The past few years in the Premiership have reaffirmed the truism that, when it comes to winning matches in rugby union, there is more than one way to skin a cat. Back in 2022, as Steve Borthwick guided them to glory, Leicester Tigers leant on kick-pressure as a primary weapon. Their victory in the final inspired Saracens, that season’s runners-up, into a more expansive approach on the way to glory the following year.
There are plenty who complain that modern rugby union has become homogeneous. And it is true that just about every team in the world runs some variation of the same attacking shape, with their inside centre standing flat to play a pull-back pass behind their midfield partner to a circling fly-half.
Jodie Ounsley, who is known as Fury on the Gladiators television show, has announced her retirement from professional rugby union with immediate effect
Another big crowd is expected at the home of English rugby as Ireland visit in round four of the Women’s Six Nations