The news this week that the iconic Lansdowne Hotel was finally closing its doors made me cast my mind back to my time there…
The news this week that the iconic Lansdowne Hotel was finally closing its doors made me cast my mind back to my time there…
All Black great Dan Carter is poised to announce details of a move abroad after next year's Rugby World Cup. The 32-year-old five-eighth is…
For as long as there have been cards to punish misdemeanours in sport there have been referee blunders. On the whole refs and match…
The Wallabies played out their first scoreless half in 52 years before grinding their way to a series-clinching 6-0 victory over France on Saturday…
The writing is on the wall for French rugby, and it's highlighted no better than by the abysmal performance of the national side in…
France. The wine. The cheese. La bonne vie. Those of us who have been lucky enough to grace the grounds of this European gastronomical…
The very first words ever written on The Roar were "Willie Mason is a fool who gives stupidity a bad name." Nothing has changed.…
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Rugby doesn't often crowd out football news in France unless the national team wins the Grand Slam, but there were headlines all over the…
Who will play fly-half for the Wallabies is one dilemma Ewen McKenzie will have to solve come selecting his first XV for the first…
Who will play fly-half for the Wallabies is one dilemma Ewen McKenzie will have to solve come selecting his first XV for the first…
Who will play fly-half for the Wallabies is one dilemma Ewen McKenzie will have to solve come selecting his first XV for the first…
Dan Carter's holdout for a couple of million a year from the Toulon club certainly made headlines. But to keep things in perspective, and…
Clermont struck it lucky at the 11th time of asking by recording a 19-6 victory over Perpignan to claim the French Top 14 rugby…
French rugby union club, Stade Francais, will bid farewell to one of its best players in Argentine half, Juan Martin Hernandez. Although his majestic…
The news this week that the iconic Lansdowne Hotel was finally closing its doors made me cast my mind back to my time there…
2015
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