ANALYSES: The Evolution of the game
OPINION: As a sports science graduate with a deep appreciation for Rugby Union, I find the current landscape of the international game fascinating.
OPINION: As a sports science graduate with a deep appreciation for Rugby Union, I find the current landscape of the international game fascinating.
OPINION: South Africa not only returned to the top of the world rankings, they have now gone more than 180 minutes without conceding a try against Scotland.
OPINION: England player ratings live from Twickenham: After successive one, seven, and two-point defeats to New Zealand, this was a Saturday afternoon ripe for Steve Borthwick’s team to take their many All Blacks frustrations out on a wounded Wallabies XV.
OPINION: Japan was defeated 12-52 by a dominant France side at the Stade de France in Paris.
OPINION: Bryn Palmer rates the Scotland players after their 15-32 loss to South Africa at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on Sunday.
OPINION: Despite a late withdrawal from wing Damian Penaud, France’s star power was unmatched in the contest as they ran out to a 31-0 lead by halftime and never looked in doubt of securing the result.
OPINION: Australia player ratings: Australia snatched a try at the death to beat England 37-42 at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium in a match for the ages on Saturday.
OPINION: The Springboks must avoid an attacking shootout with a dangerous Scotland side this Sunday.
OPINION: Ben Smith rates the New Zealand players after their 23-13 win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Friday.
OPINION: Ian Cameron rates the Ireland players after their 13-23 loss to New Zealand at Lansdowne Road on Friday.
WATCH as former Springbok coach and now television analyst Nick Mallett reveals what makes Rassie Erasmus so special.
SPOTLIGHT: There was a curious moment ahead of the All Blacks’ clash with the Springboks at the 2019 World Cup – one in which Rassie Erasmus, as only he could, went on a four-minute rant about how New Zealand had, for the last 10 years, won favourable treatment from referees as a result of their number one status.