Who’s in England’s Rugby World Cup squad? August 7, 2023 England head coach Steve Borthwick named his 33-man Rugby World Cup this morning ahead of next month’s showpiece event. The former Leicester Tiger has been trimming his squad over the last two months and has made a number of eyebrow raising decisions as he looks to turn an England side he inherited last December into [...]
Slade set to be left out of Borthwick’s England Rugby World Cup squad August 6, 2023 England centre Henry Slade is set to be left out of Steve Borthwick’s World Cup squad, which will be named at 10am tomorrow morning. The shock omission comes as England head coach Borthwick chooses to name his squad a month out from this autumn’s tournament, taking place in France next month. Other players expected to [...]
England were dire, and there’s no World Cup quick fix for Borthwick August 6, 2023 If any one of the 23 who played for England on Saturday in their 20-9 loss to Wales thought they were guaranteed to be one of the names Steve Borthwick lists in his Rugby World Cup squad tomorrow morning, they might want to think again. What unfolded under the roof of the Principality Stadium in [...]
Taking sporting images is an art, but anyone can try August 5, 2023 That irritatingly obnoxious phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” gets bounded about as if a drunk selfie or edgy picture of the Shard is worth the same interest as Alberto Korda’s snap of Che Guevara or the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper”. Photography is damn hard, and capturing the various moving elements of [...]
‘Borthwick’s England must find French flair and adventure’ August 4, 2023 This is it for England, their World Cup gets real from this weekend. There is no easy fixture against Wales, there’s no friendly against the neighbours from over the Severn Bridge. It always has been, and always will be, war. And with Steve Borthwick set to name his final World Cup squad next Monday – [...]
England face interesting Test as Gatland picks mixed Wales squad August 2, 2023 England will go up against a blend of inexperienced and veteran players on Saturday as they get their Rugby World Cup warm-up schedule underway against Wales in Cardiff. Head coach Warren Gatland named his squad a day earlier than planned and has combined uncapped players with centurions in a 23 containing 672 international Wales caps. [...]
URC side Ospreys to host rugby fixture in London July 31, 2023 Welsh United Rugby Championship side Ospreys will play one of their domestic home fixtures in London next season, the club confirmed today. The Welsh region has not said where in the capital they will stage the URC fixture but they’re expected to announce the venue in the coming weeks. It is understood that the side [...]
Scotland and Italy may not make World Cup quarters, but warm-up is important July 29, 2023 I was over the moon this week when I discovered that the northern hemisphere Rugby World Cup warm-ups were getting underway this week. It may not be the likes of France or England but it’s good to see international rugby back ahead of one of the biggest and most unpredictable World Cup events in a [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: Nuntz offers hope for Fijian depth July 27, 2023 | Sponsored In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Morning Wire has put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to assess whose form is hot – and whose is not – in the race to be part of the tournament in France later this year. Rugby player of the week Fiji have [...]
Ollie Phillips: Lions is the pinnacle, I wish I could have worn the shirt July 21, 2023 I enjoyed my career, let’s get that straight from the off, but I wish I had donned the famous British and Irish Lions jersey at least once. It was back then, and remains to this day, the pinnacle of rugby for a British or Irish rugby player and it is an institution that we simply [...]