Former England fly-half Toby Flood talks Toulouse, Top 14 and the future
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Rugby World Cup: The Tongan priest, Fijian panache and airport training
Clive Norling was working as a college lecturer in Swansea when the first Rugby World Cup rolled around in 1987. His first thought? I’ll give that a miss. His gripe…
Fiji pose the biggest threat from the Pacific Islands
By Mark Coughlan George Smith said recently that Fiji could progress from Pool A (along with Australia, obviously) at the World Cup. Okay, it was probably said with a glint…
What’s inside the new Rugby World?
With a RWC 2015 wallchart, a World Cup Stars magazine and a World Cup special issue, the October issue of Rugby World is the ultimate supporters’ pack
Nutrition: Plan your intake of carbohydrates
The world of sport will have its eyes firmly fixed on the Rugby World Cup in the upcoming months. Teams are taking it to the next level regarding sport science…
John Smit picks his top five hookers
John Smit played in three World Cups, winning 111 caps for South Africa and lifting the 2007 trophy after defeating England in the final in Paris. After two years in…
Scotland’s 2015 World Cup squad
The squad has only two players with over 50 caps and four with two caps or less. That is not to say the team is inexperienced; six of the final…
World Cup squads selections continue to raise eyebrows
By Will Macpherson Making sense of World Cup squads is an exercise carried out on two levels. Firstly, things are best kept simple: who’s in, who’s out, which coach nailed…
Five Talking points – August
Argentina make rugby history August was largely a month of Rugby World Cup warmups and national coaches carefully pruning their squads like Mister Miyagi tending to a bonsai tree. But…
Rugby World Cup: the top 5 scams to watch out for
1. Fraudulent tickets Demand for World Cup tickets since the application phase opened last year has been huge, with the initial ballot stage massively oversubscribed for many games. Whilst a…