A strangely subdued atmosphere descended on the Principality Stadium this weekend. All verve seemed to have drifted up through the open roof and away into Cardiff’s crisp autumn air. The…
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Wales 8-32 Australia: Five talking points
The slowest of slow starts Wales have become notoriously sluggish starters in the autumn internationals. However, Wales’ 32 – 8 loss to Australia was beyond sluggish. This was like watching…
Can Australia replicate 1984’s Grand Slam heroes?
It was 1984. Australia were led into battle by the rugby equivalent of Donald Trump, a political speech-writer (and future radio chat-show host) named Alan Jones. With only one season…
Mass exodus predicted at Stade Francais
Why are so many of the Stade Francais Top 14-winning squad set to leave the Parisian club?
How can Ireland stop the All Blacks machine?
By Alex Shaw The 27-man Ireland squad jetted off to Chicago this week with the most difficult question in rugby to answer weighing heavily on their minds – how do…
Downtime with… All Blacks great Dan Carter
Former All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter on Racing 92, rats and ‘The Rock’
Five things we learnt in rugby – October
‘Pick and Mix’ rugby is a dangerous game. The days of a six month rugby season are long gone. Rugby is a nine month slog for all international players. However,…
How do you solve England’s backrow conundrum? Ask Nick Easter…
Many of us have tried to read the mind of Eddie Jones but most have failed to do a decent impression of Derren Brown when it comes to working out…
Uncapped Southern Hemisphere stars heading for Europe this Autumn
By Alex Shaw The southern hemisphere’s ‘Big Three’ have named their squads to tour Europe next month and amidst the array of global stars, there are several uncapped inclusions. If…
Eddie Jones names his 33-man England squad for the Autumn Series
Eddie Jones cut a relaxed figure in central London as he named a 33-man squad for the Autumn Series to face South Africa, Argentina, Fiji and Australia. With a squad…