England have dropped Marcus Smith and Henry Slade in a dramatic shake-up of the backline for Sunday's Guinness Six Nations ...

Smith was moved from number 10 to full-back following the 27-22 defeat to Ireland in Dublin that began England’s Six Nations ...

Smith is demoted to the bench to make way for the recall of Elliot Daly at full-back, while Slade is jettisoned from the 23 ...

Simon Easterby takes charge of his fourth Ireland game this weekend - and one former captain of the national side is pleased with his progression.

England have dropped Marcus Smith and Henry Slade in a dramatic shake-up of the backline for Sunday's Six Nations clash with Italy at Twickenham.

England have dropped Marcus Smith to the bench and brought in Fraser Dingwall to the centres in place of the axed Henry Slade ...

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has played down suggestions that returning assistant Felix Jones had been acting as a ...

Brian O'Driscoll insists that Ireland will need 'extra firepower' on the bench to combat the threat of France in this weekend ...

Sport was a joyous business for the great Frank Keating: let’s hope for an uplifting Dublin classic in his memory ...

Former tour captain Sam Warburton is backing Sam Prendergast as the British & Irish Lions’ next starting stand-off.