Rugby

TheLondonEconomic.com Sport brings you Flats and Shanks Rugby Review. This week, the lads chat about life with Brian O’Driscoll and he ends up feeling weird about Shanks’ invite to meet up in Dubai.  So awks... http://rss.acast.com/flatsandshanks/episode13-brianodriscollandhislife/media.mp3 David Flatman and Tom Shanklin are two former professional rugby players. Having been flatmates while playing at Saracens, their friendship endured, and now they’d like to share with you bunches of views and thoughts and jokes. Flats and Shanks David Luke Flatman or 'Flats' is a...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE columnist Richard de Winter discuss England's thrilling series draw in Bangladesh and their upcoming tour of India, the home nations' chances in the upcoming Autumn internationals, Andy Murray's potential rise to the top of the ATP rankings and Liverpool & Chelsea's recent excellent performances in the Premier League.

Seven professional rugby players had to be rescued when they got stuck in a hotel lift because they broke the weight limit. The Sale Sharks stars, included Wales' all-time great scrum half Mike Phillips, South African prop Brian Mujati and Samoan centre Johnny Leota, spent an hour and a quarter trapped inside the lift because at 755kg they were more than 120kg above the maximum weight limit. Fire crew and an engineer were called out to the lift at the Hilton hotel in...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter & Richard de Winter discuss the England football team's qualifiers against Slovenia & Malta, England's 2-1 series victory over Bangladesh, Jessica Ennis-Hill's retirement, Johanna Konta's rise to the WTA top-10 rankings and the managerial sack-race.

TheLondonEconomic.com Sport brings you the brand new Flats and Shanks podcast.  If you're suffering from the Colin Murray changing room 'bants' style of sports broadcasting vacuum, this could be for you. Sky Sports pundit David Flatman and Tom Shanklin are two former professional rugby players who bring you a sports podcast about all sorts of interesting stuff, with a bit of Rugby thrown in too. Having been flatmates while playing at Saracens, their friendship endured, and now they’d like to...

Leinster Rugby have confirmed the appointment of former England head coach Stuart Lancaster into the senior coaching team. Following a disappointing Rugby World Cup 2015, where England as the home nation crashed out in the group stages, this will mark Lancaster's first major position back in the game. Lancaster has enjoyed a couple of short term roles with the Atlanta Falcons, British Cycling’s world-class performance programme, the English FA, and South New Zealand RFU Counties Manukau. Leinster Rugby Head Coach Leo Cullen said,...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Let’s be honest, it has been a far from vintage Six Nations.  There have been sporadic moments of skill but, on the whole, it has been a forgettable tournament for most concerned, save England obviously.  However, even England didn’t necessarily win the Grand Slam by playing ground-breaking rugby.  They were the most streetwise and most consistent, no more than that.  Nevertheless, here are the 15 chaps who have...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport OK, let’s be honest, the 2016 Six Nations hasn’t been the most enthralling edition of the famous old tournament in recent memory.  In fact, it’s been downright dull, demonstrating the huge gulf in class between the northern and southern hemispheres (embarrassingly apparent at the Rugby World Cup) that shows no sign of changing anytime soon.  However, we’re reaching the climax of tournament with a few tasty showdowns at...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Since its inception in 1996, the English Super League has been dominated by a cartel of four clubs who remain the only winners of the trophy.  Leeds Rhinos, St. Helens, Wigan Warriors and Bradford Bulls have won every single Super League title between them, but this could be the year that changes this statistic. Excluding Bradford, who are currently competing for promotion back into Super League following years of financial turmoil, the...