It is strange that after both the Gallagher Premiership and Top 14 finals this year, arguably the best player on each pitch was an England No8 that has been overlooked by Eddie Jones over the last year. In Saracens’ loss to Leicester Tigers, Billy Vunipola was monumental, and though he did not come away with […]
Eddie Jones has enough of a selection headache when it comes to picking his ideal back row given the wealth of options he has, but he has a new problem on his hands after Zach Mercer’s performance in the Top 14 final yesterday. The Montpellier No8 was simply sensational in a man of the match […]
There were plenty of big games in the rugby calendar yesterday with the Super Rugby Pacific, Gallagher Premiership and United Rugby Championship finals all being played. There was one thing that all the victorious sides, the Crusaders, Leicester Tigers and the Stormers, had in common and that was that they all scored drop goals. This […]
There are some decisions by referees that leave viewers all asking the same question- “if that was only a yellow card, what on Earth is required for a red card?” There was one of those moments on Sunday in Perpignan’s win over Mont de Marsan in the Top 14 play off match, where there was […]
