Clermont will be looking to brutalise opponents this season, largely using the immense carrying of their Fijian backline and backrow players. Against Toulon, Setariki Tuicuvu, Alivereti Raka, Pecili Yato and Apisai Naqalevu all battered tacklers with a frightening frequency in their pre-season. It bodes well for a good season for ASM. This is brutal stuff. […]
Wee Paddy Jackson got his post Ulster career of to an industrious start and he helped steer Perpignan to a win over Toulouse. Jackson played a small part in two of their tries and nearly set up a third with a delightful crossfield kick. CREDIT: Stade Toulousain Rugby
Simon Zebo left Munster to much fanfare and took up a reported 700,000 deal with Racing 92. Good player but hardly worth that much. Or was he? Going by his first try for his new club, which he scored against Brazil, he might live up to the wage packet. CREDIT: Rugby Paradise
People forget Tameifuna made his international debut for Tonga against Wales in 2017. Hopefully he gets unleashed at the Rugby World Cup next year, as he’s simply too damn strident and assertive not too. How the All Blacks didn’t cap him still defies all logic. CREDIT: Yoe91
