| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.09.2026 | Allowing South Africa vs New Zealand to clash with NFL is classic rugby | South Africa and New Zealand choosing to stage their money-spinning Greatest Rivalry rugby match in Baltimore on the opening weekend of the NFL season is, at best, short-sighted and realistically rather daft.
What is the point in the sport ... |
| 04.09.2026 | Prem Rugby needs a draft, but not one for the very best players | Top flight domestic rugby is back this weekend in the form of the Prem Rugby Cup – the former Anglo-Welsh, British and Irish, and inter-Prem/Champ competition that is now just a little bit of a nothing league. But that’s for another day.
Be... |
| 14.08.2026 | Ticket price hikes proof Wales Rugby Union is tone deaf to loyal fan concerns | Earlier this month the Wales Rugby Union announced ticket price hikes for the Six Nations and if nothing else it is utterly tone deaf.
Over the Severn Bridge the sport is in turmoil, with regions fighting for their lives not only because of... |
| 07.08.2026 | Sorry Hearn, Northampton Saints idiots if they pay Pollock £1m | Is Henry Pollock worth £1m per season? No. Sorry to burst an Eddie Hearn-shaped bubble but it is just not realistic in the world of rugby union.
The business of rugby – especially in England – is to fund a squad of more than 30 players with... |
| 31.07.2026 | Fifa want to sell the family silver but should World Rugby do the same? | Selling stakes in commercial entities is like selling the family silver. So should World Rugby copy Fifa?
Selling stakes in commercial entities – much like Fifa announced it wanted to do with the World Cup – is like selling the family silve... |
| 24.07.2026 | Saracens and Harlequins embracing athletics and hockey smart move for rugby | Despite this weekend appearing to be the first in an eternity without top-flight rugby, the reality is that across England we have never had so little of it.
Take Harlequins or Saracens, the two Prem Rugby clubs in London, and recent fixtur... |
| 17.07.2026 | What can the Rugby World Cup learn from US nailing of Fifa World Cup? | With a United States Rugby World Cup just five years away, Ollie Phillips asks what can the sport learn from the Fifa World Cup.
Sitting here in the UK looking across the Atlantic to a World Cup mainly staged in the United States, it is dif... |
| 11.07.2026 | Will the Nations Championship financially underdeliver for in-need Fiji? | With Fiji set to sell out Everton’s stadium this weekend why isn’t it rosy for the island nation, Ollie Phillips asks.
In theory this month should have been a dream one for Fiji’s rugby team, despite losing to Wales in their opening Nations... |
| 03.07.2026 | Reality is rugby’s Nations Championship is botched | With the inaugural Nations Championship around the corner, Ollie Phillips looks at why the sport’s bosses missed a trick.
The Nations Championship kicks off this weekend, but when you look at what is the star match of round one based on the... |
| 26.06.2026 | Women’s rugby in England is way ahead, and the RFU deserves credit | In a phrase many thought a rugby fan would never utter: The RFU, the governing body of the sport in England, is doing a world-leading job.
Hold the front page, it surely cannot be true given recent controversies surrounding bonuses and the ... |
| 19.06.2026 | Prem Rugby needs to switch up its calendar to stop final being banished to fringes | Ollie Phillips argues that on this super weekend for sport in the capital, Prem Rugby could do more to be noticed.
London is on its very best form this weekend: some of the world’s most exciting male tennis players will contest the HSBC Cha... |
| 12.06.2026 | Do the Prem Rugby semi-finals need a Welsh URC team? | Ahead of this weekend’s Prem Rugby’s semi-finals, Ollie Phillips assesses whether they could do with a hint of Wales.
Picture the scene: next year’s Prem Rugby semi-finals feature the top three teams from this year – Northampton Saints, Bat... |
| 29.05.2026 | Champ Rugby: Bedford vs Worcester shows strength of second tier | This Sunday afternoon at Bedford Blues’ Goldington Road could be pandemonium. The home team take on Champ Rugby giants Worcester Warriors looking to be crowned winners of English rugby’s second tier.
