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World Cup legend Neil Back tips Calum Clark to lead England revival






Stuart Lancaster: My pool of England captains






Will Greenwood: England can't leave it all to the kids


Castres 41-22 Northampton: Saints crash out of Heineken Cup


Toby Flood does not want to follow Lewis Moody as skipper


Toby Flood does not want to follow Lewis Moody as skipper


Chris Ashton banned for hair-pulling incident



Chris Ashton faces ban today for pulling Alesana Tuilagi's hair

Tom Wood sent off and Chris Ashton faces citing on bad day at Leicester for Northampton

'Alesana hasn't thrown a punch so what's he been sent off for?' Cockerill

Two off as Leicester Tigers roar back to beat Northampton

Red cards and a ­red-blooded battle helped produce a rousing first home league win for ­Leicester

Saints mess up Jim Mallinder's England audition

Saints go marching to defeat as Mallinder's big night turns sour

Mallinder in box seat to replace Johnson after Venter tells RFU: 'I actually can't see Jim not being successful'

'You need a guy with a proven coaching track record and Jim is perfect for job'

Dylan Hartley: My Saints' nightmares

England hooker still haunted by last ­season’s Heineken Cup final

Rugby World Cup 2011: Austin Healey exclusive - Lewis Moody needs the game of his life or it's time to knock on Wood

'You can't have one man not on top of his game. I think Tom Wood offers more'

Rugby World Cup 2011: Red-hot Chris Ashton back to his scary best

'I feel I'm back on song again,' warns England wing. 'I'm feeling good'

Rugby World Cup 2011: Flying Chris Ashton can give England lift-off

'Chris thrive on confidence and his will be sky-high after his two tries'

Are the England rugby team on holiday - or trying to win the World Cup?

Martin Johnson let down by some of his England stars

England vs Georgia: Tom Wood warns England rugby team that five-star luxury won't win them World Cup

'Out there it doesn't matter about what luxuries you have - whether you've used a five star bar of soap in the morning'

Paul O’Connell fears threat of Manu Tuilagi

PAUL O’CONNELL fears rookie Manu Tuilagi could turn the tables on Ireland’s midfield in today’s final World Cup tune-up at the Aviva Stadium.

Rugby World Cup 2011: Riki Flutey misses out as Martin Johnson takes extra scrum half


Rugby World Cup 2011: Lewis Moody honoured to be England captain

Lewis Moody was named England's Rugby World Cup captain tonight - just a fortnight after fearing injury would rob him of a place at the tournament.

England vs Wales match ratings

Delon Armitage 8 His first Test start in 17 months but he was superb, making one outrageous break in the first half. 15