Zach Mercer has a confession to make and it is bad news for the England pack who are preparing to face a French forward onslaught at Twickenham on Saturday. At the heart of the French pack will be a fired up Paul Willemse, the giant South African born Montpellier lock, who has rediscovered his destructive Read More …
England have suffered a major set back with Tom Curry, the Sale flanker, ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations championship with a hamstring injury. Alex Sanderson, the Sale director of rugby, revealed that Curry, who has been replaced in the England squad to face Wales by brother Ben, will be out of Read More …
Kelly Brown, the former captain, is backing Scotland to move a step nearer a first Six Nations Grand Slam by registering a second successive win over France in Paris on February 26 after their best start to the championship. Having beaten England and produced a record 35-7 win over Wales, Scotland, who won their last Read More …
Eddie Jones has been warned his makeshift midfield will have to break through the best defensive centre in World rugby when they take on Scotland in opening Guinness Six Nations clash at Murrayfield on Saturday. That is the accolade George Skivington, the Gloucester director of rugby, is giving his outside centre Chris Harris who will Read More …
Lee Blackett, the Wasps head coach, believes Alfie Barbeary is ready to be included in England’s Six Nations squad after a series of eye catching performances, including his match winning turnover which helped end Leicester’s unbeaten start to the season. Having overcome a run of serious injuries, Barbeary has made a significant impact with his Read More …
Dean Ryan is facing one of the most difficult challenges of his coaching career sending out a Dragons team that has never played together to face some of the World’s top players in their European Challenge Cup quarter final with Bristol at Ashton Gate. Facing down Fijian superstar Semi Radradra, New Zealand full back Charlie Read More …
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 …
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 …
Maro Itoje has warned the rest of the World Cup nations heading for Japan that Manu Tuilagi is an “absolute monster” after overcoming numerous injury problems to help England destroy Ireland in record breaking style 57-12 at Twickenham today. Try scorer Tuilagi put in a man of the match performance in the No13 jersey normally Read More …
Tom Curry’s all consuming desire to become England’s first choice No6 at the Rugby World Cup allowed him to shrug off a high shot from Ireland’s Rob Kearney at Twickenham which provoked widespread social media anger. While the match officials insist the angle they saw of the Kearney arm allowed them to rule it Read More …
