Jamie Joseph takes over as Sunwolves coach for 2018 Super Rugby season
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyConfirmed as the new head coach for the Japanese national rugby team last year, former Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph will take on the same role with Super Rugby's Sunwolves next season. Joseph,...
New Zealand's monstrous schoolboys look ready to cause some damage
9 years ago by Rugby DumpWhile the All Blacks show incredible form in the Rugby Championship, the next batch of stars are already making names for themselves, despite still being in school. Ahead of their upcoming internationals,...
Player Focus: The Blues new talisman Stephen Perofeta
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWith the departure of Piers Francis and Ihaia West the Blues will have three youngsters battling it out for no.10 jersey in the likes of Stephen Perofeta, Otere Black and Bryn Gatland next season. Tana...
Rugby union still faces challenge to make skill match will at every level | Paul Rees
9 years ago by The GuardianOutside of New Zealand not enough time is spent injecting players from a young age with the creative ability that could make rugby more funThe day after Eddie Jones had sat in one of Twickenham’s few...
Thursday Morning Round Up
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAll Blacks squad to face Argentina in Buenos Aires #ARGvNZL- Fifita & Todd start on the side of the scrum while David Havili is set to make his test debut from the bench 🇳🇿 #Rugbychampionship...
Will the real threat to the All Blacks come from the North in 2019?
9 years ago by TheRoar.com.auA lot can change in a couple of months. The All Blacks’ drawn series against the British and Irish Lions already seems like a distant memory, and normal service has been resumed with something of...
Study calls for tackling ban in school rugby
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA study from Professor Allyson Pollock, from Newcastle University, has urged chief medical officers to remove contact in rugby from the school game. She presented new evidence based on the fact that a...
British and Irish Lions to cut fixtures for next tour to South Africa in 2021
9 years ago by British and Irish LionsAccording to the Guardian newspaper, the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa will be cut to eight matches, but future tours could revert to 10 matches. The decision...
Wallabies must bring the angry: Byrne
9 years ago by TheRoar.com.auThe Wallabies must be up for the fight against an angry Springboks side who are tipped to take their trademark physicality to another level in Bloemfontein, assistant coach Mick Byrne has warned. South...
Charles Piutau: ‘I felt invincible as an All Black … but it’s such a short career’
9 years ago by The GuardianHe missed out on winning a World Cup to sign for Ulster but the New Zealander has no regrets and will become the world’s highest-paid player when he joins Bristol in 2018“I really had to see the bigger...
