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France have embarrassingly been forced to drop David Smith from their squad ahead of their Friday night clash with Wales after discovering that he is not eligible to represent the nation. The French Rugby Federation have been left red-faced after the debacle as the Samoan-born winger believed he had managed to earn his first call-up […]
Ireland’s 2016 RBS Six Nations campaign has taken another turn for the worse as Sean O’Brien, Mike McCarthy and Dave Kearney have been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament after the trio suffered injuries in their 10-9 loss to France last Saturday. The news comes as another blow to head coach Joe Schmidt […]
Former World Rugby medical advisor Dr. Barry O’Driscoll has admitted that Wales star George North may have to consider his career and may be forced to retire should he receive another concussion. The current Northampton Saints and Wales winger has already suffered from a number of concussion injuries already in his promising career and had […]
Wasps are preparing a sensational £1.4million-a-season offer to lure Australian flanker David Pocock to England as the star considers a sabbatical. Reports claim that the Coventry-based club are set to eclipse the £1million-a-season offer that New Zealand star Dan Carter currently holds with Racing Metro as Wasps look to register Pocock as a “marquee” player. […]
The future of Ireland prop forward Cian Healy has been cast into doubt after he was a notable omission from the recently announced list of players to have re-signed with Pro12 club Leinster. Head coach Leo Cullen yesterday announced that he was pleased to confirm that 17 of his squad had agreed to sign new […]
So the second week of the RBS Six Nations has concluded and fans have now got a greater understanding of who is going to do well this year. After losing to France in Paris, it would seem that the task of defending their championship once again is too much for Joe Schmidt’s Ireland side whilst […]
Wales have today announced an unchanged starting XV to face Scotland this Saturday as fly-half Dan Biggar has been passed fit to play. During the squad announcement this morning, the WRU were pleased to announce that despite having to be removed from play after only 20 minutes after receiving a knock to his ankle off […]
Ireland’s backroom staff are remaining hopeful that Keith Earls will be passed fit to play against France this weekend after the winger was forced off against Wales with a suspected concussion. The Munster winger, who was handed a start out wide following the injuries to Luke Fitzgerald and Tommy Bowe, proved to be solid in […]
One of Ireland’s greatest ever players and former captain Paul O’Connell has today announced his retirement with immediate effect following medical advice. The 36-year-old Munsterman who signed a two-year contract with Toulon last summer had yet to feature for the French club after sustaining a hamstring injury during the 2015 Rugby World Cup during his […]
A fantastic opening weekend to this year’s RBS Six Nations saw a number of heavyweight clashes across the UK as defending champions Ireland hosting oversea rivals Wales, Scotland contested the Calcutta Cup with an Eddie Jones lead England and the competition’s two European nations clashed in Paris. And if you were one of the unfortunate […]
Wales centre Jamie Roberts believes that the race for this year’s RBS Six Nations championship is wide open after his side’s 16-16 draw against defending champions Ireland in Dublin on Sunday. And although the prospect of another record-breaking third consecutive post-Rugby World Cup Grand Slam no longer plausible for the Welsh side, the 29-year-old believes […]
So the RBS Six Nations has once again come around and with most nation’s still reeling from a post-Rugby World Cup hangover, there were a plethora of new faces to be seen amongst the reds, whites, greens and blues over the weekend. And despite all three games being close run affairs, there was little in […]