Positives and negatives from the Australia game

- November 27, 2018November 27, 2018

England capped off the Autumn Internationals with a resounding 37-18 victory over Australia. It took them to six straight wins over the Wallabies and meant they ended the series with three victories alongside a loss to the world champions New Zealand by a solitary point – certainly an outcome most

Best Of The Weekend: England Salvage Pride

- June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

May’s try gives England much needed victory A tour in which English rugby has been given a massive dose of reality finished with a ray of light in Cape Town. Two weeks of errors being repeated and repeated and repeated gave way to a more disciplined and controlled performance in their

June Internationals 2018: Round 3 Predictions

- June 22, 2018June 22, 2018

Lots of upsets last week, and my refusal to acknowledge that this experimental Wales side is better than Argentina has been costing me on Superbru. Going into the final round of matches, predictions may be even harder with a couple of dead rubbers in store. Fiji v Tonga The home side appears to

Best Of The Weekend: Pressure Builds On Jones

- June 18, 2018June 18, 2018

England’s South Africa tour continues to create problems For the second week in a row, England managed to undo the good work they had done in the early parts of their fixture against South Africa. It is a growing concern that they are unable to react to the way a game

June Internationals 2018: Round 2 Predictions

- June 15, 2018June 15, 2018

It was a slightly disappointing 6 from 9 last weekend, as I failed to pick Japan's win over Italy, Wales' beating Argentina and of course South Africa's remarkable victory over England. There are another 9 games coming up tomorrow, and we're looking to bounce back. Tonga v Samoa Both sides suffered narrow defeats

Best Of The Weekend: Springbok Comeback Stuns England

- June 11, 2018June 11, 2018

South Africa lay waste to England’s foundations Watching the opening 20 minutes of England’s opening fixture on their tour to South Africa, you’d have been forgiven for thinking that the clock had reversed and taken you back to late 2016/early 2017. Back then, Eddie Jones’s side were looking to topple the

June Internationals 2018: Round 1 Predictions

- June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Yes, I know there was a test match last week, and in Superbru this is marked as round two, but that Wales v South Africa match was such a non-event, and the real action gets underway tomorrow. Here are my predictions for this weekend's outstanding lineup of rugby fixtures. Tonga v Georgia Not

Autumn Internationals 2017: Round 3 Predictions

- November 24, 2017November 22, 2017

Greetings from sunny Sydney, my final stop on this trip before heading home for the weekend. I watched the England v Australia match at 2am here, and they kept muting the 'analyst comments' from Sir Clive and Will Greenwood, which I found quite amusing - it may have been

Four things we learned from England v Australia

- November 22, 2017November 22, 2017

A devastating final 10 minutes from England’s finishers – alongside a healthy dose of good fortune – led to a resounding victory over Australia on Saturday. Here are four things we learned from a much more enjoyable game of rugby. Danny Care is the arch-finisher A confession here: I was unable to

Autumn Internationals 2017: England Player Ratings versus Australia

- November 21, 2017November 20, 2017

Mako Vunipola Not as industrious as last week, though probably because players around him stepped up. Scrum wasn’t at its peak and got called on a few early engagements. 5/10 Dylan Hartley Missed his mark a couple of times, but showed up in the loose a bit more than normal. England looked controlled