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Posted 1314 days ago
By Rugby World reader, Ken FitzGerald
As I sit here on this tenth night of Movember stroking the handles on my glorious retro ‘tash (hey it’s all for a good cause!) I can’t help but wonder what might have been for Wales and England on the opening weekend of the by now familiar November test series. Predictably both Wales and England…
Posted 1318 days ago
By Paul Morgan, Editor of Rugby World Magazine
Forget the 19-9 scoreline this was a much, much bigger victory for Australia than it suggests, but with the heart ripped out of the England squad by injuries (just five left from the side that started the last Six Nations game against Scotland!) nothing else was ever going to happen. England are 7th…
Posted 1324 days ago
By Sam Perkins, Blackheath player and Rugby World reader
I was once told a rugby player is fitter, stronger, harder and prettier than any footballer could be. I like to look at myself and see a typical piece of evidence to this suggestion. Rugby players are up there with the fittest of athletes. Alongside boxers, swimmers and decathlon participants, rugby demands…
Posted 1444 days ago
From Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World Magazine
THE MAIN emotion was relief, tinged with pride when the final whistle blew at Ellis Park on Saturday, and the British and Irish Lions had won the third Test.
They still lost the series, of course, but the pride, passion and emotion the whole squad and management showed in gaining that final victory is…
Posted 1456 days ago
By Chris Tipping, rugby writer
As this article is appearing just after the Lions’ 26-21 defeat against South Africa in Durban, it’s going to sound a little bit like sour grapes, but who cares? It’s a point I have long had strong feelings on and definitely needs addressing sooner rather than later.
First thing’s first – the scrum is a fun place,…
Posted 1458 days ago
From Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World Magazine
One of the greatest matches in the history of the British and Irish Lions finished with 30 players and almost 48,000 fans (including the media) emotionally drained, here in Durban. I was privileged to be there as I was privileged to watch Dan Carter wreck the Lions in Wellington four years ago. Could…
Posted 1465 days ago
From Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World Magazine
At the start of the Lions tour if you had offered Ian McGeechan five wins from the first five matches on the tour he would have bitten you hand off. So, even though the victory over Western Province was another less than convincing performance it puts the Lions in a far better position…
Posted 1491 days ago
From Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World Magazine
In almost every circumstance it is all hail Martin Johnson as far as I am concerned. But I have absolutely no idea why he is bothering to punish Danny Cipriani by sending him to Denver this summer for the Churchill Cup for the England A tournament. Everyone knows what a good player Cipriani…
Posted 1493 days ago
From Paul Morgan, Editor of Rugby World Magazine
Leicester turned in a streetwise performance at Twickenham to beat London 10-9 and become the champions of England. It was finally sealed by a Jordan Crane try ten minutes from time.
A couple of things I noted:
* It was magnificent to see a new side in the final. This will be the first, not…
Posted 1506 days ago
Sport is cruel that’s for sure and perhaps we saw it as its most cruel at the Millennium Stadium in the Heineken semi-final. Leicester and Cardiff were locked at 26-26 at the end of 80 minutes and again at the end of a further 20 minutes of extra time, so it was left to rugby’s first penalty shoot out. Now…
