England

The England v Ireland Legends Game will take place at The Twickenham Stoop on Friday 16 March 2012, KO 7:45, in support of the Stuart Mangan Memorial Cup.

England produced their best performance of the 2012 Six Nations to claim a 24-22 victory over France, in a classic test match at the Stade de France.

It promises to be a great weekend of rugby, as England and Ireland legends meet in a charity match on the eve of the big 6 Nations clash.

Wales captain Sam Warburton has been ruled out of Saturday's clash with Italy after he failed to recover from a knee injury.

Before the world cup last year many England fans and pundits, including myself, were touting Ben Youngs and Toby Flood as the best half back pairing England had to offer.

Former England skipper and 2003 World Cup winner Lewis Moody has announced his retirement from rugby with immediate effect.

For as long as I can remember Rugby has been considered to be a game played by gentleman. However as the modern world continues to be driven by greed and corruption can we really expect the young players of today to behave in a gentlemanly manner when it comes to contract negotiations and transfer talks?

England's hopes of securing a top seeding for the 2015 Rugby World Cup draw later this year suffered a major setback with defeat to Wales in their Six Nations clash at Twickenham on Saturday.

It is fair to say that England have been solid but uninspiring in their opening two matches of the 2012 Six Nations.

Stuart Lancaster and Andy Farrell chat to Russell Hargreaves

Stuart Lancaster's England side made it two wins from two after producing a strong second half performance to overcome a spirited Italian side on Saturday.

A gutsy win for England at the Stadio Olimpico saw them go top of the table running out 19-15 winners against Italy. England came from 15-6 down to scrape their second win of the championship.

Stuart Lancaster and his England side got their new era off to the perfect start on Saturday with a 13-6 over Scotland.

How's it going my rugby buddies! As the Six Nations swings by it's a great couple of months for all rugby fans in the Northern Hemisphere.

Six Nations: Week 2 Preview

In the immediate aftermath of Scotland losing to England I tried to refrain from rash comment on the game. Analysis, if it is to be done properly, means using facts.

2012 sees a new start for English rugby. After a disastrous world cup, a new, temporary regime is in place and a fresh, young squad selected.

Philippe Saint-Andre's first game in charge saw France win comfortably against Italy 30-12 in front of the Paris crowd. The home side avenged last year's defeat to the Azzurri by dominating the game from start to finish.

So what did we learn from the first weekend of the 6 Nations. Some would say not much that we didn’t know on Friday but it was a weekend that gave us flashes of brilliance amongst the pragmatism and a couple of controversial refereeing decisions.