But what’s the point, when you cannot ge... |
| 22.05.2026 | Bilbao, Amsterdam, Milan: Where should Champions Cup rugby go next? | The best thing about the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup finals weekend is its location: Bilbao.
It is not the first time the two premier continental fixtures have ventured to El Botxo – the San Mames Stadium hosted Leinster’s... |
| 15.05.2026 | England Red Roses are great for rugby, but are they bad for business? | Should the dominant England rugby team beat France on Sunday in the final round of this year’s Women’s Six Nations they will notch up their 38th consecutive Test victory.
It is an amazing feat by one of the most incredible sports teams in t... |
| 08.05.2026 | In defence of Bristol Bears CEO Tom Tainton’s rugby marketing comments | “At Bristol Bears, we don’t call ourselves a rugby club. We are a marketing agency that plays rugby. Yes, our players have to be competent and able to deliver on the field, but if they are not bringing any value off the field, that genuinel... |
| 01.05.2026 | Winning Champions Cup players should get mega cash bonuses | Sometimes I think Investec Champions Cup matches with something on the line could do with even more jeopardy.
Bordeaux Begles, Bath Rugby, Leinster and RC Toulon will battle it out this weekend across the Atlantic and Aviva Stadiums.
But wh... |
| 24.04.2026 | Bellingham offers hope that celebs can find Prem Rugby investible | Jude Bellingham has invested into cricket and it offers hope for Prem Rugby, Ollie Phillips writes.
Jude Bellingham’s £800,000 investment into Hundred franchise Birmingham Phoenix is smart money; he’s from the area, gets one per cent of a t... |
| 17.04.2026 | The Yankee dabble in Prem Rugby is Dandy, but I don’t get it | It is great to see that an American investor is set to take over Exeter Chiefs; it marks a new point of interest for Prem Rugby after Red Bull and Sir James Dyson from this side of the pond invested in Newcastle and Bath respectively.
And w... |
| 10.04.2026 | Investec Champions Cup needs two-legged quarter-finals. Here’s why | It occurred to me, while watching predominantly dominant performances from home teams in the round of 16 last weekend, that the Investec Champions Cup needs two-legged quarter-finals.
It was a little depressing to watch a depleted Leicester... |
| 03.04.2026 | Investec Champions Cup organisers should meddle with knockouts | On Wednesday the amount of tickets still available for Harlequins’ Investec Champions Cup round of 16 fixture against Sale Sharks was well over 6,000.
Against their registered capacity of 14,800, that could result in an attendance of less t... |
| 26.03.2026 | Prem Rugby Big Match Bonanza test of sport’s commercial aims | This weekend will go far in helping onlookers assess how much progress Prem Rugby has made in recent years.
Because on Saturday the first match since Australia beat Uruguay in the 2015 Rugby World Cup will take place at Villa Park in Birmin... |
| 20.03.2026 | Elior Champ Rugby deal may be good for clubs, but what’s the point? | It is great to see Champ Rugby get its first sponsor in six years this week, in catering company Elior UK; it signals a shift in appetite for the second tier of English rugby.
It will be a good marketing tool for clubs, whose matches are br... |
| 13.03.2026 | England won’t be derailed if they hold their nerve over Borthwick | However unlikely one may think it is, there is a chance of England being left holding the wooden spoon for the first time in the Six Nations era. You have to go back to 1987 for their last bottom-place finish in the old Five Nations.
That a... |
| 06.03.2026 | Italy Six Nations revival a lesson for Wales as England challenge awaits | In 2019 rugby in Italy was staring down the barrel of extinction: three home Six Nations matches at their 70,500-capacity Stadio Olimpico drew crowds of just 38,500 versus Wales, 49,700 against Ireland and 48,800 for their match against Fra... |
| 27.02.2026 | Project Forge: Does the plan to save English rugby stack up? | This morning a plan that could alter the future of club rugby in England is expected to be nodded through by the RFU Council.
The plan, dubbed Project Forge, could be the tonic for a domestic game that is in need of revenue boost.
