Rugby Union

Mar 14, 2013: "Sport does not come much better, nor embrace so many twists and turns, as the last episode of rugby union's Five Nations Championship," reported The Times after Wales' stunning last gasp win denied England a Grand Slam back in 1999 and handed the

Dec 24, 2011

Dec 17, 2011: Seventh in our countdown, a man who went through the pain barrier for his country

Oct 17, 2011: Join Jonathan Harris-Bass and the ESPNscrum team for all the latest rugby news and opinion from the Rugby World Cup.

Oct 13, 2011: We look back to the very first Rugby World Cup - where the same four teams that are chasing a final berth in 2011 first did battle

Oct 10, 2011: Join Jonathan Harris-Bass and the ESPNscrum team for all the latest rugby news and opinion from the Rugby World Cup.

Oct 3, 2011: Join Jonathan Harris-Bass and the ESPNscrum team for all the latest rugby news and opinion from the Rugby World Cup.

Sep 26, 2011: Join Jonathan Harris-Bass and the ESPNscrum team for all the latest rugby news and opinion from the Rugby World Cup.

Sep 19, 2011: Join Jonathan Harris-Bass and the ESPNscrum team for all the latest rugby news and opinion from the Rugby World Cup.

Aug 4, 2011: With Australia looking to break their Eden Park jinx against the All Blacks on Saturday - this week's Scrum Sevens looks back at seven classic Bledisloe encounters in Auckland

Jul 28, 2011: Seven years ago this week Jonah Lomu underwent a kidney transplant. This week's Scrum Sevens looks at other giant wings terrorising defences around the world

Jul 21, 2011: Following Samoa's historic win over Australia in Sydney last weekend, Scrum Sevens celebrates some other occasions when the Pacific Islands were able to upset the odd

Jul 7, 2011: On the eve of the Suncorp Stadium showdown, Scrum Sevens celebrates the Reds' transformation from Super Rugby also-rans to potential champions

Jun 2, 2011: Stuart Lancaster was this week forced to defend England's reliance on overseas-born players, so Scrum Sevens takes a look at a few who have bridged gaps between nations

May 26, 2011: With the plight of Saracens' Neil De Kock and Richard Wigglesworth in mind, we've selected a few other players who were forced to share the load in Scrum Sevens

May 19, 2011: After Manu Tuilagi's little outburst at the weekend, Scrum Sevens rolls out a few more of rugby's wannabe boxers. The Leicester centre is in some exalted company

May 12, 2011: The Aviva Premiership's regular season is done and dusted, meaning that it's awards time. We've handed out some gongs of our own in Scrum Sevens

May 5, 2011: With the Rugby World Cup a matter of months away and preparations off and running, Scrum Sevens looks at how the intervening years have treated the underdogs of 2007

Apr 28, 2011: We trail the fortunes of the rugby union legends who attempted to conquer the chosen sports of America or Australia in this week's Scrum Sevens