Ulster went into the final weekend of Heineken Cup pool matches as the top ranked team and duly completed a near-perfect qualifying campaign, making it six wins out of six…
France
Six Nations: France hoping to replicate club form against England
IN THE wake of victories over Quins and Saracens there’s been a certain amount of gloating in France about what Les Bleus might well do to England next month in…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
by Katie Field The Saints Skills and thrills Why do we watch rugby? For many fans, it’s all about the moments of stunning skill, those out-of-your-seat moves which leave you…
2013: RW’s End of Year awards
GOOD OLD Sonny Bill. Not content with winning a Rugby World Cup in Union and League, he’s now decided he wants to top that by winning a second Union World…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
Ireland's greatest player of all time is showing no signs of drifting quietly towards retirement. He was at his mercurial best as Leinster whupped Northampton 40-7 at Franklin's Gardens on…
RW Icons calendar: Why we made our choices
WHEN PUTTING your name to any definitive list, you open yourself up to, at best healthy debate, at worst widespread ridicule, so when RW came up with the Icons calendar…
Autumn Series 2013: RW’s Alternative Awards
IN THE summer, Quade Cooper, the enigmatic, tormented Wallaby five-eighth had a very public falling-out with Robbie Deans, the Wallaby coach.
Top 14: Losing away from home accepted
Here’s a stat to chew on. Five clubs in the Top 14 this season have failed to score points in a match, the clubs in question being Bayonne (55-0 vs…
What next for France?
What are we going to do about France? What is France going to do about Philippe Saint-Andre? Rugby World's Gavin Mortimer offers his own assessment of Les Bleus from the…
France can build on All Blacks performance
There were times on Saturday night when France made the All Blacks look ordinary. But ten years from now the record books and the rugby websites won’t mention that fact.…