IT’S A natural urge for young boys to put boot to ball, so indulge them by letting them play golden boot! It’s an excellent way for players to improve their…
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Lions 2013: Regardless of Horwill decision, the Lions are against the odds
All you have to do is mention his name and the globe starts spinning particularly fast. An ambiguous campaign with the slogan “Justice for Horwill” helps little, too, as Wallaby…
Lions 2013: Jilted or not, Jocks are jaded
IF SELECTION does not fall favourably for the few, the 2013 tour could be the first time since 1930 that a Scot has not received a Test cap for the…
Rugby World – August 2013 edition contents
[imagebrowser id=41] THE ECSTASY and agony of the Lions series is transported to the pages of Rugby World’s August issue, in which we have exclusive interviews with some of the…
Strength work: the carry medley
IT’S TIME to focus on the legs! The drive from the lower body is what’s going to make those tackles successful – and, at times, push you over the try…
Lions 2013: The fans meet the legends
IT’S SQUEAKY-BUM time! The series is currently drawn at one Test win each for Australia and the Lions, and with the decider looming on Saturday rugby fans all over the…
Hotshot: Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins)
How did you get into rugby? Mum took me to my local club, Battersea Ironsides, when I was eight. I had been playing football but I kept being too rough. Have…
Hotshot: Jonny Gray (Glasgow)
When did you take up rugby? My friend’s dad took me along to Cambuslang rugby club when I was seven and I stayed with them until I was 16. I…
Rugby Rant: It’s time to revive the drop-goal
IT’S TEN years since Jonny Wilkinson helped net rugby’s greatest prize courtesy of a dramatic drop-goal. And it’s four years since the now retired Ronan O’Gara dropped a goal in…
Lions 2013: Five Things we’ve learned. Second Test
THE LIONS lost the second test, and the Series momentum, in what was a tense, absorbing 15–16 defeat to the Wallabies. The Lions can have no argument with this loss.…