The greatest trick Gatland's Lions could pull on this tour
A surprise player boost to the Lions' Dublin training camp may distill a little extra team spirit - but the tourists still head so…
James Harrington
24 May 2017, 7:30
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James Harrington
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James Harrington is a freelance sports journalist and editor, based near Toulouse in southwest France, whose key focus is on the French rugby scene. He has worked with World Rugby, EPCR, RugbyPass, Rugby World, the Irish Examiner, SA Rugby Mag, Irish Independent, ESPN, and The Rugby Paper.
Ban balls-up leaves Jacques du Plessis free to play in Top 14 knockout phase
James Harrington
19 May 2017, 10:19
Size matters for England in Argentina
Relatively unknown monsters in England shirts are heading to South America next month. James Harrington wonders why. England co…
James Harrington
16 May 2017, 10:25
Here's when we will really notice rugby's Regulation 8 Effect – it's sooner than you might think
James Harrington
11 May 2017, 15:30
Filling in the gaps in the draw for the 2019 World Cup
There are a few holes in the draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. James Harrington has done his best to fill them There yo…
James Harrington
10 May 2017, 9:15
The Top 14 season in review - club by club
Six teams and five matches remain in the race for the French championship's Bouclier de Brennus - but the regular Top 14 season is…
James Harrington
09 May 2017, 11:13
Premiership final weekend permutations
Both home semi-finals are still up for grabs, as is the last automatic Champions Cup slot. James Harrington has worked out who nee…
James Harrington
05 May 2017, 10:26
Number-crunching the final weekend of the tight Top 14
As the Top 14 season enters its final week, the play-off permutations are so complex they would have Pierre de Fermat, of brain-mu…
James Harrington
04 May 2017, 7:00
How Europe can make Super Rugby great again
Super Rugby could do worse than follow the successful European Champions Cup model, writes James Harrington On the whole, south…
James Harrington
02 May 2017, 11:56
Want to win a rugby tournament? Opt for age
They may be slower and not quite so powerful as they once were, but the old men of rugby can give so much more than their tyro cou…
James Harrington
01 May 2017, 10:58
Defence the best form of attack for Gatland's Lions
The Lions will leave the sparkling rugby to All Blacks when they arrive in New Zealand, but the tourists could well win the work-r…
James Harrington
27 Apr 2017, 14:22
A British and Irish Lions' Coulda-Shoulda By-The-Phones Matchday 23
The time has come to second-guess Warren Gatland's Lions' picks and suggest who else could or should be on the plane to New Zealan…
James Harrington
21 Apr 2017, 10:48
The Gospel According to Saint Warren
Let There Be Lions 1 In the beginning was the speculation about the Lions' touring squad to New Zealand. 2 And the speculati…
James Harrington
19 Apr 2017, 11:20
Echoes of Racing-Stade merger in Western Force's fight for Super Rugby survival
There is something familiar about Western Force's fight for Super Rugby survival following SANZAAR's decision to cull three franch…
James Harrington
13 Apr 2017, 18:54
Good week, bad week: Chris and Dan set to break try records
A rare appearance for Chris Ashton in the 'good' column this week, but no such luck for Willie Le Roux. Oh, Willie... GOOD WEEK…
James Harrington
05 Apr 2017, 7:21
Pity the coaches on European rugby's managerial merry-go-round
Toulon's Mike Ford is just the latest victim of European clubs' short-term glory-now thinking in a big-money game where failure is…
James Harrington
04 Apr 2017, 9:52
Where did it all go wrong for Ospreys? And all the other European rugby talking points
Ups and downs for potential Lions, new questions over Mike Ford's brief future at Toulon, Saracens next in line to try and tame th…
James Harrington
03 Apr 2017, 13:00
Toulon is dead … Long live Toulon
What looks like the slow and painful decline and fall of the Top 14's original Galacticos is actually a chance to rebuild the club…
James Harrington
30 Mar 2017, 10:47
Good week, bad week: Jonathan Joseph in A Tweet Too Far
England player chose the wrong moment to tell the Twittersphere all about his footwear – but another international picked the ri…
James Harrington
28 Mar 2017, 9:31
Aviva Premiership Power Rankings: Everyone's chasing Saracens
Shamelessly stealing Scotty Stevenson's Super Rugby Power Rankings format and passing it off as his own, James Harrington rates th…
James Harrington
28 Mar 2017, 7:20
