The Art of Losing In Rugby Losing sucks. We all know that feeling in the pit of your stomach – the misery of realised dread – when the final result…
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Professional rugby reaches Hawaii
Professional rugby reaches Hawaii Rugby has now got a new destination in the Pacific. Kanaloa Hawaii Rugby have been awarded a licence to complete in the USA’s Major League Rugby…
Rugby Rant: Scots cannot be afterthought for Lions
Rugby Rant: Scots cannot be afterthought for Lions For a number of Scots my age or younger, success for the British & Irish Lions over the last few outings has…
Felipe Contepomi from Bristol beginnings to Leinster evolution
Felipe Contepomi from Bristol beginnings to Leinster evolution That day at the Memorial Ground, Felipe Contepomi was unstoppable. In several senses. Not only did the charismatic fly-half score all of…
Introducing Jason Ryles, England’s next skills coach
Introducing Jason Ryles, England’s next skills coach England rugby fans may not know much about Jason Ryles, the man set to become full-time skills coach with England when the current…
Warren Abrahams wants job that “sets my soul on fire” after parting with USA
For Warren Abrahams, this season was meant to be about preparing USA women’s sevens for the Olympic Games from his position as assistant coach. But the roughhouse combo of a…
Richard de Carpentier on the uncertainty facing sevens players
Richard de Carpentier on the uncertainty facing sevens players While we have provisional restart dates for some 15s leagues, there is pervading uncertainty over any return to World Rugby Sevens…
Celebrating rugby’s old-school wall moves
Celebrating rugby’s old-school wall moves It was a throwback to the time of baggy shirts, off-brand boots and lost gumshields. “Remember wall moves?” came the question from Ruaridh Jackson a…
Who has the most beautiful kick in world rugby?
Who has the most beautiful kick in world rugby? It could be the graceful classic from Rory McIlroy or the athletic twist from Adam Scott. It might be another stick…
Schalk Brits on Dan Carter’s Super Rugby return
Schalk Brits on Dan Carter’s Super Rugby return In late 2018, after a surprise call from Springboks boss Rassie Erasmus asking him to put in one more season ahead of…