England receive key fitness boost ahead of Six Nations opener - England are underdogs facing defending champions Ireland in ...

There is an immutable temptation in English rugby to put any player selected for national duty into a camp, a category, a ...

England fly-half Fin Smith admitted Northampton's Premiership title hopes would have been over if he had not landed a last-minute penalty to beat Bath. Having missed a couple of kicks earlier in the ...

England’s Six Nations campaign begins on Saturday in Dublin and there are plenty of selection headaches for Steve Borthwick.

Northampton take on Munster this Saturday with their rising England star back in the box seat and ready to make new memories.

In his previous three penalty attempts, he had shanked one, missed one from inside his own half and made one off the post. Now with the clock into the red and Bath winning 34-32, not only the game ...

Fin Smith's last-gasp penalty gave reigning champions Northampton a 35-34 victory over English Premiership leaders Bath in a pulsating game of nine tries on Sunday. It was Bath's fifth consecutive ...

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