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New Shark Lood Homes In On London Irish Prey

MAD keen as he is about golf, Lood de Jager can’t wait to swap the driving range for driving mauls as he prepares to make his long-awaited Sale Sharks debut.

Funds Aren't Available To Follow French Route

So now the answer to English rugby’s problems is – according to Richard Hill and Louis Grimoldby in last week’s Rugby Paper – to replicate the French tier 1 and 2 structure.

Spittle: Late Developers May Be Lost To The Game

Nottingham's history-making winger Jack Spittle fears more late bloomers like himself may be potentially lost to the professional game because of Championship funding cuts.

Young Exiles wings are on fire warns Naholo

WORLD Cup-winning All Blacks wing Waisake Naholo urges Eddie Jones to cap London Irish twinterrors Ollie HassellCollins and Ben Loader as a matter of priority.

Tuilagi has mischievous smile that says - I'm ready

ANY time the England forwards play with competitive edge and willingness to run onto the ball from depth and win the collisions they are a different side – and difficult to beat, as Ireland found out last weekend.

Gatland would never have whinged like Pivac

At last the England team have given their fans something to shout about, at least for one half of the game with an impressive starting 40 minutes last Sunday against Ireland.

Freddie quits Bath to try out life in France

FREDDIE Burns is weighing up moving abroad after telling Bath he won’t be staying at the Rec next season

The biggest mistake made by Nigel Wray? Loving rugby!

Let’s start with disclosure. Premiership Rugby is keen on that. I have known Nigel Wray for most of the professional rugby era.

Worsley in the frame for Wasps return

JOE WORSLEY could make a return to Wasps who are set to confirm they are parting company with Dai Young.

Tuilagi is so vital, Eddie must find another one!

THE debate over whether the 10-12 combination of George Ford and Owen Farrell is the best trigger for England to develop their attack, in pursuit of becoming the world’s best team, is one that has carried over from the World Cup into today’s England-Ireland match at Twickenham.

Pivac blast at ref in row over Wales ‘penalty try'

Alun Wyn: There was case for penalty try

Romain holds glory in his gifted hands for France

ANY lingering doubts that France are on their way back as a formidable force were banished as they tore into Wales from the outset in Cardiff, and then refused to relinquish their grip during the remainder of a pulsating ebb-and-flow contest.

England need to get smart or pay price against Irish

THE quality of rugby in the Six Nations has not been the greatest, perhaps because we have not been fortunate with the weather so far. Instead, we’ve seen flashes and glimpses of what it could be rather than sustained excellence.

Escape from Nazis got Olly his Welsh cap

The Six Nations has never been short on journeys of a miraculous nature but this one might just trump them all, from its murderous start to its thunderous finish.

Courtney aiming to give Irish a shiner

COURTNEY Lawes shrugged off a nasty training ground eye injury and insisted it will not stop him going blow for blow with the Irish at Twickenham today.

World Cup man Wilson tunes up for England

HAVING played in his first game since the World Cup final, back row Mark Wilson is hoping to help Sale enjoy a big end to the season and push his claim for an England recall.

We should all applaud the TMO not jeer him

During last weekend’s Six Nations match between Wales and Italy, we had a perfect example of why TMO reviews have made elite rugby a much better game, but it also highlighted just how much further some commentators and pundits still need to move to keep up with the times!

The tale of four centres obliterates all thoughts of Boks invasion

WHAT with an election in Ireland yesterday and the mother of all storms coming in from the west, the rugby faithful weren’t short of conversation subjects before a fascinating game between two unbeaten sides looking to launch their 2020 Six Nations campaign in earnest.

Sharks let rip in first half feeding frenzy

FOR a club as ambitious as Sale, a first piece of silverware in 14 years would do nicely this season.

Ruthless Galthie will be out to crush Italy

BEFORE the 2020 Six Nations began there was widespread speculation that Fabian Galthie would start almost all of his outstanding crop of youngsters and newcomers against Italy, but in a welcome sign that today always matters more than tomorrow, the France coach has gone with his strongest possible line-up.

Fleetwood braced for Scots backlash

RED ROSES flanker Vicky Fleetwood is expecting Scotland to be a different beast to the one England tamed 80-0 last year at Twickenham en route to winning the Grand Slam.

Doherty's late dash seals comeback win

ALAN Dickens praised his team’s character and composure after England produced another clinical late finish to make it two wins from two in the U20s Six Nations.

Bath Ready To Offer Lozowski A New Challenge

BATH are leading the hunt for Alex Lozowski as the departures from disgraced Premiership champions Saracens pick up the pace.

Can Lieutenant Andy Cut It As The Head Honcho?

You will hear much talk over the coming weeks about whether Andy Farrell is made of the right stuff to be the head coach of Ireland or whether, in fact, he is one of nature’s number twos, a favourite sporting cliché.

Georgia Will Use The Boks To Gatecrash Six Nations

Brendan Gallagher looks at the strength of the countries playing in the European Nations Cup

Wales Good Cop, Bad Cop – Pivac Knows How To Handle Players

Gary Fitzgerald looks at the likely impact Wayne Pivac will have on Wales

Overall, there is sadness at end of Saracens' era

THE Saracens salary cap story is a sad episode for a game in which values of honesty and integrity have always been considered important.

Eddie's men are chasing record £6m for a Slam

ENGLAND will hit the biggest jackpot in world rugby if they complete the Six Nations Grand Slam this season – £6,000,000.

Dallaglio: Big Dom's No.8 snub 'curious'

LAWRENCE Dallaglio is concerned a youthful and fired up French revolution could derail England’s Six Nations campaign.

Twenty Years Of Wonder As Six Nations Sparkles On

Brendan Gallagher looks back at the glories – and grumbles – from the start of the great tournament