The challenges of rugby’s return to training explained While those in the UK and Ireland wait for clarity on when players should return to training at their club, in Italy…
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Remembering the day Jackass joined London Irish training
It can be strange to look back at what we were obsessed with at the turn of the millennium: pop-punk, MSN Messenger, frosted hair. And then there was Jackass, on…
Jason White relives his biggest hits
Jason White relives his biggest hits “I SOMETIMES look back and think, ‘God, did I actually do that?'” offers Jason White. Once known as the hitman of Scottish rugby, the…
The day I broke my neck: Robert Paylor on his catastrophic injury
It is two days before his final exams, at a time of unprecedented global unease, yet Robert Paylor is calmness personified. Then again, the UC Berkeley student’s collegiate experience has…
My Life In Pictures with Mathieu Bastareaud
Roaring success, 2017 “This photo (the main image above) is from a Top 14 semi-final against La Rochelle, at the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille,” says Mathieu Bastareaud. “It was not…
The uncertainty facing out-of-work rugby coaches
Covid-19 is not only affecting the player transfer market in rugby. We talk to four coaches looking for their next gig
Behind The Scenes at the LA Sevens
Behind The Scenes at the LA Sevens AWAY FROM the smoke machines and bacon-wrapped hotdogs inside Dignity Health Sports Park, there is a whole other world of invitational LA Sevens…
Rugby In A War Zone
In the darkest corners of a conflicted world, we discover how rugby has created a bit of light
Where rugby defences and Dennis Rodman converge
Where rugby defences and Dennis Rodman converge IT CUTS so quick in the edit that it feels like Dennis Rodman is picking up pace as he describes his bewitching ability…
Anatomy of a rugby transfer during Covid-19 crisis
Anatomy of a rugby transfer during Covid-19 crisis THE WAY player moves have always worked is pretty set in stone. As one prominant European agent, who wishes to remain anonymous,…