A round-up of what’s hot and what’s not from the England-Wales showdown at Twickenham
Six Nations
RBS 6 Nations: Ireland 58-15 Italy
Ireland answered their critics and ran nine tries past a poor and injury-hit Italy side to notch up their first win of this RBS 6 Nations in comprehensive style. It…
Analysis: How will England’s defence stand up against Wales?
We take a look at holes in England's defence against Ireland and how Wales might look to exploit these issues in the Six Nations
England v Wales: Red Rosers have it all to prove in chase for Six Nations Grand Slam
Martin Johnson didn’t make a whole lot of friends in 2003 when his England side broke protocol and stood in the wrong place at Lansdowne Road against Ireland, leading to…
30 Minutes with… Larissa Muldoon
Get to know Ireland Women’s scrum-half Larissa Muldoon
Five things we learnt about rugby in February
By Paul Williams Why can’t our southern hemisphere coaches coach the southern hemisphere way? We, in the northern hemisphere, want to play rugby like the southern hemisphere. The quality of…
England: The Stuart Lancaster era versus the Eddie Jones era
RW looks at how the personalities of the two coaches – Stuart Lancaster and Eddie Jones – have been imprinted on their England teams
Six Nations: France continue to flatter to deceive
One British newspaper offered a sympathetic assessment of France’s 19-10 defeat to Wales, describing Les Bleus as “transitional”. If only it was that simple. The fact is, however, that between…
Ireland: Five things we learnt v England
By Whiff of Cordite England ultimately overpowered Ireland to win by more than a score but the outlook for Ireland was weirdly positive. A measure of how far they’ve sunk…
Scotland: Five things we learnt v Italy
By Rory Baldwin A wins a win, for all that After a very exciting first half of rugby from both teams, the entertainment levels dropped off as both sides focused…