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Peter O’Mahony has warned that Munster will have to produce their best performance of the year in order to beat Saracens in the Champions Cup semi-final on Saturday.  The province edged past Edinburgh in the quarter-final last month thanks to two tries from Keith Earls. In the other match-up, Saracens registered 56 points against Glasgow, without the help of their …

Peter Stringer has said Ireland will look to get under the skin of ‘hothead’ England captain Owen Farrell when the teams meet in their Six Nations clash in Dublin. The build-up to Saturday’s match, which sees defending Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland up against an improving England at the start of a year culminating with the World Cup in …

England captain Owen Farrell has suffered a thumb injury which could rule the fly-half out of his side’s Six Nations opener away to Ireland in a fortnight. Farrell is expected to return in seven to 10 days’ time, and so could be ready for the match against the reigning Grand Slam champions in Dublin on February 2. He will undergo …

England coach Eddie Jones believes captain Owen Farrell is “maturing at a good rate” heading into the Six Nations, while insisting wing Jack Nowell could play at openside flanker. Farrell and Dylan Hartley were England’s co-captains during the November internationals. But Saracens star Farrell is set to be in sole charge when they begin their Six Nations campaign against champions …

The fine line between winning and losing can boil down to confidence England rugby co-captain Owen Farrell told The Guardian on Tuesday. The 27-year-old fly-half — who has just completed a degree in management and leadership — said this was behind England’s largely disappointing year in 2018 which saw them tamely surrender their two-year reign as Six Nations champions and …

Former Irish captain Brian O’Driscoll has urged England’s Owen Farrell to improve his tackling technique following a number of controversial incidents that could have seen the out-half yellow carded. Farrell was criticised for his no-arms tackle on South Africa’s André Esterhuizen during England’s narrow victory over the Springboks at the beginning of the November Internationals. The challenge went unpunished, however …

So the vast majority of people on social media reckon Australia should have been awarded a penalty try due to Owen Farrell’s no-arms tackle on Izack Rodda at the end of the first-half.  At half-time, it’s currently deadlocked at 13-13. England got off to a bright start and took a 7-0 lead thanks to a Jonny May try which was …

Owen Farrell has insisted he has no intention of pushing the rules to breaking point as he prepares to lead England against world champions New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday. England launched their November campaign with a 12-11 victory at home to South Africa last weekend. But that result was overshadowed by Farrell’s controversial challenge on Andre Esterhuizen in the …

South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth could recover from injury in time to face France this weekend, head coach Rassie Erasmus said on Monday. Etzebeth left the field in the Springboks’ 12-11 defeat to England on Saturday with an ankle injury. Erasmus originally said the gifted 27-year-old would miss the French game and could be out for the rest of the …

Owen Farrell breathed a huge sigh of relief at the end of England’s 12-11 victory over the Springboks as a tackle at the death from the England co-captain went unpunished by referee Angus Gardiner.  Farrell led with his shoulder and made no clear attempt to wrap the arms. Play continued until the ball was kicked dead to end the game …

Eddie Jones believes “spiritual leader” Owen Farrell’s aggression will serve England well when an injury-hit side face South Africa in their opening November international at Twickenham on Saturday. Farrell, who led England in the absence of regular skipper Dylan Hartley during a 2-1 series loss in South Africa in June, finds himself in the unusual position of co-captain alongside the …

Saracens have produced a blistering start to their Aviva Premiership semi-final against Wasps at Allianz Park.   Mark McCall’s side registered a try just after two minutes when Alex Lozowski touched down under the posts but most of the credit must go to Owen Farrell who should some great awareness to cut right through the heart of the Wasps defence. Farrell …

​Scotland's 6 Nations clash with England on Saturday threatened to boil over before it had even started with reports of a tunnel bust-up between the two sides.

As the dust settles on England’s loss to Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday evening, everyone seems to be talking about the tunnel incident which took place before the game kicked off. After both teams had completed their warms ups, there was an altercation between both sets of players as they returned to the changing rooms through the tunnel. It has …

Former Scotland and British and Irish Lions captain Gavin Hastings has achieved enough on the field in order to be afforded the luxury of speaking his mind, even if it means a harsh word or two about a contemporary compatriot. Days out from Scotland’s Calcutta Cup clash with England, Hastings has done just that and levelled an equal dose of …

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