Friday week sees the beginning of a new Super 14 season, which is make or break for the Australian Rugby Union. Australia's number two…
Friday week sees the beginning of a new Super 14 season, which is make or break for the Australian Rugby Union. Australia's number two…
Watching the Test match on a Saturday afternoon in 2008 between the All Blacks and South Africa, I was impressed with the non-stop tear-away…
The times they are a changing. Unfortunately, the IRB isn’t and many people feel that rugby was halted in its tracks thanks to the…
“The choreographed pursuit of kickable penalties.” That is distinguished English rugby commentator Paul Hayward’s elegant definition of what we lesser talents call Whistle Ball,…
[caption id="attachment_22059" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Australian rugby union backs Quade Cooper, Adam Ashley-Cooper, James O'Connor, Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell. AAP Image/Paul Miller"][/caption] With senior…
[caption id="attachment_15124" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="England\'s Phil Vickery, center, tries to muscle his way through the Italian defence during the Six Nations rugby union international…
There has been a lot of talk on the Roar about establishing another national Rugby Union competition. I think it is time to be…
Is it as simple as this for Australian rugby? Northern Hemisphere rugby prefers the boring conservative, kick penalties to win, type of rugby, and…
There was a skirmish in the rugby Law War on Saturday night in Hamilton, New Zealand. In this 61-point game, Whistle Rugby lost narrowly…
As a Catholic North Shore private schoolboy, I have noticed a similarity between Christianity and rugby in Australia. Both have had schisms, resulting in…
As a Catholic North Shore private schoolboy, I have noticed a similarity between Christianity and rugby in Australia. Both have had schisms, resulting in…
As a Catholic North Shore private schoolboy, I have noticed a similarity between Christianity and rugby in Australia. Both have had schisms, resulting in…
[caption id="attachment_22569" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="New Zealand All Black coach Graham Henry, center, flanked by Byron Kelliher, left and Richie McCaw during a training session…
[caption id="attachment_22569" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="New Zealand All Black coach Graham Henry, center, flanked by Byron Kelliher, left and Richie McCaw during a training session…
[caption id="attachment_22569" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="New Zealand All Black coach Graham Henry, center, flanked by Byron Kelliher, left and Richie McCaw during a training session…
Hooker Stephen Moore admits the Wallabies are sweating on South African referee Jonathan Kaplan to give Australia's oft-maligned scrum a fair go in Saturday's…
Two divergent schools of thought are set to clash. The clash has its origins in the acrimonious relationship that England has with its disowned,…
The recent rugby test results show that we have headed back to the bad old days of stultifying rugby, with play dominated by the…
One of the definitions of insanity is said to be repeating the same process but expecting different results. With that in mind, can someone…
Rugby is famous for allegedly being the first code to pick up the ball and run with it. Rugby is the oval ball code…
Recent years have seen the issue of what a penalty and a drop goal should be worth argued about. The move to increase the…
The All Blacks were named yesterday, and it is the weakest team in years, in my opinion. This was a really good chance to…
In response to a recent Spiro Zavos article, sure, this single game may support your argument. But rules are played over a season, and…
Arguably the best advertisement for rugby league in 100 years or so was the 2007 rugby union World Cup. For the most part, the…
Arguably the best advertisement for rugby league in 100 years or so was the 2007 rugby union World Cup. For the most part, the…
Arguably the best advertisement for rugby league in 100 years or so was the 2007 rugby union World Cup. For the most part, the…
When SANZAR introduced a number of Experimental Law Variations for the 2008 season, supporters were led to believe they would make rugby faster and…
When SANZAR introduced a number of Experimental Law Variations for the 2008 season, supporters were led to believe they would make rugby faster and…
When SANZAR introduced a number of Experimental Law Variations for the 2008 season, supporters were led to believe they would make rugby faster and…
Eddie Jones? At it again! I could hear collective eyes rolling back in people's heads at Eddie Jones' latest stream of consciousness pronouncements in…
The International Rugby Board has formally ratified a recommendation by their rugby committee to approve 10 of the 13 global experimental law variations (ELVs)…
[caption id="attachment_16580" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Crusaders\' Andy Ellisleft, bottom left, tackles the Waratahs\' Dean Mumm as his captain Phil Waugh jumps to make room for…
It was a wet, cool afternoon in Auckland this Saturday. The clouds hung low (fittingly for the start of duck-shooting season), and it was…
The International Rugby Board's rugby committee has endorsed proposals for the permanent incorporation of 10 out of 13 of the Experimental Law Variations into…
The International Rugby Board's rugby committee has endorsed proposals for the permanent incorporation of 10 out of 13 of the Experimental Law Variations into…
Friday week sees the beginning of a new Super 14 season, which is make or break for the Australian Rugby Union. Australia's number two…
2010
“pretty much every loose fowrd, 6,7 and 8 have the skill of backline players and have the size of fowards.”
Rubbish!
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