Based on ... |
| 20.02.2026 | Marketing win for Prem Rugby would be Andy Farrell at Saracens | Andy Farrell dropping Sam Prendergast for Ireland’s clash with England in the Six Nations this Saturday is a ballsy move. But the next time Farrell travels to Allianz Stadium, after this weekend, could be in a Prem Rugby final as a key cog ... |
| 13.02.2026 | Two-job Townsend is on the brink but deserves break from Scotland fans | Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend may have played down rumours that he has agreed to take over as boss of Prem Rugby club Newcastle Red Bulls after the 2027 World Cup, but he currently advises the club south of the border on strategy and ... |
| 05.02.2026 | Six Nations Thursday start is smart from organisers | It feels slightly odd to be looking forward to the Six Nations beginning this evening when it is only Thursday.
That’s because Ireland’s trip to take on champions France in Paris has been brought forward to tonight to ensure there’s no clas... |
| 30.01.2026 | Six Nations must move match to US for sake of international game | The months of February and March really are rugby’s golden period; when the world stops to watch the Six Nations.
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy all going at it over five rounds really shows off the best of the sport.
I... |
| 23.01.2026 | Someone put out the bin fire that is the Welsh Rugby Union | Every sporting body goes through its annus horribilis, when nothing seems to go right and the public demands answers as a result. But the Welsh Rugby Union and the sport more broadly across the Severn Bridge is into what feels like its fift... |
| 16.01.2026 | English Investec Champions Cup winner good for franchise investment | Despite Northampton Saints’ loss at the weekend to tournament favourites Bordeaux Begles, the Investec Champions Cup could see its first English winner in over five years.
Phil Dowson’s team, as well as Bristol Bears and Bath Rugby, are fly... |
| 09.01.2026 | Tony Rowe is right to say rugby needs to Americanise in Britain | I never thought I would say it but rugby needs to learn from Formula E if it is to survive long into the future.
Because the all-electric racing series, despite being a country mile behind Formula 1, has innovated throughout its decade-long... |
| 02.01.2026 | Prem to Champ to sevens: Four rugby business stories to follow in 2026 | How do I feel about rugby in 2026? I am not too sure. We were supposed to have the launch of Ultimate Sevens and R360 but one of those has been mothballed until 2027, we were supposed to have an exciting promotion race in the Champ but ring... |
| 19.12.2025 | Newcastle Red Bulls, Dupont and ITV: Top rugby business stories of 2025 | This year really has been a 12 months where the business of rugby became a major talking point in ovalball discourse. We have always seen the odd deal here or investment there but 2025 has seen a step change across the sport, and it remains... |
| 12.12.2025 | R360 or Ultimate Sevens: Which rugby project would I invest in? | Everyone is an investment expert these days, with a proposal they say will save rugby and a project that will see a return on that backing.
Whether it is the Prem Rugby franchising project, a developing league in the United States or South ... |
| 05.12.2025 | Investec Champions Cup: How Prem Rugby can beat Top 14 budgets | It seems to come around quicker every year; not Christmas but the Investec Champions Cup.
Some criticise the competition – whether it is because of the inclusion of the South African United Rugby Championship teams, its availability being r... |
| 28.11.2025 | Prem Rugby should consider radical shake-up of player transfer market | The best thing about the football off-season is the transfer speculation, deal agreements and player announcements.
Watching teams bid £100m for a player is somewhat grotesque but it is also addictive, and transfer deadline day is some of t... |
| 21.11.2025 | Scotland Rugby should demand Wales’ cut region, and target Newcastle Red Bulls | Is the Scotland rugby team a little bit naff? They’re struggling to beat the biggest of opponents and are always the nearly team in the Six Nations.
They’ll probably finish this autumn with expected wins over the USA and Tonga, while agonis... |
| 14.11.2025 | WRU chiefs should eat humble pie over empty Wales rugby stadium | The redeeming factor for Wales in their 28-52 loss to Argentina in Cardiff is that only 50,000 had to watch it inside the Principality Stadium.
