8:42 PM GMT EDINBURGH, Scotland — Only Ellis Genge knows what was going through his mind as he patrolled England’s technical area waiting to come on. He was like a caged animal, but also at that stage representative of the whole match. 1 Related This Calcutta Cup match between Scotland and England at Murrayfield was
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8:34 PM GMT EDINBURGH, Scotland — England head coach Eddie Jones has criticised Scotland’s fans for a lack of respect after Owen Farrell was booed while kicking at goal and a member of England’s backroom staff was hit with a beer bottle on arriving at Murrayfield. Neil Craig, England’s head of high performance, was struck
4:27 AM GMT The future of southern hemisphere rugby’s competitions has been thrown into confusion again with South Africa exploring the possibility of leaving SANZAAR and joining an expanded Six Nations in 2024, according to a British newspaper report. The move has been timed for the Springboks to enter a new Seven Nations tournament, joining
3:00 PM GMT France coach Fabien Galthie has made one injury-enforced change to his backline for the home Six Nations clash with Italy at the Stade de France on Sunday. Arthur Vincent comes into the side at outside centre to replace New Zealand-born Virimi Vakatawa, who has not fully recovered from a triceps injury sustained
2:00 PM GMT Alexander Diegel When Ma’a Nonu and Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira lead their respective squads in a March 22nd showdown, you’d be forgiven if you thought you were watching a South Africa-New Zealand test match. Rather, you’d be watching two of Major League Rugby’s most exciting squads, as Nonu’s San Diego Legion and
1:27 PM GMT EDINBURGH — When the Calcutta Cup match kicks off on Saturday, one of Scotland’s two best players, Finn Russell, will be sat watching in Paris. He’s not injured. Gregor Townsend, historically Scotland’s greatest ever fly-half and current coach, will select Adam Hastings for their Test against England. Hastings is no mean replacement,
5:10 PM GMT James Harrington The first week of the 2020 Six Nations went mostly to plan. Wales duly dispatched Italy at the Principality, and got their anticipated bonus point, too; the Azzuris’ interim coach Franco Smith won’t be impressed that his side were shutout in the tournament opener. Ireland’s win over a Finn Russell-less
1:15 PM GMT Scotland have made one change to their starting lineup for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with England at Murrayfield, with Magnus Bradbury coming in at back-row after recovering from a thigh injury. Nick Haining, who made his debut in place of Bradbury in last weekend’s defeat by Ireland, has dropped to the bench.
12:35 PM GMT George North will move back to wing to accommodate Nick Tompkins at outside centre as the only changes to the Wales side to face Ireland in their Six Nations clash in Dublin on Saturday. North started last weekend’s 42-0 demolition of Italy at centre, but Tompkins made such an impact off the
3:26 PM GMT Rugby’s Super League has said it accepts that Australian Israel Folau has been legally registered as Catalan Dragons player but says it has taken steps to be able to intervene in controversial signings. Former rugby union player Folau had his contract with Rugby Australia torn up in May for posting a meme