The Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) launched its ‘strategic plan’ on Tuesday, outlining its vision for the sport in France up to and including the 2023 World Cup. Before president…
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Analysis: Charlotte Caslick shapes Australia’s gold medal-winning attack
Question: What do rugby league rockstar Shaun Johnson, World Cup-winning All Black Nehe Milner-Skudder and Charlotte Caslick, catalyst of Australia women’s sevens triumph at the Olympic Games, share in common?…
Aviva Premiership: Should the salary cap be abolished?
Big-money signings by Aviva Premiership clubs have put the salary cap back on the agenda – but there is a way to stop the whispers. When Wasps announced that South…
Aviva Premiership: Would Stuart Lancaster fit in at Worcester Warriors?
He spent time with the Stormers in the build-up to the 2016 Super Rugby season, acting in an advisory role, before reports surfaced that he was actively looking for a…
30 Minutes with… Dan Bibby
England Sevens star Dan Bibby talks rom-coms, noses and being scared of the dark
Ten players to watch in the new Top 14 season
The new Top 14 season kicks off in a little over a week and we’ve picked out the ten players to look out for over the coming campaign
Super Rugby: Ardie Savea analysis
Ardie Savea had a whale of a game against Sam Cane, the incumbent All Blacks No 7, in the Hurricanes’ Super Rugby semi-final win over the Chiefs in Wellington. From…
Top 14: Growing number of professional players left on scrapheap
More and more professional players in France are unemployed as they fail to earn contracts from Top 14 clubs. We look at the growing problem…
Top signings in the Guinness Pro12
With the start of the Guinness Pro12 now less than a month away and all teams well into their pre-season preparations, we take a look at eight of the biggest…
Super Rugby: Key battles for the semi-finals
Three teams from New Zealand and one from South Africa clash this weekend for a place in the Super Rugby Final on August 6. The first semi will be contested…