Remembering World Cup winning All Black Piri Weepu at London Welsh
The Flanker remembers World Cup-winning All Blacks halfback Piri Weepu’s spell at London Welsh, which saw the famous old club relegated from the Premiership without winning a single game.
QUIZ: Can you name every player in the 2005 British and Irish Lions squad?
There were 50 British and Irish Lions players in the squad for the 2005 Lions tour of New Zealand, which saw the visitors thumped by the All Blacks. But can you name all of them in ten minutes in our rugby quiz?
QUIZ: Can you name the players who have won the Rugby World Cup twice?
To win the Rugby World Cup once puts in you an elite club, so what about those who win it twice? For our quiz we want you to name the 21 players to lift the William Webb Ellis trophy more than once.
QUIZ: Can you name the XV’s to beat the All Blacks in New Zealand since rugby turned professional in 1995?
Only a select few can join this club. But can you name the XV’s to beat the All Blacks in New Zealand since rugby turned professional in 1995?
Where are they now? New Zealand’s XV on Kieran Read’s debut in 2008
With Kieran Read agreeing to play for Counties Manakau in the domestic Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand this season, we wound back the clock on the double World Cup winner and former World Player of the Year’s career. Check out who Read made his debut alongside against Scotland at Murrayfield in 2008.
Super Rugby Aotearoa: End of Season Review
The end of season grades are in for Super Rugby Aotearoa and teachers’ pets the Crusaders unsurprisingly top the class. The Blues are much improved, Highlanders and Hurricanes perform above average but the Chiefs must do better.
Super Rugby Aotearoa: Five Talking Points from Round 9
Congratulations to Crusaders as they lifted the Super Rugby Aotearoa title after winning a modern classic against the plucky Highlanders. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes pushed them all the way by beating the hapless Chiefs as we analyse the weekend’s action.
Super Rugby Aotearoa: Five Talking Points from Round 8
After defeat last time out, the Crusaders got their Super Rugby Aotearoa title march back on track with a controversial victory over the Chiefs while the dogged Blues secured an impressive win against the Highlanders. Read our Five Talking Points from the weekend’s action.
Super Rugby Aotearoa: Five Talking Points from Round 7
The hurt for the Chiefs still goes on as they went down to another demoralising loss to the Blues, while the Crusaders proved they are human after losing a humdinger to the Hurricanes. Read our Five Talking Points from the latest round of Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Super Rugby Aotearoa: Five Talking Points from Round 6
Warren Gatland’s Chiefs blew a 24 point lead when they suffered an agonising overtime defeat to Aaron Smith’s Highlanders while the Hurricanes kept their title chances alive with a hard-fought victory over the Blues as the Barrett brothers faced off.
Masters of the hardest art: Why do the All Blacks win?
There is an ongoing narrative, stretching back all the way to the days of rugby existing purely as an amateur sport, that New Zealand are the single dominant force in world rugby - but how have they earned it?
Super Rugby Aotearoa: Five Talking Points from Round 2
Round two of Super Rugby Aotearoa is in the books - and tell you what, New Zealand are getting treated.
The 2015 All Blacks - rugby’s The Last Dance?
The now-famous Chicago Bulls documentary showed us the establishment and preservation of a sporting legacy. In 2015, we saw the culmination of New Zealand's attempts to do something similar in the rugby world.