The All Blacks showed up a weakness at the coal face which showed England need to bring powerful new scrummagers through
Mark Mapletoft's young bucks have tasted glory but is there now a clear pathway to Steve Borthwick's senior team?
England U20 pair Jack Bracken and Junior K'poku have been named the top two U18 prospects in the world in 2024 schoolboy rugby.
The scrum generally gets a bad rep, its critics vocal that it takes up too much time and whatnot. But when it works, as it has sum…
A green bottle of Castle Lite was suddenly the beverage of choice… and why not? England had just been crowned champions. “I've…
Mark Mapletoft's side were immense in putting manners on a French side who needed a last-second converted consolation to massage t…
Ahead by a single point at the break after riding their luck at times during an edgy opening half, Mark Mapletoft’s dynamos took…
Thirteen months ago, he was suddenly made redundant. London Irish collapsed, leaving the senior academy member at an awkward loose…
If the double doesn’t materialise, though, he doesn’t want people judging the RFU’s pathway programme based on a single resu…
Ten of Martin Haag’s class of 2016, who defeated Ireland 45-21 in the final in Manchester, went on to play Test-level rugby, eig…
Mark Mapletoft’s side demonstrated their ability to squeeze teams in that last four success, holding the Irish scoreless in the …
With that pesky leg ailment since healed, Allan has returned to the England squad and been a key component in what has been achiev…
Silverware is up for grabs in Edinburgh and Cape Town this week as the World Rugby U20 Championship and Trophy reach their conclus…
Defeat when a team hasn’t performed fully is the worst kind of loss. That was the ordeal Ireland were put through in Cape Town o…
Having drawn their last two matches with Ireland, they finally put the squeeze on the age-grade rivals, dominating in the scrum an…
With Ireland eventually beaten 31-20, the hooker had just finished belting out Zombie in his team’s dressing room when he stroll…
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