Many within the rugby fraternity will already know Tom Martin as a back-rower who cracked the Waikato NPC team in their 2021 premiership-winning season, having earlier gained selection for New Zealand Secondary Schools.
Johnson’s Leicester were beaten 39-14 by arch-rivals Wasps in the Premiership final.
Wales boss Warren Gatland has sprung a major selection surprise by omitting established centres George North and Nick Tompkins from his line-up for Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations clash with France.
England flanker Tom Curry has refused to set a date for his return after undergoing major hip surgery that is expected to rule him out until next season.
Steve Borthwick has explained making three changes to his England Rugby World Cup semi-final team.
Steve Borthwick has named an England team to play Argentina in the Rugby World Cup on Saturday that has four changes from the XV ambushed by Fiji in their final Summer Nations Series match.
Former England wing Tom Varndell, the long-time all-time Premiership try-scorer until his tally of 92 was surpassed last year by Chris Ashton, has named an Ultimate XV consisting of players encountered across his lengthy career.
Waikato Rugby is pleased to announce their initial 38-man Bunnings Warehouse National Provincial Championship (NPC) squad for the upcoming 2022 season.
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.
Alex McLeod returns to reflect on who improved and who regressed over the past fortnight of Mitre 10 Cup rugby.
