English Rugby Union left reeling
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RUGBY will be in turmoil if Sir Clive Woodward does finally quit as England coach because there is no natural successor to the man who steered the side to World Cup victory less than 12 months ago.
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England, chasing 142 to win the first test, have lost opener Marcus Trescothick and Mark Butcher in quick succession to give South Africa a sniff of victory.
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ONCE again today the talk in football circles south of the border is all about mayhem among fans as English football suffered another night of shame.
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Sport: Rugby: Shaun Edwards must decide between coaching England Saxons or joining Wales coaching staff
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Struggling Saracens saw in the New Year in style with a badly needed 13-6 Premiership win away to Bath.
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England end day four of the third Test on 151-5, facing a big loss to South Africa.
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IT CAN only be coincidence that the power failure that ensured the closure of concession stands throughout the Riverside Stadium brought such a ravenous display from three centre forwards whose hunger has been questioned.
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Darkness drove the players from the field with just over an hour left to play Thursday at Kingsmead Stadium as South Africa salvaged a draw on the final day of the second of five Tests against England.
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England teams used to disperse immediately after a Test. The Australians were flabbergasted. But this England team are breaking the mould.
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England has fallen just short of what would have been a remarkable win in the second Test against South Africa when some stubborn resistance from the locals lasted long enough for bad light to intervene with 15 overs remaining.
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England went down to a convincing seven-wicket defeat against South Africa &#39;A&#39; on Monday in their final warm-up match before this week&#39;s first Test, losing by seven wickets in a three-day first-class fixture played in hot weather and interrupted by rain
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Andy Robinson's time as head coach of the England rugby union team appears to be drawing to a close.
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South Africa&#39;s worst display of the year, England&#39;s best since the World Cup final. There wasn&#39;t so much as a pitch length&#39;s difference between these two teams at Twickenham on Saturday, as that of an entire street.
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Sport: England's cricketers fail to recover from Kevin Pietersen's contentious run out.
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England are facing an injury scare over flanker Richard Hill.
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Phil Vickery, Jonny Wilkinson, Andy Farrell and Steve Borthwick are all doubts for England's Six Nations clash with France.
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Injury-ravaged England suffered another blow a week away from their Six Nations opener against Wales when it was revealed World Cup winning scrum-half Matt Dawson had suffered a strained right calf injury.