Neil Squires is the ex-rugby union correspondent for the Daily Express and has covered eight Rugby World Cups and 30 Five/Six Nations Championships. He has also written four books on the sport including the well-received but commercially catastrophic House of Lancaster, released with impeccable timing, to coincide with England's 2015 World Cup campaign.
The Northampton Saints full-back has cut a dash from deep and added some much-needed width to England's attack
Though no longer England defence coach, Kevin Sinfield's value to the RFU should be blindingly obvious.
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With Premier Sports strengthening their position as the home of rugby, rugby fans are voicing their dissatisfaction at added costs
The top flight is competitive and watchable, but its 20th September start date feels much too late.
Test series add something extra, and England should follow where South Africa and New Zealand lead.
The powerful No 8 ‘has a positive energy' and will 'really embrace' being made captain, believes former skipper Chris Robshaw.
High-profile departures and salary cap laws will render back-to-back Premiership titles a huge ask.
A solid culture, in contrast to some other sporting events, can help rugby increase its footprint in England.
The England coach will be heartened by the emergence of three talented young tight-head props.
A phenomenal mark of 48 tries, achieved against the odds, is still a distant prospect for today's top English wingers.
The Newcastle Falcons supremo wants no sympathy, but his team looks like a Championship side operating at the wrong level.
For the past 18 months, the Bears wing has been one of England's sharpest weapons, though national honours continue to elude him.
England's new defence coach is an energetic presence, but amidst a job share and tight time constraints, has much to prove.
World Rugby's new directive could have far-reaching consequences for the style and tactics of an evolving game.
For the first time in 21 years, rugby union and rugby league go head to head to raise money for motor neurone disease charities.
For all the doom and gloom, small fixes would take Steve Borthwick's team from the funeral parlour to the parade ring.
Once a Champions Cup winner with Exeter Chiefs, the England wing returns to the West Country in the colours of serial champions La…
With Test centurions Owen Farrell, Ben Youngs and Courtney Lawes absent, there is a youthful feel to England's touring party
Twenty-eight years after their last Premiership title, Bath tread a path to HQ once so familiar.
