Rugby World: Got any nicknames? Jack Nowell: Kiko. Gonzalo Camacho was at Exeter when there was a portly Argentine soap actor called Kiko and let’s just say I came back from…
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30 Minutes with… Duncan Weir
Rugby World: Do you have any hidden talents? Duncan Weir: I was a footballer when I was younger and played for a few SPL youth teams, including Celtic – but I am…
Pro12: Ghosts, spilt pints and sticky subjects at season’s launch
Like a spilt pint, most at the Guinness Pro12 launch tried to cover as much of rugby’s surface as possible, with a variety of subjects covered by the coaches and…
Aaron Cruden on Pat McCabe’s injury
Test rugby: blink and you can miss a major moment. Sometimes, in the direst of circumstances you can miss a career. On Saturday, as the Wallabies were choking on the…
The amazing story of Nathan Charles
The good folks at IRB Total Rugby filmed this in 2011, when hooker Nathan Charles was just playing for Western Force in Super Rugby. We say just: it is an…
NHL players try their hand at touch rugby
Three NHL ice hockey players from Canada – Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins, Alex Grant of the Ottawa Senators and Andrew Bodnarchuk of the LA Kings organisations – play touch rugby…
Top 14: Five French kids to watch
With two rounds gone of the Top 14, Toulon and Toulouse are setting the pace at the top of the table with teams containing a lot of familiar faces. But…
Play it like Pichot: How Argentina’s excellent scrum-halves stepped up
Moral victories in Test rugby don’t really exist. Whatever happens over the preceding 80 minutes, defeat always feels grim. Even if thermometers were hovering above 30 degrees in Salta on…
How England Women’s back row made it count
Kaino-McCaw-Read, Burger-Smith-Roussow, Hill-Back-Dallaglio – the names of World Cup-winning back-row trios roll off the tongue and evoke vivid memories. Often, loose forwards are such a prominent part of their side’s…
Rugby conversion in the snow
All in the name of fun, and a viral video – watch a rugby conversion with a difference. Here an adrenalin junkie, or madman, depending on your view, has been…