England: Manu Tuilagi credits sleep as huge benefactor of staying fit as poor recovery led to injury

Manu Tuilagi hopes that getting more SLEEP will end his injury nightmare and prolong his career as Sale and England star admits poor recovery could have led to spate of setbacks Manu Tuilagi reveals recovery is the key to the England man staying fit for action Tuilagi says chat with his wife forced him to make … Read more

France 12-24 England: Simon Middleton’s side win fourth consecutive Women’s Six Nations title

As he toasted the Six Nations title with a bottle of lager, Simon Middleton joked that he had not thought beyond the next 10 hours of celebrations. It was a Grand Slam party that never looked like being pooped: England scored 45 tries to four throughout the tournament and the beers may as well have … Read more

Red Roses dreaming of Twickenham sellout after record sales for Six Nations clash with Ireland

England women are dreaming of a Twickenham sellout after hitting record ticket sales of over 15,000 for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Ireland at Leicester’s Welford Road The Red Roses are dreaming of packing out Twickenham after record ticket sales More than 15,000 will watch England women’s side take on Ireland on Saturday Scrum-half Leanne … Read more

World Rugby is to give every professional player the chance to have their say on the biggest issues

World Rugby is to give every professional player the chance to have their say on the biggest issues as the sport grapples with a player welfare crisis after a number of high-profile concussion incidents Every player is to be sent a survey where they can provide answers on how they would improve the game  The … Read more

Owen Farrell ruled out of Saracens’ trip to Sale after suffering concussion

Owen Farrell ruled out of Saracens’ trip to Sale after suffering concussion during last weekend’s win over Bristol – as England captain’s frustrating season continues Owen Farrell only returned from a fourth-month injury lay-off last weekend The England captain inspired Saracens to a narrow win over Bristol But he suffered a head injury late on … Read more

Six Nations: Ireland winning the Triple Crown ‘would be so special’, insists Hugo Keenan

Ireland winning the Triple Crown ‘would be so special’, insists Hugo Keenan as full-back hopes a win over Scotland could propel them to Six Nations glory because ‘you never know what might happen’ during France’s clash against England Ireland host Scotland in their final fixture of this year’s Six Nations on Saturday  Victory for Ireland … Read more

SIX NATIONS VERDICT: Friday games fall short, Scotland have mixed feelings and Italy offer nothing

CHRIS FOY’S SIX NATIONS WEEKEND VERDICT: Friday fixtures are falling short at the expense of the paying spectator, Scotland will have mixed feelings with their mid-table status confirmed, and Italy offer nothing after their 36th defeat in a row Friday fixtures proved to not work by 11,000 empty seats at Principality Stadium Wales were super-smart … Read more

Wales centre Ulisi Halaholo picks up eye injury in training but should be fit for England

Wales centre Ulisi Halaholo picks up eye injury in training and will NOT play for Cardiff this weekend as Six Nations takes a break… but Wayne Pivac is confident the New Zealand-born back will be fit to play England next week Wales centre Ulisi Halaholo has picked up an eye injury in training this week … Read more