6 Things We Learned From The Weekend’s Rugby

- December 20, 2016December 20, 2016

Saints Spoil Dublin Party The stage was set for a classic repeat of the 2011 final in Dublin between Leinster and Northampton Saints, especially after Leinster moved the match to the Aviva Stadium but unfortunately for the paying public what was played out was nothing more than a training session for

6 Things We Learned From The Weekend’s Rugby

- December 13, 2016December 13, 2016

Pro12 teams start to flex their musclesMany people were left eating humble pie at the weekend as the Pro12 teams had one of their most successful weekends of European Rugby, with 8 of the 12 picking up victories. There were some very straightforward and expectant victories in amongst them

6 Things We Learned From The Weekend’s Rugby

- December 6, 2016December 6, 2016

England are not as perfect as their record suggestsWhat a stellar year for England Rugby. Grand Slam, beating Australia four nil and now undefeated for a whole year. The sun is shining on the English Rose garden. Or is it?It is probably more of a comfort than a

Autumn Internationals 2016: England Player Ratings versus Australia

- December 5, 2016December 5, 2016

England looked like they were in danger of losing their impressive winning streak on Saturday after twenty minutes due to an Australian onslaught, but some resolute defending kept them in the game and in the second half they came out and showed everyone why they are as elevated in the

6 Things We Learned From The Weekend’s Rugby

- November 29, 2016November 29, 2016

England still need to face sternest test of the AutumnEngland showed tenacity and gall buy the bucket load in the face of adversity at the weekend, in a performance that may well be looked on in years to come as one of the defining moments of Eddie Jones’ tenure as

6 things we learned from the weekend’s rugby

- November 22, 2016November 22, 2016

Who exactly is refereeing the matches now?The much maligned Beauden Barrett try at the weekend will be debated for a long time and what effect it had on the final result in Dublin on Saturday evening, but what was most farcical was who made the final decision on it.Jaco Peyper

Autumn Internationals 2016: England Player Ratings Versus Fiji

- November 21, 2016November 21, 2016

15. Alex Goode – 7 Misjudged the first high kick of the match quite badly but as the game wore on and opened up then Goode came into his own.14. Semesa Rokoduguni – 8 Man of the match performance. Showed his pace and power whilst taking some brilliant high catches under

6 things we learned from the weekend’s rugby

- October 25, 2016November 10, 2016

Real test of England’s mettle due to comeThe honeymoon is well and truly over for Eddie Jones as the depth of talent in England Rugby is now going to be put to its sternest test.After losing big name players such as James Haskell, Anthony Watson and George Kruis for the

6 things we learned from the weekend’s rugby

- October 18, 2016October 18, 2016

Rugby community never fails to uniteAmongst all of the top class rugby at the weekend we had the tragic news of Anthony Foley’s death that put everything else that was happening on the pitch into mass perspective.The rugby world came together to unite in grief as rugby lost one of

6 things we learned from the weekend’s rugby

- October 11, 2016October 11, 2016

Sometimes you just have to sit back and admire the bestSix from Six in The Rugby Championship and a full house of 30 points - 17 more than their nearest rival - for the All Blacks means it looks very difficult to envisage where or when the men in Black