By the end of that year, only Argentina, among tier-one countries, bettered England’s return of making 21.9 metres per game through a maul or 3.9 metres per maul in 2023.

Ireland’s driving maul had produced three tries against France, and it nearly produced another after just 10 minutes. England were marched back 15 metres towards their own line and only barely ...

Wales vs Ireland LIVE rugby: ... as Ireland make a mess of the Welsh assembly at the back of a maul. Six Nations 2023: Wales 10-27 Ireland. 15:48, Jack ... with England, Ireland and Wales possibly ...

England will face world number one Ireland in Dublin next summer as they prepare for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Wednesday.

Six or more burly men grappling and wrestling their way forward an inch at a time in one big sweaty mass as a guttural chant of “heave” echoes around the stadium: this is as close to Steve ...