Sometimes the pressure just gets the better of you, as these rugby coaches, unfortunately, found out.

See our list of the best coaching meltdowns, as these managers go full Kevin Keegan.

Double Heineken Cup winner with Toulon and 52 caps for the Springboks, Joe van Niekerk had a glittering career in rugby.

What happened next was truly remarkable as he moved to Costa Rica to live on an organic retreat.

Read our interview below.

Whether it was due to last-minute heartbreak, or simply coming up against a better team, Ireland have failed to make it to a World Cup semi-final.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man is how the saying goes.

When the heat comes on, only the coolest heads prevail; when the world goes mad, he who stays sane and thinks straight is king.

On a balmy Sydney night in August 2014, Bernard Foley was that man.

The Pro14 Grand Final is a date every Welsh, Scottish and Irish rugby fan has marked in their calendar. We rank our top 5 favourite matches since the playoffs were introduced in 2002, returning again in 2010 after a brief hiatus.

With patterns already starting to emerge in the Kiwi competition, the third round of matches saw the two unbeaten sides extend their records for another week, with the Chiefs under Warren Gatland consigned to their third defeat in as many outings - but not all is always as it seems.

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.

Despite a career hampered, and eventually ended, by injuries, the sheer athletic ability of Stephen Ferris made sure rugby fans remember him well after he retired aged 28.

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.

Round two of Super Rugby Aotearoa is in the books - and tell you what, New Zealand are getting treated.

Super Rugby, the Pro14 and the Gallagher Premiership are returning to our screens after the lockdown - but when is each competition coming back?

With discussions ongoing about how the future of rugby is going to look, the reasons to include a Fijian team in Super Rugby are mounting - and SANZAAR can’t ignore them any longer.

The prevailing narrative is that rugby does not have the same issues with racism that other sports, mainly football, have.

With the Black Lives Matter movement making great strides, we take a look into how racism affects the oval game.

It remains one of the greatest comebacks in rugby history, as Leinster fought back from 22-6 down at half time to win the Heineken Cup, in what is now known as the ‘Jonny Sexton’ final.

It’s official - rugby is back. And to quote the great Justin Marshall in his finest hour: “Me oh my, I have enjoyed that yes boy!”

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.

As Ratu Naulago prepares to dross the rugby divide and join Bristol Bears, Sam Burgess spills the beans on his time in rugby union and Sonny Bill Williams set to rejoin the Sydney Roosters, we look at the others who have made the switch - and how well it worked.

Brains against brawn, coal miners against public schoolboys or the warring sibling children of the North/South divide - but how different are they now?

We live in an age of craziness - whether that is a South African billionaire calling his firstborn something that resembles a GCSE algebra question or our overlord Joe Wicks taking over our living rooms one burpee at a time.

When England were outclassed 36-0 by South Africa in their second pool game of the 2007 World Cup, not much hope was on show for the holders.