ELLIS GENGE is already big in Japan. And if England’s propzilla wants to terrorise Tokyo in 2019 – then ripping apart a Samoan scrum at Twickenham today would kick-start his World Cup push. The mean-machine front-rower, nicknamed StoneGenge for his big hits and bulldozing carries, makes his first start at HQ – almost five years […]
READING have taken unprecedented steps to ensure their Madejski Stadium turf remains pitch-ure perfect – by installing a revolutionary SISGrass hybrid system. Jaap Staam has got the Royals playing some lovely stuff since taking charge of the club in the summer of 2016. The former Manchester United star almost guided the Berkshire side to the […]
DAN MUGFORD takes a deep breath as he looks across Plymouth Harbour and relives his darkest secrets. In July the fly-half attempted suicide. Twice. Today, the 25-year-old can talk about how his Premiership dream turned into a nightmare after Sale Sharks rejected the chance to take up the second year of his contract. Mugford was […]
RUGBY’S American adventure flopped in the brave new world. In sports-mad Philadelphia where baseball and American football have dominated this week English egg-chasing made a typically British entrance on the east coast. Just 6,271 fans were tempted to spend their Saturday night at the Talen Energy Stadium, home of MLS side Philadelphia Union, on the […]
ROCKY fan Maro Itoje is ready to land a knockout blow on Newcastle Falcons in a Premiership dust-up in Philadelphia today. Saracens star Itoje, 22, warmed up by climbing the 72 stone steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art that were made famous by Sly Stallone in the lead role of the legendary […]