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Rugby World – July 2013 edition contents
IT’S HERE! The Lions tour has started and the new issue of Rugby World has everything you need to make the most of events in Australia over the coming weeks.…
Lions 2013: 5 things we learned from Lions v Barbarians
The 2013 British and Irish Lions made a very competent start to their tour with an eight try, 59-8 victory. The Lions dominated every aspect of the game. They secured…
Lions 2013: Match verdict: Lions 59-8 Barbarians
LIKE ANY first run out, the Lions took a while to get rolling with smart angles wasted and players not quite understanding each other, but once Warren Gatland's opening XV…
Lions 2013: The only man in Hong Kong happily sweating…
ON SATURDAY, during the Barbarians match against the British and Irish Lions in Hong Kong, everyone will be toiling with the heat. That is except for one man. Local lad…
Falcons fly back into the Premiership
THERE WILL undoubtedly have been roars of delight as Newcastle Falcons clambered out of the Championship at the first time of asking, but for one man watching Falcons 31-24 victory…
Lions 2013: The tour opener statistics
By Alan Dymock On the eve of the opening match in sticky Hong Kong we ask: have you ever wondered how the British and Irish Lions have fared in their…
Top 14: Claassen and co. are ready to topple Toulon
THERE ARE still moments when Antonie Claassen has to pinch himself. Can it really be true? A French international and in the final of the Top 14? “It is hard…
Mourad Boudjellal and rugby’s Cup Winners’ Cup
THE PHRASE more money than sense exists purely for moments when expensive splurges make the headlines. Building an exact replica of the Titanic or trying to circumnavigate the globe in…
Lions 2013 Player Profile: Rory Best
A SHOCK omission from Warren Gatland's original squad, Best was called up after Dylan Hartley's verbal assault on referee Wayne Barnes in the Aviva Premiership final saw the hooker banned…