Wheelchair rugby isn’t so much a contact sport as a collision sport – and the bigger the hit, the broader the smiles! Channel 4, official broadcaster of the 2012 Paralympics,…
Alan Pearey
James Gaskell’s childhood hero
James Gaskell, the Sale and England Saxons forward, loved football long before he tried his hand at the sport which would earn him a living. Born in Crewe and raised…
Exeter’s Marine-style training on the moor
IT’S not always players or coaches who constitute major signings. One of the factors behind Exeter’s rise has been Paddy Anson, who has been their head of strength and conditioning…
Great Danny Cipriani try
England must be brave, says Stuart Barnes. So should they summon Danny Cipriani from Australia and install him at No 10? This try from the 2011 Super Rugby competition shows…
Paul Hodgson try-saving tackle
Paul Hodgson’s stock was never higher than in the 2007-08 season, when he won the first of his nine England caps. A few weeks later, he lined up in a…
Paul Diggin try fest
When Edinburgh visited Franklin’s Gardens for a 2010-11 Heineken Cup pool tie, they were to be brushed aside. Brian Mujati got the ball rolling but then it became the Paul…
Jonah Lomu try v England
Dave Attwood, the Bath and England lock, wasn’t one for sports idols as a kid. “The only memory I have of watching rugby as a boy,” he says, “is watching Jonah…
Army v Navy rugby preview – Twickenham
Mattie Stewart won 34 caps for Scotland but he’ll tell you that the physicality of the annual Army-Navy game matches any International. On Saturday the two teams go hammer and…
Rugby World winner writes Sunderland RFC history book
AMAZING what the Internet and some good old-fashioned elbow grease can do. Last autumn Rugby World ran a competition for a rugby club to win a published history – and…
world cup story
Barking are now the only team with a 100% record after they won at home to Macclesfield and Blackheath went down 22-21 at Tynedale. Tynedale trailed Blackheath until the 54th-…