Six Nations 2024 – Team of the Tournament

The first Six Nations after a World Cup always represents something of a changing of the guard. It’s an opportunity for new players to make a mark – and a chance for some of the more experienced heads to demonstrate why moving into a new World Cup cycle they should remain at the forefront of their coach’s thoughts.

Here’s my team of the tournament for the 2024 Six Nations.

2024 Six Nations – Preview and Predictions

The first Six Nations after a World Cup is always an interesting one. Many teams face immediate rebuilds, most have faced significant disappointment – and all have a point to prove. Ireland and France will enter the tournament as favourites but each have their own challenges to overcome first, while the teams that have sat behind them in the rankings for the last two years will look to remind them that they won’t always have it their own way. Here is my preview of the 2024 Six Nations.

Post-Rugby World Cup 2023 Power Rankings

The World Cup is over, and what a tournament it was. Titanic clashes, shocking upsets, and, ultimately, some of the best rugby you’ll ever see. As the dust settles, here’s my post-World Cup power rankings.

Rugby World Cup 2023 – Preview and Predictions

After nearly four years the World Cup is nearly upon us once again, and it’s set to be a cracker. With some of the world’s top ranked sides destined by the draw to fall at the first hurdle, some traditional tier one nations faltering, and some of rugby’s former minnows rising fast, this could be one of the most surprising, competitive tournaments in history. Here’s a guide to all twenty teams in the World Cup and my prediction for how they’ll do.

The Team of the Six Nations 2023

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And so an extremely exciting edition of the Six Nations comes to an end with an Irish Grand Slam. As you’d expect, the men in green dominate my Team of the Tournament – but not perhaps as much as you might think. Here are my best XV of the 2023 Six Nations, and some of the players who weren’t too far off.

2023 Six Nations Preview and Predictions

The Six Nations always takes on an added dimension in a World Cup year, as teams use the last major tournament before The Big One to lay down a marker. And with France 2023 now a mere eight months away, expect this year’s Six Nations to be a real battle – and potentially one of the most competitive in years. Here’s my run-through of where the teams are at, and where I think they’ll finish.

Rugby World Cup power rankings – one year out

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It’s been a dramatic year of rugby. At the top of the pyramid three different teams held the number 1 ranking spot across the year, down in the second tier one team qualified for their first ever World Cup, and in between there were so many shocks, upsets and controversies that it felt like we were never more than a couple of weeks away from the next big surprise. As we head into a World Cup year, here are my power rankings of all the qualified teams a year out from the tournament.

2022 Six Nations Preview and Predictions

The Six Nations is always hard-fought but this year looks set to be a particularly fascinating battle. 18 months out from the 2023 World Cup, a number of sides seem to be reaching somewhere close to their best. Will the ever-improving France finally take home some silverware? Can England’s rising stars live up to the hype? Is Ireland’s recent unbeaten run a sign they’re getting back to their best? Will Scotland find the consistency to match their obvious talent? Can Wales once again prove the doubters wrong? And will Italy finally win a game? It’s going to be an extremely exciting six weeks – here’s my team-by-team preview and my predictions for how things will look after the final whistle blows.

Team of the Six Nations 2021

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What a Six Nations that was. A record number of tries, a record number of red cards, and through it all a constant atmosphere of sheer chaos. Amidst the insanity a few players emerged as standouts. Here’s my team of the tournament (plus a few honourable mentions).

2021 Six Nations Preview and Predictions

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When the 2020 Six Nations began a year ago, few expected that within a few weeks the tournament would be postponed as the constituent nations locked down in the face of the worst global pandemic in decades. The tournament would finally finish in October with something of a whimper in front of empty stadiums. Hopes that things would be back to normal in time for the 2021 edition have been dashed, and when the teams kick off next weekend it will once again be in front of rows of silent empty seats.

In the circumstances it is something of a miracle that the tournament will even go ahead at all, but predicting how it will play out – even whether it will be completed without cancellations or postponements – is near impossible. Nonetheless, here’s my best effort at predicting the final standings.