Sir Ian McGeechan discuss's the selection headache that will be facing British & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland ahead of tomorrow's announcement.
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England captain Alastair Cook is looking forward to welcome back the likes of Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Graeme Swann and Jimmy Anderson ahead of their one-day test series in New Zealand on Sunday.   Although the four have not warmed up in New Zealand, Cook expects them to hit the ground running.
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  Sportsvibe caught up with England & Sussex spinner Monty Panesar as he looks ahead to the tour of New Zealand in March. The 30-year-old also touches upon England's success in India late last year, his own personal fitness and the fortunes of Arsenal.
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Tom Varndell had one more yesterday to remind England ’s management that he is still the fastest and most prolific try scoring winger in English rugby before the squad for the 2013 RBS Six Nations is announced on Wednesday.
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By Ian Stafford

  Leicester Tigers hooker Tom Youngs reflects on England's emphatic 38-21 victory over New Zealand at the start of December, and considers his own positional change that has seen him become a full England international.
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Having been back at work now for a whole week it is hard to believe that the whirlwind of the past two weeks did in fact actually happen.
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By Emily Scarratt

A brutal week of self-reflection, analysis and collective grievances had delivered Tom Youngs to the point of believing, against all odds, that England would beat New Zealand last Saturday, but a poignant and inspirational event the night before proved to be the final factor in his team’s epic victory.
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By Ian Stafford

Well that didn’t go quite as planned. One minute I was hoping for a busy series of autumn internationals, the next I’m off the field in the first match, against Argentina, and having my shoulder operated on within a week.
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By Alun Wyn Jones

  Following England's emphatic 38-21 destruction of World Champions New Zealand last weekend, Sportsvibe caught up with one of the heroes from that afternoon, Manu Tuilagi. The Leicester Tigers wing reflects on England's triumph, as well as his own superb performance against the All Blacks.
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Harlequins and former New Zealand fly-half Nick Evans has predicted his starting XV for the first Test of The British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia in 2013.
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Just two tests over the weekend, and how fortunes can contrast in rugby. Over in Cardiff Wales saw Australia snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, consigning the Welsh to a seventh straight defeat and the third tier of today’s Rugby World Cup draw.
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By Ian Stafford

England’s 38-21 victory over the All Black’s yesterday was the biggest points margin they have ever had over the side and coach Stuart Lancaster believes that they need to avoid ‘dropping off’ before the Six Nations.
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A behind the scenes look inside the England camp ahead of this Saturday's huge game with New Zealand.
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The draw for the pool stages of the 2015 Rugby World Cup will take place on December 3 in London, and you can watch it all LIVE at Sportsvibe.   Victories for the top four sides in the world on Saturday guaranteed their band one seeding for the Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool Allocation draw.
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Well you can’t say these autumn tests aren’t full of talking points, can you? In another salutary weekend for the home nations – Ireland excluded – Scotland’s disastrous home defeat to Tonga resulted in head coach Andy Robinson’s almost inevitable resignation, Wales were swatted aside with contemptuous ease by the All Blacks and England?   Well England did...
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By Ian Stafford

I am writing this back at work on my lunch break after a weekend camp down in Surrey frantically trying to get through, what seems like, a never ending ‘to do list’ before returning back to camp early Wednesday morning.
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By Emily Scarratt

Oh dear! Well, that wasn't supposed to happen. Yes, we knew a wounded Wallaby is a dangerous animal, and that Samoa always represent a tough, physical battle, but for England and Wales to lose at home against Australia and the South Sea Islanders were pretty disastrous results.
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By Ian Stafford

  Not quite the start we hoped for, then, with at least two very possible wins ending up as defeats, a stirling performance that still resulted in a thrashing, and a fairly worthless run out against sub-standard opposition.
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By Ian Stafford

Since I last wrote, the Ospreys have moved up the RaboDirect Pro12 table and suffered a painful defeat in the Heineken Cup, and I've been wearing a fetching number sitting in a cold chamber experiencing temperatures of minus 150 degrees in Poland and now am preparing for the first of what should be four compelling autumn Tests...
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By Alun Wyn Jones

New Zealand and Crusaders captain Richie McCaw will take a sabbatical next year using a clause written into his contract in an attempt to extend his career.
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