This coming Wednesday (19th April) the 2017 British and Irish Lions Squad, as ultimately chosen by the man above, will finally be unveiled. After months of speculation, pub debate, and the frantic crossing out of names on the back of beer mats, we’ll finally know which men will be traveling to New Zealand for the…
They’re the men rugby fans love to hate and some, like our very own John Aussie, take particular pleasure in ripping into them from the sidelines (which is why he’s not been allowed to write this piece). But who are the men charged with refereeing matches at this year’s Rugby World Cup? Red Rugby gives…
So after last Saturday and the drama of the northern hemisphere ‘finals’ weekend (where Messieurs O’Driscoll and Wilkinson signed off with wins, and the Northampton Saints won their first ever title in the final minute of extra-time) you’d be forgiven for thinking that rugby this side of the equator would put its proverbial feet up…
Unless you worship at the financially bloated altar of the seemingly all-conquering, all-player-devouring French league that is the Top 14 (which started two weeks ago) you will be looking forward to the start of the brand new season which kicks off in just over a week’s time. And what a season it promises to be…
An old secondary school teacher of mine had a saying that he was fond of using – “Everything happens for a reason”. I’ve never been so sure about this particular statement, mainly because it sounds too much to me like ‘fate’ and I’ve always disliked the idea that we are helpless to change or alter…
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