Legendary Saracens hooker Schalk Brits was a guest on World Rugby’s Jersey Tales this week, where a certain incident involving him and his then Saracens teammate Owen Farrell cropped up. The incident came in 2013 when the British & Irish Lions played the Barbarians in Hong Kong. Farrell, starting at fly-half, was holing onto his club teammate […]
With London Irish getting a bye week in the final round of the Gallagher Premiership, and with their hopes of making the top four extinguished, their loss to Bath at the Rec on Saturday signalled the final outing in green for some of their players, and the final ever professional match for others. One that […]
There were plenty of things to be impressed about by Leinster’s 40-17 demolition of then reigning Heineken Champions Cup Toulouse on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium, but the one moment that seems to have taken social media by storm was tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong’s 20 metre miss pass to fullback Hugo Keenan. The 119kg British […]
England and British & Irish Lions lock Maro Itoje has butted heads with South Africa on a number of occasions over the past year, and each encounter has been a memorable occasion. The 27-year-old has not been afraid to get in the faces of the world champions whether in an England shirt or a Lions […]
