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Behind the scenes with England before they face New Zealand
Knees won’t be knocking in the England camp, with the prospect of games against New Zealand, South Africa, Samoa and Australia this November. They are big Tests, no doubt, but…
Behind the scenes with England’s Brad Barritt and Billy Vunipola
IT’S THE start of a monumental week for England, with another showdown with New Zealand on the horizon. The two sides battled it out in June, with England falling to…
Rugby statistics: The best times for England to score against the All Blacks
There was a sense of inevitability as New Zealand clawed back a ten point deficit in Brisbane last month and won against Australia in the Rugby Championship with the final…
Varsity Match: Taylor banking on human touch as Oxford seek place in the record books
“Excuse me for being human,” tweeted England footballer Raheem Sterling after dropping out of a Euro 2016 qualifier because of fatigue a few weeks ago. It’s a tweet that would…
Rugby World fitness: wrestle at the breakdown like Duane Vermeulen
WATCH THIS video and learn these three gym exercises that work on your core strength and abdominal endurance, so you can be just as stubborn at the breakdown as the…
30 Minutes with… Piri Weepu
The World Cup winner on pranks, pervs and Premiership rugby
Time running out for Philippe Saint-Andre to revive France
Eight games to go. Eight opportunities for Philippe Saint-Andre to finally settle on his starting XV for France’s opening World Cup game, against Italy at Twickenham on September 19. The…
Autumn Series teasers from Guinness rugby
The Autumn Series is nearly upon and and we don’t need reminding that the Rugby World Cup is only 10 months away. Ahead of us is an epic month of rugby.…
Five Things we learned in October
Australia v Barbarians. Take a bow I feel sorry for whichever producer was tasked with producing the highlights package for the Barbarians v Australia game. Cutting that down to 15…