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# england-rugby - Yesterday’s News
No doubt about it now as Chris Robshaw revealed as 1st Lions stand-by
Lions forwards coach Graham Rowntree said Craig Gilroy and Donnacha Ryan had both been close to selection.
# england-rugby - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Your first official Lions tour photo is here
And we want to know just how many of them are photoshopped in?
# england-rugby - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Tom Croft to edge Sean O’Brien out of Lions back row – Scott Quinnell
The former Wales and Lions international believes Warren Gatland will rely heavily on his touring Welshmen.
Lions hopefuls Ashton and Robshaw left out of England summer tour
Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care has also been omitted from the two-Test trip to Argentina.
# england-rugby - Sunday 17 March, 2013
Who wants to play ‘Spot the Welshman on the BBC panel’?
Jonathan Davies couldn’t keep the grin off his face after Wales nicked the Six Nations Championship in Cardiff last night.
# england-rugby - Sunday 6 January, 2013
VIDEO: England fly-half could miss 6 Nations opener after spear tackle
Toby Flood has been cited and faces a disciplinary hearing following the challenge on Worcester’s Andy Goode.
# england-rugby - Monday 3 December, 2012
Ireland to face France, Italy at 2015 Rugby World Cup
It’s nearly three years away but all eyes were on London this afternoon’s 2015 Rugby World Cup draw. Here’s how it all turned out.
# england-rugby - Saturday 10 November, 2012
Preview: England future starts against Fiji
Stuart Lancaster believes the relatively large influx of novice talent will enable England to break the cycle of always having to rebuild a team after the end of every World Cup.
# england-rugby - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
England set to give uncapped duo Fiji chance
Stuart Lancaster is due to confirm his starting XV and eight-man bench tomorrow.
# england-rugby - Friday 5 October, 2012
Magnificent seven: sports stars getting caught out
Kevin Pietersen, Tiger Woods and Mark Kennedy have all been included in this week’s edition.
# england-rugby - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
David Pocock ruled out for three months after knee surgery
Pocock is now unlikely to feature in the November meetings with England, Italy, Wales and France.
# england-rugby - Thursday 10 May, 2012
One more chance: Care recalled for England tour of South Africa
Stuart Lancaster has named a 42-man panel for the five-match tour next month.
# england-rugby - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Smith turns down England coaching role for ‘personal reasons’
All Blacks coach Wayne Smith has informed the RFU that he will not joining Stuart Lancaster’s backroom team.
# england-rugby - Thursday 12 April, 2012
Club first: Farrell turns down England role
Andy Farrell will pass on the opportunity to coach his son, Owen, for both club and country.
# england-rugby - Monday 2 April, 2012
Possibility of becoming England captain helped Hartley get a lighter ban for biting
The Northampton Saints hooker was given glowing references by forwards coach Graham Rowntree during his disciplinary hearing for the incident involving Stephen Ferris.
# england-rugby - Saturday 31 March, 2012
Kyran Bracken: ‘Stuart Lancaster’s going to need support’
As a World Cup winner, veteran of 51 Test internationals and unlikely Dancing on Ice champion, the Skerries-born scrum-half isn’t exactly short on insight.
# england-rugby - Thursday 29 March, 2012
RFU reward Stuart Lancaster with England job
The RFU have confirmed they’ve agreed a four-year contract with the 42-year-old.
# england-rugby - Friday 23 March, 2012
England’s Danny Care questioned over alleged assault
England and Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care arrested for the fourth time in three months.
# england-rugby - Thursday 22 March, 2012
Must do better: Ireland’s Six Nations end-of-term report card
Ireland have been often brilliant, frequently decent and occasionally awful in recent years. In this Six Nations Championship, they were all three at some stage.
# england-rugby - Monday 19 March, 2012
Tommy Bowe warns of New Zealand bloodbath
Declan Kidney will have to pick his men up after a disappointing end to the Six Nations, with the All Blacks on the horizon.
# england-rugby - Saturday 17 March, 2012
Six Nations: Kidney: Ross injury was the turning point
Declan Kidney was making no excuses for Ireland’s poor showing against England at Twickenham, and said his side would have lessons to learn.
Six Nations: How Ireland rated against England
It really wasn’t pretty, was it?
As it happened: England v Ireland, Six Nations
A St. Patrick’s Day showdown with the old enemy! Could Kidney’s men quash Lancaster’s English renaissance? Review our live coverage to find out.
As it happened: Italy v Scotland, Six Nations
It’s the final day of the Six Nations, and we started off our coverage with Italy taking on Scotland at the Stadio Olimpico.
Open thread: how do you think Ireland will do against England today?
Ireland face a resurgent England at Twickenham in a much-anticipated St Patrick’s Day showdown.
# england-rugby - Thursday 15 March, 2012
No shortage of motivation to beat old enemy – Bowe
Tommy Bowe is aiming to finish the Six Nations on a high, and maybe even grab himself a sneaky try-scoring record along the way.
Has Ireland’s new-look coaching set-up reinvigorated the squad?
Anthony Foley has come due to Ger Smal’s unfortunate ill-health. But has the enforced change helped Declan Kidney’s backroom?
Strettle passed fit for Twickenham test
England have made just one change to the starting XV which beat France in the Stade de France last weekend.
# england-rugby - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
O’Callaghan backing another ‘special day’ at Twickenham
“The tingles that you got from your first cap don’t change,” according to the veteran Munster man.
Will the real Six Nations team of the tournament please stand up…
Yesterday’s award shortlist was a farce, writes Tom Fox. Here’s who should be lauded.
Big talk: Ferris brands English ‘bad losers’
Stephen Ferris is the latest to stoke the flames ahead of Saturday’s visit to Twickenham.
Best Ireland ready for England challenge
Fresh from leading Ireland to a convincing victory over Scotland, Ulster’s Rory Best anticipates further improvement against England at Twickenham
The Morning Score: Wednesday
Every morning TheScore serves up the sports stories you need to be across before your first cup of coffee.
Heaslip: ‘Beating England is one of the most enjoyable things an Irishman can do’
The No.8 is looking forward to Saturday’s match.
# england-rugby - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Kidney announces side to face England
Leinster flanker Sean O’Brien rejoins the pack in anticipation of Ireland’s Six Nations showdown with England at Twickenham.
Opinion: England have come full circle
12 months on from an ambush in the Aviva, will England be wary of falling into the same old trap against Irish ‘underdogs’?
# england-rugby - Monday 12 March, 2012
Looking back: here’s what the Scottish papers said about Ireland on Saturday
Section of the visitors’ media criticised the Irish for playing “very close to the edge of the laws all the time”.
It’s Monday, so here’s your Six Nations team of the week
Donnacha Ryan made it, but who are the 14 others to join him? Right this way.
Five things we learned from this week’s Six Nations
On the penultimate weekend of the championship, there was still scope for surprise. Who knew?
# england-rugby - Sunday 11 March, 2012
Six Nations as it happened: France v England
We went minute-by-minute as France attempted to keep their Six Nations Championship hopes alive against England.



























































