A PUNCH landed in a Bath pub and the 2001 IRB Young Player of the Year landed on the floor. In last week's well-publicised fracas between Gavin Henson and team-mate…
Rugby World
Should there be another cross-code Union versus League match?
BIZARRE THOUGH it may seem, but if the images are anything to go by then the mind-boggling dual-code pre-season showdown between football’s Marseille and rugby’s Toulon was a brilliant day…
Could Benji Marshall and other converts light up RWC 2015?
NEWS IS bubbling up from Down Under that NRL heavyweight Benji Marshall is on the verge of switching codes. The Kiwi playmaker has been heavily linked with a move to…
Pro’s Playbook: Dummy switch winger
EVERY MONTH we rack the brains of the professionals to bring you the best tips to help you improve your game! Sam Vesty, Bath playmaker and RFU Level Three coach, shows…
Mike Phillips doesn’t make the Top 14 cut… for now
IN THE August edition of Rugby World, British and Irish Lions scrum-half Mike Phillips spoke of his role for Bayonne in the French Top 14. After a tough year where…
French Top 14: New faces for the new season
OSTENTATIOUS OR talent-filled, either way, it is hard to deny that the Top 14 will have an impressive array of international stars next season. Indeed there is something for everyone…
Farewell to some of the game’s biggest stars
A CURSORY glance at the list of retiring rugby players during this break in competition could make the stoniest of supporters a little misty with nostalgia. Names like Andrea Lo…
England Women’s tour of New Zealand: The Clash of the Titans
THE WORLD champions of women’s rugby, New Zealand’s Black Ferns, are taking on England three times in the next eight days with the aim of avenging the two consecutive Test…
Would a global rugby season endanger the Heineken Cup?
WITH PREMIERSHIP Rugby coming out in support of the International Rugby Players Association’s proposal for an integrated global rugby season, there could be a world of possibilities in front of…
Diary of a new academy recruit in NZ – Part Two
SINCE THE first blog on my stay here in Mount Maunganui at the Inside Running Academy, I’ve really settled into the rhythm of the schedule and been working hard at…