England’s punishing schedule increases with Australia tour
1 decade ago by The TimesEngland could play at least 18 internationals in the space of 11 punishing months after a three-match series against Australia...
Lancaster paving way for next crop
1 decade ago by The TimesStuart Lancaster has a lot on his mind. England’s World Cup training camp begins on Monday, when all the planning...
England U20s confident they have found chinks in the Baby Blacks armour
1 decade ago by The TelegraphThere is more to Saturday's 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship final than New Zealand backs versus English pack, says Daniel Schofield
Historic Australia tour puts England players to the test
1 decade ago by The TimesEngland players face a punishing schedule over the next 12 months after a gruelling three-match tour of Australia was bolted...
Toulon chief wants champions to get top billing
1 decade ago by The TimesMourad Boudjellal, the Toulon president, has proposed a change to the Champions Cup seeding system after the European champions were...
Time for Vern Cotter to establish his captain
1 decade ago by The TimesVern Cotter likes a bit of rough. In his time in charge of Clermont Auvergne, Cotter started each season with...
Wasps and Bath to face European heavyweights in Champions Cup
1 decade ago by The TimesWasps and Bath have been handed a daunting European Champions Cup pool after being grouped with Toulon, the European champions...
Elder statesman Sean Lamont happy to graft for his cap landmark
1 decade ago by The TimesIt is hard to think of Sean Lamont — so long the Jack the Lad of the Scotland side —...
France centre Mathieu Bastareaud tried to commit suicide and suffered from bulimia in childhood
1 decade ago by The TelegraphFrance and Toulon centre reveals in autobiography he tried to kill himself in 2009 and suffered from bulimia in childhood
Vern Cotter turns to counter-terrorist expert for help
1 decade ago by The TimesVern Cotter, the Scotland head coach, has enlisted the help of a leading French counter-terrorist specialist to build mental strength...
