A trio of South African pundits have called for referees to clamp down on the ‘cannon arm’ technique that Irish teams have been using recently. The technique is where a ball carrier around the edge of a ruck places the non-ball-carrying arm on the ground when they carry, allowing them to get as low as […]
There are plenty of great scrum-halves knocking about in South Africa at the moment, so every player will know they have to be at the top of their game during the Rugby Championship if they hope to make the World Cup at the end of the year. After the Springboks had their first mini training […]
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 […]
The sight of South Africa training in their latest camp must have left France, Ireland and the All Blacks giddy this week, as they saw the reigning world champions return to basics. And by basics we mean learning to count to five. The players were filmed at the Sharks’ Kings Park Stadium this week learning […]
