Eddie Jones ‘won rugby’ in June Eddie Jones won rugby in June. He won the whole thing. Every aspect of it. To spin a failing national squad around in such…
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Summer tours: France see a chink of light against Argentina
The predictions of doom and gloom were premature. Far from a Tour of Hell, France’s two-Test series in Argentina ended all-square and offers Les Bleus some hope for next season.…
Summers tours: Home nations report card
By Alex Shaw The home nations’ summer tours wrapped up this past weekend and with teams and fans alike are preparing for a few weeks rest and recuperation, the time…
Summer Tests: Lions XV picked on form
With the summer tours done and dusted thoughts turn to next year’s adventure to New Zealand with the British & Irish Lions. But what would the Lions team look like…
Scotland: Five things we learnt from the tour to Japan
1. Will the real Scotland please stand up Disappointingly, we didn’t see much of an identity from Scotland on this tour. They played with some confidence to win the first…
U20 World Cup: Scouting Report Round Five
England 45-21 Ireland England have been crowned World Champions at Under-20 level, capturing their third title in the past four years, with a dominant 24-point mauling of Ireland in the…
Third Test: Five things we learnt v New Zealand – Wales
A big step backwards It is painfully ironic that Wales should be blown away, by 46 -6, in the windless environs of the Forsyth Barr Stadium. A scoreline and performance…
England renaissance: Eddie Jones awakes a sleeping giant
October 3rd, 2015 will be etched in the memory as a nadir for English rugby. The richest and largest playing nation in the world were booed from the Twickenham turf…
Summer Test: Japan 16-21 Scotland
Scotland maintained their winning record against Japan with this seventh victory in seven Tests – but it was an error-strewn performance from the visitors at Tokyo’s Ajinomoto Stadium. In fact,…
Summer tour: Australia 40-44 England
England won a quite brilliant Test match 44-40 in an end-to-end encounter which had nine tries and a scoring rate of over a point a minute. Australia went in at…