Week four of the Greene King IPA Championship leaves one side unbeaten and another three still winless, as the second tier of English rugby continues to provide more try value…
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Buckle up for Munster v Leinster
ON SATURDAY several Irish rugby fans may feel compelled to abandon their other halves, lock themselves in the living room and turn on the telly. Partners may be left to…
Aviva Premiership: Round five preview
The next round is here - as are our predictions!
Aviva Premiership One to Watch: George Ford
Who is the man of the moment? George Ford, Bath’s 20-year-old fly-half and the former IRB Young Player of the Year, who is hoping to pilot his team to their…
England announce mammoth fixtures for 2014
ENGLAND HAVE announced a doozy of a fixtures list for next season’s QBE autumn Internationals. In 2014, England will play New Zealand on November 8, South Africa on November 15,…
ARU tear up James O’Connor’s contract
UNRULY KIDS rarely expect to get their comeuppance, but for the wayward son of Australian rugby James O’Connor, he has finally got the clip round his ear he will have…
Wales in Focus: Five things we’ve learned
THE EUROPEAN crisis has huge ramifications for Northern Hemisphere rugby. The quest for a fairer qualification system, which is fully justified, and the desire to control the game with the…
EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: Mark Evans talks Euro Crisis
By former Harlequins boss and Melbourne Storm Chief Exec Mark Evans IT’S BEEN coming for a few years, but it looks as if the time for compromise is all but…
Rugby Championship: History points to Ellis Park powder keg
THE LAST match between New Zealand and South Africa may have been as contentious as an infant on it’s first hour of learning the word “no”, but history tells us…
A chat with the ERC Chief Executive
AS YET another round of press releases about the future of the ERC and the Heineken and Amlin Challenge Cups whizzes around the atmosphere like so many deflating balloons, it…