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Neil Squires
Neil Squires is the ex-rugby union correspondent for the Daily Express and has covered eight Rugby World Cups and 30 Five/Six Nations Championships. He has also written four books on the sport including the well-received but commercially catastrophic House of Lancaster, released with impeccable timing, to coincide with England's 2015 World Cup campaign.
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'RFU would live to regret moral guardian angel Sinfield's departure'
George Furbank has been England's backline catalyst in recent months
Dan Cole has been a living legend for England over a decade and a half
Johnson burned by England role but coaching absence 'a terrible waste'
Borthwick's Babes primed to take New Zealand by storm
With Test centurions Owen Farrell, Ben Youngs and Courtney Lawes absent, there is a youthful feel to England's touring party
Jon Callard: 'It'll be just like the old days. Last one off to Twickenham turn the light off'
Twenty-eight years after their last Premiership title, Bath tread a path to HQ once so familiar.
Tom Dunn: ‘Bath was a massive ship facing the wrong way.'
The piratical hooker has been at the coalface through a turbulent 12 years and wants to leave a tangible legacy.
Why Gloucester and England will miss Jonny May, the great entertainer
The popular speedster has made the most of his natural gifts and will hope to leave English rugby by lifting a cup with his belove…
'Nobody wants to go the entire season without a league win' - Falcons aim to avoid equalling record
Newcastle have one match left to break their winless run or join Rotherham and London Welsh in Premiership history.
Ben Youngs: 'The job description of a 9 has changed. Gibson-Park and Dupont are leading the evolution'
It is the most poorly paid position in the Gallagher Premiership but never has the influence of a scrum-half been so high
Alex Mitchell: Saints 'are in a very good place at the moment'
Northampton have mirrored the England scrum-half's own rise and will travel with confidence to face Leinster in Dublin.
Rugby’s forever man Mike Brown: 'I'm a driven individual'
Mike Brown may be considered past his sell-by date but he remains a Premiership force at 38.
'If the South Africans are in, they need to be all in'
What is the point in having South African teams in the Champions Cup if they demean it when it comes to the showpiece games?
'Star power of individual players can grow overall size of rugby's pie'
It is typical of rugby union, the ultimate team game, that Marcus Smith's individual brilliance is mistrusted in certain quarters
Are English sides underdogs at the business end of Europe?
There maybe six Premiership sides still standing as we head into the Champions Cup knockout stages, but how many will progress fur…
Luke Cowan-Dickie: 'I didn’t feel right. I felt like I was going to pass out. Everything was going black in front of me'
The abrasive Sale Sharks hooker feels he owes his new club a favour when he faces his beloved Exeter Chiefs
Is it about time we gave George Ford a bit of respect?
The England fly-half put in a classy performance against France and looks to have sealed Steve Borthwick's trust
'Borthwick may conclude George Martin is now indispensable'
All the best teams have an enforcer’s presence and in George Martin, England have a natural
A question of nationality
Players playing in this year's Six Nations come from all over the globe and reflect the diverse society we live in
Our friends in the North
Yorkshire has produced an abundance of talent for the English rugby team and it is a county with rich seams of talent
'Murrayfield carries with it the feeling of a mugging waiting to happen'
Pipers, pillars and pain: Scotland's backyard has proved unsettling for many an England team
High time conversion charge downs were consigned to history
Players being allowed to charge down conversions but not penalties adds unnecessarily to rugby's complexity.
For England's dashing debutants, the hard works starts now
Similar to England against Italy Stuart Lancaster blooded six debutants at the 2012 Six Nations but beyond Owen Farrell, who can n…
Nine reasons to be thankful for the Six Nations
From Finn Russell to 'cheesecake' via Shaun Edwards' thunder face, a sideways look at what to expect in this year's Championship