After a disappointing start to the Guinness Premiership it is perhaps the perfect time to welcome back with open arms the Heineken Cup, the sport's equivalent of the Champions League... more
Jonny Wilkinson will be allowed to link up with England for their pre-season training camp in mid-August, despite it coming just days before the start of the new French league campaign... more
Jonny Wilkinson has been drafted into England’s elite squad for next season after fighting back from his latest injury nightmare but there was no place among the 32 for Danny Cipriani... more
Rugby union: Twickenham will witness a significant changing of the guard when England face a powerful Babarians side - and the fans had better be prepared for tears... more
Rugby union: England stars playing in France next season will not be able to challenge the Rugby Football Union over a warning about their international careers... more
Rugby union:England's players' union are taking legal advice over a letter sent by the RFU telling top stars they could be jeopardising their international places by moving abroad... more
It can't be easy being Martin Johnson. The England head coach had to watch on Saturday as his side had two men sent off for the third match in a row. Here we look at the six guilty offenders, and how England were punished for their mistakes...... more
Rugby union: Brian Smith, the England backs coach, has accused Wales of pressurising referee Jonathan Kaplan into giving penalties and yellow cards at the Millennium Stadium... more
Rugby union: Martin Johnson has warned his England stars they could be jeopardising their Test futures by leaving the Guinness Premiership to play in France... more
Rugby union: Team manager Martin Johnson has blasted the penalty count caused by his team’s collective failure to have faith in each other’s defensive abilities... more
Rugby union: Having barely scraped a pass mark in their Italian exam, England need all the help they can get if they are to survive a potentially painful lesson in Welsh... more
The one comforting thought for England fans still reeling from the deluge of disaster visited upon Twickenham last November is that at least it's only Italy turning up in the opening RBS Six Nations match... more
I want to see England put down a real marker against Italy at Twickenham tomorrow, one that will tell all the other Six Nations teams that we are going to be a serious threat this year... more
The tantalising prospect of representing the Lions will dominate the thinking of all the Home Union players on the eve of a Six Nations Championship... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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