Six Nations 2017: France v Wales Prediction

- March 17, 2017March 17, 2017

The second warm-up act takes place in Paris, which actually looks fairly tricky to predict. Aside from Italy, there has only been one away win in the Six Nations so far, with England beating Wales in Cardiff, so my starting position is leaning towards France.But the Welsh performance in

Six Nations 2017: Wales team to play France

- March 15, 2017

Rob Howley has named an unchanged team to take on France in Paris this weekend.WALES TEAM Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon) (70 Caps) George North (Northampton Saints) (68 Caps) Jonathan Davies (Scarlets) (63 Caps) Scott Williams (Scarlets) (45 Caps) Liam Williams (Scarlets) (41 Caps) Dan Biggar (Ospreys) (55 Caps) Rhys Webb (Ospreys) (27 Caps) Rob Evans (Scarlets) (16 Caps) Ken Owens

Six Nations 2017: Round 4 Team of the Week

- March 14, 2017March 14, 2017

Here is the Team of the Week for the Six Nations Round 4, which is entirely objective based solely on points from the Superbru

Best Of The Weekend: Jones’ Warriors Secure Successive Titles

- March 13, 2017March 13, 2017

England go back to backEddie Jones' tenure as England coach goes from strength to strength. Their demolition job of the best Scotland side we have seen in years, coupled with Ireland's loss to Wales, means they have secured back to back titles. They also have the opportunity to make it

Six Nations 2017: Italy v France Prediction

- March 10, 2017March 10, 2017

I'm not sure what to make of Italy after the Twickenham debacle of a match. I don't begrudge their non-ruck tactic, which worked so well to stifle England's attack, but looking back, I'm with Eddie Jones when he says you can't judge either team on the actual Rugby.So The

Best Of The Weekend: Scots Step Up while England struggles

- February 27, 2017February 27, 2017

Second half surge sees Scotland to victoryIt wasn't meant to be so convincing. They had their talismanic skipper injured, alongside a glut of other first choice names. Not to mention, they were coming off the back of a galling loss to France. But, Scotland broke a ten year wait for

Rate the Match: Ireland v France 2017

- February 25, 2017February 24, 2017

Tell us what you thought of today's match in Dublin - what were the main talking points?Give the match a rating out of ten, and then share your opinions in the comments below.

Six Nations 2017: Ireland v France Prediction

- February 24, 2017February 24, 2017

There has been some discussion on the blog this week about whether Ireland have been slightly overrated since their win over the All Blacks in November. I think there's an element of that, similar to when England beat New Zealand in 2012, but there's no question that this is

Six Nations 2017: Ireland team to play France

- February 23, 2017

Joe Schmidt has named the Ireland team to play France, with Johnny Sexton returning from injury.Ireland 15. Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 74 caps 14. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 56 caps 13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 5 caps 12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 26 caps 11. Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster) 30 caps 10. Johnny Sexton (St Mary's College/Leinster) 63 caps 9.

Six Nations 2017: France team to play Ireland

- February 23, 2017February 23, 2017

Guy Noves has named the France team to face Ireland in Dublin this weekend.France: 15 Scott Spedding 14 Yoann Huget 13 Rémi Lamerat 12 Gaël Fickou 11 Noa Nakaitaci 10 Camille Lopez 9 Baptiste Serin 8 Louis Picamoles 7 Kévin Gourdon 6 Bernard le Roux 5 Yoann Maestri 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina 3 Rabah Slimani 2 Guilhem Guirado (c) 1 Cyril BailleReplacements: 16 Christopher Tolofua,