France captain Antoine Dupont might have caught the headlines this week with his opinion on South African sides joining the Heineken Champions Cup, but he was not the first person to have opinions like those. Around 18 months ago it was former Wales captain Sam Warburton that was questioning the inclusion of the South African […]
At the age of 37 now, it seems like Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has been pulling off his trademark loop since the dawn of time. There is not a defence in rugby that has not seen the fly-half pop the ball to the player outside him then scurry around the back to pick the ball […]
Imagine deciding to play in an old boys game and turning up to see former British & Irish Lions No8 CJ Stander lining up against you. Well that’s the unpleasant position some players were put in recently, as the former Munster and Ireland bruiser played for Oakdale Old Boys. A year after his shock retirement […]
England’s long range kicker Elliot Daly has had his record for rugby’s longest kick well and truly smashed by Lions fly-half Tiaan Swanepoel. The Saracens and British & Irish Lions star held the World Rugby challenge record of the longest kick, at 65.5 metres, ahead of the All Blacks’ Jordie Barrett’s 65 metres, Georgia’s Gela […]
