DCSIMG

Sponsored by Rapid Solicitors
Rugby Union rss

Warburton is back to lead at Twickenham

Sam Warburton has recovered from injury and will captain Wales when they bid for the Triple Crown against Six Nations title rivals England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Courtney Lawes

Return of Lawes is signal for Palmer to step aside

Tom Palmer is set to lose his place in the England squad as Stuart Lancaster shows no qualms about tinkering with a winning team.

Wales likely to shuffle the pack as Bennett’s hopes fade

World Cup hooker Huw Bennett looks likely to miss Wales’ bid for Triple Crown glory against England at Twickenham on Saturday.

England's Chris Ashton

Tries are hard to come by but Ashton has faith

Chris Ashton will be on a wing and a prayer when England tackle Wales in Saturday’s RBS Six Nations showdown at Twickenham.

Ugly victory enough for Harlequins to remain in pole position

Harlequins director of rugby Conor O’Shea heaped praise on his side’s ability to win ugly after the league leaders maintained their place at the summit of the Aviva Premiership with a hard-fought 16-14 win over Worcester.

Saracens 19 Leicester 20: Revenge sees Leicester end Saracens’ home run

Leicester rugby director Richard Cockerill admitted he does not envy England head coach Stuart Lancaster’s task of selecting his team to face Wales on Saturday.

Rotherham's Shane Monahan dives over to score his first try.

Doncaster Knights 14 Rotherham Titans 15: Doncaster see victory bid blown away at the death

If any of the forthcoming promotion play-offs are as well attended and finish with a similar theatrical climax as this dramatic South Yorkshire derby, watched by a crowd of 4,000 at Castle Park, then followers of the Championship have much to look forward to.

Leeds Carnegie 22 Esher 24: Bad decisions prove costly as Leeds slip to defeat at home to Esher

Leeds Carnegie face a crucial period of two games in six games as they try to breath life into their promotion campaign following a lacklustre performance against the league’s bottom side that resulted in an embarrassing 24-22 home defeat.

Rivals meet again but play-offs are the priority

IF you take Doncaster versus Rotherham today as a one-off, then it has all the hallmarks of an intense, mouthwatering local derby.

England captain Chris Robshaw has been given the armband for the rest of the Six Nations.

Experience of Carling proves helpful to Robshaw’s cause

Chris Robshaw revealed he has been taking tips from Will Carling – England’s most successful Grand Slam captain – after being confirmed in the role for the rest of the RBS Six Nations.

Rotherham Titans 14 Cornish Pirates 19: Rotherham beat big freeze but not Cornish opposition

Rotherham, well below par, were beaten for the second time in the league this season by Cornish Pirates in the re-arranged fixture at Clifton Lane which had been postponed four times due to bad weather.

England's Tom Palmer writes exclusively for the Yorkshire Post.

Tom Palmer: Front row dominance lays platform for hard-fought triumph

Believe it or not, I’ve actually played in conditions worse than those we encountered in Rome on Saturday.

England's Owen Farrell (left) and Charlie Hodgson tackle Italy's Gonzalo Canale (centre) during the RBS Six Nations match at the Stadio Olympico, Rome. Picture: Gilberto Carbonari/PA Wire.

Italy 15 England 19: Bloodied Farrell on target in England fightback

Like father, like son – Owen Farrell is being hailed as England’s man of steel after his nerveless kicking display at the Stadio Olimpico sealed this RBS 6 Nations victory over Italy.

Rome nightmare haunts Foden

Ben Foden will be haunted by the mistakes that forced England to come from behind to beat Italy in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at a freezing Stadio Olimpico.

Lancaster survives his ‘mad five minutes’

England’s interim coach Stuart Lancaster was proud of the resolve his side showed in bouncing back from a “mad five minutes” to beat Italy 19-15 in freezing Rome.

Leeds's Jon Pendlebury on the risk of injuries in the game.

Clubs are fighting fit when it comes to their players’ health, says report

The overall risk of match and training injury within the Premiership since 20002-3 remains essentially stable with minor fluctuations seen from season to season.

Leeds Carnegie's Jacob Rowan, runs in the path of Cornish Pirates Rob Cook.

Rowan puts his faith in Carnegie promise

Exciting prospect Jacob Rowan has committed his immediate future to Leeds Carnegie by signing a one-year contract extension.

Doncaster prepared for hectic season end

Doncaster Knights will have to play four games in 10 days to complete their regular season programmme, yet head coach Brett Davey remains undaunted.

Passions to run high as England aim to stay unbeaten

HaviNG rewritten history in Edinburgh, England are now out to prolong a narrative in Rome.

Bester determined to be tough at home

RUGBY UNION: Rotherham Titans expect to name the same 22 for their rearranged fixture against Cornish Pirates at Clifton Lane tomorrow.

Discipline will prove key to any success for England

Chris Ashton believes life on the straight and narrow is already paying dividends for England as they prepare to tackle Italy at the Stadio Olimpico.

England's Brad Barritt

Proud Peacock and Neville proved inspiration for new-look England

The effects of England’s week-long training camp in West Yorkshire are still being felt by Stuart Lancaster’s England squad as they continue their Six Nations journey. Nick Westby reports.

Parks makes way for next generation

Scotland fly-half Dan Parks has retired from international rugby with immediate effect, the Scottish Rugby Union have announced.

England interim head coach Stuart Lancaster says practice makes perfect.

Training performances influence coach as much as game day

A RUN-OUT against the rugby team of Leeds Metropolitan University was England’s only real practice match before their baptism of fire at Murrayfield on Saturday.

England coach Stuart Lancaster celebrates victory over Scotland. PA

Lancaster finally allows mask to slip as he punches roof in triumph

Saturday’s Calcutta Cup was a big day in the life of Stuart Lancaster. Nick Westby watched the emotions of the day unravel on the face of England’s interim head coach.

