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From Last Word on Rugby, Joshua Bradham Last year’s Champions Cup finalists Racing 92 will try to improve their position in the Champions Cup this weekend against Glasgow. Racing 92 had a difficult start to their season this year. Going into the opening round of Champions Cup play Racing was 4-4 in the Top 14. […] READ MORE
From Last Word on Rugby, Joshua Bradham Top 14 results with one week left before the European Champions cup not up to the usual French standard. Since the Heineken Cup started pitting the best European rugby clubs against each other in 1995, France has dominated. French Top 14 results have been favorable in the competition. […] READ MORE
The New Zealand (NZ) All Blacks have been awarded ‘World Team of the Year’ at the Laureus World Sports Awards held in Berlin this week. The prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards were held at a glittering ceremony in Berlin where the worlds best sports men and women gathered for the annual awards. The All Blacks were nominated for […] READ MORE
The following is a Media Release from New Zealand Rugby. New Zealand Rugby celebrates rugby heroes named in New Year Honours list Former All Blacks Captain Richie McCaw has been awarded New Zealand’s highest honour, appointed an Ordinary Member of the New Zealand Order (ONZ). He joins 18 other Ordinary Members of the Order.New Zealand […] READ MORE
The big question posed during the latter stages of this past world cup had to be the widening gap between northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. READ MORE
Now that the dust has settled on what became arguably the best Rugby World Cup to date, I feel it’s time to highlight those who have made a lasting impression on me and possibly others with their efforts at this year’s Picking a RWC 2015 Dream Team is never easy and this one in particular, […] READ MORE
WELCOME TO ABSOLUTE FLANKER: A RUGGER’S SHOW Absolute Flanker is the Rugby radio show covering all things from around the world, from domestic and European club rugby to the Six Nations and the World Cup. Join Molly, Ryan and Rob every week on Last Word Radio. Also follow us on twitter at @LWOSFlanker and like our […] READ MORE
Overnight in London, the party continued for many as the World Rugby Awards celebrate a ‘Fantastic’ tournament in 2015. The awards evening held at Battersea Evolution were a tribute to the success of this tournament, with many teams, coaches and officials representing most of the playing nations involved in the 2015 Rugby World Cup (RWC) From […] READ MORE
New Zealand are World Champions again. The All Blacks made history this evening by becoming the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup and are the first team to win the trophy on three occasions. Captain Richie McCaw, alongside fellow retiring internationals Dan Carter, Ma’a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodock, saw […] READ MORE
New Zealand will look to make history next weekend, when they return to Twickenham for the Rugby World Cup final. The will be looking to make two pieces of history, becoming both the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup and the first team to win it three times. All Blacks Look to Make […] READ MORE
