Going into the World Cup, anyone that was talking up England’s chances had clearly not being watching any rugby over August. Or the Six Nations for that matter. Or even the autumn internationals in 2022. Actually for most of 2022 as well. Now after three matches of the World Cup, where England have conceded the […]
Owen Farrell who? The England captain was barely missed on Saturday as England opened their World Cup campaign with an unexpected dispatching of Argentina. Yes, there were no tries, but England defended well and forced Argentina into plenty of errors. Oh, and George Ford kicked 27 points, with nine of those points coming by way […]
Former England head coach and now Australia head coach Eddie Jones delivered a scathing criticism of the RFU today and their failure to bring through talent. As a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the England coach of seven years seemed to sympathise with current head coach Steve Borthwick as he has an “ageing” squad […]
South Africa and Leicester Tigers fans were given some good news yesterday as fly-half Handre Pollard was filmed training at Leicester’s Oval Park training ground. The video showed the 29-year-old successfully kicking for goal from the touchline, which might actually be more important than many think. Pollard missed out on Jacques Nienaber’s World Cup squad […]
