England head coach Steve Borthwick hopes fly-half Marcus Smith could be fit to return to action in the Guinness Six Nations clash against Ireland at Twickenham. Harlequins star Smith has sat out all three of England’s games so far with a calf problem suffered on a pre-tournament training camp. Borthwick also feels Northampton scrum-half Alex […]
Fly-half Jack Crowley is taking the challenge of filling Johnny Sexton’s shoes in his stride and “could go far”, according to team-mate James Lowe. Test rookie Crowley marked his maiden Guinness Six Nations appearance in Dublin with the first senior try of his career to set the defending champions on course for a crushing 36-0 […]
Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt insists there is plenty more to come from rookie fly-half Jack Crowley ahead of his maiden Guinness Six Nations appearance in Dublin. Crowley celebrated his full debut in the championship by overcoming a few kicking errors to help his country register a thumping 38-17 round-one win away to France. The […]
After World Cup heartbreak in France, Ireland get their Six Nations defence underway in Marseille on Friday night. Andy Farrell’s men take on a France side, who like them, exited at the quarter-final stage. It will be a new era for Ireland, with former captain and long-term fly-half Johnny Sexton now retired. In his place […]