Owen Farrell led the Lions to victory over the First Nations & Pasifika XV, igniting support for him to be included in the squad against the Wallabies.
An ex-England fly-half has hailed the British and Irish Lions performance of Joe McCarthy, likening the Ireland lock to a legendary Springboks enforcer.
Stuart Barnes has suggested that Northampton’s task in the Champions Cup final isn’t about stopping Louis Bielle-Biarrey from scoring, it’s more a challenge of keeping the Bordeaux finisher’s tally down.
Stuart Barnes has claimed that Sam Underhill’s “brutal hit” last Saturday on Ali Price in Edinburgh has made him fall in love with rugby all over again.
Stuart Barnes has floated a radical Anglo-Welsh Premiership idea to revive the financial stricken regions in Wales that would involve demoting three current English top-flight teams to the Championship.
