The Six Nations has given me bit of head space to reflect about rugby and its direction of travel. It’s funny, I remember Frik du Preez, the great Springbok captain was once asked...
How donated chickens, a team talk in a castle and a broken fax machine powered Samoa to a stunning Rugby World Cup debut
Domestic rugby's premier competition has been whittled down to the final eight and there are some tantalising fixtures in store
Ireland flyhalf Johnny Sexton started his first Leinster game of the season on Saturday and he was very much the returning maestro, steering the men in blue to a thrilling 54-34 over the Sharks.
The All Blacks finished 38-27 winners in an epic back-and-forth encounter that saw two incredible tries to wing Bryan Habana in the first half, but the story of the match belonged to a young Beauden Barrett.
Yet there is another Wayne Smith in rugby, arguably the doyen of Australian Rugby journalism for the past several decades, and he recently decided to put down the quill after a career that started in 1971 as a cadet for the Brisbane Telegraph and ended as the chief rugby scribe for
Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio has named a pair of All Blacks as his picks for the greatest opensides of all-time.
Thirteen years have passed since Ireland struck age-grade Six Nations gold, clinching the 2007 U20s Grand Slam in Italy with a team featuring current Test stars Keith Earls and Cian Healy.
The World Rugby player of the year shortlist has been announced, and three players from this Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final have made the list.
A former Ireland skipper believes Paddy Jackson has been punished too much for last year's court case while a former Ireland coach suggests the playmaker's career could be in tatters.
