NEW Zealand cruised through their pool with big wins over China (435), Canada (33-7), and Fiji (38-7). Michaela Blyde scored four tries in the opening […]
NICK CAIN THE 2024 Olympic Sevens was a massive showcase for Antoine Dupont’s extraordinary sporting talent, but also for rugby union, not just in France, […]
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in rebranding it – used […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND GLASGOW HAWKS/WARRIORS, WATERLOO AND BEDFORD BACK ROWER RORY McKAY IT’S been great watching the Rugby Sevens […]
Nine months on from their heartbreaking quarter-final loss in the World Cup to South Africa, Antoine Dupont inspired France’s Sevens side to win Olympic gold at the Stade de France.
WRU chairman Richard Collier-Keywood says Wales head coach Warren Gatland has the “full support” of the Union despite slipping to an alltime low of 11th in the world rankings.
QUARTER-FINALS WRAP ■By WILLIAM GUPWELL THE opening game of the quarter-finals saw a close encounter in a rematch from the Pool as South Africa ground […]
■By BEN JAYCOCK ANTOINE Dupont cemented himself as one of the greatest cross-code rugby players of all time as his second half performance guided France […]
NORTHAMPTON have signed hooker Nathan Langdon from Sale FC. The 23-year-old has followed brother Curtis to Franklin’s Gardens, having impressed in National One since graduating […]
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Delight: Spain U20 celebrate victory over Fiji PICTURE: World Rugby HISTORY will […]
SUNDAY WRAP ■By JAMES ORPIN LAST Sunday in the U20’s World Championship in Cape Town, England secured a long-awaited victory over Ireland to reach the […]
By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand……………………………………47 Tries: Clarke 8, Ratima 12, Proctor 26, Savea 34, Reece 44, de Groot 59, Bell 77 Conversions: McKenzie 9, 14, 35, 45, […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER USA HOOKER AND HEAD COACH, WHO PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY FOR HARLEQUINS AND PONTYPRIDD TOM BILLUPS IWAS born and raised in a […]
PETER JACKSON All week long the Red Dragon legions had planned their regimental mobilisation with just enough military precision to let them catch the action […]
International round-up Italy beat Tonga 36-14 in Nuku’alofa as the Azzurri bounced back from a shock defeat to Samoa on their Pacific tour. Fly-half Paolo […]
By BEN JAYCOCK Argentina……..52 Fiji…………………. 12 ARGENTINA boosted their slim hopes of a semi-final berth with a eight-try demolition job on Fiji – but Los […]
PAUL REES LOOKS AT WHY EXETER’S DOR HAS PUT PLAYER RETENTION AHEAD OF RECRUITMENT AT SANDY PARK The most eye-catching result of the Premiership season […]
■ By SAM JACKSON Moving on: Semesa Rokoduguni in action for Bath FORMER England winger Semesa Rokoduguni will play for Doncaster Knights in the Championship […]
By JAMES ORPIN South Africa… 12 Argentina…….. 31 ARGENTINA bounced back from their opening round defeat against England to dominate tournament hosts South Africa. The […]
PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton Saints have signed Callum Hunter-Hill after the second row left rivals Saracens earlier this week at the end of his contract. The […]
By JON NEWCOMBE WITH the dust barely settled on their Premiership-winning season, Northampton Saints CEO Mark Darbon has insisted that the mistakes of 2014 won’t […]
SOUTH AFRICA Captain Zachary Porthen will lead tournament hosts South Africa into battle and is one of five players who will feature in the tournament […]
ARGENTINA Argentina have confirmed a 30-man roster for the upcoming World Rugby U20 Championship, with Los Pumita the only Americas representative in the annual showpiece […]
NEWS EXTRA TWO-TIME World Cup winner Sam Whitelock will join up with the Barbarians squad for Saturday’s Killik Cup clash against Fiji. Whitelock, 35, holds […]