That’s not because the team’s national arena has a 50,000-seat cap for this game, or because ren... |
| 07.11.2025 | Six Nations should stage Ireland matches in USA, but not England ones | There have been calls this week for Six Nations matches to be played in the United States, and I agree. But it should never be England crossing the Atlantic, and should almost always be Ireland.
Andy Farrell’s Ireland successfully staged an... |
| 31.10.2025 | World Rugby Nations Championship silence is deafening but predictable | The World Rugby Nations Championship starts next year after the last ever autumn internationals campaign this year. Or does it?
This is the last ever autumn rugby union series, not that you’d have any idea. Gone will be the days of friendly... |
| 24.10.2025 | Welsh rugby should keep Scarlets but scrap Cardiff, Ospreys and Dragons | With a decision expected at the end of the month, I back radical change to Welsh rugby’s regional structure.
I wasn’t entirely shocked to read this week that there were over 80,000 tickets remaining for Wales’s autumn internationals, even t... |
| 17.10.2025 | England Rugby should buy London Stadium and flog Twickenham land | How do you solve a problem like increasing the revenues for England Rugby? Up sticks and buy the London Stadium, suggests Ollie Phillips
Given the obstacles being thrown towards Allianz Stadium and England Rugby from local residents relatin... |
| 10.10.2025 | Rugby unions vs R360 spat is the sport’s failures in a nutshell | When I look from the outside at the recent statement spat between many of the leading rugby unions and the rebel R360 start-up, I cannot help but hark back to the 2020 election for chairman of World Rugby.
In the blue corner was the incumbe... |
| 03.10.2025 | Allianz Stadium Twickenham can be hub for global overseas sport | On Saturday Argentina and South Africa will play a regular season Rugby Championship match at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham.
But this is not out of the ordinary for the capital; next month the Springboks will take on Japan at Wembley and an... |
| 25.09.2025 | Prem Rugby: Four business stories to watch this season | English top flight rugby is back this evening with a snazzy new brand: the Premiership has become the Prem, and Thursday nights are the new Fridays.
Sure, tonight’s opener between Sale Sharks and Gloucester is a one-off to accommodate the W... |
| 19.09.2025 | Maher, mauls and moneyballing women’s rugby | Much has been said about USA rugby player Ilona Maher’s potential move to wrestling and the WWE, and she herself has mentioned how she’d like to follow in the footsteps of people like The Rock in going from sport and entertainment into acti... |
| 12.09.2025 | Rugby is crying out for celebrity investment | If you take a gander across the sporting landscape there’s a plethora of celebrity faces propping up a new kind of club.
Take Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney at Wrexham, or Tom Brady at Birmingham City; both clubs have been propelled to st... |
| 05.09.2025 | French Top 14 balances financial ambition with sensible watchdog | The return of Prem Rugby may be another few weeks away but action in one of Europe’s big three leagues begins this weekend. The French Top 14 is back on our screens and is an example of just how brilliant domestic rugby can be.
It leverages... |
| 29.08.2025 | Free-to-air TV should be crucial pillar for rugby union | Whether it be the Women’s Rugby World Cup pulling in millions of viewers on the BBC or the Six Nations being a staple of Saturday afternoon TV guide planning, free-to-air is crucial for a sport like rugby union.
It is a sport that needs eye... |
| 22.08.2025 | Women’s Rugby World Cup: Red Roses key to wider success | Whatever happens at the Women’s Rugby World Cup over the next few weeks all eyes are going to be on that Allianz Stadium final in Twickenham, where 82,000 fans are set to break a world record for a women’s rugby match attendance.
I think in... |
| 15.08.2025 | Newcastle Red Bulls can be model for Prem Rugby franchising | This week Steve Diamond joked that Newcastle Red Bulls – formerly Newcastle Falcons – would not have a motorbike jumping off the roof of one of their stands… yet.
