BIZARRE THOUGH it may seem, but if the images are anything to go by then the mind-boggling dual-code pre-season showdown between football’s Marseille and rugby’s Toulon was a brilliant day…
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Could Benji Marshall and other converts light up RWC 2015?
NEWS IS bubbling up from Down Under that NRL heavyweight Benji Marshall is on the verge of switching codes. The Kiwi playmaker has been heavily linked with a move to…
Mike Phillips doesn’t make the Top 14 cut… for now
IN THE August edition of Rugby World, British and Irish Lions scrum-half Mike Phillips spoke of his role for Bayonne in the French Top 14. After a tough year where…
Farewell to some of the game’s biggest stars
A CURSORY glance at the list of retiring rugby players during this break in competition could make the stoniest of supporters a little misty with nostalgia. Names like Andrea Lo…
Would a global rugby season endanger the Heineken Cup?
WITH PREMIERSHIP Rugby coming out in support of the International Rugby Players Association’s proposal for an integrated global rugby season, there could be a world of possibilities in front of…
Lions 2013: The final Thank Yous
NOW THAT it is all over and you’ve had your say on what was the team of the tour and who was the man of the series and who will…
Lions 2013: Five things we’ve learned. Third Test
THE LIONS secured their first series win in 16 years, with a storming 41 -16 win over the Wallabies in Sydney. During the previous nine fixtures the Lions had, on…
Lions 2013: Vindication for Gatland as the big calls pay off
THE ROAD sweepers were out in force in Sydney this morning, clearing away the debris from a heady night, as the sun rose for another flawless mid-winter’s day sunshine. What…
Lions 2013: The key match-ups in Test 3
COME SIX Nations time we always talk about Le Crunch when England meet France. In the final match of the British and Irish Lions series in Australia, though, with the…
Lions 2013: What price loyalty?
EVERYONE IN Britain and Ireland would want the Lions to win on Saturday, right? Well according to Ladbrokes, the betting on Saturday’s landmark series decider has swung in favour of…