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Last Word on Rugby looks at the reasons for English Rugby optimism about the 2022 Six Nations tournament ahead. Despite a fifth-place finish last year, England will be going in with their sights set on the title. This may seem a bridge too far but, a lot has changed in the past 12 months, and […] READ MORE
Edinburgh Rugby will be hit hardest after Scotland confirmed it will be without Finn Russell and Adam Hastings for their Autumn Nations Cup campaign. Russell injured his groin and Hastings his shoulder, in the Guinness Six Nations win over Wales but Scotland has options, with Duncan Weir next in line. While James Lang, the Harlequins […] READ MORE
Edinburgh Head Coach Richard Cockerill believes his side are ready for their Guinness PRO14 semi-final, but dismissed they will be favourites to beat Ulster. The club will take its first steps into the PRO14 last four when they welcome Ulster to BT Murrayfield on Saturday evening, and Cockerill is looking forward to the occasion. “I’m […] READ MORE
Undoubtedly, over the past 18 months, there has been a startling amount of significant shifts at the top of some of Europe’s biggest Rugby Union institutions. Directors of Rugby and Head Coaches are increasingly at the mercy of board members and chairman’s who have seemingly adopted a brash sense of “hiring and firing” when times […] READ MORE
Future success with Edinburgh in this combination of both expansive and tight-play could well earn the former Tiger’s man a few missed calls from the RFU in the years ahead. After all, Eddie Jones is only in his current role until 2019. This reporter for one, will be keeping a keener eye than usual on the Guinness Pro12 side Edinburgh next season, in the hope of seeing both an enthralling game plan - and success for Richard Cockerill, in his new direction. READ MORE
It’s not the type of season a Leicester Tiger fan is accustomed to, but there is light at the end of the tunnel following a defiant defeat at Wasps. Three Different Coaches Three different head coaches, a record home defeat in Europe and two catastrophic losses to nil were not part of Leicester Tiger’s pre-season plan. […] READ MORE
As rugby fans saw the New Year in with a spot of Aviva Premiership rugby on Sunday, there was disappointment for Leicester Tigers fans who watched their team struggle to a close defeat against reigning Champions of Europe, Saracens. However things went from bad to worse for the club, who announced less than 24 hours […] READ MORE
In the Aviva Premiership's final game of the weekend, Wasps and Leicester deliver fans a real game of two halves at The Ricoh. READ MORE
Sunday is Aaron Mauger’s first game as Interim Director of Rugby for Leicester and Wasps provide Mauger with the toughest of starts to his ‘audition’ READ MORE
After a shock announcement from Leicester this morning, I consider what the Richard Cockerill sacking means for the rest of the Premiership. READ MORE
Kate is a fourth year History and Economics student at the University of Oxford, who can usually be found streaming the rugby in one of the city's various libraries. A keen Harlequins fan, Kate also follows Gillingham FC and Arsenal, and has been an editor for Last Word on Sports since September 2015. Aside from writing, Kate is a keen sailor, and spends most of her time on the water.