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The England coach believes consistency, rather than creativity, is the way forward for his under-fire players "It's been a tough week, I can't deny it," Martin Johnson said yesterday, giving some hint of his response to the...
Gus Poyet pinpoints the moment he realised he was starting to think like an Englishman. 'It is one of the greatest moments I've had in England,' admits Poyet. 'I am a sportsman and to see the moment and the quality, the talent...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 THE last time he played at Murrayfield it felt as if the stadium was swaying to the chant of 'Rocky, Rocky, Rocky', so it is hardly a surprise that Australia captain Rocky Elsom feels quite...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 By DAVID FERGUSON AT NETHERDALE SCOTLAND coach Andy Robinson played a key role in selecting the 'A team' and had asked them to mirror the full side as they pushed claims to be part of the final...
Gordon D'Arcy, the experienced centre, insists there is greater depth to Irish rugby, from provincial to national level, than ever before. D'Arcy has been recalled for Ireland's game today against Fiji at the Royal Dublin...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 THERE was a severe look about Andy Robinson on the eve of his first meeting with a rugby superpower as Scotland coach, which may have contrasted with the brighter weather at Murrayfield but...
Danny Lydiate came home from his European debut in an air ambulance not knowing whether he would ever be able to walk again. A broken neck during Newport Dragons' Heineken Cup tie at Perpignan five days earlier had left the...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 WHEN rugby union was still strictly an amateur sport, at least in the northern hemisphere, the sublimely gifted Australian wing three quarter David Campese was bound to cause a stir when he...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 WATSONIANS and West of Scotland will this afternoon bid to avoid the hype around Scotland's autumn Test match with Australia and focus on easing tensions in the big relegation battle developing...
England have been taking a huge amount of flak all week and now they need a performance. There is an onus on everyone to rise to this challenge but it is a particularly important day for two men — Jonny Wilkinson and Steve...
