A hugely exciting weekend of Rugby World Cup quarterfinal action starts with England v Australia on Saturday morning. The team’s selection, and the Australia line up are critical to the hopes of the national side. Charlie Inglefield previews the two confirmed line-ups to see who might have the slight advantage. Australia line up 15. Kurtley […] READ MORE
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Gareth Davies’ defence crucial to Warren Gatland’s system
Gareth Davies’ Rugby World Cup interception got a nation roaring against Australia but it’s all part of a wider masterplan by Warren Gatland. Robert Rees takes a look at just how Davies fits into Wales’ defensive structure. Davies’ defence works in odd formation Gareth Davies works in a technique that is odd for a scrum […] READ MORE
Australian Wallabies team selected for South Africa TRC fixture
With everything riding on the success or failure of the 2019 Australian Wallabies team results leading up to the Rugby World Cup, much of that depends on the opening South Africa Rugby Championship (TRC) fixture. The old cliche is that ‘a team is only as good as its last outing’ means that the Australian Wallabies […] READ MORE
Struggling superpowers need to step up at Twickenham
Australia and England are two rugby superpowers that have had poor 2018 campaigns to say the least. The annual Cook Cup contest on Saturday is therefore vitally important for both teams to lay down a convincing marker and respectively finish tough years on a high. Will the real England and Wallabies stand-up? Both England and […] READ MORE
Amazing Successes in Super Rugby; Melbourne Rebels & Jaguares
At the start of the 2018 Super Rugby season, changes to the conference system took much of the attention. Reduced teams would mean that it would be a tough year of ‘adjusting to change’. But recent successes from the Melbourne Rebels and Jaguares, have added more intrigue to the projected placings. Not that Last Word […] READ MORE
Australia Beat Wales Again, with Miraculous Late Steal from Beale
Wales begun their autumn internationals with another loss to Australia at the Principality Stadium. Tries from Steff Evans and Hallam Amos, plus 11 points from the boot of Leigh Halfpenny wasn’t enough as Australia beat Wales. Australia were clinical in the final third and tries from Tatafu Polota-Nau, Adam Coleman, Michael Hooper and Kurtley Beale (see […] READ MORE
Last Word On Rugby MC50 Most Influential Rugby Player Series 10-14
Celebrating our game, Last Word On Rugby have combined the wealth of knowledge from all our staff and 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 either the MVP of their country, competition or code: we […] READ MORE
Massive Weekend of Rugby on Eden Park, New Zealand
It will be a Massive Weekend of Rugby in New Zealand because not only does the national team, the All Blacks play, but their female counterparts the Black Ferns also play on Saturday. Both New Zealand sides will play Australian opposition, in a double International at Eden Park (main picture). An exciting concept, which could entertain […] READ MORE