But in a week where a major sports player has chosen to invest in Prem Rugby,... |
| 08.08.2025 | Australia put on British and Irish Lions tour of a lifetime | Before leaving a rainy Sydney to return to (a sunny!) Blighty, I sat down with fellow rugby fans in a Darling Harbour bistro to dissect a British and Irish Lions tour which, by all accounts, blew everyone away.
It is fair to say that I was ... |
| 01.08.2025 | Red Roses must match footballers to give Lions Women’s tour best chance | What a fantastic moment for women’s sport in the UK we’re living through right now. The Lionesses securing consecutive European Championships has created huge excitement and momentum – as well as a bit of extra pressure – for the Red Roses ... |
| 25.07.2025 | Lions profit share gives players buy-in and shows the future of rugby | British and Irish Lions players will be hoping that the MCG gets close to capacity for Saturday’s second Test against Australia – and not just for the sake of a good atmosphere.
This tour is the first in which Lions players will receive a s... |
| 18.07.2025 | Can British and Irish Lions tour save rugby in Australia? | It is a crying shame to see rugby union drop so far behind Aussie Rules, the NRL and football Down Under, even as the British and Irish Lions get set to take on the Wallabies in the first of three Tests this weekend.
But I am not surprised,... |
| 11.07.2025 | Lack of Welsh Lions shows stark reality of systemic failures | Ahead of Wednesday’s British and Irish Lions midweek game against the Brumbies in the Australian capital of Canberra I came across a shocking statistic.
The match was the first since 1899 not to include a Welshman from the matchday 23.
I am... |
| 04.07.2025 | British and Irish Lions should tour France and Argentina | While watching the British and Irish Lions take on the Queensland Reds on Wednesday, I started thinking about what other sides across the world would make good opponents for the touring team.
The Lions of late have always ventured to the sa... |
| 27.06.2025 | British and Irish Lions player row doesn’t short-change fans | Seeing the war of words erupt between the British and Irish Lions and Rugby Australia this week has given me a bit of a buzz for the tour. This is what the quadrennial series is all about, the niggle of pre-Test series angst.
But when push ... |
| 20.06.2025 | British and Irish Lions ticket prices teeter on verge of greed | I love the British and Irish Lions but quite frankly the touring side is teetering on becoming a black hole of greed, pulling fans’ precious pennies and pounds into a vortex of commercial excess.
Take Friday’s exhibition match against Argen... |
| 18.06.2025 | Owen Farrell's Return: A Homecoming for Saracens and a New Chapter in Rugby | Owen Farrell is back. The former England rugby captain has returned to Saracens after a tumultuous season in France. The club paid a reported €200,000 to release him from Racing 92. This move marks a significant shift in Farrell's career an... |
| 13.06.2025 | Bath favourites for Premiership title but you cannot write off Cheika | Saturday’s sell-out Premiership final between Bath Rugby and Leicester Tigers feels like something from the 90s, when these two – alongside Wasps – were the powerhouses of English ovalball.
But looking at the two squads set to clash at the ... |
| 06.06.2025 | Premiership play-offs: Bath and Leicester to set up old school final | The final day of the Premiership was a brilliant advert for English top-flight rugby, but this weekend’s play-offs will turn that up another notch.
On Friday night runaway league leaders Bath take on local rivals Bristol Bears while, on Sat... |
| 26.05.2025 | France real winners out of Bordeaux Champions Cup success | Sometimes it takes a Bordeaux to come along and remind you why the Investec Champions Cup is the most prestigious competition in club rugby.
A couple of years ago you wouldn’t have even put Bordeaux in the mix to reach the knockout stages o... |
| 25.05.2025 | The Clash of Titans: Northampton Saints vs. Bordeaux Begles in the Champions Cup Final | The stage is set. Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, a coliseum of rugby dreams, prepares to host a battle of epic proportions. The Investec Champions Cup final is upon us, and it’s an Anglo-French showdown. Northampton Saints, the seasoned wa... |
| 23.05.2025 | Bordeaux to edge Northampton in Cardiff Champions Cup thriller | It’s that time of year again when rival fans pack into one of Europe’s great stadiums to watch the Investec Champions Cup final.
