Former England boss Eddie Jones boss on Welsh Rugby Cuts, the tightest Rugby Championship yet and Japan’s famous win over South Africa ten years on Eddie Jones has been right at the heart of some of the sport’s biggest moments, and he’s never short of an opinion on where the game should go next. It’s […]

6 months ago

The Channel Island is quickly gaining a reputation for being the perfect pit stop for the sport’s finest South Africa got their Autumn Nation Series campaign off to an excellent start with a comprehensive 31-15 win over Scotland. The World Champions never looked phased by the raucous atmosphere at Murrayfield, helped no doubt by a […]

1 year ago

“Were any trees harmed during the incident?” The headline in Sydney Morning Herald reads Springbok apologises for high school urination, and they have the player, fair dinkum, bang to rights. South Africa are over in Australia for The Rugby Championship and licking their wounds after losing to the Wallabies in Adelaide, last weekend. Jacques Nienaber’s side […]

3 years ago

AUSTRALIA 25-17 SOUTH AFRICA Wallabies scrumhalf Nic White was in the line of fire after getting a waft from Faf de Klerk and going down like a sack of spuds off a creaky top shelf. After starting off their Rugby Championship campaign with a 26-10 win over New Zealand, South Africa have now lost twice […]

3 years ago

“Hopefully for Faf, as that song goes, everything is going to be all right.” As Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds [Don’t Worry] played out across Mbombela Stadium, Faf de Klerk was down getting treatment from a concerned medical staff after a horrendous collision with Caleb Clarke. The Springboks scrumhalf was in from the start against […]

3 years ago

“He’s incredibly talented.” Warren Gatland was asked, on several occasions, on Saturday if he would be open to coaching the British & Irish Lions again. If Marcus Smith is available, he may well be. An assistant to Ian McGeechan in 2009, Gatland has been Lions head coach in 2013, 2017 and this year. Had the […]

5 years ago