1:00 PM BST Huw Richards Close • FT’s rugby writer from 1995 to 2009• Also writes for the International Herald Tribune and the Sunday Herald How you divide time up is one of those debates loved by some historians, so this view of the statistics thrown up by the last 10 seasons of Six Nations rugby must
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10:12 PM BST Veteran Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau’s loan stint with the NSW Waratahs is over, with his English club Leicester recalling him. Polota-Nau made two Super Rugby appearances off the bench in Australian derbies against the Reds and Brumbies for the Tahs, as short-term injury cover. Fellow Wallabies hooker Tolu Latu still has four
12:00 PM BST James Harrington The 2019 Six Nations is over. Wales are champions and claimed the Grand Slam but, remarkably, only one of their heroes made it into the Fantasy Rugby Team of the Tournament. With a third Grand Slam, the steel Warren Gatland has brought to Wales was embodied by Alun Wyn Jones
7:41 AM BST England coach Eddie Jones said he would be bringing in an expert to help his team deal with mental pressure ahead of the Rugby World Cup after they gave up a 31-0 lead to draw with Scotland at the weekend. England needed a late try to salvage a 38-38 draw at Twickenham
4:06 AM BST The Wallabies will play a a Test against Samoa in western Sydney in September to round off their Rugby World Cup match preparations. The match on September 7 will be the first rugby Test at the new Bankwest Stadium in Paramatta and Australia’s fifth and final match of their build-up to the
11:45 AM BST The Crusaders are open to discussing a potential name change following mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch that killed 50 people. The Crusaders adopted their name 23 years ago when rugby went professional but questions have been raised over its associations with the medieval religious wars between Christians and Muslims since
9:45 AM BST Record-breaking Jess Breach scored two more tries in the women’s Six Nations on Saturday as England completed the Grand Slam by crushing Scotland 80-0 at Twickenham Stadium. The 21-year-old winger has scored nine tries in the tournament — and has touched down an extraordinary 20 times in her seven test appearances. Twickenham’s
9:37 PM BST Jamie BraidwoodESPN TWICKENHAM, London — This was the maddest of matches on the maddest of days, but that’s the magic of Super Saturday in the Six Nations. The title had already been won by the time England and Scotland took to the Twickenham turf but that didn’t stop these two great enemies
9:07 PM BST Coach Eddie Jones said England face a mental block when closing out matches after his side blew a 31-0 lead in extraordinary fashion to draw 38-38 with Scotland in their final Six Nations game on Saturday. Jones’s team needed an 83rd-minute try by George Ford to salvage a draw that left Twickenham
12:18 PM BST England scrum-half Dan Robson has been ruled out of action after suffering with blood clots, his club Wasps confirmed on Saturday. Robson, who came off the bench to score his first test try in England’s 57-14 Six Nations thrashing of Italy last weekend, was ruled out of Saturday’s clash with Scotland due