LET’S SET the scene first: on Saturday at the Millennium Stadium referee Alain Rolland pulled out a yellow card and sent off the loose-head from Wales and the tight-head from…
South Africa
Autumn Series. Match verdict: Wales 15-24 South Africa
THE GAME set-off at a furious pace with Jonathan Davies, twice, make telling incursions behind the Springbok defence but after South Africa scored their first try, against the run of…
November Tests: Rugby Championship sides named
THIS WEEK it is all go as the big guns from the Rugby Championship are in action against European opposition in the second round of November Tests.
International and club options in front of Jake White
Shock caught most of the Brumbies fans when Jake White finally pulled out of the Super Rugby franchise. He had two years left on his current contract and had recently…
Rugby Championship: Rumblings and shifts in the off-week
IT’S NOT even a Rugby Championship weekend and there’s enough goings on to twist several pairs of knickers with all the whip of Lulu on repeat. The big news in…
Rugby Championship: Round 4 is a big one
The spot as number one in the world is up for grabs while two winless warriors do battle. Some coaches It can only be Round 4 of the Rugby Championship,…
Rugby Championship: Here comes Round Three
New Zealand versus Argentina; Australia versus South Africa. It can only be Round Three of the Rugby Championship. Here's a short preview of the teams involved.
Rugby Championship: European refs in demand
IT'S ALWAYS nice to be wanted. It must be a strange feeling for referees, though. In an age where the men in the middle are as professional as players and…
Rugby Championship: Minimal changes for Round 2
By Alan Dymock AS INEVITABLE as the front of the newspapers showing flaxen-haired teenage girls jumping for joy on school-results day, the big guns have made almost no changes for…
Beware the return of Juan Smith
By Alan Dymock AS RUGBY becomes more competitive, more sponsor-driven, more about the trophies than the humans involved, there is a chance that some folk could get chewed up and…