Column: So, elite test rugby might be going to Qatar. Interesting. I can’t say I’m too enthused. Nothing to do with sportswashing, but we’ll…
Column: So, elite test rugby might be going to Qatar. Interesting. I can’t say I’m too enthused. Nothing to do with sportswashing, but we’ll…
Australian rugby has many problems - financial crisis, ever-shrinking audiences, shortage of coaching expertise, Greg Martin, etc etc. But one problem which I have…
By my count, the Brumbies have played three teams of consequence this season. The first two - the Chiefs and Blues - thrashed them…
Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan says it’s “purely coincidental” that Semipeni Finau has put on a massive, late hit on a fourth fly-half in nine…
He was born 1905, 1904 or 1908 according to various reports, in Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, and is remembered as one of the great Māori players.
All Blacks star Jordie Barrett has announced a sabbatical to play with Irish club Leinster at year's end, while committing his future to New…
There are those who will forever play the man - and not the ball - where TJ Perenara is concerned. The All Blacks and…
I well remember the day a New Zealand Rugby staffer put their hands on me. It seems I’d made them angry.The Wellington Sevens was…
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have described the players' union call for the board to step down while governance reforms are carried out as a…
I don’t really get the comparisons between Joey Manu and Sonny Bill Williams. I realise they have the Roosters in common, along with a…
I don’t really get the comparisons between Joey Manu and Sonny Bill Williams. I realise they have the Roosters in common, along with a…
I don’t really get the comparisons between Joey Manu and Sonny Bill Williams. I realise they have the Roosters in common, along with a…
I am a rugby fan hanging on by a thread to a game I have followed for over 50 years. It brought immense joy,…
I am a rugby fan hanging on by a thread to a game I have followed for over 50 years. It brought immense joy,…
I am a rugby fan hanging on by a thread to a game I have followed for over 50 years. It brought immense joy,…
Waratahs' Will Harrison says he has an itch to play for the Wallabies now he's back from a 92-week rehabilitation from multiple knee injuries.…
Talk of Sam Whitelock returning home tells us a few things. First, we lack genuinely hard men in New Zealand rugby. We have locks,…
He is still remarkably the only player to have pulled on the jerseys of both Australia and New Zealand, which elevates him to legendary status.
In a real professional sport, such as football, international managers are fixtures in the stands at club matches. Their players are often far flung…
I’ve seldom been happier to see the All Blacks lose, than during their 2020 and 2022 defeats to Argentina. Now, I don’t relish seeing…
It was the was the ultimate mix of old and new; and the greatest display of wet weather rugby we’re ever likely to see.…
I’ll start with a quick aside, before I get to the topic of Super Rugby Pacific’s alleged Super Round. I was 18 or 19…
Unfortunately, the only criteria for this Dream XV are that you had to have passed away. During my research, I thought of potential players…
The Crusaders have suffered another potential blow as their ill-fated Super Rugby defence lurches from bad to worse - and Sonny Bill Williams has…
The Crusaders have suffered another potential blow as their ill-fated Super Rugby defence lurches from bad to worse - and Sonny Bill Williams has…
The Crusaders have suffered another potential blow as their ill-fated Super Rugby defence lurches from bad to worse - and Sonny Bill Williams has…
Column: So, elite test rugby might be going to Qatar. Interesting. I can’t say I’m too enthused. Nothing to do with sportswashing, but we’ll…
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Whilst in Manchester recently I met a lady who had a daughter in Durban and she showed me a pic of main street in Durban…(more)