The uphill climb to grow rugby in Nepal There are no prizes for guessing what one of the greatest challenges to face rugby’s trek across Nepal is. “Our geographical structure…
Alan Dymock
Rugby World editor
Does rugby need superstar names to challenge global market?
Does rugby need superstar names to challenge global market? FOR A moment everything tilted, without ever actually toppling. When it was believed that Lionel Messi would be leaving Barcelona, in…
What it’s like to coach rugby in Canada’s indigenous communities
What it’s like to coach rugby in Canada’s indigenous communities Mel Squire and family run the Iroquois Roots rugby project from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, and she…
Andrés Zafra, Colombian rugby star
Introducing Andrés Zafra, Colombian rugby star Team-mates at Agen suggest that Andrés Zafra goes quietly about his business, but in the lock’s hometown of Cúcuta, right on the Colombia-Venezuela border,…
All Blacks hooker Dane Coles
Mischief seems to find Dane Coles. It always has. Growing up on the Kapiti Coast, before becoming an All Black hooker looked like a certainty, Coles was sneaking into the…
Fans return to Harlequins as mascots watch from home
BIG MATCH nerves are not unusual. When Saracens or Exeter come to town, this bunch from Harlequins are used to taking the pitch as flames lick the sky and music…
England rugby star Anthony Watson on Flicking the Switch
There can be liberation in accepting that change is needed. In an age when it feels like the mere concepts of compromise, concession and even accepting help can be lost…
From the French Foreign Legion to the Top 14, meet Tavite Veredamu
From the French Foreign Legion to the Top 14, meet Tavite Veredamu Sure there were days when he wanted to quit. The training to get into the French Foreign Legion…
The French rugby club 4,300km from Paris
The French rugby club 4,300km from Paris The ‘playing field’ was doing well to be described as such. Strewn with stones and dotted with grazing horses, the patch in the…
Japan’s offload king Tim Lafaele on his wrestling inspiration
Offload king Tim Lafaele on his wrestling inspiration Like oh-so many Samoan kids, Tim Lafaele was a fan of wrestler Dwayne Johnson growing up. He could smell what The Rock…