Search results for "south africa"
-
Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoRugby World Cup 2023
Sports lovers are usually eagerly waiting for world cup tournaments. Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets are in demand as the union...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoLydiate, the bionic man, set to return
OSPREYS flanker Dan Lydiate will break all known medical records with the latest in a series of incredible comebacks without precedent...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoBears starlet Lloyd set to wear No.12 next season
By PAUL REES Multi-talented: Bristol back Ioan Lloyd PAT Lam sees Ioan Lloyd’s future at Bristol in the centre and has...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie has to find the answers …and fast
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IT was Eddie Jones’ first faceto-face press conference with the rugby media for...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoHow Rassie helped pull the plug on water boys
CHRIS HEWETT UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game. World Rugby has just announced another of its...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoPivac’s wrong on Jac, but I’m sure he’ll be back
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Ihave to confess I couldn’t believe it at first when I heard that Wayne Pivac...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoGas, power and guts are key
PAUL REES HEARS ENGLAND COACH EDDIE JONES EXPLAIN WHAT HE EXPECTS TO SEE FROM HIS 36-MAN TRAINING SQUAD England’s team in...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoStormers edge it but Peel hails his troops
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ..........21pts Tries: J Williams 7, Conbeer 71 Conversions: Costelow 8 Penalties: Costelow 4, 17, 28 Stormers ........26pts...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoUlster survive shark attack
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ......................24 Sharks ....................21 ULSTER coach Dan McFarland was relieved his men survived a late barrage from the...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoRoko confirms end to 10-year stay at Bath
BATH confirmed winger Semesa Rokoduguni will leave the club at the end of the season after ten years at the club,...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoHow RWC cooked up pig’s ear of a draw
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Towards the end of the World Cup draw, a celebrated chef stepped forward...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiscipline England’s downfall in Toulouse 7s
NEWS EXTRA SIMON Amor’s England will have to settle for a place in today’s fifth place semi-final after losing their cup...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoTom Smith, Scotland’s heroic slayer of giants
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoGeorge North surprised but ‘chuffed’ to get Wales call after long injury lay-off
George North says he was surprised by his Wales call-up after playing just two hours of rugby following a 12-month injury...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoQuins hooker Joe Gray to retire at the end of the season
Harlequins hooker Joe Gray has announced that he will retire at the end of the season. Gray was the first player...
-
Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoHow to Enjoy Watching Rugby if You Are New to the Game
If you are an amateur who’s new to this sport, then you might have a hard time understanding what the game...
-
Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoThe Top Teams Participating in Rugby World Cup 2023
After a long break, the RWC has announced its new 2023 edition that will be held in France next year. This...
-
Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoRugby Union betting tips
Rugby Union – Contact team sport, which originated in the XIX century in England, is one of the types of rugby...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoTyro Tiger Reffell set for Test baptism
By PETER JACKSON WALES are all set to pick Tommy Reffell this week in readiness for the ultimate baptism of fire...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoCrucial mission to make game global ramps up as USA get to host party
By PAUL REES WORLD Rugby has stealthily moved from an organisation in which self-interest thrived to one which is now far...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoBoks test kicks off Ireland’s autumn
IRELAND will host world champions South Africa in the first of three Autumn Nations Series contests to be played in Dublin...
