Italy led for 45 minutes in all, but two long-range second-half penalties by Jules Plisson put France ahead in the last five minutes and when Italy set up a chance…
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Six questions ahead of the opening round of the Six Nations
As the Six Nations gets underway on Saturday, here are six things we will be looking out for in the opening round of matches
Ireland v Wales preview: Where the match will be won and lost
Ireland and Wales’ simmering Celtic rivalry will resurface on Sunday when Warren Gatland and his experienced squad across the Irish Sea to Dublin to take on Joe Schmidt’s depleted Ireland,…
Six Nations: Guy Noves making the right calls
Have we made a mistake? This correspondent and the other British and Irish commentators who have been noisily trumpeting that France have appointed the wrong man as their new coach.…
Six Nations: How Eddie Jones will set England up for hostility of Murrayfield
By Adam Hathaway The scrum The scrum is traditionally England’s strong point and it was all going so well under Graham Rowntree until France did a number on the pack…
Brookes and Kvesic among eight England players released ahead of Scotland clash
Eddie Jones releases eight players back to their clubs ahead of England's clash with Scotland, as three uncapped players remain in the final 25
Phil Larder: ‘We solved the problem in 2003, now Eddie must do the same’
Eighteen years separate the appointments of Phil Larder and Paul Gustard as England defence coach but a strand exists between the two, because Gustard was a Leicester player during their…
What’s inside our Six Nations special?
Find out who and what is featured in Rugby World’s Six Nations-tastic March issue
Six Nations: Eddie Jones playing the short game
By Adam Hathaway Ever since Eddie Jones was appointed as England head coach just before Christmas he has fed us the line that he is only worried about the Scotland…
POLL: Who will win the 2016 Six Nations?
Time to put your national allegiances aside. A tough ask, we appreciate, but we want to know which of the RBS 6 Nations sides you genuinely believe will lift the…