{"id":27,"date":"2022-08-08T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2022-08-09T14:14:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:14:40","slug":"rugby-union","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/rugby-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Union"},"content":{"rendered":"
England coach Stuart Lancaster insisted there were plenty of positives to take from his side\u2019s 28-27 defeat in the second Test in Dunedin which saw New Zealand take an unassailable 2-0 series lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Jonny Wilkinson admits 'the time is right for me to leave' after announcing on Monday that he will retire from rugby at the end of the season.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
An agreement for a new tournament to replace the existing European Cup structure has been signed by the various rugby union governing bodies in Europe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Brian O'Driscoll admitted the emotions were starting to 'kick in' after he finished his glittering international career by winning the Six Nations title in Paris.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Manu Tuilagi and Marland Yarde have been recalled to the England squad for this Sunday's Six Nations clash with Wales at Twickenham.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
England head coach Stuart Lancaster was full of pride in his side's performance after their gutsy 13-10 win over Ireland at Twickenham.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Mike Phillips has been dropped to the bench for Wales' Six Nations game against France in Cardiff on Friday night.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
England rugby league international Sam Burgess has confirmed that he has agreed a cross-code move to Bath.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
England rugby head coach Stuart Lancaster says Sam Burgess must want to switch codes if he harbours hopes of playing at the 2015 World Cup.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
England have named an unchanged starting XV for the Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
England captain Chris Robshaw admits his side cannot afford any more slow starts in the Six Nations this season.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Head coach Stuart Lancaster will hand debuts to Jack Nowell and Luther Burrell when England get their Six Nations campaign underway in France on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Stuart Lancaster has called Bath fly-half George Ford into his Elite Player Squad in place of Leicester's Toby Flood ahead of the 2014 6 Nations Championship.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Former England centre Jeremy Guscott believes the increasing number of rugby league coaches in rugby union is leading to an 'autocratic' style of attacking play.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Australia have suspended six players for breaches of discipline and five of them will miss this weekend's match with Scotland.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Sir Clive Woodward told Sky Sports that England must generate more creativity in their backline if they are to compete for rugby's top honours.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Bath RU have confirmed that centre Kyle Eastmond has been disciplined by the club for walking out on his team-mates in last week's 27-20 win at Sale.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
England have made only one change to their starting line-up for their final autumn international against New Zealand on Saturday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Christian Wade and Marland Yarde have both been ruled out of England's autumn international against Argentina on Saturday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward says England have missed a trick by failure to lure Sam Tomkins to rugby union.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sport-talk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}