The New Zealand coach Steve Hansen was in the stands at Twickenham on Saturday watching England’s 21-10 win over Ireland and wouldn’t you like to have a penny for his…
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England: The Stuart Lancaster era versus the Eddie Jones era
RW looks at how the personalities of the two coaches – Stuart Lancaster and Eddie Jones – have been imprinted on their England teams
Six Nations: France continue to flatter to deceive
One British newspaper offered a sympathetic assessment of France’s 19-10 defeat to Wales, describing Les Bleus as “transitional”. If only it was that simple. The fact is, however, that between…
Ireland: Five things we learnt v England
By Whiff of Cordite England ultimately overpowered Ireland to win by more than a score but the outlook for Ireland was weirdly positive. A measure of how far they’ve sunk…
Scotland: Five things we learnt v Italy
By Rory Baldwin A wins a win, for all that After a very exciting first half of rugby from both teams, the entertainment levels dropped off as both sides focused…
Poll: Which of these has been the best try of the Six Nations so far?
We've picked our favourite scores from the 2016 Six Nations so far. Which of these is the best?
A Q&A with Bath prop Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas talks Bath, rugby heroes and accounting
Wales: Five things we learnt v France
The wonder of winning ugly, Mr Consistent Taulupe Faletau and areas for Wales to address
RBS 6 Nations: England 21-10 Ireland
England kept their Grand Slam dream alive with a scrappy RBS Six Nations win over the reigning champions at Twickenham. They outscored Ireland two tries to one but there are…
RBS Six Nations: Italy 20-36 Scotland
Scotland finally exorcised their Six Nations demons, ending a losing streak of nine games in the competition by defeating Italy 36-20 at the Stadio Olimpico. They scored three tries in…