Harry Alexander is a writer from North London.
The Six Nations trophy is a prize almost without equal. Every team is striving to take home the title, while the coveted Grand Slam whitewash remains one of the ultimate rewards in European rugby. Besting each of your five opponents …
Six Nations 2022 Team Ratings – Phenomenal France and Inspirational Italy Read More »
Another year, another Six Nations over for Scotland. While Rugby’s Greatest Championship has provided fans with the usual host of thrills, spills and upsets to once more defy prediction, this was, in many ways, a tournament that pretty closely followed …
Scotland’s Six Nations Review: Are Brave Scots Being Left Behind? Read More »
The Six Nations has finally arrived, and unless you’re Welsh, Italian or English, it’s been a great start to what could be a tournament for the ages. Ireland brushed aside a depleted Welsh side to set up an epic clash …
Six Nations Round 1 – What Can We Learn From An Intriguing Opening Round of Tests? Read More »
It’s hard to think of many players who have been dominating recent rugby headlines as much as Leicester’s George Ford. After being dropped from Eddie Jones’ England side for the Autumn Internationals and not having featured for England since March …
There’s a reason they call it ‘Rugby’s Greatest Championship’. Other tournaments might accommodate more teams, boast more prestige or even, say it quietly, exhibit a more attractive style of rugby, but there’s something intangibly special about The Six Nations. A …
Six Nations 2022: The Key Clashes From This Year’s Tournament Read More »
The Six Nations is nearly here, thank the rugby gods, and that means it’s time for most international sides to start naming their 36-man sides for the coming tournament. France and Ireland with likely go into this year’s competition as …
Six Nations 2022 – Understanding England’s Bold Squad Selection Read More »
Autumn internationals are hardly the be-all and end-all of international rugby, but what they do provide is a great way of assessing exactly where a team is when heading into, or coming off the back of, more illustrious competitions. While …
Rating (Almost) Every National Side’s 2021 Autumn Nations Series Read More »
There are bad starts to a season. There are teams that perform below expectations. And then there are Bath. For a team with such supreme strength-in-depth, such enviable star quality, such a wealth of players capable of performing at the …
Planning for a World Cup is a tricky, tricky business. Fail to strategise properly and you’ll be compelled to include players wilting rather than peaking for the big event, or else fading a year out and forcing you to scramble …
This has not, by almost any quantifiable measure, been one of the ‘Great’ modern Lions test series. Brilliant as it has been to see that resplendent jersey once again donned by the pride of the northern hemisphere’s rugby personnel, it …
What Can We Learn From The Agonising Final Lions Test? Read More »
