NEW ZEALAND host France in the first of their three-Test series on Saturday. And the game takes on greater significance with next year’s World Cup in Japan in mind. Unfortunately this is a game that has been beset by All Blacks’ injuries. They have, for instance, been forced at add three forwards to their squad in […]
JAMIE GEORGE will step out of Dylan Hartley’s shadow in South Africa as he looks to take England forward. Hartley’s understudy has been handed his big chance after the old Red Rose captain was told to stand down for the summer due to concussion problems. Having started all three Lions Tests against the All Blacks […]
BRAD SHIELDS finally met his new England teammates – weeks after being allowed into their WhatsApp group. The New Zealand-born flanker arrived in South Africa on Monday night and is one of Eddie Jones’ most controversial picks to date as he still plays outside of the Premiership, despite qualifying through English parents. And although he […]
ENGLAND landed in the Rainbow Nation with a club vs country storm continuing to brew. But after checking into the Beverly Hills hotel and serving up some Hollywood one-liners, boss Eddie Jones got onto the serious business of facing South Africa. This tour isn’t about “rugby’s Donald Trump,” Bruce Craig, and the Bath owners feud […]
EDDIE JONES blasted Bath owner Bruce Craig as the “Donald Trump of rugby” as their war of words hotted up. Craig first hit out at the “totally unacceptable” amount of injuries suffered in the Red Rose camp after Beno Obano was ruled out for up to a YEAR with a knee and hamstring problem. The Premiership have […]