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Premiership

2014 - 2015

Sir Clive Woodward meets old France sparring partner Bernard Laporte

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

Sportsmail columnist Sir Clive Woodward was in charge of England and his counterpart was Bernard Laporte, the head coach then and now president of the French union. This week, they were reunited. ...

Red card not enough as Higginbotham gets suspended for dangerous tackle

8 years ago by Rugby Dump

The Queensland Reds will be without the services of loose forward Scott Higginbotham for a few weeks after he was suspended for the dangerous tackle that he was red carded for on Friday. He pleaded guilty...

England boss Eddie Jones must ditch the antics

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

Never judge a team by one performance — good or bad — is a pretty good maxim but as the dust settles this week, England and Eddie Jones do need to acknowledge they have some major issues. ,

Stockdale seals third straight Ireland win in Dublin thriller

8 years ago by Rugby Dump

A late interception try from Jacob Stockdale enabled Ireland to claim a thrilling 35-27 victory over Wales at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin to keep their 6 Nations title hopes alive. Wales leapt to an early...

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Wales v Ireland is a tough one to call

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

Ireland are a class team, have made a good start to the tournament and are at home. Against that, they are missing three players - Robbie Henshaw, Iain Henderson and Tadhg Furlong. ,

If they all do their jobs then England are unstoppable

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Scotland will come out firing at Murrayfield on Saturday but England have reached the point in their development where they are totally in charge of these encounters. ,

Sir Clive Woodward's key Scotland v England battles

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

Scotland host England at Murrayfield in the Six Nations on Saturday afternoon. Here, Sir Clive Woodward picks out three key battles ahead of the match. ,

Sir Clive Woodward: Wales on the wrong end of bad decision

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: If I was Warren Gatland I would be on the blower on Monday morning asking why we need TMOs from 12,000 miles away in New Zealand for Six Nations games. ,

Scintillating Sam Simmonds will put Wales to the sword

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

Nobody has more admiration for Wales’s impressive win over Scotland than me, but I still make England strong favourites to triumph at Twickenham. ,

Eddie Jones and Warren Gatland have got so much in common

8 years ago by Daily Mail - Sir Clive Woodward Column

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: We have a fantastic England-Wales match to savour on Saturday, and we also have an intriguing head-to-head between Eddie Jones and Warren Gatland. ,