England captain Owen Farrell closes in on return from injury with Saracens
Saracens are hopeful England captain Owen Farrell will return from his lengthy injury absence to feature in Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership match with Bristol.
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Owen Farrell: Saracens hopeful England captain will return for Bristol match
Saracens are hopeful England captain Owen Farrell will return from his lengthy injury absence in Saturday's Premiership match with Bristol.
Ben Youngs calling attack ‘clunky’ exposes England’s problem
It is a damning indictment of England’s inability to find their attacking stride throughout this Six Nations that one of the players who emerges in credit never took to the field. For, in a strange way, this has been a good tournament for Owen Farrell. Certainly Manu Tuilagi’s importance to England has been magnified by his absence, their reliance on him laid bare, but Farrell’s return to the fold is likely at the first available opportunity given the problems Eddie Jones’s side have encountered.
Johnny Sexton expects big things from Marcus Smith
Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton believes England counterpart Marcus Smith has “the world at his feet”.
England will do everything to dismantle Irish attack
England are going into their Guinness Six Nations showdown with Ireland this weekend as, somewhat surprisingly, the underdogs.
Six Nations: England stuck in transition as new side battles to emerge from the old
So much has happened, so little has changed.
A closer look at the career of Ben Youngs, England’s most-capped player
Ben Youngs became England’s most-capped rugby union international with his appearance against Wales on Saturday.
Six Nations 2022: Northampton team-mates Courtney Lawes & Dan Biggar face off
Northampton team-mates Courtney Lawes and Dan Biggar will both captain their national side at Twickenham on Saturday, but club skipper Lewis Ludlam says that is where their similarities end.