As ever, the 2023 World Cup has provided its fair share of controversies and conversation fodder, but ‘almosts’ appear to be the theme underpinning this year’s tournament. No statistic supports this claim as well as South Africa’s final steps to World Cup glory: winning their each of...
Needing a win going into their final match against England in Auckland, they led 12–3 with a quarter of the game to go, only to lose out to a Chris Ashton try, going down 16–12. This was the first time Scotland had been knocked out in the group stages of the Rugby World Cup. ...
Handré Pollard proved a point when he steered the Springboks to three narrow victories in the 2023 World Cup knockout stages. There’s no better game manager or goalkicker in the Boks squad, and the 30-year-old certainly delivered in both departments over the course of another monumental se...
To lose one Test is unfortunate, but to lose five in a row amounted to a national emergency. The All Blacks, as marketable as the New York Yankees, were in turmoil and at the heart of it was a young captain who didn't know whether he was coming or going.Glover, Tim...
Samoa took on Ireland, Scotland, and the Aotearoa Māori in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup pool stages. They would lose to 'the Irish' in their opening game, but they'd beat NZ Maori, and Scotland in their next two games, sealing a place in the knock-out stages. They would take on...
Rugby World Cup-holders South Africa have been drawn with Ireland for the 2023 competition while New Zealand are paired with France, England are in the same pool as Japan and Argentina.
So the 2023 Rugby World Cup has been decided in Paris by one point between two giants of the rugby world in South Africa and New Zealand. As the rain came down at Saint-Denis the Springboks went about their business of acquiring points through the boot of Handre Pollard to be up 12-6...
The Pathway program stages: STAGE 1 – U6 – U8 – FUNDAMENTALS OF RUGBY STAGE 2 – U9 – U12 – LEARNING TO PLAY STAGE 3 – U13 – ISLANDERS – THE DEVELOPING PLAYER Each stage has a core set of competencies both skill and athletic based required to move to the next stage in the...
The 24-year-old was rewarded for his form in 2023 with a World Cup squad selection, but couldn't crack the starting unit ahead of … Ned Lester 16 Feb 2024, 7:55 Another All Black set to miss start of Blues Super Rugby campaign Blues captain Patrick Tuipulotu will have some company...
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