Olympian James Stannard will embark on a new coaching journey after taking up a position with the Western Force.
Springboks great Albert van den Berg says he would love to put one over on his former coach Jake White.
Munster returned to winning ways at a rain-lashed Virgin Media Park by beating Ospreys 23-0 in a repeat of last season’s BKT United Rugby Championship quarter-finals.
Let me take you back to 2013 when I was coaching the Brumbies. We were always on the lookout for emerging talent and we’d had a tip-off about a young kid, who was playing for a club called Wests on the Sunshine Coast, and playing in a match against a local university team. If there were a few hundred people watching him, it would surprise me, but this shaggy-haired full-back had something, so we fast tracked him into the Brumbies set-up. Boy, he could move.
Former Wallaby and Queenslander Reds playmaker James O’Connor has completed a remarkable career move across the ditch after signing with the Crusaders.
Former Wallaby James O’Connor will leave Australia’s shores after knocking back an offer to remain at the Queensland Reds.
The 2024/25 Pro D2 season gets going next weekend, with Olympique pencilled in for a Friday night home clash versus Valence Romans, and getting organised has been a rush at the second-tier strugglers hoping for an uptick in fortunes.
In isolation, I’ve got no problem with the Dricus sideshow. They were in Perth, they are friends and as proud South Africans, showing their loyalty, but it’s probably not the recipe for success if done on a regular basis. Put it this way, they wouldn’t have done that before they’d won two World Cups, because they weren’t deemed serial winners. Once players start to forget rugby is No 1, then things can quickly go South.
Liam Wright will not suit up for the Wallabies on Saturday evening after being ruled out of the second Test against Wales.