The England rugby team had been on the upswing, dominating the World Cup in Japan en route to conquering New Zealand in the semi-finals, until they became the supporting cast to a much bigger story.
We are just nine months away from the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo and thoughts will be on Japan next summer throughout the World Sevens Series, which begins this week.
As she is set to earn her 119th cap to go joint second in England’s all-time list of Test players, Red Roses captain Sarah Hunter sat down with Chris Heal to discuss an historic year for the women’s game.
England international Manu Tuilagi insisted that he is committed to his club Leicester Tigers until the end of his contract amid speculations of him being linked with switching codes to rugby league.
England coach Eddie Jones has admitted making a mistake in not changing the starting line-up for the World Cup final against South Africa which they went on to lose 12-32.