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Former British and Irish Lions captain Martin Johnson caused a stir earlier this week when he suggested that Alun Wyn Jones is still a major candidate to lead the side during their tour of South Africa next year. Warren Gatland will coach the Lions for a third series in a row following their victorious tour of Australia in 2013 before …

Former British and Irish Lions captain Paul O’Connell believes that Owen Farrell is the right man to skipper the team for their 2021 tour to South Africa. O’Connell, who led the Lions during their last series against the Springboks in 2009, believes that the England captain has the right “abrasive attitude” for the job. Sam Warburton captained the side during …

[This article was originally published in the build-up to Ireland’s clash with England at Twickenham in February.]   ___ This isn’t exactly new territory for Andy Farrell.  The Ireland head coach has been involved in the national setup on these shores since 2016 when he performed the role of defence coach under Joe Schmidt. In that time, he has coached against …

New Zealand scrum-half Aaron Smith has admitted that his aim was to intimidate England’s captain Owen Farrell in the haka prior to today’s semi-final in Yokohama. England came away from the clash with the spoils following their dominant 19-7 win. Eddie Jones’ side showed their intent right from the off with a try after 98 seconds. Prior to that, the …

Owen Farrell and his teammates have explained why England lined up against the haka in a V shape immediately before kick-off in today’s World Cup semi-final.  As Ireland learned last week, taking a step forward against the haka doesn’t always result in an inspired performance but England decided to take a different approach for their clash with the reigning champions. …

England have named their team for Saturday’s crunch World Cup semi-final with the All Blacks at the Yokohama Stadium.  This weekend’s encounter looks set to be a memorable one and head coach Eddie Jones has made one big change to the side which eased past Australia last time out. George Ford returns to the starting XV at out-half which means …

At halftime, England lead Argentina 15-3 in a fiery encounter at the Tokyo Stadium.  Argentina are in must-win territory after their previous loss to France but they face an uphill task to keep their Rugby World Cup dreams alive after they were reduced to just 14 men after 18 minutes. Argentina opened the scoring with a penalty from Benjamin Urdapilleta …

After many controversial moments, we have finally had our first red card of the Rugby World Cup during England’s clash with the USA.  England recorded a comprehensive 45-7 win over the USA in Gary Gold’s sides’ first game of the tournament but the encounter was not without its divisive calls. Immediately from the kick-off, England centre Piers Francis’ shoulder appeared …

England head coach Eddie Jones has named his team for Sunday’s clash with Tonga in Sapporo (KO 19:45 local time, 11:45 UK & IRE time).  Owen Farrell will captain the side at inside centre which sees George Ford get the nod at out-half. Ben Youngs will start at scrum-half where he will win his 90th cap for his country. Manu …

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 …