Austin Healey: We must protect the sport of rugby union as well as the players
1 decade ago by The TelegraphRugby is a sport that features lots of high-impact collisions with big people running into each other at speed. You cannot make that safe. Tackles will be mistimed, accidents will happen and players...
Big hits are fair currency in the land of the giants
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumFirm but fair forwards such as Courtney Lawes and Nathan Hughes bring an edge to the game that we do not want to lose, writes Tom May.
Lawes plotting Clermont upset
1 decade ago by Sky Sports RugbyCourtney Lawes is confident Northampton can maintain their superb away form when they travel to Clermont Auvergne on Saturday.
Craig Maxwell-Keys shouldn't have refereed Northampton vs Wasps
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsGeorge North’s concussion at Franklin’s Gardens on Friday night was very worrying, because he suffered those two huge bangs to the head for Wales against England in the recent RBS Six Nations, as...
Could Matt Kvesic take England to the next level?
1 decade ago by Gloucestershire EchoOnce again England finished as bridesmaids in the Six Nations but there is little doubt they are heading in the right direction with the World Cup looming on the horizon. Now it's about fine tuning and...
Northampton v Wasps (Fri)
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsPremiership leaders Northampton welcome back hat-trick-scoring Wales winger George North and England pair Dylan Hartley and Courtney Lawes from Six Nations international duty. Tom Wood is included...
Scotland legend Rutherford blasts England 'effort' jibes
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumJohn Rutherford has rubbished the notion that Scotland could have tried harder against Ireland on the final day of the Six Nations as 'absolute crap'. Ireland's 40-10 victory at Murrayfield left England...
Six Nations 2015: Scotland dismiss England claims as 'absolute c***'
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsScotland legend John Rutherford has dismissed English claims that his country did not try hard enough against Ireland on Saturday as “absolute crap”. Ireland took the Six Nations title after beating...
Nick 'Honey Badger' Cummins makes a popular return to Super Rugby
1 decade ago by Rugby DumpRugby fans across the world will be all to familiar with Nick 'The Honey Badger' Cummins, mostly due to his outstanding interviews coining such phrases as 'sweating like a gypsy with a mortgage' and 'going...
Courtney Lawes lays into another unsuspecting flyhalf, this time Jules Plisson
1 decade ago by Rugby DumpFrance number ten Jules Plisson was left wondering who had allowed a runaway bull into Twickenham on Saturday, only to return from a world of pain to realise it was England second row Courtney Lawes who...
