Stuart Hogg announced back in March he would retire at the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, but we took a look at the starting XV on his debut against Wales back in 2012.

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.

The 2022 Six Nations was a brilliant tournament with fantastic scores and matches across the board. Test your memory with our stats based quiz as France and Antoine DuPont lifted the title.

Many top international rugby players have earned dozens of appearances with their national sides but never won a British & Irish Lions Test cap. Can you name the top appearance makers never to win a Lions Test cap in our 15-minute rugby quiz?

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?

The 2021 British and Irish Lions tour against South Africa is here. With the squad announced this week, here are five selection issues head coach Warren Gatland must mull over as he names his team to play the Springboks.

There were 46 British and Irish Lions players in the squad for the 2013 tour of Australia, which saw the visitors secure a fantastic 2-1 victory against the mighty Wallabies. But can you name all of them in just five minutes?

We still don’t have a winner of the 2021 Six Nations. France produced the most brilliant of finishes to break Welsh hearts in Paris while Scotland demolished Italy in Edinburgh to leave the Azzurri without a win in the tournament in six years. Electric Ireland put England to the sword in Dublin to leave them a dreadful fifth in the table. Here are our key talking points from the action.

Wales’ Six Nations Grand Slam dream was ended in dramatic fashion as an overtime try from Brice Dulin secured a breathtaking 32-30 win for France. Read The Flanker’s player ratings after a fantastic 80 minutes in Paris.

Round 4 of the 2021 Six Nations was one for the ages in these COVID-19 affected times. Wales kicked off the festival of rugby by trouncing Italy, England and France then played out an epic at Twickenham before Ireland squeezed past Scotland at Murrayfield. Read our talking points from the weekend below.

Have all you Six Nations rugby fans got your breath back? England in Cardiff is always a niggly affair but the 2021 edition was off the charts as the Red Rose went down to a resurgent Wales in controversial circumstances. Ireland dispatched Italy in Rome while we mourned the postponement of Scotland against France in Paris due to COVID-19 positive results. Read our talking points from the weekend below.

Six Nations 2021 continues as Wales narrowly beat 14-man Scotland and England got back to winning ways by thrashing a stubborn Italy at Twickenham. Title favourites France held on for a crucial win in Dublin as Ireland push them all the way. Read our Six Talking Points from the weekend’s action.

Six Nations 2021 is underway to a roaring start as Scotland stun England at Twickenham and Wales edge out a dogged Ireland. France also look ominous as they batter Italy to get their title tilt underway. Read our Six Talking Points from the weekend’s action.

The Six Nations 2021 is almost here - but who is going to claim glory this year? Will England stay on top? Will France topple their old enemies? Will Ireland or Scotland make a charge? We are about to find out.

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.

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 England under-20s class of 2013 won the top prize of the Junior World Championship, with the players achieving varying degrees of success. Tragic tales of early retirements, lawsuits against ex-teammates and a sun cream company CFO meant we found out what they were up to now.

The 2020 Six Nations is in the books as England sealed the title with a convincing win against Italy, Scotland ground out an important win against Wales before Ireland and France played out a thriller. Read our Five Talking Points below.

A hard one to test your memories but can you recall the Six Nations Grand Slam Winning XVs? This is post-2000 when Italy joined the competition with them and Scotland the only teams not to do it.

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.