With two rounds gone of the Top 14, Toulon and Toulouse are setting the pace at the top of the table with teams containing a lot of familiar faces. But…
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The magic of Kurtley Beale analysed
BELIEVE IT or not, Kurtley Beale is still 25. His career so far resembles a stomach-churning roller coaster, soaring to giddy heights with last-gasp penalties from 60 metres to win…
Top 14: Bayonne’s Scott Spedding on the season ahead
THE SOUTH Africa-born Scott Spedding was one of the few consistent performers last season for Bayonne as the Basque club narrowly avoided relegation. Starting all but one of their 26…
Marland Yarde raring to go at Harlequins
Rugby World finds out how England wing Marland Yarde is settling in at his new club Harlequins
Super 15: Waratahs and Crusaders ready for final battle
Sydney is the venue for this weekend's Super 15 final between the Waratahs and the Crusaders – Rugby World analyses the two teams
Top 14: Tim Lane on his hopes for Lyon
TIM LANE is one of the world’s most experienced and respected coaches – and one of its most travelled. After winning three caps in the centre for Australia in the…
Wallaby weapon: Henry Speight fast-tracked for The Rugby Championship
Chuck Norris has been the subject of a prolific internet craze for almost a decade now. In early 2005, online punters started posting satirically superhuman feats to underline the omnipotence…
Tommaso Allan to fight through ProD2
Hands up those who this time last year had heard of ‘Tommy’ Tommaso Allan? The odd aficionado of age-group rugby, perhaps, who had seen the young fly-half play for Western…
Bet you never saw this: Mike Tindall’s career
Read the story behind the story and see other brilliant picture specials like this Mike Tindall one in every edition of Rugby World. You can find out where to buy your…
Expect Piri Weepu to become a cult hero
As a team rising again, hoping to have a better time of it than their last Aviva Premiership adventure in 2012/13, London Welsh could do with converting as many fans…