Familiar France Remain A Mystery
Philippe Saint-André has bucked the trend with a reasonably consistent group to the ones rolled out in November, but it’s a bad time to be named Maxime.
Venditti Returns To Boost Azzurri
Rampaging winger Giovanbattista Venditti returns to the Azzurri in one of several changes to the initial Italian offering for the upcoming Six Nations.
French Clubs Set Sail On Transfer Market
Transfer time is always a bit crazy in a World Cup year, but this one looks to be something extraordinary, with some French clubs taking an early lead.
Best Of The Rest
Time to dust off the Christmas cobwebs and get back at it. Here is a collection of some pretty good articles from elsewhere over the past few weeks.
Tier 2 Selects 2014
With no Tier 2 players able to crack the Team of the Year, it seems like a good idea to recognize the best of the ‘little guys’ over the last 12 months.
Team Of The Year 2014
Forget some of the preposterous lists that some have bandied about as their yearly selection, here are the legitimate best over the international calendar.
Silly Season Starts Early
Did it ever really stop? A look at a number of recent transfer announcements, for this season and next, and their implications for both club and country.
Team Of The Week
Only two games this week, and neither of the highest standard, but there’s a team to be picked nonetheless. A few English forwards, a few Australian backs.
Springboks Hit Welsh Wall
In the end it was the Springboks, not the Welsh, who fell flattest in a match that should only be described as a bridge too far for all concerned.
England Scrum Flattens Australia
England got their scalp that they so desperately wanted, but didn’t really show anything that would suggest their World Cup chances have increased.