Heineken Cup blog

After some interesting results from Round 3 of the Heineken Cup, including Treviso upsetting Biarritz, Toulouse ending Harlequins’ unbeaten run and Northampton being defeated for a third consecutive time in…

Chris Wyles

By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor at Wembley THE X FACTOR finals were taking place next door at Wembley Arena but on the pitch here it was a chance…

Mike Brown

By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor HARLEQUINS’ 14-MATCH winning run had to come to an end at some point and there’s no shame in losing to Europe’s most successful…

Leaving aside the fact that Martin Johnson could point to some real achievements in the past two seasons, an awful lot of nonsense has been spoken about his former role…

Rugby World’s Championship Blog

With nine outings remaining in the first round of the Championship, the 14-point gap between  eight promotion hopefuls and the four teams fighting to avoid relegation, is beginning to look…

Charlie Sharples at his best

Charlie Sharples is one of the new crop of young players from the Aviva Premiership who will every chance of playing in the RBS Six Nations. Here is Charlie in…

Saracens v Ospreys at Wembley

With the key back-to-back games about to get under way, and with the top two clubs in each Pool meeting each other home and away, Saracens return to Wembley Stadium…

Mallinder positive ahead of Castres match

Director of rugby Jim Mallinder says that the Northampton Saints team is heading to France in a positive mood this weekend ahead of the Heineken Cup clash with Castres. The…