Aviva Premiership Preview – Bath
It was a good season for Bath. In spite of some off-field disruptions, they came within a whisker of a playoff place and made the Challenge Cup final.
It was a good season for Bath. In spite of some off-field disruptions, they came within a whisker of a playoff place and made the Challenge Cup final.
Mike Tolkin has named his squad charged with assuring the Eagles’ place in the 2015 World Cup, with Toby L’Estrange primed to run things at no10.
A name distant but familiar to Canadian rugby fans is making a welcome return to national colours next weekend in Tokyo.
No team in the history in the 120 year history of the tournament has ever won the title outright in three successive years. This could well be the first.
Let’s get this over with before any false hopes arise – Scotland are not going to win this year’s tournament. Worse, they’ll probably come dead last.
Sometimes all it takes is one defining moment to turn the cart around. For Ireland that came in 79 minutes against the world’s best team. We’ll forgive them the final two.
It can be tough to be a supporter of some sides, but it must be desperately so to be a French fan. Their form seems to rise and fall with the winds, as if they had a streak of bipolarity stitched into their team psyche.
After defeating the French to open the tournament with three consecutive victories, England looked odds on to win last year’s Six Nations until it all came crashing down with an embarrassing performance in Cardiff.
Nobody expected Italy to challenge the top of the table when they joined the competition in 2000, but the Azzurri faithful were probably hoping for at least a third place finish within a decade or so.
The Russian Bears and French Barbarians enter the international arena this weekend. Here’s a look at their squads as they prepare for Japan and Samoa respectively. Match previews to follow!