-
Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoLet Arundell show what he’s got against Australia
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HENRY Arundell played junior rugby for Bradford-on-Avon, and all I can say after seeing...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThe Boks are here, there and everywhere
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some things in rugby are so difficult to find, they drive astrophysicists to drink. Scientists operating the Giant...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoCardiff scrape home in fiery Welsh derby
By ROGER PANTING Dragons..............18pts Tries: Griffiths 39, Dixon 63 Conversions: S Davies 39 Penalties: Reed 24, 74 Cardiff ................19pts Tries: Williams...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoWayne will need all his big guns to battle Boks
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It is going to be a big week for Wayne Pivac as he emerges from...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoNo.9’s clock has changed to ruck time
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHANGING FACE OF SCRUM-HALF PLAY SINCE THE 2019 WORLD CUP Adefining feature of the 2019 World...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe academy which is envy of the world
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cardiff Met have rightly been in the spotlight...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoSix Nations signs extension with French public service broadcaster France Télévisions
Six Nations Rugby has signed an extension of its partnership with French public service broadcaster France Télévisions. According to Rugbyrama, the...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoThe Sharks strengthen with signing of powerful prop Carlu Sadie
Lately, the Sharks have been actively signing contracts. They announced on social media pages that Janse van Rensburg has joined them,...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoRugby chiefs to discuss revived Nations Championship proposal
A clearer picture over the success of plans to reshape the global calendar is expected to emerge as rugby chiefs meet...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoBoks relishing test with Europe’s best
By PAUL REES THE format for next season’s two European competitions is expected to be revealed before the finals at the...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoColeman’s ready for battle with his old rival Etzebeth
By PAUL REES ADAM Coleman will be up against a familiar foe when London Irish take on Toulon in the quarter-final...
-
Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoSanderson’s men will be hoping for minor miracle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHEN Sale Sharks face Racing 92 at their 30,000 capacity La Defense Arena superdome...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoTigers miss chances as Gibson-Park pulls strings
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........14pts Tries: Ashton 46, Dolly 78 Conversions: Ford 46, 78 Leinster ............23pts Tries: Van der Flier 16,...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoCurry returns to lead the fight
TOM Curry will make his first start since the Six Nations as the Sharks look to take the fight to Racing...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoWe’ll stick to our attacking style -Kiss
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Toulon v London Irish Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, Stade Mayol LONDON Irish will not abandon their attack from...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoPoints do not always deliver the top prizes
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby followers who decided long ago that the sport’s various governing bodies shared a factory setting of...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoYoungs beat the odds to become Tigers hero
From an inauspicious start on a windy day in Doncaster, Tom Youngs went on to enjoy a fabulous career as a...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoTop eight decided with Welsh regions as also-rans
URC THERE is one full round of matches left, but the race for the play-offs has been run with the top...
-
Features
/ 4 years agoCheeky Castaignede lifts Les Bleus’ spirits
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoMerging of giants is the only option to lift Welsh
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When the organisers finalise their 24 qualifiers for next season’s Champions Cup, they...
-
My Life in Rugby
/ 4 years agoHong Kong triumph built on sand of Bali
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND NORTHAMPTON, SALE, TREVISO & CALVISANO CENTRE WHO NOW COACHES ITALY SEVENS...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoYoung insists future is bright after six-try Zebre destruction
By ROB COLE Cardiff ......42pts Tries: Ratti 5, L Williams 10, Penalty 17, Lane 21, 37; Llewellyn 80 Conversions: Priestland 6,...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoCope’s in dreamland after hard road back from injury
By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY fly-half Brendan Cope is ‘living a dream’ after recovering from a near life-changing injury and returning to...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoWainwright ruled out of Bok tour
BACK row Aaron Wainwright has been ruled out of Wales’ summer tour to South Africa through injury. The 24-year-old Dragons player,...
-
Premiership
/ 4 years agoVan Rensburg trades Sharks
Springbok centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg will be heading back to South Africa as he signs for URC side the Sharks....
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoParisians in pursuit of Dragon Moriarty
By NEIL FISSLER STADE Francais are keen to lure Dragons back row Ross Moriarty to Paris this summer. Moriarty, 28, has...
-
Letters
/ 4 years agoConnacht show size of crowds irrelevant
PREMIERSHIP Rugby decrees that Ealing and Doncaster – or any other ambitious Championship club – must meet certain conditions before being...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoBravo to WRU for giving grassroots day in the sun
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It has been open season on the Welsh Rugby Union recently, and quite rightly in...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoGlasgow taught a harsh lesson
By GARY HEATLY Bulls ................29 Glasgow ..........17 GLASGOW’S poor South African trip ended with defeat to the Bulls on Friday, with...















