2012 RBS Six Nations
And so it begins! The 2012 RBS Six Nations kicks off again in style this weekend as all six teams go head to head on Saturday and Sunday, all hoping to put past disappointments behind them and start the tournament off with a win. It’s interesting this year because England are fielding a squad so inexperienced …
15 Changes To England Squad
Out with the old and in with the new, or at least that appears to be the direction interim England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster is going in as he announces 15 changes to the current England Rugby Squad. Amoung the new players getting their fist call for Queen and country are Saracens centres Brad Barritt …
Heineken Cup Update
The Heineken Cup rolls on this weekend and the battle for qualification for the knockout stages will resume on Friday, 13 January 2012 when Round 5 of Europe’s elite club rugby tournament gets under way with the clash of Ulster Rugby and Leicester Tigers. Friday night the qualification picture in Pools 2 and 5 is likely …
Munster March On
The Heineken Cup 2011/12 is well and truly under way and in no small way has been made even more exciting due to the sheer skill of Ronan O’Gara, who two weeks has managed to dig Munster out of the dodo by scrambling a last second drop goal. The 2010/11 competition was incredibly disappointing for Munster …
2012 Heineken Cup
Hurrah, my favourite tournament is back – well, I say favourite I’m also partial to the Rugby World Cup and the RBS Six Nations but as neither are gracing our screens any time soon, I’ll happily settle for the Heineken Cup. Pool 1 sees Castres Olympique do battle with Munster, Northampton Saints and the Scarlets which, …
Harinordoquy Fires Parting Shot At Lièvremont
Back row Imanol Harinordoquy has insisted he won’t miss Marc Lièvremont after the France head coach stepped down from the role following their World Cup final defeat at the hands of New Zealand earlier this month. Leading up to the narrow final defeat Lièvremont grew increasingly eccentric, hitting out at his squad on the eve of …
Pressure On New Zealand
New Zealand assistant coach Steve Hansen has been speaking ahead of Sunday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final and has revealed how the pressure on he and his team is ‘nothing new’. The All Blacks have the hopes of a nation on their shoulders ahead of this weekend’s clash with Australia, but Hansen is convinced that it is …
Samoa Wait On Injured Trio
Samoa are sweating on the fitness of Tusi Pisi, Taiasina Tuifu’a and Sailosi Tagicakibau ahead of this weekend’s much anticipated clash with Fiji at the Rugby World Cup. Pisi and Tagicakibau are currently on track to make it, but Tuifu is further away from being available for the fascinating Pool D clash. As things stand, both teams …
Namibia Rugby World Cup Odds
The Namibian rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, represents Namibia at rugby union. Although they are a tier-three nation in the International Rugby Board (IRB) tier system, the team have participated in all three Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999 and since then they have been Africa’s second representative …
Fiji Rugby World Cup Odds
With nearly 10% of it’s entire population registered with the Rugby Union, Fijians clearly love the game with a passion and as such have been duly rewarded with an 11th place in the IRB rankings – though they use to be 9th! Fiji have participated in every world cup since it’s inauguration in 1987, except for …