RUGBY WORLD: We hear you’re one of the Ireland team’s jokers… FERGUS McFADDEN: No, that’s Donncha O’Callaghan. He gets up on the mic to hand out fines and punishments. Andrew…
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Journey through rugby – Gareth Delve
IN 2010 Gareth Delve, who has won 11 caps for Wales, swapped Gloucester for Australia and the Melbourne Rebels. Here the back-rower talks birthdays, boarding school and bodybuilding… I had…
Weightlifting can improve your performance
OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING can help improve your performance on the pitch, writes former champion Giles Greenwood. Rugby players spend their time in the gym doing heavy strength exercises such as squats,…
Rugby World – August 2012 edition contents
[imagebrowser id=27] THE NORTH are still playing catch-up – that’s the message from Stuart Barnes as Rugby World digests the lessons of the home nation summer tours in our August…
Develop general strength and fitness
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…
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…