Nine of the best scrummagers in modern rugby history
Dominant scrums can provide points-scoring opportunities, grind down your opposition physically and provide a massive mental boost to a forward pack in games of rugby. With that in mind, we picked nine of the best scrummagers of the modern era.
QUIZ: Name the British and Irish Lions Test Starting XVs from 1993 until 2013
270 rugby players have started test matches for the British and Irish Lions from 1993 until 2013. Can you name all of them in our 15-minute rugby quiz?
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?
Rugby and Gallagher Premiership must learn lessons from football’s European Super League
Twelve clubs, including the traditional “Top 6” in England plus Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletico Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus have stated their intention to be “founder members” of a European Super League. Rugby and the Premiership must not go the same way.
Rugby’s biggest 'passing of the torch’ moments
From O’Driscoll to Barrett and Wilkinson to Japan, rugby has as it has evolved seen numerous moments where the torch carried by one generation has been handed down to another to bear.
QUIZ: Can you name these rugby stat leaders for all the major national teams?
For all you rugby anoraks out there, below is a quiz to get the juices flowing. We want you to name the top try scorer, points scorer and appearance maker for the Six Nations teams along with the Springboks, All Blacks and Wallabies.
Did World Rugby get their team of the decade right?
Last December, World Rugby announced their Team of the Decade and it is fair to say not every rugby fan agreed.
The Flanker went through the XV and made our own changes where needed.
The case for changing rugby’s antiquated eligibility rules
As Dan Leo’s powerful documentary ‘Oceans Apart: Greed, Betrayal and Pacific Rugby’ takes the game by storm, the issue of World Rugby’s outdated eligibility rules has never been more important. The Flanker examines why the rules need to be updated and how it can benefit the game of rugby across the world.
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.
Five Great Moments of Rugby Shithousery
The dark arts, gamesmanship or, as we like to call it, shithousery is as big a part of the sport as a Jonny Wilkinson drop goal or a Phil Bennett sidestep. We have picked out five of the greatest, most controversial and downright devious moments of shithousery in rugby history.
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: 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.
North vs South: What if Premiership Rugby did State of Origin?
With New Zealand Rugby bringing back the North Island vs South Island game that went extinct back in 1996, we tried to pick our potential teams for the Gallagher Premiership version of a North vs South clash.
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?
The evolution of the hooker in Rugby
Perhaps the most enigmatic of the piano-pushers, the role of a hooker has changed dramatically over the last 30 years.
Here, we look at the key men who changed the position, from Sean Fitzpatrick to Schalk Brits and everything in between.
Now you see them, now you don’t: Rugby’s modern magicians
We are here for the magicians of rugby - the men who pull rabbits from hats, make themselves disappear entirely and conjure up astounding plays from nowhere before your very eyes.
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.