What Joel Tomkins, Luther Burrell & Henry Trinder Can Add to England

If any area of his team has been giving Stuart Lancaster sleepless nights lately, it is his midfield. This time last year the England head coach was settled on Brad Barritt and Manu Tuilagi as his first-choice Nos. 12 and 13. Despite obvious and justified concerns he had two broadswords and no rapier occupying the shirts, Lancaster was largely vindicated with the pair’s performance in that thrilling... 

Power Ranking Europe’s Top 10 Clubs

Round two of the Heineken Cup gave some sides control of their pools while scrubbing out the chances of others almost entirely.  Cardiff pulled off a soaked, shock win over Toulon while Saracens waved goodbye to their winning start to the season at Wembley. There were also some fine individual performances to pique the interest of the national head coaches with just one weekend left before the... 

New Zealand vs Australia: Winners and Losers

In a game with no silverware at stake, we got to see both New Zealand and Australia cut loose a little under the roof in Dunedin. It was an entertaining way to round off a full-blooded few weeks of rugby between the big guns of the southern hemisphere, with a few individuals earning praise, while some others didn’t do themselves many favours. Begin Slideshow  Read More →

New Zealand vs. Australia: Players with a Point to Prove

The Rugby Championship silverware is safely ensconced in the All Blacks’ trophy cabinet and the Bledisloe Cup is theirs for another year. But black and gold will do battle one last time Saturday in the third Bledisloe rubber of the season, with nothing but pride at stake for the Wallabies and the chance for New Zealand to extend their winning run to 10 consecutive matches. On an individual... 

6 Storylines to Follow in the Heineken Cup This Weekend

1. Wembley Awaits Saracens Saracens pick up their 100 per cent record and transport it to Wembley on Friday night to get the weekend off to a rousing start. If they can top the 83,671 they attracted for last year’s clash with Harlequins it will be a huge boon for the club, and club rugby in general. Toulouse will arrive with a less than impressive record on English soil but they are coming off... 

Ranking the 6 Best Matches in Rugby History

When South Africa and New Zealand went toe to toe in the deciding clash of this year’s Rugby Championship, it produced a match of the sort we haven’t seen for some time. Bone-jarring collisions, thrilling tries and a seesaw contest that hung in the balance until the final stages, it was a contest that had everything. But was it one of the greatest ever? There have been some titanic struggles... 

Power Ranking Europe’s Top 10 Clubs

The opening weekend of Heineken Cup action saw a largely predictable set of results, if not some of the margins. Exeter’s proud home record always meant they stood a fine chance of beating Cardiff, but no one expected a demolition job on the scale of the first half thwacking they gave Lions captain Sam Warburton’s pink-clad troops. The one major shock was at Murrayfield, where Edinburgh... 

Top 10 Rugby Wags

The WAG, the tabloid invention that became a social phenomenon. Think high heels, short skirts, karaoke bars in Baden Baden and handbags as big as their heads. What started in football has spread to all major sports. The wives and girlfriends of famous sports stars the world over have filled as many—if not more—column inches than their other halves. The majority of rugby players are as... 

Top 6 Coaches in Rugby History

The best sides in rugby’s history have had a variety of qualities that made them great, but what they each stood for was the philosophy imprinted on them by their coach. In this list of great coaches, I have made six selections based on achievements in the game and the X-factor. It could be that they were great innovators in their time, or simply that they pulled a team together to conquer seemingly... 

5 Great Pool Games of the Heineken Cup

The pool stages of the Heineken Cup get under way this weekend. It might be swathed in controversy over its future, but one thing not in doubt is the quality of entertainment delivered by Europe’s best club competition. Over the coming months, we are in for a treat. From the Miracle Match of Munster to the Stunner at the Stoop, even the group phase of this great tournament has thrown up some... 

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