France captain Antoine Dupont took a step closer to a miraculous recovery this week when he returned to training with France just days after having a metal plate inserted into his face. The scrum health fractured his cheekbone against Namibia in France’s third game of the World Cup and has left the entire nation sweating […]
While Ireland centre Bundee Aki grabbed the headlines on Saturday with his player of the match performance where he made the South African defence look nothing more than white and green tissue paper, there were some other interventions that were perhaps more important than his bulldozing runs. The sight of the 102kg centre bursting through […]
We all know that the Springboks have never legitimately lost a rugby match ever since William Webb Ellis first picked up a ball and ran with it 200 years ago. It is always the referee’s fault or some other reason that is conjured up after the final whistle is blown. Their loss to Ireland on […]
Given how physical the match was between Ireland and South Africa was on Saturday night at the Stade de France, it is crazy that there were no serious injuries or cards handed out by referee Ben O’Keeffe. Then again, there probably should have been. South Africa replacement loosehead prop Ox Nche can count himself very […]
