The depth that has been nurtured in Argentina over the summer has created a squad of many strengths and high competition. Borthwick has been adept at picking when to stick and twist with his team. His...
The draw for the pool stage of the 2027 Rugby World Cup will take place on Wednesday, 3 December in Sydney. The tournament, which will be staged in Australia from 1 October to 13 November, will be exp...
England flanker Henry Pollock has been nominated for World Rugby’s Breakthrough Player of the Year. The 20-year-old’s sensational rise includes two tries on his England debut against Wales...
Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw believes their final autumn nations series fixture against world champions South Africa will be a “proper test” in terms of assessing where the squad is at. I...
Gloucester-Hartpury have averaged 40 points scored in their four PWR games so far, with an average of six tries in each. Former England back Matt Banahan joined the staff as attack coach this summer a...
It was a year out from the 2003 Rugby World Cup and I remember being down to Australia at Twickenham. Following a Wallabies try, Martin Johnson got us all under the posts and was not interested in cha...
Japan had double the number of carries and forced Wales to make almost 100 more tackles than the visitors. The Brave Blossoms were the more impressive team on show, although head coach Eddie Jones avo...
The Twickenham finale of next year’s new Nations Championship event will pit the north and south of global rugby against each other in a contest to be the game’s dominant hemisphere. The b...
And the union explained: “This means players, regardless of whether they are supported by Scottish Rugby or not, are paid for the time in camp preparing for Test matches – and match fees i...
Scotland have won just four of 10 Test matches this year and were left with an all-too-familiar feeling at full-time. Tuipulotu was asked if criticism from the stands was justified after another defea...
