Test rugby: blink and you can miss a major moment. Sometimes, in the direst of circumstances you can miss a career. On Saturday, as the Wallabies were choking on the…
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Top 14: Five French kids to watch
With two rounds gone of the Top 14, Toulon and Toulouse are setting the pace at the top of the table with teams containing a lot of familiar faces. But…
Play it like Pichot: How Argentina’s excellent scrum-halves stepped up
Moral victories in Test rugby don’t really exist. Whatever happens over the preceding 80 minutes, defeat always feels grim. Even if thermometers were hovering above 30 degrees in Salta on…
Rugby conversion in the snow
All in the name of fun, and a viral video – watch a rugby conversion with a difference. Here an adrenalin junkie, or madman, depending on your view, has been…
French focus: Racing Metro double act aiming to build long-term success
Racing Metro are the Parisian club with the big names and the grand plans. A new stadium is under construction and president Jacky Lorenzetti has made no secret of his…
Rugby must build on Women’s World Cup
Rugby must make the most of this opportunity to grow the women's game
Women’s World Cup: England v Canada final preview
THE WOMEN’S World Cup reaches its conclusion on Sunday evening at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris. England will take on Canada in a repeat of their Pool A game,…
Magali Harvey scores incredible try against France
MAGALI HARVEY was voted IRB Women’s Player of the Year after her performances for Canada at the Women’s World Cup in Paris and this try in the semi-final against France…
Is the Women’s World Cup being let down by refereeing?
Is the standard of refereeing at the Women's World Cup a blight on the tournament?
Top 14 preview: Runners and riders
It’s mid-August which means only one thing – the Top 14 is back. Bayonne host champions Toulon in the opening match om Friday evening and then it’s ten months of…