Woodhouse Grove held off Skinners, Llandovery College, St Joseph’s, Abingdon, Denstone and RGS Newcastle to win this month’s award. The Yorkshire school advanced to the last 16 of the Daily…
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Cashel – Team of the Month (December 2011)
How well the successful blending of youth and experience is demonstrated at Cashel, from rural Munster. Howard Stanley and Emmet Hall, both 21, sandwich 22-year-old hooker Dave McCormack in the…
Dan Parks retires from international rugby with immediate effect
Scotland stand-off Dan Parks today announced his retirement from international rugby with immediate effect. In his eight year international career, Parks won 67 caps for Scotland, scoring 266 points, including…
Sarah Hunter to captain England against Italy
England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street hasrung the changes ahead of Sunday’s Six Nations clash against Italy, kick off 2pm GMT, at the Centro Sportivo in Parabiago, Milan. On the…
Rugby World’s Championship Blog
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP – ROUND 20…or not…as was the case. With a fairness seldom seen in any sport, the return of winter managed to wipe out the entire Championship programme last…
Much work still to do for Lancaster’s England
By Ben Coles A first win for the Lancaster regime took plenty of blood and guts but was far from the convincing performance many would have hoped for. In all…
Same old problems for Scotland
By Alan Dymock The Auld Enemy came and an old problem reared its ugly head. Scotland had a huge amount of possession but could not convert that into points. The…
Ireland: what went right and what went wrong?
By Claire Glancy “We were robbed!” “Red card!” “Heartbreaking.” THOSE ARE just some of the messages that flooded my mobile on Sunday after Ireland’s 23-21 defeat by Wales. The talk…
Five things we learnt about Wales: Round One
By Paul Williams WALES BEAT Ireland 23-21 in Dublin on Sunday in their opening Six Nations fixture, but what did we learn about the men in red? Here’s the lowdown…