We are spoiled for young back-row talent across the world right now. Billy Vunipola was phenomenal in the early part of the Six Nations. Australian Michael Hooper has terrorised breakdowns…
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Championship Blog – Round 19 wrap
By Richard Grainger Former British & Irish Lion Ryan Jones has become the latest big name to sign for Bristol, joining Anthony Perenise and Dwayne Peel amongst others. But multi-millionaire…
Big plans for the future of French Top 14
The great and the good of French rugby gathered last Thursday in a Bordeaux hotel for their General Assembly. What Midi Olympique described as “the Cardinals of the Oval”, had…
Saints & Sinners: Rugby’s weekend talking points
We cast our eye back over the last few days to bring you the saints and the sinners from an action-packed weekend of rugby… The Saints Club class Their unorthodox,…
Six Nations: The RW Awards
Award for ‘angering millions of teenage girls’: Mike Phillips Mike Phillips has had an interesting year. Sacked from Bayonne for allegedly turning up to training under the influence, he switched…
April 2014
AS THE Six Nations reaches its climax on the pitch, Rugby World’s latest issue provides ideal off-pitch reading. We’ve got exclusive interviews with championship stars Luther Burrell, Alex Cuthbert, Stuart Hogg…
Round 5: Six Nations Team of the Weekend
Mike Brown’s remarkable consistency continued in Rome, but the Scarlets' bomb-diffuser supreme was brilliant against Scotland and demonstrated that Wales have more than one rapier full-back. In the right place…
Six Nations: Bet you never saw this!
Saw it all, did you? Well, Rugby World spotted these crackers from the latest round of the Six Nations!
Ireland: Five things we learned v France
By Claire Glancy “Get bitter or get better” Andrew Trimble has had more heartaches than highs since making his Ireland debut in 2005. He has won 55 caps since then…
Wales v Scotland: Five things we’ve learned
WALES BEAT Scotland 51-3 in what became a training ground rout. Of course, this wasn’t Scotland. This was 14 man Scotland. After Stuart Hogg’s foolishly late hit on Dan Biggar…