At the age of 34 and after a professional career that has spanned almost two decades, Quade Cooper has officially hit his first ever ruck. It came this season in Japan while playing for the Hanazono Kintetsu Liners in Japan’s Division Two, and he has certainly milked it. Of course that is not true, the […]
No lock should ever be able to outpace a winger. Ever. That is just an unerring fact of rugby. Or at least it should be. But Kobelco Kobe Steelers lock JD Schickerling made us question everything that we thought we knew to be true about the game of rugby. The former South Africa A international […]
Ben Smith’s rugby career could well be over with the close of the Kobelco Kobe Steelers’ season against the Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay in Japan’s League One last week, but the former All Black showed right until the end that he is brimming with skill and class. Footage shared by Jacob McDonald of the 35-year-old’s performance […]
The footpace of Israel Folau was tested to the absolute max by Springbok World Cup hero Lukhanyo Am in Japan. We must admit we didn’t realise that Lukhanyo Am was this fast. Full credit to him, because Folau has got that long speed that everyone wants but few have. The incident occurred in the NTT […]
