Best of the Weekend: Edinburgh secure home quarterfinal

- January 21, 2019January 21, 2019

It was simple: Edinburgh had to win. Three clubs' (including Glasgow) quarterfinal chances were riding on this, but the Scotsmen were focused more on getting a seemingly impossible home quarterfinal as well as ensuring a complete Scottish presence in the last 8 alongside the Glasgow Warriors. The match was not

England can take heart from performance against New Zealand

- November 14, 2018November 14, 2018

So England eventually fell short. They went down 15-16 to the world champions, undone by the tightest of TMO decisions and some sloppy play in the final minutes. First of all, let's address that disallowed try. I know some people will disagree – and disagree strongly – with me, but I

Autumn Internationals 2018: Round 1 Predictions

- November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Firstly, if you haven't yet joined our pool for the Autumn Internationals on Superbru, please do so here and see if you can beat me... It's a good tournament on Superbru, with all the big teams in action as well as some of the smaller ones that make predictions that much

Best Of The Weekend: England Salvage Pride

- June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

May’s try gives England much needed victory A tour in which English rugby has been given a massive dose of reality finished with a ray of light in Cape Town. Two weeks of errors being repeated and repeated and repeated gave way to a more disciplined and controlled performance in their

June Internationals 2018: Round 3 Predictions

- June 22, 2018June 22, 2018

Lots of upsets last week, and my refusal to acknowledge that this experimental Wales side is better than Argentina has been costing me on Superbru. Going into the final round of matches, predictions may be even harder with a couple of dead rubbers in store. Fiji v Tonga The home side appears to

Best Of The Weekend: Pressure Builds On Jones

- June 18, 2018June 18, 2018

England’s South Africa tour continues to create problems For the second week in a row, England managed to undo the good work they had done in the early parts of their fixture against South Africa. It is a growing concern that they are unable to react to the way a game

June Internationals 2018: Round 2 Predictions

- June 15, 2018June 15, 2018

It was a slightly disappointing 6 from 9 last weekend, as I failed to pick Japan's win over Italy, Wales' beating Argentina and of course South Africa's remarkable victory over England. There are another 9 games coming up tomorrow, and we're looking to bounce back. Tonga v Samoa Both sides suffered narrow defeats

Best Of The Weekend: Springbok Comeback Stuns England

- June 11, 2018June 11, 2018

South Africa lay waste to England’s foundations Watching the opening 20 minutes of England’s opening fixture on their tour to South Africa, you’d have been forgiven for thinking that the clock had reversed and taken you back to late 2016/early 2017. Back then, Eddie Jones’s side were looking to topple the

June Internationals 2018: Round 1 Predictions

- June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Yes, I know there was a test match last week, and in Superbru this is marked as round two, but that Wales v South Africa match was such a non-event, and the real action gets underway tomorrow. Here are my predictions for this weekend's outstanding lineup of rugby fixtures. Tonga v Georgia Not

Autumn Internationals 2017: Round 3 Predictions

- November 24, 2017November 22, 2017

Greetings from sunny Sydney, my final stop on this trip before heading home for the weekend. I watched the England v Australia match at 2am here, and they kept muting the 'analyst comments' from Sir Clive and Will Greenwood, which I found quite amusing - it may have been