Manu Tuilagi heads a stellar cast list as this week’s RFU Podcast goes inside the England training camp. The Leicester Tigers centre speaks to us about winning his first cap and the battle to make it onto the plane to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup. And we hear from team manager Martin...
Read more »
MANUSAMOA TUILAGI will make his England debut against Wales in Saturday’s Investec International at Twickenham Stadium (2.30pm). The Leicester Tigers centre will start at outside centre as England continue their Rugby World Cup build-up in the first leg of a home and away double header against the Welsh. “I’m really proud to be winning...
Read more »
The WRU has announced that the Wales versus Barbarians fixture at the Millennium Stadium on June 4 will be a full cap international which ensures the outcome of the game is vitally important for Rugby World Cup squad preparation. The decision has been taken by the WRU Board of Directors in recognition of the...
Read more »
The waiting is nearly over for Tom Wood as he prepares to win his first cap for England when the RBS 6 Nations kicks off in Cardiff tomorrow. The Northampton Saints flanker was told he’d won his starting spot while England were training in Portugal and he can’t wait to get going. "It was...
Read more »
Wales assistant coach Rob Howley has predicted his side’s meeting with England in the RBS 6 Nations opener at the Millennium Stadium on Friday night will be “a battle of inches not yards.” Howley is in charge of a back line which sees Scarlets wing Morgan Stoddart return to international duty for the first...
Read more »
Alastair Kellock, the 29-year-old Glasgow Warriors lock, was named today as the man to lead Scotland into the 2011 RBS 6 Nations Championship. Head coach Andy Robinson is restoring Kellock to the captain’s role which he performed with distinction on last summer’s tour to Argentina, where Scotland posted a historic 2-0 series success. Robinson...
Read more »
Head coach Andy Robinson has made four changes in personnel to the Scotland starting line-up for Saturday’s EMC Autumn Test against world champions South Africa at Murrayfield. Rory Lawson, 29, who will be making his first start in an international at Murrayfield as he wins his 21st cap, will captain Scotland for the first...
Read more »
Devin Toner will win his first cap for Ireland in the second row this Saturday against Samoa as one of 11 changes, including a positional switch, to the starting team from the side that played against South Africa. Toner will be partnered by the experienced Donncha O’Callaghan and they will be supporting a new...
Read more »
The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) and the New Zealand Rugby Players Association (NZRPA) have signed a new Collective Employment Agreement for professional rugby players in New Zealand from 2010 to 2012. Formal signing of the agreement follows the December announcement that they had reached agreement on the major issues raised during collective bargaining,...
Read more »
Wales have made two changes from the starting line-up defeated by England at Twickenham in the RBS 6 Nations opener last weekend for the visit of Scotland to the Millennium Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 2.00pm). In the second row Osprey Jonathan Thomas reforms his regional partnership with Alun-Wyn Jones at the expense of Dragons...
Read more »
