Stuart Lancaster

Two days on from the humiliation that was England’s 33-13 defeat to Australia, which eliminated them from their home tournament at the first hurdle, the questions have now turned from part-inquest, part-obituary for Stuart Lancaster to assessing just where England go from here. To sack or not to sack?...

The European Champions Cup final at the weekend displayed many things: the dominance of French rugby in Europe, the dominance of Toulon’s rugby in France, and, above all else for English fans, the dominance of England’s outcast hero in Toulon, Steffon Armitage. Armitage has been dominating headlines for the...

England have had a mixed start to their Six Nations campaign, comprehensively beating the Welsh on their own turf before almost letting the cat out of the bag against Italy. Stuart Lancaster and his fellow coaches need to tighten up their team’s performance, but the fans aren’t the only...

England’s defeat of Australia on Saturday brought to a close this year’s autumn internationals test series; it was the last opportunity for northern hemisphere teams to test themselves against a host of southern hemisphere countries before the World Cup in England next year. Fortunes were mixed: England generally struggled,...

Expectations were set suitably high for England’s latest QBE Autumn International test match. Given recent disappointing yet optimistic performances against New Zealand and South Africa, Saturday’s encounter against Samoa was an opportunity to end a losing streak and provide inspiration for frustrated England fans. In one sense, this did...

It’s becoming a tale all too familiar: a northern hemisphere team coming up just short of the southern hemisphere giants. This is particularly pertinent of England, who are struggling to cement themselves as serious contenders for the Webb Ellis Cup in a year’s time. Considering Ireland’s defeat of South Africa...

Everybody’s eyes are on the rugby world over this next year as the Rugby World Cup races ever closer. Every pass is being analysed, every tackle criticised, and every try is being recorded. The big bosses of each selected countries rugby union are hard at work, trying to put...