The 20-year-old rejection that Steve Borthwick hasn't forgotten
A rejection from 20 years ago weighed on the mind of Steve Borthwick when he held individual talks on Sunday morning with the 10 p…
A seasoned rugby journalist, Liam hails from Limerick and has covered World Cups, Lions tours, Six Nations Championships and European Cup campaigns since 2000. He became a content editor at RugbyPass in 2019 after joining from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday in Ireland.
A rejection from 20 years ago weighed on the mind of Steve Borthwick when he held individual talks on Sunday morning with the 10 p…
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Billy Vunipola, someone whose 2022/23 club season was cut short in April through a knee injury that needed an operation after he h…
Henry Slade was the headline-grabbing omission from the England squad of 33 named on Monday by Steve Borthwick for the upcoming Ru…
Steve Borthwick had the task on Saturday night of sitting down with his assistants in Cardiff to reduce the England squad of 43 pl…
Steve Borthwick has named his 33-strong England squad for the Rugby World Cup, excluding Jonny May and Henry Slade along with Alex…
Monday is D-day for Steve Borthwick’s wannabe England players. Having auditioned 61 options over the course of the summer and wh…
Losing Rugby World Cup warm-up matches isn’t the be-all and end-all. Four years ago, England stank in Cardiff, were held try-les…
Wounded England boss Steve Borthwick looked to put a positive spin on his team’s second-half capitulation to Wales on Saturday e…
Steve Borthwick was in Cardiff on Saturday seeking out the final evidence to be considered ahead of this Monday’s confirmation o…
Bulls director of rugby Jake White has shaken up his club’s coaching ticket, recruiting four new assistants for the 2023/24 seas…
Andy Farrell has revealed an Ireland team to take on Italy that has 12 changes from the starting XV in their Grand Slam-clinching …
Twenty weeks on from the last time he selected an England match day 23, Steve Borthwick has shaken things up with his choices to f…
Steve Borthwick has confirmed his England team to face Wales this Saturday, a Summer Nations Series selection that shows 10 change…
Fabien Galthie has named a France team to play Scotland this Saturday that contains 14 changes from their last outing in March.
Less than a week after it emerged that Francois Cros has been sidelined from training at Marcoussis, it has been confirmed that Fr…
Gregor Townsend has shaken up his Scotland team, making 13 changes for this Saturday’s Summer Nations Series clash with France f…
Warren Gatland has named a Wales team to take on England this Saturday that includes three uncapped players in the starting XV and…
Jacques Nienaber has named a Springboks side to face Argentina this Saturday in Buenos Aires that shows 13 changes from the XV tha…
The wait is nearly all over, England fans. Whereas the likes of reigning Grand Slam champions Ireland simply announced a squad of …