INTERIM SCOTLAND coaches Scott Johnson and Dean Ryan have named their squad to face the Auld Enemy at Twickenham this Saturday. The headlines for this line-up come with Sean Maitland…
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RBS 6 Nations: The war of words begins
LIKE THE one belligerent guest at a wedding, shouting over the dancefloor at midnight, Jim Telfer has today shuffled out and labelled England “arrogant” and Wales “lazy”. Needless to say,…
RBS 6 Nations: Room for improvement
SOMETIMES THE most onerous demands are the ones you set for strangers. Punters masquerading as experts, like yours truly, could lay claim to certain expectations of professional players. However, such…
HFRFC Vets play in official Legends match curtain raiser
IRISH INTERNATIONAL Veterans have bestowed Hammersmith and Fulham RFC the honour of playing in a charity curtain raiser against Bective Rangers RFC, before the fourth annual Stuart Mangan Memorial Cup…
Conditioning combo 5: chin-ups, get-ups and dynamic side plank
THIS IS the fifth in a series of conditioning combos put together by Harlequins head of strength & conditioning John Dams. They are all dynamic three-exercise circuits or ‘triple…
Statistics: Heineken Cup’s most effective players
MUCH LIKE younglings obeying a magical, umbrella-toting nanny, we have packed the Heineken Cup away in its box until March. We have no use for it when we have the…
Legends Q&A: Jason Robinson, Jonathan Davies and Gavin Hastings
COURTESY OF our buddies at HSBC, we have been allowed the opportunity to sit cross-legged at the feet of some of the greats of the game, sticking our hands up…
Wilkinson odds on for Top14 award
RESTAURANTS IN France have Michelin Stars, rugby players have Midi Olympique stars. They are awarded in each Monday’s edition of the newspaper to the players who have caught the eye…
Reaching your fitness goals in 2013
ONE OF the most popular and inevitable New Year resolutions is to get fit after several weeks of festive overindulgence. The problem, of course, is that many people end up…
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…