Best of the Weekend: England smash Wallabies to complete positive Autumn Series

- November 26, 2018November 26, 2018

It might have been a predictable result at Twickenham on Saturday, but I think the majority of fans will be content with the November Internationals from England's point of view, who were a controversial TMO decision from winning all four matches. We mustn’t get carried away though, there is still

Best of the Weekend: Ireland hold on to beat the All Blacks

- November 19, 2018November 19, 2018

Wow oh wow, everything about that game was just mesmeric, Chicago was history-making as was the game versus England at Croke Park in ‘07 but this will live long in the memory. Yet again it was a game of fine margins, the All Blacks have gone through that scenario three

Best of the Weekend: So close but so far for England

- November 12, 2018

Call me biased or a sore loser, but in my opinion that is one of the worst decisions ever made by a television match official. I have nothing personally against Marius Jonker, everyone makes a mistake but in perhaps one of the biggest refereeing calls of the season it was

Best of the Weekend: Late controversy as England hold on to beat South Africa

- November 5, 2018November 5, 2018

Eddie Jones’ England has gone through two grand-slam deciders yet this opening Autumn Internationals test was probably the most significant of the Aussie’s career. The heat was on for him and in a very tense match, England held on for victory. The game was not without controversy as Owen Farrell,

Best of the Weekend: Heartbreak and upsets across the World

- October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

Saracens score late to get their first win at the Stoop since 2014 The Twickenham Stoop has been a bogey ground for Saracens of late, the defending Champions haven’t won a game there since the 2014/15 season and until the closing minutes on Saturday night it looked as though Quins had

The East Midlands Derby: Charity Match Preview & Prediction

- October 5, 2018October 7, 2018

Date: Saturday 6 October 2018 Venue: Twickenham Stadium Kick-off: 15:00pm BST Northampton Saints Of course, we all remember the shocking tragedy of Rob Horne’s life-changing injury to his arm in April 2018 where in the Welford Road incarnation of the Derby, a perfectly legal tackle from Sione Kalamafoni in the opening seconds of

Best of the Weekend: Northampton win absolute thriller

- October 1, 2018October 1, 2018

Northampton Saints were unfancied when they faced the Bristol Bears on Saturday afternoon as their opponents had won both their home games this season. The game itself was a showcase of supreme rugby with both traditional pick-and-go tries, then equisite cross-kicks and brute power all on display. In the end

Best of the Weekend: Saracens continue winning run

- September 24, 2018September 24, 2018

The Sunday afternoon fixture between defending champions Saracens and the much-fancied Gloucester was well-hyped pre-match, especially given the head-to-head between fly-halves Owen Farrell and Danny Cipriani. However the game was very much a one-sided affair, Saracens were just a class apart with the Wolfpack laying down the platform for the

Best of the Weekend: Springboks shock New Zealand in their own backyard

- September 17, 2018September 17, 2018

In arguably their best performance of this decade, South Africa put on a display that mirrored the finest Springbok teams with great power in the pack lead by Malcom Marx, Steven Kitshoff, Franco Mostert and captain Siya Kolisi whilst the exquisite attack of Willie le Roux and Aphiwe Dyantyi proved

Best of the Weekend: Bristol Bears Start With a Bang

- September 3, 2018September 3, 2018

Newly promoted Bristol Bears have started their Premiership campaign in front of a packed out Ashton Gate with a gruelling victory over West Country rivals Bath. Bath made a catalogue of errors and Bristol dug in so hard to win and while it wasn’t pretty, it was certainly a compelling