Six Nations chiefs have been warned they could face a backlash from sponsors if they take the Championship away from terrestrial television and behind a paywall under a new £300m deal with Sky. Guinness have a six year deal worth an estimated £50m to the Six Nations which runs until 2024 and exposure on terrestrial Read More …
exclusive Marland Yarde is using one of the world’s top sprint coaches to relaunch his England rugby career after overcoming an horrendous knee injury that saw him undergo three operations to make it back onto the pitch for Sale Sharks. Yarde was injured against Newcastle in October 2018 with the severity of the injury raising Read More …
Rohan Janse van Rensburg wants to power Sale into the Gallagher Premiership play-offs and relaunch his Springbok career with the aim of facing the British and Irish Lions on their 2021 tour of South Africa. Van Rensburgh, 6ft and 17st, has become one of the most destructive ball carrying centre’s in Europe and will have Read More …
Flanker Aaron Wainwright insists Wales have only taken a “small step” towards repeating their Grand Slam triumph after thumping Italy 42-0 and admits the team will have to make significant improvements to deliver a win over Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The Irish managed to edge out mistake ridden Scotland 19-12 while Wainwright was Read More …
Thomas Castaignede believes England were the best team at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, but is backing “x-factor” scrum half Antoine Dupont to provide the magic to give France victory in their Six Nations opener at the Stade de France on Sunday. With Dupont threatening from scrum half, Castaignede is confident a young French Read More …
The Wales rugby regime change today gave WillGriff John , the Sale Sharks 20st uncapped prop, the chance to prove he can be a major force at international level after he was named in Wayne Pivac’s first Six Nations squad. Pivac, who has replaced Warren Gatland as head coach of the World Cup semi-finalists, was Read More …
Gareth Baber knows all about the weight of national expectation as he attempts to mastermind Fiji’s defence of their HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title and a repeat of the historic gold medal winning Olympic triumph at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. Fiji’s 2016 Olympic Games gold was turned into a book by former head Read More …
England flanker Brad Shields has injured the foot that ruled him out of the Rugby World Cup again and faces at least another month out of the game which seriously hampers his hopes of being part of Eddie Jones’s Six Nations squad. Dai Young, the Wasps director of rugby, has been forced to add Shields Read More …
Paul Gustard has handed Tevita “Tex” Cuvabati a key role as Harlequins attempt to use their trio of Fijian internationals to bid for the Gallagher Premiership play-offs. Gustard, the Quins head of rugby, signed Cuvabati and Niki Goneva from relegated Newcastle Falcons to join Fiji Olympic sevens gold medal winner Semi Kunatani at the Twickenham Read More …
Brad Barritt believes the support of key members of the double winning Saracens leadership team will ensure Owen Farrell handles the pressure of the England captaincy as he attempts to guide the team to glory at the World Cup in Japan. Farrell’s form has been patchy in the warm-up tests for the tournament with one Read More …
