Eddie Jones needs his England players to grab the headlines rather than his ranting and raving at Twickenham tomorrow by defeating an Australian team equipped to expose any weaknesses in the second best team in the World. Jones has been a pains to portray the Wallabies as the form team of international rugby and even Read More …
EXCLUSIVE JONNY WILKINSON was obsessed about being the best kicker rugby had seen, making him the perfect mentor for Owen Farrell. The ability to block out the presence of 80,000 fans in a stadium when all eyes are on you is a rare gift and allows the World Cup winner and the man who hopes Read More …
EXCLUSIVE;LIAM WILLIAMS admits he is “in awe” of new Saracens team-mate Owen Farrell after working alongside the England fly-half on the Lions’ summer tour to New Zealand. Williams, whose brilliant attacking play created one of the greatest tries ever seen on a rugby pitch in the First Test defeat by the All Blacks in Auckland, Read More …
Warren Gatland faces four massive selection calls at the start of the ultimate Lions challenge against the World champion All Blacks and he has to get every one of them right to give the team a chance of replicating the 1971 triumph. Gatland is under severe pressure as the first New Zealander to coach the Read More …
Lawrence Dallaglio believes Owen Farrell and Billy Vunipola are the two most improved players in World rugby and their key roles in Saracens European Champions Cup 28-17 win over Clermont Auvergne has given the British and Irish Lions a template of how to tackle the All Blacks this summer. Farrell, named the European Player Read More …
Saracens are Europe’s rugby powerhouse and can confirm this status by retaining the European Champions Cup at Murrayfield tomorrow against a Clermont Auvergne team that consistently fails to win the big finals. Like Clermont, Sarries know all about the pain of falling at the final hurdle, but while the French Top14 outfit continue to be Read More …
Suggest to Saracens captain Schalk Brits it is a major gamble to rest key players when you are trying to defeat Premiership leaders Wasps on their own pitch and ensure a home play-off semi-final and be prepared for an abrupt answer.” We don’t care what other people say about our selection.” The problem for Saracens Read More …
Neil Jenkins believes the British and Irish Lions boast a quartet of world class kickers who can deliver a test series winning edge against the All Blacks in New Zealand. Jenkins, the Lions kicking coach, stands third in the all-time points scoring list on 1090 in tests behind Dan Carter and Jonny Wilkinson and the Read More …
Eddie Jones has been warned he could suffer the same fate as the World champion All Blacks as he attempts to lead England to a record 19 successive wins against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The All Blacks were left on 18 wins after Ireland pulled off a shock 40-29 victory in Chicago in November Read More …
Maro Itoje never doubted his ability to survive in the unforgiving world of international rugby where promising talent can be cruelly exposed. Despite being thrown into his first test on Valentines’s Day against Italy in Rome at 21-years-old, just one year later he has become absolutely crucial to England’s bid for a second Grand Slam Read More …
