Former Welford Road fan favourite Martin Castrogiovanni has opened up on his bitter exit from Leicester Tigers on World Rugby’s Jersey Tales this week. The former Italy tighthead had a glory laden seven year spell with the Tigers between 2006-13, winning four Premiership titles and being named the Premiership player of the season in his […]
Every weekend of rugby usually produces some type of heinous tackle from one corner of the globe, and this week’s contribution undoubtedly comes from Castres’ Ryno Pieterse. Pieterse is facing an extremely long ban after steamrolling Bordeaux scrum-half Maxime Lucu in the air after he had kicked the ball, in an assault that does not […]
A new set of rugby laws are going to spread across the Northern Hemisphere this season, with one of them being the goal-line dropout. The new law will see a defensive team be rewarded a goal-line dropout whenever they have held the opposition up over their line, rather than the previous five metre scrum to […]
All Blacks centre Ngani Laumape made his much anticipated debut for Stade Francais in the Top 14 on Saturday, staring at inside centre in the Parisian derby against Racing 92. Stade Francais fell 21-36 at the Stade Jean-Bouin to a strong Racing outfit, which leaves them second from bottom in the league after the solitary […]
