• Autumn Nations Series Summary

    Sam Collins For the first time in over two years, full stadiums at international games returned to the Northern Hemisphere this November. The highly anticipated series did not disappoint with several entertaining games, reminding fans of the excitement of watching the best teams in the world clash on the...
  • Women’s Six nations 2017 Round-up

    Over the past few weeks Impact has brought you a wealth of reading on the men’s six nations. But what about the women’s?  The fact that female rugby is underrepresented is so painstakingly obvious that the article won’t serve any purpose by being dedicated to it. Instead, we’ll do the...
  • Six Nations: the verdict on weekend one

    The Six Nations series was back with a bang this weekend. Scotland have started turning heads already, England got themselves out of jail and Wales were ridiculously rampant (albeit against incompetent Italy). Here’s Impact‘s verdict on the opening weekend of matches. Scotland v Ireland Scotland were impeccable in defence,...
  • QBE Internationals Review: England vs Samoa

    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...
  • England Vs New Zealand: QBE Internationals Review

    Jack Hart was at Twickenham on Saturday to witness England’s defeat against New Zealand at close hand and has told Impact Sport why England ought to take a lot of encouragement from their display… Media reports of sporting events rarely give accurate accounts of what really happened, as it happened. The score-line...
  • QBE Internationals 2014: A Preview

    On Friday September 18th 2015, the biggest event in international rugby kicks off at Twickenham, as England host Fiji. That is now less than a year away, which is why the upcoming QBE Autumn Internationals will be viewed as a key stage of preparations for the World Cup. England’s...