Can England win the Six Nations Grand Slam? No reason why not Sport Serious question: Can England win the Six Nations grand slam this year? To believe it you’ve first got to seriously back Steve Borthwick’s side not to be complete and utter nonsense, and then you’ve also got to have faith that England and their players can actually play a brand of rugby to wound lethal opponents. [...]
Youngs and Cole: For The Love Of Rugby duo look to 2025 Sport Leicester Tigers duo Ben Youngs and Dan Cole review at 2024, look ahead to 2025 and discussed their podcast For The Love Of Rugby. The last 12 months has been an incredibly interesting time for rugby union for a number of reasons. Steve Borthwick’s England had a rough back end to the year but took [...]
Ollie Phillips: My Autumn Nations Series end-of-term report for home nations Sport With just one fixture remaining of this year’s Autumn Nations Series it is fair to say that the four home nations have had varied results. While strong performances on the continent from France, and even Italy at times, show growth across the Channel it appears that back home the four teams – whose players are [...]
Borthwick vows to push on after England end losing run November 24, 2024 Jamie George and Luke Cowan-Dickie scored two apiece in a resounding nine-try win.
Itoje calls playing for England ‘Mecca’ amid LIV-style breakaway plans November 18, 2024 England international Maro Itoje has said that playing for his country is the “Mecca” amid reports that a LIV Golf-style breakaway league could draw players away from representing the Red Rose. The plan is said to be backed by US investors and could recruit 200 of rugby’s top players for a 2026 launch. The Rugby [...]
Time for England’s wilting roses to blossom against Boks November 15, 2024 When penning this column the niggling thought in my mind is that there’s no possible way that England beat the Springboks. Steve Borthwick’s wilting roses are struggling across the board, and shipped a record points total against a southern hemisphere side at home under his tenure in last week’s loss to Australia. Meanwhile South Africa, [...]
Jersey RFC: The club resetting how rugby can be done November 7, 2024 This Saturday, while England take on Australia in the Autumn Nations Series, Jersey RFC will be hosting London Welsh in a top-of-the-table clash in Regional 1 South Central, the fifth tier of English rugby. A decade or so ago this could have been a Premiership fixture, but rugby finances in south London and in the [...]
England rugby star who put fan in headlock banned for just six weeks November 5, 2024 England and Sale rugby player Jonny Hill has escaped with a six-week ban after pleading guilty to physically abusing a spectator. Hill was alleged to have put the fan in a headlock and broken his glasses following Sale’s Premiership semi-final defeat at Bath in June. The incident was investigated by police without the outcome being [...]
Cole didn’t expect Marler retirement ahead of Autumn Nations Series November 4, 2024 Tighthead prop Dan Cole admitted he was surprised by the timing of the international retirement of his fellow front rower Joe Marler. Marler decided to hang up his international boots just days after he caused a furore with his comments describing the New Zealand haka as “ridiculous”. “Did I think he would go last Sunday? [...]
Marler retires from ‘dream bubble’ England career November 3, 2024 Loosehead prop Joe Marler has retired from international rugby with 95 England caps to his name. It comes a week after he left the England training squad for “personal reasons”. Last week he also caused a stir for stating the New Zealand cultural pre-match challenge, the Haka, was “ridiculous” and “needs binning”. “Playing for England [...]