Warren Gatland's team secured a narrow win at Murrayfield – and here's analysis of the key points to take from the match
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Six Nations: Five things England learnt against Italy
Rewind two years. England have just clung on to beat Italy 18-11, surviving a late bombardment of their try-line thanks in no small part to Chris Robshaw’s superhuman defensive effort.…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Cutting edge He scored a try on his return to the England team last week and just when you thought things couldn’t get any better for Jonathan Joseph…
Six Nations 2015: Round two
IN A NUTSHELL England 47 – 17 Italy England scored six tries in their second Six Nations game, including four in 13 second-half minutes to defeat Italy. The visitors drew…
Six Nations: ‘Scotland’s Vern Cotter is doing a fantastic job but the front row must go’
If Scotland’s front row needed any extra motivation for Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations match against Wales, they needn’t look far to find it. For Colin Deans, Scotland’s 1984 Grand Slam…
Six Nations analysis: Scotland’s slick back-play
It may not come as consolation to Scotland fans – in fact, most fiercely nationalistic ones will probably refuse to entertain the notion – but Vern Cotter’s side can be…
Philippe Saint-Andre uses stability as France’s new watchword
Just the one change for France for the trip to Dublin on Saturday, and once again Philippe Saint-Andre has caught us off-guard. With Alexander Menini injured in the dour 15-8…
The February letter from South Africa
SA player drain continues South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer’s penchant for picking players based in Europe and Japan appears to have hastened the rush of promising players to lucrative foreign…
Wales act to prevent repeat of George North incident
The Welsh team medics will have access to pitch-side video replays for all their other RBS 6 Nations matches this spring so that they do not miss another incident like…
Six Nations: Five things we learnt – France v Scotland
Okay, trusting in youth has its problems On these pages, in the autumn, I banged on about youth being given its head and flourishing as a result. Yes, back then…