Hannah Jones is one of 13 Gloucester-Hartbury players named in the Wales squad for the Six Nations – PA Wire/David Davies Ioan Cunningham has challenged his Wales side to tap into Gloucester-Hartpury’s winning formula after naming 13 of the club’s players in his Women’s Six Nations squad. Wales enjoyed its best championship in more than … Read more
Zach Mercer – Getty Images/Bob Bradford Zach Mercer has experienced many highs and lows. From leaving his boyhood club Bath in 2021 to join Montpellier, winning the Top 14 in his first year in France and the Player of the Year award the following season, then returning home to fight for a place in the … Read more
According to legend, when Napoleon first encountered a Camembert cheese, he was so delighted that he kissed the waitress who placed it in front of him. Leaving aside the inappropriateness of this gesture, the French Emperor clearly recognized a winner. Creamy, tart and gooey, the cheese has been produced in various forms in the northwestern … Read more
The lifts in Val Thorens will remain operational until early May – Getty The ski clock may be ticking, but there are still plenty of opportunities to get into the mountains before the ski areas close. And whether you’ve yet to book or are planning yet another flight to the snow, the truth is that … Read more
Britain’s Molly Caudery has won gold at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow – Reuters/Hannah McKay Molly Caudery is Great Britain’s first world or Olympic pole vault champion. She now has her sights set on becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic field event title in 40 years and she comes from a … Read more
Children can enjoy trips to the seaside during the school holidays – MOMENT RF The news that the Nuffield Foundation will soon publish a report proposing a four-week school holiday in Britain – with longer breaks instead – got me thinking about how differently the French approach family holidays than the British. When I moved … Read more
Bundee Aki, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Duhan van der Merwe all play for countries where they were not born Your best against our best: it’s the sacred principle on which all international team sports are built. And yet even a league as enmeshed in tribal identity as the Six Nations has drifted from these moorings. Take … Read more