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Edinburgh, Scotland, 20th November 2021. during the Autumn Nation Series match at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.

Warming up nicely for the Six Nations

Allan Massie | Sport

The last November international weekend gave us two splendid and gripping matches, but what will happen at the Six Nations?

Dublin , Ireland - 6 November 2021; Jack Conan of Ireland is tackled by Kazuki Himeno of Japan during the Autumn Nations Series match between Ireland and Japan at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Autumn Nation Series 2021: Eddie Jones’ England far from rubbish

Allan Massie | Sport

The Autumn Nations Series goes up a gear this weekend with all major European and southern hemisphere unions in action – what can we expect?

The British and Irish Lions against the South African rugby team

It’s time the sleeping Lions woke up and had some fun

Allan Massie | Sport

To make rugby more interesting, the Lions need to improve the style in which they play and remember that sport is first and foremost, fun.

England v South Africa – a history of tough tackling and political turmoil

Dan Feather | Sport