Not sure how much of Saturday evening’s game they were watching… The opening round of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations is in the record books and Scotland lead the way. Ireland, the 2018 Grand Slam champions, lie fifth after losing their opener to England. Wales and the Scots also won, over the weekend, so it […]

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All the bad vibes of early 2018 are being washed away. Eddie Jones appears to have guided his England side through a storm and, on the other side of a damaging losing losing streak, they are on the up again. For Ireland, whom they beat on Saturday, they have slipped back. Going into the 2019 […]

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A lot may change between now and September, when Ireland set out to achieve their best-ever World Cup, but this Ireland squad looks very settled. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, Joe Schmidt handed out Test debuts to 36 new players. The idea was to add to his squad’s depth chart and have three, possibly four […]

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The Grand Slam champions have gone with a strong first XV Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has made a couple of big calls in his team to face England in Saturday’s 2019 Guinness Six Nations opener. The front row features the familiar trio of Cian Healy, captain Rory Best ad Tadhg Furlong while half backs […]

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Let the games begin The Hurlingham Club in London is hosting the 2019 Guinness Six Nations launch on Wednesday and we will soon be inundated with quotes, predictions, platitudes and fitness updates in the coming hours. The days are often heavy going for the head coaches and captains of the six countries involved. They have […]

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England could be without their captain and vice-captain for the 2019 Guinness Six Nations opener Wrist or thumb injury? Saracens could not get that message clear but, they stressed, Owen Farrell should be fit for the start of the Six Nations. Just over an hour before their Champions Cup clash with Glasgow Warriors, Sarries announced […]

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