Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
Immediately upon becoming professional, Rugby Union went global. The first Professional Rugby competition was Super Rugby, now all but dead in the water. This is the story of how that came about and how the peace deal made then influences rugby’s development now. Rugby, of either code, is a story both of tribalism and exclusivity. […] READ MORE
This years’ men’s Six Nations will long be revered for its brutal competitiveness, when Scotland pierced the hopes of two home nations. Italy employed bewildering tactics out of nowhere, France fought Wales until the 100th minute, and formidable England crumbled on ‘the brink of history’ to the Irish. This breed of competitiveness was also mirrored in the […] READ MORE
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