WHEN SATURDAY comes, it comes with hand grenades in its pockets and it is looking for a hug. You’ll embrace it. Undoubtedly you will feel every blow and every collision…
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Diary of a new academy recruit in NZ – Part One
Dan Ward-Smith, the former England back-row and Inside Running Academy Manager, tells us how Rugby World competition winner Ken Murray is enjoying his first few weeks in New Zealand…
Hotshot: Rhys Patchell (Cardiff Blues)
When did you first play at fly-half? I was a full-back until I was in the Blues South U16 squad and then, because Cory Allen was being picked ahead of…
Summer tours: All Blacks set to end Philippe Saint-Andre’s terrible year
IT'S NOT much fun being a French fan at the moment. Humiliated last Saturday against the All Blacks, France have already lost the three Test series and are playing for…
Lions 2013: Warren Gatland’s Test selection and what the stats say
HEAD COACHES never have it easy, but the selections are made now and we know who will be facing off between the Lions and the Wallabies. Was it the right…
Lions 2013: It’s all just a little case of history repeating
HEADING TOWARDS the first Test, the British and Irish Lions have an encouraging win against the Waratahs and a lacklustre loss against the Brumbies as inspiration for the first shot…
Lions 2013: 5 Things We’ve Learned. Lions v Brumbies
THE LIONS registered their first loss of the tour with a 14 – 12 defeat against the Brumbies. Prior to this game the Lions had been able to rely on…
Lions 2013: How do you solve a problem like the lineout?
THE STATS don’t make good reading after the British and Irish Lions 14-12 loss to the Brumbies. Despite their win the Brumbies carried 23 times less than the Lions, with…
Lions 2013: Flattery gets you everywhere
WHEN MIND games start it is hard to know which tact to take. Overuse of saccharine sweet compliments, describe the opposition as clueless or just call everyone cheats? Well, when…
Lions 2013: Brumbies 14-12 Lions
How the Lions fell to their first defeat of the 2013 tour…