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Beyond, yes, being a great athlete, footballer and boxer, I never really quite got the whole Sonny Bill Williams thing, until … Until last Sunday evening during the Quade Cooper interview after he’d played the match of his life, which included kicking the winning goal from 40 metres out. You really had to see the […]
The Gallagher Premiership will have 13 teams competing this season Rugby’s congested calendar seldom pauses for breath but as summer turns to autumn, England’s top male clubs have at least finally enjoyed some time for reflection. After the pandemic forced two seasons to rather run into one with an abrupt, abridged off-season last autumn, an […]
Michael Hooper is poised to become Australia’s most capped Wallabies skipper of all-time this weekend and coach Dave Rennie says he wouldn’t be surprised to see him go past George Gregan on the all-time list of Test match appearances because of his resilience. Rennie says he is “gobsmacked” by pundits who question Hooper’s on-field capabilities […]
English rugby escaped from a financial cliff-edge during the pandemic but there are going to be some tricky times ahead English rugby has been saved by club owners and help from the government They are still expected to have suffered collective losses in the region of £100m One-and-a-half seasons of coronavirus restrictions have savaged club […]
Vaccination status has emerged as a tribalistic battleground in 2021, but Sale Sharks director Alex Sanderson isn’t entertaining the topic as a matter of debate at AJ Bell Stadium. Lines have been drawn in the proverbial sand regarding the coronavirus vaccine, with some framing any form of jab mandate as an infringement on civil liberties. […]
Tom Ilube is the new chair of the Rugby Football Union There’s a new chair of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) – and speaking publicly for the first time since taking the role, history-maker Tom Ilube set out ambitious plans to transform English rugby and do more to make it a sport for all. The […]
Saracens mark their official return to the Premiership on Friday when they open the new season at Bristol Bears, and Billy Vunipola has more reason than most to be excited for the restart. Having missed out on the British and Irish Lions ’ tour of New Zealand in 2017 due to a shoulder injury, the […]
Sunday’s last-gasp win against the Springboks may have been Quade Cooper’s finest performance in 71 Tests for the Wallabies, but the playmaker will remember the match as his ticket to Australian citizenship. The Herald on Monday revealed Cooper is set to be awarded Australian citizenship after Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announced a policy change which […]
Saracens returning to English rugby’s elite league, eye-catching law trials and no relegation – welcome to the 2021-22 Gallagher Premiership season. Add a number of fascinating player arrivals and transfers across the board and it promises to be an eventful campaign. Saracens, relegated from the Premiership in 2020 following persistent salary cap breaches and fined […]
Danny Care approves of the new World 12s competition scheduled to launch next year in the belief it could be the spark needed to improve rugby as a spectacle. Former England scrum-half Care was an influential figure as Harlequins lit up the Gallagher Premiership last season with a thrilling attacking style that swept them all […]