RW: What convinced you to leave one of the biggest jobs in global rugby to head up a single national union? GP: I had reached a juncture. We had the…
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Meet Ireland’s new openside, Josh van der Flier
However, we can still say the Leinster openside’s career has undergone a jet-propelled take-off. From two Guinness Pro12 starts last season to Ireland’s Six Nations team now is a steep…
Fast Eddie needs time to make class tell
We haven’t quite worked out if Eddie Jones is putting something in the tea down at Pennyhill Park but whatever he is doing seems to be working as a succession…
Hotshots: Northampton prop Paul Hill
We gather you were born in Germany? Yes, my mum is German and my dad is English. We lived there until I was about one. When did you take up…
How Saracens have impacted England under Eddie Jones
After the first two rounds of the 2016 Six Nations, the essential character of England under Eddie Jones is beginning to emerge. While some areas of performance have remained at a…
Six Nations: England’s half-term report
Eddie Jones retained the 23-man squad who beat Italy 40-9 in the second round of the Six Nations as he prepares his team to play, what Sir Clive Woodward was…
From Narbonne to Perpignan: An alternative Six Nations weekend
By Kate Rowan It only takes two words: Six Nations. As well as conjuring images of red, white, green and three shades of blue, those two words also have the…
Why Eddie Jones is unconcerned about picking a ‘natural’ No 7
By Alex Shaw Every team in the world wants their very own David Pocock. A dominant operator at the breakdown who can turn momentum by forcing turnovers at pivotal moments…
Ireland: Five things we learnt v France
By Whiff of Cordite Ireland’s Six Nations three-peat hopes are all but over after a dispiriting one point defeat in Paris. The game was eye-bleedingly poor and was undoubtedly the…
Scotland: Five things we learnt v Wales
A better performance but another Scottish loss to Wales. Rory Baldwin looks at the good and the bad from Cardiff