Maro Itoje says England are “ready to go” as they target an upset victory over Ireland that would launch their Guinness Six Nations in style. Itoje leads the team for the first time after taking over ...

It is an irony of rugby union that the captain of a team, tasked with engaging officials in delicate conversations that can ...

The main question is whether Ireland can go back-to-back-to-back? Will parity emerge? Or is France poised to take the crown ...

England's record cap holder Ben Youngs believes that Steve Borthwick has taken inspiration from New Zealand with his team ...

The Northampton scrum-half is highly rated by the Ireland management team and Jamison Gibson-Park will need to be at his best ...

Around 6pm on Tuesday, the England players sat on their hotel balcony, taking turns to have their hair cut, watching the sun ...

Leicester Tigers lock George Martin is closely linked to big figures in the English game - and he wants to leave a big ...

There is an immutable temptation in English rugby to put any player selected for national duty into a camp, a category, a silo. Maverick or yeoman? Frills man or functionary? Cavalier or Roundhead? It ...

Burke, who is included alongside Bath’s Finn Russell and Tom Jordan of Glasgow at fly-half, is one of two uncapped players in ...

While Ireland weren’t quite as convincing in the post-World Cup Guinness Men’s Six Nations, they still managed to secure ...

The 30-year-old has long been seen as captain-in-waiting, although Borthwick’s predecessor Eddie Jones said in 2021 that he doubted he would ever be promoted to the post, describing him as “very ...