Long-awaited return of Manu Tuilagi increases England’s options
8 years ago by The GuardianThe Leicester centre has not played for his country since 2016 but will give Eddie Jones more scope for choice in personnel and tactics in the upcoming autumn internationalsIt is six years since New Zealand...
Monday Morning Round Up
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyChampions Cup Team of the Competition After Two Rounds Following two rounds of fantastic action in the Champions Cup, we take a look at what a potential team of the competition would look like. There...
Dai Young calls for overhaul after ‘ridiculous’ ban for Nathan Hughes
8 years ago by The Guardian• The Wasps forward has been banned for six weeks• Hughes will miss three of England’s internationalsThe Wasps director of rugby, Dai Young, has described Nathan Hughes’s six-week ban – which...
Eddie Jones splits captaincy between Dylan Hartley and Owen Farrell
8 years ago by The Guardian• England role shared during the autumn internationals• ‘I’ll be sacked if we don’t win at least one game,’ Jones saysEddie Jones has claimed the England captaincy has become too big for one...
Just when England rugby needs clarity the waters have been muddied | Robert Kitson
8 years ago by The GuardianEddie Jones was at his complicated best as he shared the thinking behind his 36-man squad for the autumn internationalsThe big problem with coaching England, believes Eddie Jones, is the media. In a nutshell...
Cipriani misses out but Morgan earns call-up for England's autumn Tests
8 years ago by The GuardianNo place for in-form Gloucester fly-half in Eddie Jones’s squadNo 8 Ben Morgan picked for first time since 2015 as injuries biteDanny Cipriani has been omitted from England’s squad for next month’s...
England's Nathan Hughes suspended for six weeks after 'what a joke' tweet
8 years ago by The GuardianWasps No 8 will miss three of England’s four internationalsHughes punished for punching an opponent and ill-timed tweet Nathan Hughes has been suspended for six weeks and is unavailable for three of...
England blow as Mako Vunipola joins Eddie Jones’s injury list
8 years ago by The Guardian•Calf tear rules Saracens prop out of Autumn internationals•Eddie Jones has now lost 15 key players for November TestsEngland’s injury crisis for next month’s autumn internationals has deepened...
New Connacht contract for ‘delighted’ Quinn Roux
8 years ago by Breaking News.ie : RugbyQuinn Roux got an early birthday present this week: He wrapped up a two-year contract extension, but the ideal way to celebrate his 28th birthday, at the end of the month, would be with inclusion in the...
Nathan Hughes in dark over England future after delay in disciplinary case
8 years ago by The Guardian• Hughes’ hearing for punching mysteriously postponed• Wasps’ No 8 faces being banned for autumn internationalsNathan Hughes must wait up to a week to find out if he can play any part in England’s...
