How tough is it for a Test prop to play loosehead and tighthead? “Back in the day I tried to play tighthead and it didn’t go too well!” jokes former…
Alan Dymock
Rugby World editor
Get to know Team GB’s Megan Jones
WHATEVER ELSE stands out about Megan Jones – and she’s a hell of a player – it’s clear she knows exactly who she is. “I think that’s from rugby,” the…
Sharni Williams: “I’m being called Benjamin Button!”
AFTER WINNING an A Olympic gold medal with Australia women back in 2016, Sharni Williams was driven around her home town of Batlow in the back of a BMW. “We…
Meet Black Ferns star Ruby Tui
Meet Black Ferns star Ruby Tui IMMEDIATELY AFTER the final match of the Rio Olympics and a silver medal for the Black Ferns, Ruby Tui wasn’t sure whether she would…
Charity Williams: “Gymnastics wasn’t going to take me to the Olympics”
DURING HER sporting childhood, it was not sevens rugby players that Charity Williams idolised. In her wildest dreams, she wanted to be just like US gymnast Shawn Johnson on the…
Ox Nché and Springboks could have fierce future together
Ox Nché and Springboks could have fierce future together SUCH WAS the anticipation of the arrival of South Africa’s fabled Bomb Squad in the first Test against the Lions, that…
USA sevens star Martin Iosefo on his island upbringing
WHILE THE parents were doing full-bore drills on the training pitch, the kids were emulating them exactly. But instead of a ball, Martin Iosefo and the other whippersnappers were using…
Dan Norton: “I’m enjoying the challenge of keeping the tally going”
IT WASN’T until he reached 100 tries on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series that England’s Dan Norton realised he might be alright at finishing. “It was never part of…
Olympics Rugby Men’s Team Guide
Olympics Rugby Men’s Team Guide POOL A Argentina The team who blew apart the United States dream in Rio 2016, they are a constant thorn in the side – they…
Olympics Rugby Women’s Team Guide
Olympics Rugby Women’s Team Guide Pool A Great Britain Earlier in the year, coach Scott Forrest was excited to find out what identity would reveal itself for this group. Because…