England made it 11 Test wins in a row by beating the Springboks, Wales got back on the horse after last weekend's loss, Scotland were pipped at the post and Ireland beat Canada. Who played a starring role and who fluffed their lines?Ben and gone: Youngs wrong-foots Springbok No 7 du Toit. (Photo: Getty Images)The Saints Ben Youngs and Co Joe Launchbury won the Man of the Match award but Ben Youngs made the …Continue reading »
England cantered to their first win over South Africa in 10 years at a packed out Twickenham, but the performance was far from perfectWinners are grinners: George Ford celebrates his tryBy Alex Shaw Eddie Jones’ England kept their undefeated year on track on Saturday, recording a 37-21 victory over South …Continue reading »
It was a weekend of contrasting fortunes for Ireland and Wales, as the former achieved a landmark win and the latter slumped to a dire defeat. With the Barbarians in action too, and Guinness Pro12 and Anglo-Welsh Cup matches to take in, there was plenty to write home about.Magic moment: Conor Murray (left) celebrates at Robbie Henshaw scores the final try. (Photo: Inpho)The Saints Conor Murray and Ireland Are there enough superlatives in the dictionary to describe Ireland’s 40-29 win over New …Continue reading »
In a desperately disappointing first Autumn outing, Wales were outthought, outfought and outplayed by the Wallabies. Expect the post-mortem to be long and arduousA dark day: Wales endured a punishing 80 minutes against the WallabiesThe slowest of slow starts Wales have become notoriously sluggish starters in the autumn internationals. However, Wales’ 32 – 8 …Continue reading »
