A veritable galaxy of stars are flocking not just to the Top 14, but the second-tier ProD2.
A veritable galaxy of stars are flocking not just to the Top 14, but the second-tier ProD2.
The 2024/2025 season of the French Pro D2 is about to start, and the number of international players keeps growing with the likes of Courtney Lawes, George North, Chris Farrell, and Curwin Bosch having joined it.
The 2024/2025 season of the French Pro D2 is about to start, and the number of international players keeps growing with the likes of Courtney Lawes, George North, Chris Farrell, and Curwin Bosch having joined it.
Stuttering Ireland have made multiple changes to their team for the must-win encounter versus Samoa on Saturday, a selection that includes a first appearance at the finals for one midfield missing link.
Evergreen five-eighth Pisi is the only Manu Samoa survivor from the team who stunned a largely second-string Wallabies team 32-23 in 2011.
Tusi Pisi will make his third World Cup appearance at the age of 37, while prop Michael Alaalatoa will complete a compelling family story after both were named in Samoa's squad on Saturday.
Here's a RugbyPass comparison of the best composite Under-23 squads from rugby's four major club competitions, Super Rugby, the Gallagher Premiership, the Guinness PRO14 and the Top 14.
An Ed Fidow hat-trick helped Samoa take a giant stride towards Pool A at Rugby World Cup 2019 following a comfortable 66-15 first-leg play-off victory over Germany in Apia on Saturday - report World Rugby.
The jury is still out on whether Tim Nanai-Williams will make it as an international No 10.