Lawrence among trio of injury withdrawals from England camp
Centre Ollie Lawrence and two others have been forced to withdraw from England's Six Nations squad due to injury, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Tuesday.
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Cian Prendergast replaces Tom Ahern in Ireland training squad
Tom Ahern has been ruled out of Ireland's Guinness Six Nations training camp in Portugal, with Cian Prendergast replacing the Munster man in the traveling party.
Gregor Townsend tips Jamie Ritchie to be stronger for losing Scotland captaincy
Gregor Townsend expects Jamie Ritchie to respond positively to losing the Scotland captaincy as he challenged the Edinburgh flanker to get back to “his top level” and book himself a starting berth for the opening Guinness Six Nations match away to Wales.
Josh Caulfield red card for stamp on Finlay Bealham overturned
Bristol Bears second row Josh Caulfield is free to play after his red card from Friday's Investec Champions Cup Pool 1 game against Connacht was overturned.
Steve Borthwick blown away by 'groundbreaking' Felix Jones impact
Felix Jones is one of the hottest coaching commodities in rugby, and Steve Borthwick is bursting to see what the Irishman can do with England.
Ireland hopeful Sexton experience has rubbed off on rookies
Ireland coach Andy Farrell hopes his inexperienced group of flyhalves have learned enough in the shadow of Johnny Sexton to stand up and make the number 10 jersey their own following the retirement of their hugely influential former captain.
Andy Farrell: We want to win every game but we're realists
Last season's Six Nations championship victory was achieved with just a fourth ever Grand Slam for Ireland.
Change required as life seeps out of Champions Cup
The Champions Cup pool games came to a close last weekend and while there were some calculations needed to figure out the last 16 seedings, it feels like the life has been sucked out of this Champions Cup pool format.