ENGLAND SEVENS face a quick turnaround as they look to replace head coach Ben Ryan, who stepped down from his role with the RFU this week. Leaving after seven years…
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Who are the new boys in England’s EPS?
ON THURSDAY Stuart Lancaster recruited six new names to his Elite Player Squad (EPS), including five who won their first caps on England's summer tour to Argentina. Matt Kvesic, Billy…
Famous faces out in force at Legends Rugby Festival
MORE THAN 3,000 rugby fans turned up at Wimbledon RFC this month for the first Legion Legends Rugby Festival. A host of former players turned out for their old clubs,…
Did George North’s Lions try inspire the Royal Baby name?
WE KNOW that rugby and royalty go together like chocolate and orange. As if Mike Tindall’s marriage to Zara Phillips isn’t enough evidence, Prince William himself is a patron of…
England Women’s tour of New Zealand: The Clash of the Titans
THE WORLD champions of women’s rugby, New Zealand’s Black Ferns, are taking on England three times in the next eight days with the aim of avenging the two consecutive Test…
Lions 2013: The Series XV
SO IN the end it was a pair of props and a rampant last twenty minutes that prised two balanced outfits apart, the Lions’ power game coming to the fore…
Lions 2013: Is Gatland right to defy BOD?
THE THIRD Test is looming. The Lions and Australia have won one match each, and nerves are getting twitchy as each side prepares to nick the series at the death.…
Lions 2013: legends preview the third Test
HAS WARREN GATLAND got the selection right? How will the Lions cope without their captain, Sam Warburton? Can the Wallabies build on the momentum of winning the second Test, and…
Lions 2013: The fans meet the legends
IT’S SQUEAKY-BUM time! The series is currently drawn at one Test win each for Australia and the Lions, and with the decider looming on Saturday rugby fans all over the…
Lions 2013: 5 Things We’ve Learned. Lions v Rebels
THE LIONS recorded their seventh victory in a five try, 35 – 0 win against the Melbourne Rebels. It was an immensely comfortable win for the Lions, with the Rebels…