England have named an unchanged squad for Saturday's Six Nations clash against Italy, meaning that six Saracens players are in the matchday 22. Mouritz Botha, Charlie Hodgson, Owen Farrell, Brad Barritt and David Strettle all start the match in Rome with

The former England and Lions centre answers your questions after the opening round of the Six Nations. Among the topics making the headlines this week: - The controversy surrounding the tip tackles by Bradley Davies and Stephen Ferris at the end of the m

Scotland's Dave Denton (back) tackles England's David Strettle during their Six Nations rugby union match at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. Debutant England centre Andy Farrell was delighted by the commitment a revamped side showed as they began the def

Yesterday morning, the man who has stepped into Martin Johnson's shoes and taken charge of the England team – for the time being, at least – was pictured on the front page of The Scotsman, playing alongside Bryan Redpath for Scotland Under-21s against En

David Strettle: Good start. Grabbed kick off and made important early tackles. Gave England confidence to kick on. 8 Charlie Hodgson: Increasingly inventive. Charged down Parks' clearance kick for first try for new-look England and got better as game wen

After racism, hooliganism, tax evasion, homophobia and more racism, it’s quite nice to get away from football and let myself sink into the world of god’s own game – Rugby Union. No, I make no apologies – I like my football, but Rugby is Ray North’s passi