By David Marsh After an impressive 24-9 win over France to finish at the summit of pool D, Joe Schmidt’s Ireland have set up a World Cup quarter-final showdown with Argentina at the Millennium…
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Joel Stransky backs HITZ and the Springboks
Joel Stransky knows a thing or two about winning the Rugby World Cup and the former South Africa fly-half believes Wales’ quest to do exactly that will end this weekend
Why the term ‘minnow’ should disappear from rugby’s lexicon
By Will Macpherson Sadly, we’ve bid farewell to Japan, Georgia, Uruguay, USA and the rest of the Rugby World Cup’s smaller teams. They lit up the tournament with their upsets,…
KO: Boris Johnson knocks over boy during rugby game in Japan
Japan have arguably been one of the stand-out highlights thus far in the Rugby World Cup. The passion has filtered to the nation but it seems Boris Johnson wanted to…
Fourie du Preez – the comeback king
Of course, the fact that du Preez has the talent to play in the latter stages of a World Cup is not in question – he won the thing in…
England’s 23-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations
Whoever is in charge of England when the Christmas decorations come down has to pick an EPS squad for the Six Nations and all talk of the 2019 World Cup…
Ban? No ban? Ask again later
Are World Rugby using Magic 8 Balls to decide on ban lengths? We just want a bit of consistency
Johnny Redelinghuys ends his career in style
Watch Johnny Redelinghuys career come to end in hilarious style with the retiring prop living every prop's dream and taking the last kick of Namibia's World Cup campaign. However it…
World Cup 2015: Time for a France revolution?
Why France need a change in style to beat New Zealand
Are Scotland the new Japan?
By Rory Baldwin They say if you’re sitting around a poker table and you can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you. Looking at the quality of performance that was…