RugbyPass writers weigh in on who the best signing of 2025 is at the halfway point, as well as the competition’s most underwhelming player and the Blues season grade.
George Skivington believes England coach Steve Borthwick will have liked what he saw of centre Seb Atkinson following his hat-trick.
Outwith the Six Nations spotlight, emerging nations jostle for position in another thrilling REC - with the added carrot of Rugby World Cup qualification.
In 2024, Super Rugby fans were treated to many breakthrough players from the New Zealand franchises. We saw Chiefs loose forward Wallace Sititi go from unknown, to World Rugby Breakthrough 15’s Men’s Player of the Year. Hurricanes props Xavier Numia and Pasilo Tosi burst onto the scene, putting themselves in All Blacks contention.
Wallaroos captain Michaela Leonard has exclusively reacted to the news that nine sevens players are switching codes.
The All Blacks have started their Northern Tour with a convincing 64-19 win over Japan in Yokohama.
The nucleus of Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies is firming-up and it must continue to do so as there’s only four more Wallaby games ahead of next year’s British and Irish Lions tour.
The impact of the 25-year-old back-rower was one of the prime reasons why Bath reached the league final and came so agonisingly close to beating Northampton last Saturday and becoming champions of England for the first time since 1996.
As the cream of each yearly crop rises through the system, some continue growing more than others. Some benefit from timing, coming through at the right time where there is a positional need, and some just adapt to the next level immediately.
As the controversy around the proposed World ELague rumbles on, World Rugby CEO Brett Gosper has taken to Twitter to debunk one of the major inaccuracies in the reporting of the story.