THE Six Nations is BACK – and that means a raft of rule changes. Five major changes have been introduced for this year’s tournament as rugby chiefs attempt to speed up the action. Some ...

The eight forwards and the scrum-half are the players who make up the line-out. The most important players in the line-out are the hooker, the two second rows and the scrum-half. They are the players ...

One suspects England will have to be squeaky clean with this intricate tactic during Six Nations ...

Savvy to rugby’s law book, England deploy a forward in the ‘plus one’ position, exploiting a loophole that permits the player to join the line-out once the ball leaves the hooker’s hands.

England rugby icon Lawrence Dallaglio has opened up ... It was Dallaglio who made the pivotal decision to kick for a line-out instead of a penalty kick. That decision ultimately cost England ...