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Sir Clive Woodward picks his own England 'Gun XV'

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Thursday's squad announcement is the most important of Eddie Jones' England career, but I'm hoping there will be no fireworks or left-field selections. ,

Mako Vunipola ruled out of England's November tests

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Mako Vunipola will miss England's autumn Test series following his calf strain.   The Saracens' loosehead prop will be sidelined for six weeks, with lock Nick Isiekwe also ruled out for...

Bath’s Blackadder urges Burns to ‘get back on the horse’ after cup clanger

8 years ago by The Guardian

• Bath director of rugby offers backing to under-fire player• ‘We’ve got every confidence in Freddie – he’s a tough fella’The Bath director of rugby, Todd Blackadder, has urged Freddie Burns...

Rugby union: talking points from the European Champions Cup

8 years ago by The Guardian

Toulon’s nightmare speaks to French woes, Saracens are miles ahead of the pack and Freddie Burns had a weekend to forgetIt seemed as if all talking points would have to revolve around the 52-3 destruction...

Burns acted as if he’d scored his first ever try for the Under 13 Bs 

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I still cannot even start to understand what on earth was going through Freddie Burns’ head when he failed to touch down for Bath against Toulouse on Saturday afternoon, ,

Champions Cup TOTW - Round One

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

An enticing opening round of the Champions Cup has come to an end and it's time for us to pick our Team of the Week.   15. Gareth Anscombe - Cardiff Blues   An outstanding performance...

'The Lowe Show': Champions Cup Player of the Weekend

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

James Lowe is the recipient of our Round 1 Champions Cup Player of the Weekend following his one man demolition of Wasps at the RDS on Friday night. The New Zealander scored twice for the Irish province...

Champions Cup Highlights: Round One

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Watch the video highlights from Round One of the Champions Cup.   Leinster vs Wasps   Bath vs Toulouse   Exeter Chiefs vs Munster   Montpellier vs Edinburgh   Ulster...

126KG prop shows dazzling footwork to set up epic try in Champions Cup

8 years ago by Rugby Dump

Leinster and Ireland prop Tadhg Furlong showed superb footwork and a delicate offload to set up Leinster’s fourth try against Wasps on Friday.

“They’re too good a team to think you can defend against them for long periods" - Dai Young

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Dai Young, Wasps director of rugby, was left dismayed by his side’s performance against Leinster on Friday.   Wasps fell to a 52-3 loss to the champions after heading to into the break...