France changed players, approach and tactics to torture Ireland 36-14 in Paris in the Six Nations. We look at the difference ...

England didn’t just hammer Wales 48-7 at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham; they reminded the visitors that they will only be good for the wooden spoon in the 2026 Six Nations. The contest was over ...

There have only been four Test wins for the Springboks against the All Blacks in New Zealand since the game turned professional in 1996. Mark Keohane rates his best one of the four. Firstly, any ...

Conviction in the performance, but caution in the storytelling summarised the French media reaction to their brutal 36-14 Six ...

Antoine Dupont is the flex in a fantastic French match 23 that will be too powerful for Ireland in Paris in the Six Nations season opener. Dupont alters the physics of the contest, and he adds an ...

Give JP Pietersen the Sharks job and let him get on with it. He is not an interim measure. In the past fortnight he has done ...

The Sharks host the Stormers in one of two South African URC derbies to end the first half of the league season. The Lions ...

I have always thought the Rugby World Cup final should be a best of three Test series. That way, there can be no complaints about who is number one. In the next fortnight, the 2023 World Cup finalists ...

Stormers lock Ruben van Heerden is an URC Award Winner: The big second-rower has won the the 2024/25 Tackle Machine category. He made 171 tackles, with a 98% accuracy. Ioan Lloyd, Harri Millard, Ruben ...

All Blacks coach Ian Foster must have hated Fiji’s 17-12 win against Georgia and absolutely loved Scotland’s B team winning 84-0 against Romania. Cringe is the only way to describe the coach of the ...

Damian de Allende, in a 30 minute cameo for Munster, towered above all other South African backs at Loftus in the United Rugby Championship. Springbok midfielder De Allende, on his return from injury, ...

Los Pumas are a different beast since Felipe Contepomi has taken charge as head coach. Mark Keohane unpacks the potency of the Argentenians and highlights the point of difference in the 2025 Castle ...