STATE OF THE NATION: France

Our ‘State of the Nation’ series takes a look at all the main contenders ahead of this year’s Rugby World Cup.  Attentions this time turn to France – the perennial ‘hot and cold’ outfit.  But with their World Cup pedigree, write them off at your peril.   Take a look at this Rugby World Cup…

The Horrid Hemispherical Hoodoo

International Rugby + The Northern Hemisphere = failure.  Discuss. A touchy topic at the best of times, but one that falls on particularly sore ears this week following England’s step backwards against the All Blacks and the never-ending story that is Wales’ run of close defeats to Australia.  It’s not all doom and gloom though. …

STATE OF THE NATION: England

This week, Red Rugby brings you the second in our ‘State of the Nation’ series, where we look at the main contenders for Rugby World Cup glory a year out from the main event.  In the week that tickets went on general sale, Andy Mayes looks at how the hosts, England, are doing with less…

BREAKING NEWS: WRU & Regions sign £60m six-year agreement

Unless you’ve been living under a rock called ‘pays little attention to Welsh Rugby’ for the last eighteen months or so, you’ll be all too aware of a bitter and divisive spat between the Welsh Rugby Union and Wales’ four professional teams (‘Regions’) that had threaten to rip apart the professional game in Wales.  If you…