WE’RE delighted to announce a major signing this month – John Dams, one of the world’s foremost strength and conditioning experts, joins us as our new fitness editor. He starts…
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Life-saving defibrillators should be in every school and sports club
DID YOU know that if you have a cardiac arrest outside of hospital and with no trained people nearby, your survival rate is just 6%? Incredibly, this rises to 60%…
Old Bristolians – Rugby World Team of the Year 2011-12
HOW DO you turn darkness into light? Old Bristolians found a way. Five years ago, Robbie Stuart, their second-team captain and Brizzley Bear mascot at Bristol, complained of feeling tired.…
Rugby World – July 2012 edition contents
[imagebrowser id=26] IT’S THE start of the new global calendar, with seven northern hemisphere countries down south for end-of-season tours. The July issue of Rugby World looks ahead to the…
A rugby double at the British Sports Book Awards
There was a rugby double at the 2012 Sports Book Awards. The Biography of the Year gong went to Matt Hampson's Engage, while Alastair Hignell's autobiography won Best Rugby Book
New worldwide laws trial
THIS SEASON five law amendments are being trialled across the globe in both domestic and international games, including the speeding up of rucks. One of the key changes being trialled…
Jonny Wilkinson on his best coaches
By Jonny Wilkinson, England 2003 World Cup winner I HAVE been enormously fortunate to have been coached by some of the best coaches around. Here I let you know why…
Rugby World – June 2012 edition contents
[imagebrowser id=25] NEW ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster gets a grilling in the latest issue of Rugby World – answering YOUR questions. We also head down to the farm with Wales…
Chill-out chat with Lee Dickson
RUGBY WORLD: How did you enjoy your first Six Nations? Lee Dickson: I loved every minute of it. I knew Stuart (Lancaster) already so I knew what to expect, but…
Is Lancaster the right man for the job?
I WENT to Stuart Lancaster’s Six Nations debrief last week. He had put together an impressive presentation, complete with PowerPoint display, but what really stood out were the words of…