Tom Palmer and the Yorkshire Post are supporting RBS RugbyForce, the community rugby programme that is improving club facilities across the nation. To find out more or register your rugby club for the RBS RugbyForce Weekend on June 2 and 3, visit www.rbs.com/rugbyforce.

Tom Palmer: We’re ready to make bold statements and the difficult calls

Victory in the Calcutta Cup is the best possible way to start our Six Nations campaign and it was a result that was pleasing for the whole squad.

Scotland's Max Evans (left) is tackled by England's Brad Barritt. PA

Scotland 6 England 13: Hodgson’s delight at stepping back into limelight

Amid all the valiant performances from the young guns who vindicated Stuart Lancaster’s faith in them, it was an old stager who had the decisive say in an absorbing Calcutta Cup match.

England's Chris Robshaw celebrates with the Culcutta Cup during the RBS 6 Nations match at Murrayfield. PA

Have your say: Calcutta Cup foundations were laid in Leeds – England coach Lancaster

Stuart Lancaster does not yet believe that his bold shake-up of English rugby has been fully vindicated but Saturday’s Calcutta Cup win was a big step towards it.

Scotland 6 England 13: Lancaster opens up with Murrayfield win

Stuart Lancaster’s reign as England head coach began with a nerve-jangling victory over Scotland in the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield, writes Nick Westby.

Wales looking to build on Cup woe

Mike Phillips believes this season’s RBS Six Nations Championship provides Wales with a perfect opportunity to shake off any lingering World Cup frustrations.

Lancaster looks to restore pride of English game

Stuart Lancaster has called on his players to make the country proud as England begin a new era at Murrayfield today.

Lamont warns Scotland to be wary of new-look opponents

Sean Lamont is wary of Scotland shedding their underdog tag ahead of tomorrow’s RBS Six Nations opener with a new-look England.

Lancaster rings the changes for Murrayfield test

Stuart Lancaster stayed true to his principles yesterday when he named a brave squad for England’s daunting Six Nations opener against Scotland tomorrow.

England's Owen Farrell during a training session held at the University of Leeds Playing Fields, Weetwood, Leeds. Farrell will make his debut at Murrayfield.

Hodgson and Webber earn Lancaster’s Murrayfield call

Stuart Lancaster has named three uncapped players in his squad for the Six Nations opener against Scotland, with Charlie Hodgson also earning a recall.

Tom Croft

Croft confident England can ‘win it with kids’

Tom Croft is confident England can emulate Manchester United and prove it is possible to win major honours with an inexperienced side.

England's Tom Palmer

England in mood to learn from past mistakes

Nearly four months have passed since England’s players trudged despondently off the field in Auckland after their insipid World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of France.

Scotland celebrate with the Calcutta Cup. PA

Roar of the ‘Tartan Army’ could be too much for Red Rose to deal with

England have managed only two wins in Scotland this century.

Allan Jacobsen

Jacobsen out to avenge World Cup heartache

Allan Jacobsen is determined to make amends for the frustrations and hurt of the Rugby World Cup campaign when the RBS Six Nations open against England at Murrayfield on Saturday.

England’s underdogs will have passion to test Scots

Graham Rowntree has backed a young and inexperienced England side to quell the Scottish passion in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup showdown and start banishing memories of “an unspeakable past”.

Wales are decimated by injuries for opener in Dublin

Wales could launch their Six Nations campaign in Dublin on Sunday without almost half the team that destroyed Ireland’s World Cup dream.

Callum Clark trains with England in Leeds last week.

Clark released as Webber and Hodgson are retained for England’s Six Nations opener

Calum Clark will have to wait for his England debut. The Northampton flanker, who played under Stuart Lancaster at Leeds Carnegie, was one of eight players returned to their clubs last night.

Robshaw chosen to captain England after just one cap

Stuart Lancaster continued to buck familiar trends yesterday when he named Chris Robshaw as England captain for the first two games of the Six Nations.

England's Chris Robshaw during a training session held at the University of Leeds Playing Fields, Weetwood, Leeds. Picture: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire.

Lancaster hands Robshaw England captaincy

Chris Robshaw was today unveiled by head coach Stuart Lancaster as England captain for Saturday’s Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield.

England's Charlie Hodgson during a training session held at the University of Leeds Playing Fields, Weetwood, Leeds. Picture: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire.

Hodgson determined to make most of return to England fold

Having missed out on three World Cups for varying reasons, Charlie Hodgson could be forgiven for thinking international rugby had been overly unkind to him.

Carnegie's Andy Titterrell side steps Blues Paul Tupai as Phil Boulton and Jake Sharp close in.

Ability to adapt sees Leeds shape up well for play-offs

AN IMPRESSIVE goal-kicking performance from Tommy Bell saw Leeds Carnegie edge past one of the Championship’s leading clubs yesterday.

Humble Ashton keen to change public opinion

Usually the life and soul of the party, Chris Ashton cut a chastened figure as he outlined his determination to win back the hearts of the rugby public during England’s RBS 6 Nations title defence.

loading...
Find It

"Business owner? - Claim your business and Advertise with us"

In association with qype logo

Looking for...

Featured advertisers

Jobs

Search for a job

Motors

Search for a car

Property

Search for a house

Weather for Yorkshire

Thursday 23 February 2012

5 day forecast

Today

Cloudy

Cloudy

Temperature: 11 C to 16 C

Wind Speed: 20 mph

Wind direction: South west

Tomorrow

Cloudy

Cloudy

Temperature: 3 C to 12 C

Wind Speed: 17 mph

Wind direction: West

Press Complaints Commission

This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the Editor by clicking here.

If you remain dissatisfied with the response provided then you can contact the PCC by clicking here.