for the British and Irish…
RBS 6 Nations: Round One Talking Points
A new Six Nations is getting underway and there are plenty of new faces to catch the eye. Billy Twelvetrees, while a big unit himself, should add more finesse to…
RBS 6 Nations: Six to watch
IT'S HERE again, and don't we just love it. The Six Nations is about to kick-off and give rugby fans seven weeks of high-class international rugby, where over drinks we…
RBS 6 Nations: Does this mighty lock hold key to French success?
ROMAIN TAOFIFENUA is a big lad. Just how big remains something of a mystery. According to which paper you read in France, his weight in the last few months has…
RBS 6 Nations: Heaslip takes armband to signal new era
WHEN DECLAN Kidney named his extended 39-man training squad for the Six Nations, there’s no doubt the announcement was overshadowed by, perhaps, his boldest decision of his five-year tenure as…
RBS 6 Nations: Inside the England Camp Part One
WITH THE RBS 6 Nations about to kick off, England’s behind-the-scenes videos are back. Chris Robshaw looks back at that win over New Zealand, David Strettle is in charge of…
RBS 6 Nations: Familiar feel to Ireland team
AN IRELAND side has been selected to storm into the Millennium Stadium this Saturday. Fronted by new skipper Jamie Heaslip it is a fairly familiar looking side with an additional…