This year it is Northampton Saints and Bordeaux Begles in the superb Principality Stadium in Cardiff. And what ... |
| 17.05.2025 | Danny Care: Harlequins No9 a brilliant player | Harlequins No9 Danny Care has been a brilliant servant to the Premiership and he will be missed from the English top flight, writes Ollie Phillips.
“It’s been a really tough decision, but I think it’s the right time for me, and it’s the rig... |
| 10.05.2025 | The Rise of Henry Pollock: A New Era for the British & Irish Lions | Rugby is a game of grit and glory. It’s a sport where youth can collide with experience, and sometimes, the young emerge as titans. Henry Pollock, a 20-year-old flanker, is the latest embodiment of this phenomenon. His selection for the Bri... |
| 09.05.2025 | Premiership run-in: Saints and Bath will impact top four | Look at the Premiership table and you’ll see that the top team and Challenge Cup finalists Bath are 15 points clear of second-placed Leicester Tigers, and Champions Cup finalists Northampton Saints are 17 points safe from dropping out of th... |
| 03.05.2025 | Investec Champions Cup huge for British and Irish Lions selection | Not only is this a huge weekend for the Investec Champions Cup, but it is a mega couple of days for those British and Irish players hoping to get on the plane to Australia.
With the squad to be announced next Thursday in London, the likes o... |
| 26.04.2025 | The Diving Dilemma: Rugby's Battle Against Simulation | Rugby is a game of grit and glory. It thrives on the clash of titans, the raw power of athleticism, and the spirit of competition. But lately, a shadow looms over this noble sport: simulation. The recent incident involving French scrumhalf ... |
| 26.04.2025 | Ease of Red Roses Six Nations run worries me ahead of Rugby World Cup | England Rugby’s Red Roses have a problem: nobody looks remotely close to beating them in Europe at the moment.
But this was the case ahead of the previous two World Cups and, in both instances, England lost in the final.
This year, however,... |
| 19.04.2025 | The Rise of Johnny Sexton: From Player to Coach | Johnny Sexton is a name that resonates in the world of rugby. He’s a titan, a former captain of Ireland, and now, he’s stepping into a new arena. Sexton will join the British & Irish Lions coaching staff for their upcoming tour of Austr... |
| 18.04.2025 | Rugby: The Henry hype is far from a load of Pollocks, he’s class | I did laugh to myself when I saw the abuse Northampton Saints star Henry Pollock got for his celebration during his side’s Investec Champions Cup victory over Castres last weekend.
I thought: “What a load of bollocks!”
The 20-year-old has a... |
| 11.04.2025 | RC Toulon tough Investec Champions Cup path can be making of new Galacticos | Dynasties rise and fall in sport, often taking years to reach their summit before fading into the darkness at pace. Between 2013 and 2015, RC Toulon were the “it” team. Probably the best club rugby team in the world.
They won a Top 14 title... |
| 03.04.2025 | Which English teams can win this weekend in the Investec Champions Cup? | There’s always a fuzzy feeling when the Investec Champions Cup returns to the calendar, especially during the knockout stages.
There are six French teams, five English sides and five URC outfits left in the competition but I do fear for the... |
| 29.03.2025 | Andy Farrell Lions coaching picks are smart but uninspiring | It can take as long as four months to sail from the shores of the British Isles to the port of Brisbane, where the first Test of the British and Irish Lions tour will take place.
Given there’s only 114 days until that first Test, it would b... |
| 21.03.2025 | Who has played themselves into and out of the British and Irish Lions tour? | If the Six Nations taught us anything it’s that picking a squad for this year’s British and Irish Lions tour to Australia is going to be very difficult.
For some players a strong Six Nations has catapulted them from nobody to somebody, or f... |
| 14.03.2025 | Six Nations Super Saturday a perfect crescendo to tournament | It feels like an age since rugby fans had the pleasure of watching a Super Saturday when all three games will be crucial to the outcome of the Six Nations.
