“You and Webb Ellis, running around tackling each other!” James Haskell and Rory Best have taken lumps out of each other on the rugby field but it did not taking retirement to bring them close together. Both men bonded on the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and are now thick as […]

6 years ago

“Was the other guy – the hero – not available?“ Stuart Lancaster once got his England team revved up for a St Patrick’s Day meeting with Ireland by inviting in army veterans that had gone through the wringer during campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lancaster was well aware of how the day itself, and the […]

6 years ago

“They won’t say it because they’re frightened of it.” England battled the elements, and the Scots, at Murrayfield and were locked at 3-3 until the 71st minute. Stuart Hogg’s fumble over his tryline looked to have cost his side a score but, instead, resulted in an attacking scrum for England. Their forwards rumbled close and […]

6 years ago

‘Where’s this new Fijian lad come from?!’ Harlequins, Newcastle Falcons, Stade Français, Gloucester Rugby and England Sevens. What Ollie Phillips’ Wikipedia page does not tell you is that the Brighton native made his international debut, as a skinny teenager, for Fiji. Against none other than Jonah Lomu. How does that happen? Once you get to know Ollie […]

6 years ago

Everyone wants a piece of ‘The Hask’. As soon as James Haskell announced he was signing up for a Mixed Martial Arts stint with Bellator, the offers started to flood in. The former England and Lions flanker is currently in training ahead of an anticipated Bellator debut in early 2020. Haskell, who is part of the UK’s […]

7 years ago

“I’m always available.” Former Wasps, England and Lions flanker James Haskell only hung up his rugby boots over the summer but he is continuing on the professional sporting path by signing up for a Mixed Martial Arts stint with Bellator. Haskell has been using MMA fighting to keep fight, and work on different skill sets, […]

7 years ago