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All Blacks skipper Sam Cane admits he is “a little bit over” the current saga surrounding the succession of Ian Foster as head coach. New Zealand Rugby (NZR) confirmed this week that they will announce the new coach in four to six weeks, breaking the tradition of making the announcement after the World Cup. Foster […]

Monaco were expecting to lose a full back this summer. Crucial to their success, both Benjamin Mendy and Djibril Sidibé marauded along their respective touchlines throughout last season. Sidibé had arrived from Lille last summer for €13m, a deal that reportedly included agreement allowing the player to leave the following off-season should Monaco perform well. […]

The Sevens program went all in with the ultimate coaching gamble. It just paid out in more ways than initially imagined.The decision to swap coaches at the start of the Series came with plenty of questions and confusion.John Manenti had just guided the women’s program to back-to-back golds in Dubai whilst Tim Walsh was slowly […]

Scotland defence coach Steve Tandy lauded Stuart Hogg as “special” ahead of the full-back’s 100th game for his country on Sunday. Hogg made his debut against Wales in the 2012 Six Nations and has gone on to represent Scotland with aplomb, finishing player of the tournament in Rugby’s Greatest Championship in 2016 and 2017. The […]

OGC Nice striker Mario Balotelli took to Instagram to quash claims that he was too scared to take a penalty last night in his side’s derby loss to Marseille. “Don’t tell me that I was scared to take the penalty. I have taken much more difficult ones. I was trying to help a team-mate who was […]

Rugby Australia congratulates the Australian Men’s Sevens squad for winning the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title at the final round of the championship this morning in Los Angeles.It is the first time the Australian Men’s team has ever won the World Rugby Sevens Series, since its inception in 1999.Australia is now the World Rugby […]

Fijian Drua debutant Taniela Rakuro came off the replacements bench and scored the match-winning try in the dying moments of their Super Rugby Pacific opener against Moana Pasifika in Auckland on Saturday. The home side thought they had won the game when their captain Christian Lealiifano slotted a penalty in the 69th minute but, despite […]

This last month was perhaps the worst one in recent memory for LOSC and their fans. They find themselves in a relegation battle following a series of poor performances, which continue to put doubt in observers’ minds, and are raising questions for what is wrong with the project, and where it is going. Their match against […]

Corey Toole has cleaned up at the World Rugby Sevens awards night, named Impact Player of the Year.Toole finished the year with 161 runs, 75 tackles and 45 breaks throughout the season to claim the honour ahead of Ireland's Terry Kennedy and team-mate Dietrich Roache.The young Brumby was also named in the Team of the […]

Wales’ Six Nations match with England in Cardiff on Saturday will go ahead as planned after the players agreed to play. The players met with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and Professional Game Board (PRB) on Wednesday for talks which lasted over an hour. They compromised on a deal which will see the 60-cap rule […]