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Can anyone stop France's charge towards a Grand Slam?

Les Bleus are playing with an irresistible force that may prove too much for their rivals – and the French fans know it, writes Peter Bills

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Powell was celebrating Wales' win

Wales drop Andy Powell after golf buggy arrest

Monday, 15 February 2010

There are many famous landmarks related to Welsh rugby. So prodigious were the valleys north of Cardiff in producing world-beating number 10s they became known as the Outside Half Factory.

Chris McGrath: Risk-free mantra of coach will have France licking lips

Monday, 15 February 2010

It looked very much as though the motto of Johnson is safety first – and second – and third

It was Martin Johnson's first away victory since becoming coach

Peter Bills: Boring England are too scared

Monday, 15 February 2010

Talking Rugby... So what on earth was all that about at Rome's Stadio Flaminio on Sunday? For sure, it had little to do with proper rugby.

Lee Byrne: A thriller, but thoughts are with Thom

Sunday, 14 February 2010

Fifteen to one

David Flatman: Sun, sea and surf? I'll settle for the showers

Sunday, 14 February 2010

View from the front row with Bath & England prop

Alun Wyn Jones' moment of madness cost Wales dearly against England

Brian Ashton: Individuals make the best team players

Saturday, 13 February 2010

Tackling The Issues

<b>ITALY v ENGLAND: MATCH FACTS </b><br/> * England have beaten Italy in all 15 Tests they have played. <br/><br/> * England's record victory was 67-6 during the 1999 World Cup at Twickenham (pictured).

Italy v England: Six Nations preview

Friday, 12 February 2010

England travel to Rome this weekend to take on Italy at the Stadio Flaminio.

Mauro Bergamasco breaks away from James Haskell during England's visit to the Stadio Flaminio in 2008

I know Castro well. And I know how dangerous he can be

Friday, 12 February 2010

Toby Flood: This weekend in Rome is all about fire and passion.

Cipriani is not hopeful of a return to the England set-up

Cipriani not passionate about England says Carling

Friday, 12 February 2010

Will Carling revealed today he has scrapped plans to manage Danny Cipriani because he believes the Wasps fly-half is not passionate enough about playing for England.

<b>JONATHAN THOMAS</b><br/> The Wales lock has been forced to apologise after making a homophobic outburst on the social networking site Twitter. The timing of the Tweet was particularly ill-timed considering that Wales team-mate Gareth Thomas recently became the first professional rugby player in Britain to reveal he was gay.<br/> <b>What was said:</b><br/> <i>Ian Evans (Osprey's team-mate of Thomas): </i>"Legs and ass are in bits, can't move." <br/> <i>Thomas posted in reply:</i> "U gotta stop hanging round with Nigel Owens!" (a top Welsh referee who came out in 2007).

Silly Twits: Sports stars in social networking controversy

Thursday, 11 February 2010

For must of us, using Facebook, Twitter or eBay tends to be quite banal, but if you're an internationally famous sports star, people tend to pay attention.

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