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Dan Lydiate can D-rail England freight trainSam Warburton says he admires Jonny Wilkinson and Steve Redgrave and wants Wales to emulate their professionalism.
Wales have the mental steel to beat EnglandShane Williams says that Wales will dig out a rare Twickenham victory by exploiting England’s lack of a genuine openside.
Gatland tells Wales to hit and runPaul Rees looks at Wales’s history against England at Twickenham and believes they will run from anywhere if they spot a lack of defensive cover
My position on the England jobWayne Smith sets the record straight on his interest in the England job.
The Blue Bulls don’t look pretty in pinkMark Reason looks at the Bulls new pink jersey design and wonders if he is on a yellow submarine lost in the sixties.
Dull England ploughs on through the snowPaul Rees watches lucky England plod to victory despite creating very little except a midfield full of cumbersome forwards
Robinson and Kidney may soon be looking for a new jobPaul Rees wonders if defeat at the weekend would mean the end for a couple of Six Nations coaches… Is history about to repeat itself? Two Six Nations coaches who had taken their teams to the previous year’s World Cup found themselves looking for a new job within weeks of the end of the 2008 tournament.
Ireland's front row holds the key to victoryGraham Henry believes that Ireland can overturn history in Paris.
Foul PlayA rugby league style “on report” system is being trialled by SANZAR for this year’s Super XV. One of the reasons given for the changes is the rather questionable goal of making life easier for referees on the field. The more sensible and, one would hope, primary objective is to achieve greater fairness and consistency in the treatment of foul play. A referee will be able to place a player “on report” if he suspects foul play or if a player makes an allegation against an opponent which the referee feels warrants investigation by the judiciary.
Trinh-Duc is number one in the top ten chartFormer All Blacks fly-half Wayne Smith looks at what the number tens bring to their teams in the Six Nations.
