If the Lions were this year, who would be your full-back? It’s one of those conversations you always have down the boozer with your mates: if the British & Irish…
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Clubhouse Podcast: Travelling trophies, medieval training and singing stars
The latest Clubhouse Podcast is here and it is rammed full of incidents and opinions after round two of the Six Nations. Editor Owain Jones is away so we replaced…
Six Nations: Five things Scotland learnt against Wales
Scotland will be doing catching practise, and lots of it Scotland have sorted the lineout to the level where it is a genuine threat rather than the possession drain it…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Cutting edge He scored a try on his return to the England team last week and just when you thought things couldn’t get any better for Jonathan Joseph…
Six Nations 2015: Round two
IN A NUTSHELL England 47 – 17 Italy England scored six tries in their second Six Nations game, including four in 13 second-half minutes to defeat Italy. The visitors drew…
Six Nations: ‘Scotland’s Vern Cotter is doing a fantastic job but the front row must go’
If Scotland’s front row needed any extra motivation for Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations match against Wales, they needn’t look far to find it. For Colin Deans, Scotland’s 1984 Grand Slam…
Six Nations: Five things we learnt – France v Scotland
Okay, trusting in youth has its problems On these pages, in the autumn, I banged on about youth being given its head and flourishing as a result. Yes, back then…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Putting the boot in England led 18-16 in Cardiff as the last two minutes of their RBS Six Nations clash with Wales began. Despite England’s second-half dominance, the…
Six Nations: The famous comebacks from years gone by
Momentum. It’s a buzzword of this and any other Six Nations championship. Win your opening game and you’re set fair for the tournament, with every prize within your grasp. Lose…
Rugby statistics: Comparing No 8s from the Premiership, Pro12 and Top 14
In 2013, then Scotland head coach Scott Johnson received a few laughs for his “statistics are a bit like bikinis – it shows a lot but not the whole thing”…