Ireland, England and France are all able to realistically win this year’s title head... |
| 16.02.2024 | Ollie Phillips: Ireland top my Six Nations half term report card | It’s half term and even the Six Nations is taking a week off. So in this fallow week, after two rounds, it’s about time we handed out some reports and grades. I am a firm but fair teacher and my grades reflect that, so here goes.
Andy Farre... |
| 08.02.2024 | Ollie Phillips: England will solve defensive holes to beat Wales | My prediction of an England Six Nations title is still on, just about. And I don’t see that being derailed this weekend against Wales.
Wales didn’t actually play that badly against Scotland but I just don’t think they’ve got it in them to p... |
| 08.07.2022 | Ollie Phillips: England must solve Smith-Farrell conundrum | Tomorrow’s match against Australia is a must-win for England, having been well beaten in the opening Test of the series in Perth last weekend. |
| 12.02.2021 | Ollie Phillips’ Six Nations predictions: England to bully poor Italy; impressive Ireland won’t be pushovers for France; Scotland too good for Wales | |
| 06.02.2021 | Ollie Phillips: Improving France will dethrone Six Nations favourites England – and empty stadiums will help Les Bleus | |
| 30.11.2020 | Video: Premiership rugby 2020-21 season preview: Wasps, Bristol and Sale best placed to topple Exeter | It’s surreal that Premiership rugby returns this weekend, just 27 days after Exeter lifted the trophy. But in 2020, everything is out of the ordinary. |
| 13.11.2020 | France are my favourites for the Autumn Nations Cup, a Six Nations with extra spice | I’m a glass-half-full person, so I can’t help but be excited that the Autumn Nations Cup is happening. |
| 05.03.2020 | Six Nations organisers had no choice but to postpone Italy v England over coronavirus but Saracens’ handling of Vunipola is ill-considered | Coronavirus is all over the news at the moment and rugby is no exception after it emerged that England’s final Six Nations game against Italy had been postponed as a precaution. |
| 27.02.2020 | Six Nations: Ireland’s Andy Farrell could learn something from France’s fresh approach under Fabien Galthie | Watching last weekend’s Six Nations games I was struck by a huge contrast between two of the teams on display. |
| 13.02.2020 | Adding South Africa into the Six Nations is a controversial move but it makes commercial sense in the long run | The Six Nations is in a rest week at the moment but there has been no shortage of things for fans to talk about after it emerged that South Africa could join the tournament. |
| 16.01.2020 | Six Nations 2020 squads: Rees-Zammit a hugely exciting prospect for Wales, Sexton uncertainty a problem for Ireland | Squads for the Six Nations started to be announced this week and the call-up of Louis Rees-Zammit for Wales has been the standout selection so far. |
| 09.01.2020 | Eddie Jones must look to Ben Spencer and Dan Robson to answer England scrum-half dilemma | Eddie Jones has hinted he could make a number of changes when he names his England squad for the Six Nations in 11 days’ time and I’m intrigued to see where he goes. |
| 07.11.2019 | Eddie Jones has enriched English rugby but the RFU should try and hire Steve Hansen | Firstly, I want to hold my hands up: I called the Rugby World Cup final completely wrong. |
| 31.10.2019 | England v South Africa: Rugby World Cup final victory can top the achievement of 2003 | It’s the eve of the Rugby World Cup final and I could hardly be more confident. |
| 17.10.2019 | England require maximum muscle to see off Australia as unlucky George Ford misses out | For the first time in Rugby World Cup history it is genuinely feasible that any of this weekend’s eight quarter-finalists could reach the semi-finals. |
| 03.10.2019 | Ollie Phillips: Argentina are a potential banana skin, but exactly the kind of test England need | England are in good form and their World Cup has been wholly positive so far, but Saturday’s game against Argentina definitely represents a banana skin. |
| 08.08.2019 | Ollie Phillips: Eddie Jones is being decisive with England World Cup squad but his intensity could backfire | Eddie Jones’s decision to name his World Cup squad almost four weeks before the official deadline is one typical of the England head coach.
On one hand it’s unnecessary because he’ll almost certainly have to make changes to the 31 names he ... |
