Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
Finishing second best to the Tasman Mako on Saturday night, Harbour Rugby must now ‘steel themselves’ ahead of the Mitre 10 Cup three-match cycle; starting next Sunday afternoon versus the Wellington Lions. Ahead of what has been referred to as the ‘storm week’ – where sides play three games in ten days, head coach Tom […] READ MORE
Celebrating our game, Last Word on Rugby have combined the wealth of knowledge from all our staff of writers, to come up with the MC50 Most Influential Player Series. A list that profiles the many and growing number of players in World Rugby who are the MVP of their country, competition or code: we continue […] READ MORE
As seems to be a perennial event these days, World Rugby made a raft of law changes coming into the new season. Whilst these seem to be predominantly based around ‘the scrum and tackle ball area’ they have been done with a simple objective; to speed up the game , increase the ball in play […] READ MORE
After 43 minutes at Kingsholm, when Gloucester’s Henry Purdy crossed for a bonus point try, not many would have foreseen that Leicester Tigers would have finished the game on top. Also not predicted was Newcastle Falcons’ victory over Sale Sharks the same evening, or Bristol almost upsetting Harlequins at Twickenham. As predicted by Last Word […] READ MORE
James is an Editor for Last Word on Rugby. He covers the Gallagher Premiership and in particular Gloucester Rugby, his hometown club. When not at Kingsholm James may also be found supporting Gloucestershire Cricket.