So the Lions are back in New Zealand… …and tomorrow marks the opening match of the tour: the one time every four years I’m happy to get up early on a Saturday morning. But as Sam Warburton received the traditional Maori greeting at Auckland airport earlier this week, a thought occurred: how lucky we are…
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…
In the latest of his posts from the land of the Vegemite sandwich, John Aussie takes a look at the thorny issue of the rugby players who switch codes… The big news from last week was that Rugby League Superstar™ Sam Burgess is to join rugby union side Bath in a bid to make it…
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…
The more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed a sneaky (and overly-floral) blog post last Friday for St. David’s Day. It was one of many things I did on March 1st just gone – I wore my rugby shirt into work, I handed out Welsh cakes to my colleagues and I draped my desk in…
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