The announcement that the 2021 Lions tour will take place in South Africa has rugby fans hoping for the best
The England v Ireland games were always feisty affairs according to 48-cap Lions prop Nick Popplewell
The tumult at the Southern Kings franchise in South Africa has thrown a number of players into the marketplace and Worcester Warriors could be one of the first clubs to pounce.
The ex-Wales prop, who has been at the club since 2011, has been replaced by Lee Blackett on an interim basis which starts with Saturday's Gallagher Premiership trip to rivals Leicester.
When Gordonton’s Aaron Hopa died in a tragic diving accident off Whangamata on December 8, 1998, so too did an incredible Kiwi life shaped by rugby, whanau and aroha. Ben Stanley tells the story of the Greatest All Black you never knew.
