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 […]
Every England player (except the Bristol Bears players) would have been delighted at the news that Semi Radradra has left the Gallagher Premiership to move to Lyon, and the Fiji centre showed exactly why on Saturday at Twickenham. The centre was at his destructive best in Fiji’s first ever win over England, excelling in all […]
