Eddie Jones, sporting a bandaged left eye, today handed the England captaincy to Dylan Hartley for the Six Nations defence despite the Northampton hooker having missed six weeks following his latest ban for foul play. Hartley lined up with the other Six Nations captains for the official launch of the tournament in London today having Read More …
Eddie Jones is facing a front row crisis as he prepares to defend the Six Nations Grand Slam with Harlequins prop Joe Marler ruled out of the opening two rounds of the Championship with a broken leg. Harlequins confirmed that Marler has broken the lower part of his left leg and will be expected to Read More …
Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out of rugby for the rest of the season after suffering significant ligament damage against Saracens on Sunday raising real fears about the England centre’s ability to return to test rugby. Tuilagi sat out 15 months of rugby as he battled to overcome a serious groin injury and made the Read More …
Leon Smith, Great Britain’s Davis Cup winning captain, has revealed Andy Murray is working harder than ever at his Florida training based to defend his World No1 ranking. Murray interrupted his punishing schedule to receive the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for an historic third time after defending his Olympic title, winning Wimbledon Read More …
Danny Care is preparing for three vital Premiership games that will have a dramatic effect on Harlequins season and his ability to grab the England scrum half place from rival Ben Youngs into the Six Nations championship. Care last started a test match for England in the Grand Slam winning victory in France in March, Read More …
Judy Murray has called on tennis chiefs not to waste the “golden opportunity” to build on the remarkable success of sons Andy and Jamie by boosting playing numbers across Britain using the ground breaking scheme she runs in Scotland. Britain’s most famous tennis Mum and her team travel the length and breadth of Scotland in Read More …
Jamie George has the toughest job in world rugby – trying to eject England captain Dylan Hartley from a team he has led to 13 successive victories, including a Six Nations Grand Slam and historic series triumph in Australia. Rather than being cowed by the challenge, George, the burly Saracens hooker, has maintained the pressure Read More …
EDDIE JONES has given his unbeaten England players three challenges they must rise to if they are to defeat Argentina tomorrow, with the need for a suffocating defence the most serious concern for a team bidding to become No1 in the sport. That is the ranking Jones has told his players they can achieve but Read More …
Tana Umaga admits the Maori All Blacks will be very short of preparation time when they take on the British and Irish Lions on next summer’s tour. The Maori will be the fifth of the Lions ten matches in New Zealand, with the game taking place at Rotorua where a vociferous crowd will support a Read More …
England’s ten game unbeaten run and their credibility as potential World No1’s is on the line against South Africa at Twickenham tomorrow. Remarkably, England, the second best team in the world, haven’t beaten the Springboks since 2006 which involves 11 defeats and a draw and this obvious flaw in their rugby CV cannot be allowed Read More …
