It was perhaps the lowest quality Six Nations to date, yet the Championship still mustered up a barnstorming finish with Wales ransacking any hopes of an English Grand Slam. The English will look back at a tournament of ‘could have beens’, with perhaps the most unnerving statistic being the fact they were out-scored over five matches by the possession starved Scots. [...]
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Six Nations: Team of the Tournament
Six Nations: Team of the Week Round Three
Week three of the Six Nations saw wins for Wales, England and Scotland. Italy, missing Sergio Parisse, struggled to make an impact in Rome as the Welsh dominated from the off. Meanwhile in London, Chris Robshaw’s England defeated a resurgent French side, who only had themselves to blame for their second half deterioration. Ireland will be rueing missed opportunities after dominating large parts of their match, only to be denied by the ruthless Scots. Here is a look at the top performers from Round Three: [...]
Six Nations: Team of the Week Round Two
The second weekend of the Six Nations saw both Scotland and Wales record their first victories of the tournament. Wales’ gritty win was especially impressive for the strength of character it showed given their previous poor run of eight straight defeats. The cool headed Leigh Halfpenny slotted eleven points to put his side’s title ambitions back on track. In Dublin, it was the cool head of Owen Farrell that left England with the only 100% record in the championship – his twelve points were enough to see off the Irish. Here is a look at the star performers from all the action: [...]
Fancy some boxing? (Updated)
We are two weeks away from full blown Super Rugby action, but nevertheless, we have some good rugby to watch this weekend, as well as some boxing this morning. Let’s have a look at where we can make some money. [...]
The weekend rugby wrap
4 Feb 13 08:29 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, EP Kings, Lions, Original Content, Six Nations, Stormers | 6 Comments
The first real rugby weekend of the year came and went, with local teams battling each other to ready themselves for the Super Rugby season ahead, while up North the Six Nations got under way to some unexpected results. [...]
Boks handed dream RWC draw
The Springboks have drawn Samoa and Scotland as their directly-qualified pool-mates for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. [...]
Lambie at 10… the best is yet to come
If I gather together all the various bits and pieces of stuff that have been said over the last few weeks relating to Pat Lambie, I reckon the chances that he’ll once again be forced into a utility role in 2013 (and beyond) have diminished substantially. [...]
Barritt shines in great English win
England stunned the rugby world in Saturday in surging to a record win over the All Blacks at Twickenham. It was the English midfield, superbly marshalled by Sharks old boy Bradley Barritt, that did most of the damage, carving open the Kiwi defence three times in the second half to put the result beyond doubt. [...]
Boks v England – player ratings
It wasn’t a great day at the office for the Boks, but at the end of it, they still did enough to hand England a defeat and finish the tour unbeaten. Let’s rate the individuals, giving some credit for the ridiculously long season they’ve endured. [...]
End of year tour: England v South Africa
Today’s game comes to you from a wet and windy Twickenham Stadium in South-West London. [...]
Six changes for England
England will face the Boks on Saturday with a new-look side, as coach Stuart Lancaster has welded a heavy axe following last SAturday’s home loss against the Wallabies. [...]
Unchanged Bok team for England
The Springbok team to face England this Saturday has been announced, with the starting team unchanged from the one that did duty against Scotland last weekend, with two changes coming on the bench. [...]
Etzebeth cleared to face England
Following his citing on Monday, Eben Etzebeth has been cleared of any foul play and will be available for selection for the test match against England on Saturday evening. [...]
Louw good to go
Francois Louw looks set to take full part in South Africa’s End of year tour matches, after the injury he sustained over the weekend was not as bad as first expected. [...]
Two debutants in experienced All Black tour squad
The All Blacks have named their squad for their tour of Europe with two uncapped players called into the 32 man squad that has 1103 caps amongst them. [...]
