Phil Waugh announced today that he will retire from professional Rugby at the end of 2011. Waugh is the most-capped player in the history of NSW Rugby, and he has…
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The Rugby Week in Review: June 13-19
Catch up in the Rugby week that was: June 13-19… We start in the Northern Hemisphere, Wales to be exact, to find Welsh scrum-half Mike Phillips has been indefinitely suspended…
England’s 45-man World Cup squad revealed
Saracens prop Matt Stevens and Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi are among the players named in England Team Manager Martin Johnson’s 45-man preliminary training squad for the Rugby World Cup.…
WRU launch probe into 92-0 defeat
The Welsh Rugby Union Head of Rugby, Joe Lydon, has announced details of a dual focused study of the Player Performance Pathway within Welsh Rugby which will formulate its initial…
Junior World Cup semi-finals confirmed
Defending champions New Zealand, England and France all enjoyed victories on the last day of pool action at the IRB Junior World Championship 2011 in Italy to take their place…
England Saxons win the last Churchill Cup
Miles Benjamin scored two spectacular tries on his home ground to earn England Saxons a sixth and final Churchill Cup title, 37-6 over Canada. The Worcester Warriors wing raced 70…
Italy A win last Churchill Cup Plate against Tonga
MARCO BORTOLAMI saluted his Italy A players after they lifted the Churchill Cup Plate at Sixways, beating Tonga 28-17. The skipper, whose side had spluttered throughout the tournament, came good…
Rugby Book Review – The RFU Guide to Coaching Positional Skills
By way of an introduction, we’re told of the young prop who became tall and light and wasn’t suited to his position – so he quit the game. So lesson…
USA beat Russia to win Churchill Cup Bowl
TODD CLEVER lifted the Churchill Cup Bowl at Sixways to give the US Eagles a boost ahead of their Rugby World Cup showdown with Russia, winning 32-25 After a shocking…
Churchill Cup disbanded
This will be the last Churchill Cup as Canada and USA become integrated into the global rugby calendar. The Churchill Cup has provided regular Test competition for the North American unions…