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Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones has been named as the Six Nations Player of 2019, as reported on BBC Sport. The lock helped Wales to a famous Grand Slam this year and won the award through a public vote. The veteran beat three fellow Welshmen on the shortlist – Josh Adams, Liam Williams and Hadleigh Parkes, who […]
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has ordered England manager Eddie Jones to focus on his own team’s match, as reported on BBC Sport. Gatland was responding to comments made by Jones about the fitness of the Wales team heading into a decisive weekend of the Six Nations. Wales, England and Ireland all have a chance to […]
Welsh international Taulupe Faletau has been ruled out of the Six Nations tournament as he is set to undergo surgery, as reported on Talking Rugby Union. The number eight suffered a broken arm whilst playing for Bath in January and was only expected to be out for eight weeks. However, after being assessed by specialists and […]
England’s Maro Itoje will miss the Six Nations matches against France and Wales after suffering an injury in the victory over Ireland, as reported on BBC Sport. The forward suffered medial ligament damage last Saturday and was seen celebrating the victory on crutches. He is expected to be out of action for two to four weeks, […]
The defending champions Ireland host England on Saturday afternoon at the Aviva Stadium in what promises to be an entertaining clash. England will be desperate to avenge their loss against Ireland at last year’s tournament, whilst Ireland will be hoping to continue their good form from a year ago. Both sides are filled with skilful, talented and […]
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has named Tomos Williams in his starting lineup for the Six Nations opener against France, according to a report on BBC Sport. Gatland has chosen to start the scrum-half ahead of Gareth Davies, who has to settle for a place on the bench. Twitter: TEAM NEWS Your Wales side to take […]
Leigh Halfpenny has been ruled out of Wales’ opening Six Nations match against France, as reported on BBC Sport. The back has not played since he suffered a concussion on 10th November during Wales’ win over Australia in a friendly match in Cardiff. He was clattered into by Semu Kerevi and Wales were left furious with […]
Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton is expected to be fit in time for the Six Nations opener against England, according to a report on BBC Sport. Leinster boss Leo Cullen has admitted that Sexton should be back to full fitness after suffering a knee injury, keeping him out of action for almost one month. Cullen is confident […]
Scotland manager Gregor Townsend has named seven uncapped players in his 39-man squad for the 2019 Six Nations tournament, as reported on BBC Sport. Due to injuries to Fraser Brown and George Turner, Townsend has called up three uncapped hookers, Jake Kerr of Leicester, Edinburgh’s Dave Cherry and Glasgow’s Grant Stewart. Twitter: BREAKING | Head Coach Gregor […]
Current Ireland defence coach Andy Farrell will become the country’s head coach when Joe Schmidt steps down from his role after next year’s World Cup. Farrell joined the Ireland set up in 2016 after spending a four-year spell as an assistant coach with England. The 43-year-old is the father of current England star Owen Farrell […]
England flanker Chris Robshaw has been ruled out of the upcoming autumn internationals with a knee injury, according to a report on BBC Sport. The Harlequins man has had surgery on his knee and his injury means that the list of absent players for England continues to increase. Twitter: Gutted!!! Surgery went well, time to rest […]
England head coach Eddie Jones has revealed that his players can only begin to start thinking about the World Cup once the squad has been picked and until then, he wants them to remain fully focused. Jones admitted that his side still needs to improve on a lot of things if they are to challenge […]