The forward has split opinions over whether he is leadership material - but he must now help reverse the country’s dreadful ...

These can’t have been easy weeks for the hooker having suffered an untimely injury just days after being stripped of the ...

Itoje, 30, has replaced Jamie George as captain heading ... It's been a tough couple of weeks for George who not only lost the England captaincy, but was ruled out of England's opener with Ireland ...

Maro Itoje’s promotion to the captaincy at the expense of Jamie George is an indication of ... itself that they need to deliver on their promise soon, before it is too late.

Ireland increased pressure on England boss Steve Borthwick by launching their quest for an unprecedented third consecutive Guinness Six Nations title with a 27-22 bonus-point win […] ...

Former captain Jamie George, whose axing from the top leadership ... Much has been made of Itoje’s rise to the captaincy a decade after the Saracens lock led England’s under-20s to the world ...

while lock Maro Itoje began his captaincy after taking over from Jamie George. The visitors struck first amid a chaotic opening in which Ireland temporarily lost wing Mack Hansen to injury.