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England could be the most foolish side in the Six Nations

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

• Austin Healey: How to stop rugby being boring • Scotland won't have a fear factor at Twickenham Rugby as a sport has always enjoyed playing up to its historic image of being for smarter players. ...

LV= Cup semi-final: Saracens v Northampton preview

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Find out more about the LV= Cup tournament Allianz Park, kick-off 12. 30pm, Saturday, March 14 Lee Dickson, the Northampton Saints scrum-half, says his side must replicate the intensity of their 31-24...

LV= Cup semi-final: Leicester v Exeter preview

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Find out more about the LV= Cup tournament Welford Road, kick-off 1pm, Sunday, March 15 Leicester, who qualified for the semi-finals of the LV= Cup as top seeds having collected 18 points from four...

England v Scotland: Vern Cotter's 'clannish' players don't feel fear factor at Twickenham for Six Nations clash

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

There will be no fear in the soul of those young Scotland backs as they step out at Twickenham on Saturday, no sense of foreboding about a stadium where no Scottish team has won in 32 years, no feelings...

Hannah Tyrrell: Making dreams a reality

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

From soccer as a young child and Gaelic football as a teenager to international rugby honours in her twenties, Hannah Tyrrell has had a varied athletic career.

Christianne Fahey: How sport helped change my life

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Scotland Women's second row Christianne Fahey knows first-hand how the power of sport can change lives.

Henshaw relishing tough midfield battle

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw is relishing the physical midfield battle he will face when his side visit Wales in the RBS 6 Nations on Saturday.

Warren Gatland "has the intellectual capacity of a tub of Flora", says Neil Francis

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

The build-up to an encounter between Warren Gatland’s Wales and Ireland is prone to descend into controversy and this weekend’s match is no exception with the Wales management hitting back at a former...

Six Nations 2015: Paul O'Connell's incredible journey from stacking shelves to 100 Ireland caps

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Limerick evokes an unmistakeable sense of remoteness. To reach the city by train from Dublin, one must alight at a faceless junction stop in the midst of a peaty wilderness and then take a single-track...

England v Scotland, Six Nations 2015: Stuart Lancaster's team awoken by no holds-barred training session

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Stuart Lancaster admits he had to calm down training match as a fired-up England prepare for Calcutta Cup