It was perhaps the lowest quality Six Nations to date, yet the Championship still mustered up a barnstorming finish with Wales ransacking any hopes of an English Grand Slam. The English will look back at a tournament of ‘could have beens’, with perhaps the most unnerving statistic being the fact they were out-scored over five matches by the possession starved Scots. […]
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Six Nations: Team of the Tournament
Lions watch: Round 2 – The Forwards
With the second round of the Six Nations behind us, it is a good time to continue the speculating on the composition of the team that will take on the Aussies later this year. Again, I base my selection on this past weekend’s performance only, so bear that in mind before you start baying for my blood! […]
Six Nations: Team of the Week Round Two
The second weekend of the Six Nations saw both Scotland and Wales record their first victories of the tournament. Wales’ gritty win was especially impressive for the strength of character it showed given their previous poor run of eight straight defeats. The cool headed Leigh Halfpenny slotted eleven points to put his side’s title ambitions back on track. In Dublin, it was the cool head of Owen Farrell that left England with the only 100% record in the championship – his twelve points were enough to see off the Irish. Here is a look at the star performers from all the action: […]
Wales announce team to host Boks
James Hook will start for Wales against South Africa at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday after making a last minute plea to the coaches to let him play. […]
Lions flanker Ferris out with knee injury
Ireland flanker Stephen Ferris will be replaced by Welshman Ryan Jones for the rest of the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa after injuring his knee, coach Ian McGeechan said on Tuesday. […]