Though they did not come away with the win last week (they actually suffered a fairly heavy 49-18 loss), Tonga tested the Springboks and pushed them all the way in certain passages of the match. Huge periods of the first half were spent in the Springboks’ half as Tonga kept hold of the ball, although […]
Sorry Oyonnax, but the trick you tried at the weekend against Top 14 champions Toulouse was done twelve years ago, and it is kind of a one time only try. When Mike Phillips ran in for a try against Ireland in Cardiff in 2011 after receiving a quick lineout from the wrong ball, we all […]
Whether Willie le Roux legitimately had to pull out of the All Blacks match at the last minute or whether it was South Africa’s plan all along to field a 7-1 bench at Twickenham we will never know, but what we do know is that it worked. Flanker Kwagga Smith came in to replace le […]
Over the last 18 months, Racing 92 scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec has emerged as Antoine Dupont’s long term rival and successor for the France No9 jersey. Having just turned 21 in April, this World Cup has come too early for Le Garrec, but the next World Cup cycle is where plenty have tipped the Racing […]
