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Six Nations Q&A: Robshaw, Roberts, Brown and Heaslip
RW spent some time with national captain's Chris Robshaw, Jamie Heaslip, Kelly Brown plus Wales' defensive leader Jamie Roberts at Twickenham to chat about the Six Nations. Let's see what…
Heineken Cup Round Six: Winners and Losers
AFTER THE final pool matches at the weekend we now know the quarter-finalists, who drops into the Amlin Challenge Cup and who goes back home, wondering what could have been…
The Championship Blog — B & I Cup Week 8 round-up
WINTERY CONDITIONS decimated the last week of pool stage action in the British & Irish Cup. Although seven of the 16 matches were postponed, all but two pools have been…
Heineken Cup Round 6: What Six Nations coaches want
THERE IS one round of Heineken Cup and Amlin action left before the taut, stomach-churning charge of the Six Nations reaches us. For international head coaches, picking a side is…
Erratic Toulouse have it tough taming the Tigers
NO DOUBT about the tie of this weekend – Toulouse’s visit to Leicester for a winner takes all confrontation. Between them they’ve won the Heineken Cup six times with the…
Wales Six Nations squad announced
THE MOMENT has come. They may have had a horrible autumn and they may have an injury list heavier than a Scott Quinnell sandwich, but Rob Howley and his wounded…
Silly season: Six spring signings
NO DOUBT the hope was, during the moments where we all jumped up and shouted about the harsh brilliance of the Heineken Cup and the layout of the Six Nations…
The Championship Blog — B & I Cup Week 7 round-up
WITH THREE clubs already qualified and two others on the threshold of the last eight, it’s been a good year so far for Championship sides in the British & Irish…
Heineken Cup Round 5: Winners and Losers
WE ARE now left with one last round in the Heineken Cup pool stages, with teams not so much balanced on a knife’s edge as trying to clamber onto the…