Four enthralling matches over two days reinforced one thing robustly – the Heineken Cup (in its current form) is going out with a big old bang. Here’s a run-down of…
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The Heineken Cup team of the week
15. Rob Kearney (Leinster) When a full-back tops your tackle-count, you know your backs have been against the wall. Kearney senior was a shining light in Leinster’s defeat, epitomising their…
Saints & Sinners: Rugby’s weekend talking points
The Saints Super sub Finally, after 17 defeats (some of them clutched agonisingly at the last minute from the jaws of victory) Worcester Warriors claimed their first Aviva Premiership win…
Danny Care picks his ‘Five of the Best’
After a Six Nations tournament full of positives with England, RW caught up with Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care at the Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens to discuss five of the…
Aviva Premiership coming to the boil
There are big matches at the top and bottom of the Aviva Premiership this weekend, with Northampton Saints hosting Leicester Tigers and Worcester Warriors travelling to Newcastle Falcons…
Comeback kids: Burger, Kaino and Ferris
We are spoiled for young back-row talent across the world right now. Billy Vunipola was phenomenal in the early part of the Six Nations. Australian Michael Hooper has terrorised breakdowns…
Big plans for the future of French Top 14
The great and the good of French rugby gathered last Thursday in a Bordeaux hotel for their General Assembly. What Midi Olympique described as “the Cardinals of the Oval”, had…
Saints & Sinners: Rugby’s weekend talking points
We cast our eye back over the last few days to bring you the saints and the sinners from an action-packed weekend of rugby… The Saints Club class Their unorthodox,…
Six Nations: Bet you never saw this!
Saw it all, did you? Well, Rugby World spotted these crackers from the latest round of the Six Nations!