Women's rugby World Cup final gets primetime slot as popularity grows
9 years ago by The GuardianRise of Red Roses shows shifting culture of rugby as tens of thousands of women and girls take up the sport at grassroots levelRather than Catchphrase, ITV viewers will see England’s Red Roses take on...
How two former school mates are facing each other for Women’s World Cup glory
9 years ago by Rugby WorldSarah Goss and Amy Cokayne used to play rugby together for Fielding High School and face each other for World Cup. RW speaks to their former coach, who hails from CardiffProud trio: Rob Jones with World...
Friday Morning Round Up
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyHougaard starts for Springboks South Africa made only one change to their starting XV to face Argentina in Salta as Francois Hougaard starts in the place of the injured Ross Cronje. Los...
History of the Ranfurly Shield
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyCanterbury will defend the Ranfurly Shield against Otago on Sunday for the first time this Mitre 10 Cup this season. Follow the match With that in mind, we have a look back into the history of...
Papalii and Clarke sign with Blues
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyTwo highly promising young prospects, Dalton Papalii and Caleb Clarke, will join the Blues in the Super Rugby next year. Papalii has already forged a close involvement with the Blues, as a graduate...
All Blacks confirm 2018 Test match venues
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNelson will host its first All Blacks Test match as Argentina’s Pumas and Rugby Championship (TRC) rugby are set to descend on the land of the Tasman Makos in September next year. New Zealand Rugby...
Adam Coleman out with Izack Rodda to debut
9 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAdam Coleman has been ruled out of the second Bledisloe Cup Test on Saturday night, after re-aggravating a shoulder injury at training. Coleman's injury sees a re-shuffle to the second row with...
Wallabies' more 'violent' approach to Bledisloe Cup hit by Adam Coleman injury
9 years ago by The GuardianAustralian lock ruled out of second Test with shoulder injuryCoach Michael Cheika has called for tougher tackling from his sideThe Wallabies have been dealt a major blow on the eve of the second Bledisloe...
Lions do themselves ‘damage’ with tour reduction talk, says Premiership Rugby
9 years ago by The Guardian• ‘If they deign to speak to us maybe we have got some things to talk about’• Premiership not likely to yield and give Lions more 2021 preparationThe Premiership Rugby chief executive, Mark McCafferty,...
Four Wallabies who are damn lucky to be starting this week
9 years ago by TheRoar.com.auWallaby coach Michael Cheika saw fit to sack only Samu Kerevi. Curtis Rona, and Rory Arnold after the abysmal performance against the All Blacks at ANZ Stadium last Saturday night. Kerevi was the only...
