Former Sydney Roosters and New Zealand Kiwis utility Joseph Manu has scored on debut for Toyota Verblitz in Japan Rugby League One
Ilona Maher arrived in the West Country to plenty of fanfare. It’s not hard to work out why. With over eight million followers across social media, the sport has never seen celebrity like the 28-year-old possesses.
With next year’s Rugby World Cup in England less than a year away, Wallaroos centre Cecilia Smith has decided to head out west.
Premiership Women's Rugby couldn’t have asked for much more from this year’s final as Gloucester-Hartpury and Bristol Bears combined for an 80-minute, end-to-end battle that ended 36-24 and ensured the cherry and whites would remain champions.
The line-ups for the upcoming Allianz PWR final have been confirmed, with Gloucester-Hartpury naming an unchanged side from their semi-final team and Bristol Bears making three changes.
All season people in the know have been saying very complimentary things about Bristol Bears and Scotland back-row Evie Gallagher, but this quiet, hard-working character prefers to do her own talking on the pitch.
NRL superstar Joseph Manu will line up alongside Rugby World Cup winners Aaron Smith and Pieter-Steph du Toit next season after signing with Japanese club Toyota Verblitz.
Bristol Bears, who have taken every other scalp in the league, have never got the job done against Sarries - regardless of location. Saracens are also sat at the top of the PWR (Yule) log - with a perfect 20 points from four outings - whilst Bears sit in third. Who can take the glory this Saturday?
Eddie Jones insists Marcus Smith is “not a full-back” and England must utilise the Harlequins talent at outside-half to get the best out of him.
When the theme for this column came to me with the sort of satisfying thump, I was surprised. As someone who aims to point all available spotlights on incredible women in sport, it threw me – but it also felt important.