This was a drab game, full of errors and lacking inspiration, with little to entertain as players trudged from scrum to scrum. In fact, it look like the pitch was…
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RBS 6 Nations: Why Rob Howley needs help
THE ONE shred of positivity in the autumn for Wales was that in the face of four straight home losses – now a record five defeats after last week’s defeat…
RBS 6 Nations: England opt for dependability over dynamite
The England team has been unveiled for a Dublin dust-up with the winner of this Sunday showdown already being touted as 6 Nations champions. Stuart Lancaster and his selectors have…
Inside an Ireland training session
FORMER IRELAND and Munster back-row Alan Quinlan goes inside the Six Nations squad’s training camp and talks us through their warm-up routine with strength and conditioning coach Jason Cowman…
RBS 6 Nations: Can Bastareaud help restore French pride?
PHILIPPE SAINT-ANDRE has kept faith with his fumbling French side for the visit of Wales to the Stade de France on Saturday evening. Instead of bringing down the guillotine on…
Duncan Bell: Things are looking up
IN OUR February issue Duncan Bell opened up to Rugby World with his long time friend, ex-teammate and member of the front row union, David Flatman, about the pressures of…
RBS 6 Nations: Owen Farrell interview
HE MAY not be the Messiah and he may not be a very naughty boy, but Owen Farrell is a certainly a young man making a sizeable impression to his…
RBS 6 Nations: Ireland analysis
BOD’S HANDS… Zebo’s feet… First half demolition… Second half defensive scrambling… It’s hard to know where to start with the latest celtic clash in Cardiff because as the late Belfast…
RBS 6 Nations: Wales analysis
WALES HAD a tremendous second half against Ireland. It was as well as they have played at any point during the last nine months. They dominated the entire period and…
RBS 6 Nations: Scotland analysis
AFTER SCAMPERING backwards and forwards all afternoon, a red-faced and heavy-legged Matt Scott leant against the bar in the conference room and pronounced, “that was the hardest game of rugby…