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Ireland v England: Rugby Insight with Matt Dawson

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Follow the match with IBM TryTracker England World Cup winner Matt Dawson uses stats from IBM TryTracker to look ahead to England's massive RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland. Taking on...

Keys to the Game: Ireland v England

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Follow the match with IBM TryTracker Drop everything on Sunday afternoon because you simply cannot miss the Six Nations clash in Dublin. It promises to be an epic – a battle not only to determine...

Goode and Nowell come in for England crunch clash

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Alex Goode will start his first Test for England in two years when he lines up against Ireland in the RBS 6 Nations on Sunday.

Ireland v England: Stuart Lancaster's settled team selection reflects feel-good factor in the camp

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

No shocks, a sense of inevitability, only two changes, one enforced, one through choice – these are good signs for England. The sense of well-being in camp is reflected in the lack of surprise...

Promotion and relegation integral part of English rugby - forget about the Exeters if you pull up the trap door

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Promotion and relegation are integral parts of the sporting DNA of these isles. You prosper, you go up. You stuff up, you go down. You meddle with that principle at your peril. It ought...

Ireland v England: Joe Schmidt's ploys mean George Ford is in for a rough Six Nations ride in Dublin

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Joe Schmidt is one of the finest rugby tacticians on the planet and you can bet he will have a few tricks up his sleeve against England, particularly when it comes to dealing with George Ford. So far...

Ireland v England: Much more to Alex Goode than an elegant playmaker

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Ian Smith remembers thinking that Alex Goode had got his positioning wrong. The Arundel winger seemed to have a clear route to the corner when, from nowhere, Goode flew in to take player, ball,...

France v Wales - preview

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Leigh Halfpenny has had to adjust to a new cuisine, culture and language since leaving Cardiff but as far as the rugby is concerned, he insists Wales and France speak much the same tongue.

Scotland v Italy - preview

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter is wary of a physical Italian test as he welcomes the Azzurri to BT Murrayfield in search of a maiden 2015 RBS 6 Nations victory.

Chouly won't rest on his laurels

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Damien Chouly insists his role as line-out caller does not guarantee him a permanent starting spot, as Philippe Saint-Andre's side look to kick-start their RBS 6 Nations campaign against Wales.