Australia head coach Eddie Jones would have watched Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup with a keen eye on a few players. Former All Blacks scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow was one to watch as he now qualifies for the Wallabies after a three year stand down period. But the coach’s focus would have largely been on lock Will […]
Leinster came out on top in almost every department on Saturday as they cruised past the Sharks 35-5 in the United Rugby Championship quarter-final. Every department except the scrum. In a battle of front rows laden with Ireland and South Africa internationals, it was the Sharks who handsomely won that battle. In fact, they were […]
Probably the toughest thing to do in the club game currently, or maybe in all of rugby, is to beat Leinster at the Aviva Stadium. Well that is the task that awaits the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship quarter-finals on Saturday. Just a week after Leinster steamrollered their way past Toulouse to book their […]
Every back in South African rugby this week will be sweating over their future, wondering whether they will be needed next season, and it is all because of the Bulls’ front row. It has long been accepted that any pack hailing from South Africa is going to dominate the game through a tedious string of […]
