“IS IT time to go back to the drawing board Declan?” The question posed after so many basic errors saw Ireland defeated by England. “No” was the simple answer given.…
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RBS 6 Nations: Wales analysis
Every single Welsh player outshone their opposite number from England
RBS 6 Nations: England analysis
What lessons must England learn from the 2013 Six Nations?
RBS 6 Nations match review: Wales 30-3 England
Undoubtedly the best game of the 2013 Six Nations – ferocious, physical and frantic.
RBS 6 Nations: Italy 22 – 15 Ireland
ITALY MADE history as they beat Ireland for the first time in the RBS 6 Nations at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, on Saturday. In what has been widely suspected to…
Rugby World TV: Six Nations Round 4 analysis
IN THE latest instalment of Rugby World TV we review the penultimate round of the 2013 RBS 6 Nations. We pick our Lions contenders, and name and shame those who…
Lions 2013: Who’s Hot Down Under?
THERE MAY just be one week of the RBS 6 Nations left. Players may be dropping like flies and suddenly we are reshuffling our pecking order of favourites for a…
Former Lion Tom Smith on Lyon’s bid back to Top 14
TOM SMITH was always a canny player and he’s proving pretty canny as a coach. Judging by recent events at Edinburgh that have seen the departure of the coaching staff,…
RBS 6 Nations: Scotland analysis
IT WOULD be easy –and indeed lazy –to suggest that the referee was solely to blame for Scotland’s loss to Wales. Yes, Craig Joubert’s performance was one every referee in…
RBS 6 Nations: England analysis
WHERE DID it go wrong for England on Sunday? Where did it go right?