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 …
Fears are growing that Dan Biggar will be unable to lead Wales in their Autumn internationals with the outside half seeking specialist advice on his knee injury but Courtney Lawes has taken the first important steps on his return from concussion and could become a captaincy option for Eddie Jones, the England head coach. Phil Read More …
Harry Randall earned a Six Nations debut for England against Italy thanks to a speed camera from America, a stool, a hula hoop and a cricket net at Llandovery College which helped give the scrum half the confidence to bounce back from a verdict that he was too small and his pass was too slow. Read More …
Wales great Jonathan Davies fears rugby union is danger of ”stagnating” as defences dominate the sport and lead to endless kicking battles that are turning fans away from the sport. Davies has been dismayed to hear former players opting for golf and walking the dog rather than sitting through another international rugby match dominated by 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 …
David Moffett, the former CEO of the New Zealand and Wales rugby unions, helped shape professional rugby and is calling on the major Northern Hemisphere nations to start sharing test match income to help the game avoid a world-wide financial melt-down. As a key rugby administrator, Moffet was one of the chief architects of SANZAR Read More …
Director of Rugby Dean Ryan believes Ross Moriarty’s decision to sign a new deal to stay at the Dragons is a significant success in his battle to change the perception that players have to move to break into the Wales squad. The Dragons are seen as the poor relations of the Scarlets, Ospreys and Cardiff 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 …
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 …
Eddie Jones has failed to convince World Rugby that Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones tried to influence referee Pascal Gauzere and the England coach been warned his verbal attack could back-fire at Twickenham on Saturday. Jones has claimed the Wales captain tried to stop a conversion after Scotland scored in their 34-7 loss in Cardiff Read More …
