Six Nations

Lewis Moody expects Eddie Jones to ‘tap into new talent’ which English rugby has to offer, but doesn’t belief a massive upheaval in the squad is necessary as he feels the foundations to be successful are already in place.

Slowly but surely the England internationals have filtered back into club duty in the Aviva Premiership over the last few weeks, following a forgettable display at the Rugby World Cup.

After valiantly losing out to Australia at the penultimate hurdle of the World Cup, many people were saddened to see the exit of Argentina from this year’s Rugby World Cup.

Octavian Morariu has led calls for the Six Nations to consider expanding the tournament in order to give emerging European nations such as Georgia and Romania greater exposure to international rugby at the highest level.

The television deal for the Six Nations is expected to be announced on Thursday afternoon with the BBC having teamed up with ITV in a bid to keep the tournament on terrestrial television.

With the recent news that the Six Nations’ time on terrestrial television could be coming to an end, we thought it would be interesting to look at the merits that the three major British rugby broadcasters Sky, BT and the BBC, would bring to the coverage.

Ireland captain Paul O'Connell has been named as the RBS 6 Nations player of the championship six days after leading his side to a successful title defence.

England captain Chris Robshaw is "devastated" after his side ended up being RBS 6 Nations runners-up for the fourth year in a row at the weekend.

France may have come in for some heavy criticism during the Six Nations, much of which was justified, but they do emerge from the Six Nations having learnt considerably more about their side than they knew in January.

England have the biggest representation on a 12-strong shortlist announced by tournament organisers for this season's RBS 6 Nations player of the tournament.

After perhaps the most spectacular and breathtaking finish to the Six Nations ever witnessed, picking a team of the championship became that little bit harder.

Paul O'Connell insists Ireland's back-to-back RBS 6 Nations titles rest entirely on never once questioning taskmaster boss Joe Schmidt's intense methods.

Ireland tiptoed their way to successive RBS 6 Nations titles for the first time since 1949, sneaking past England on points-difference after beating Scotland 40-10.

George North scored a hat-trick of tries in 11 minutes as Wales destroyed Italy with a remarkable second-half points blitz at Stadio Olimpico - but it was all to no avail in terms of their RBS 6 Nations title hopes as Ireland claimed the championship.

England fell agonisingly short of being crowned RBS 6 Nations champions for the first time under Stuart Lancaster despite toppling France 55-35 in an electrifying evening of mayhem at Twickenham.

Liam Williams insists there will be "no pressure" on Wales when they target a memorable triumph in this season's RBS 6 Nations title race.

Dylan Hartley's memories of England's only RBS 6 Nations success this decade are tainted to the point he does not feel like a title winner.

Former England fly-half Rob Andrew predicts an afternoon of "incredible drama" awaits in Saturday's climax to the 2015 RBS 6 Nations.

This weekend promises to be one of the most exciting climaxes to the championship in years and both Nowell and Lancaster spoke about their desire to win the trophy, the threats that France pose and the mentality that they will be entering the game with while Lancaster also spoke about his selection choices including the omission of Dave Attwood.

France's preparations for their RBS 6 Nations showdown with England on Saturday have been disrupted by confusion over the fitness of fly-half Camille Lopez.