Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
With both the Six Nations Championship wrapped up and the Rugby Europe Championship 2021 on pause until the summer, the status quo that is the 6 Nation’s closed shop is the question that won’t go away. There has been a repeated failure by one of the championship partners. With Italy continually living down to original […] READ MORE
The Rugby Europe Championship 2021 is now on hold until this summer, with a Covid disrupted tournament still a year away from normality. Last weekend had a massive role to play in who would be putting themselves in pole position to head to France. A fresh Portugal took on a winless Spain, whilst Romania had […] READ MORE
Here we are in February 2021, wrapping up the Rugby Europe Championship 2020. It’s surreal to think about what has happened in the world since the last round was played but let’s take a look at the final round of the often dubbed ‘Six Nations B’. Belgium vs Romania As mentioned last week, the game […] READ MORE
With the news that the Scotland Rugby team is scheduled to face South Africa and New Zealand in 2020, it will bring a fresh challenge for the Scottish Rugby Union. That will also mean that Scotland will be the first Tier One nation to face the Rugby World Cup champions – weeks before the 2020 […] READ MORE
Georgia Rugby; also known as the Lelos, has thus far participated in four successive RWCs since 2003. This year’s RWC will be their fifth and 2019 should be one that improves the credentials of this European rugby-power. They have also won the Rugby Europe Championship 10 times (2001, 2008, 2009, 2012-16 and 2018). A strong […] READ MORE
Georgia has a great opportunity to put themselves to the forefront of the minds of the fans during the upcoming World Cup in September. However, as the event draws ever closer, Last Word on Rugby asks how much do we really know about the Georgia Rugby World Cup team? As David Challis has done with […] READ MORE
Scotland will have to compete with the world number one side and the hosts in order to qualify from Rugby World Cup Pool A. Positively, three wins out of four warm-up games is a good sign for Scotland Rugby World Cup progress. But of concern to their fan base, they have issues with injuries and […] READ MORE
This weekend sees the kick off of Rugby Europe Championship 2018, which is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This content is courtesy of a guest columnist specializing in Tier 2 Rugby, Mister XV. Give him a follow on Twitter This year’s Rugby European Championship (REC) counts as […] READ MORE
The Autumn Internationals are less than a month away. Here are the 40 players that are Wales’ autumn contenders for the squad head coach Warren Gatland will pick to face Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Georgia. Forwards Front Row Props- Rob Evans, Nicky Smith, Tomas Francis, Samson Lee, Wyn Jones, Kieran Assiratti. Hookers- Ken […] READ MORE
Georgian Fullback Merab Kvirikashvili scored all of Georgia’s point with the exception of a penalty try. Georgia played a powerful defensive game that was driven by their scrum. Merab Kvirikashvili had a very strong performance, in helping his side to a 17-21 victory at the Fifth Third Bank Stadium, in Kenneshaw, Georgia. HT in Atlanta with […] READ MORE
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