Springbok Rugby Back to Where it Should Be It seems that when every Rugby World Cup campaign comes around, the Springboks are relatively off the pace heading into the tournament. By their own high standards, they’re usually not where they should be in terms of their status in world rugby and their form is not […] READ MORE
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Rugby World Cup Classics: 1995 South Africa vs New Zealand
With fewer than ten weeks until the beginning of the 8th instalment of the Rugby World Cup, we turn the clock back to revisit ten of the greatest World Cup matches of all time. The 1995 World Cup was more famous for its off-field events than those which occurred on it. Despite the Apartheid era […] READ MORE
Rugby World Cup History: South Africa
With the 2015 World Cup approaching Last Word on Sports looks at how nations have fared at the tournament. Today's Rugby World Cup History: South Africa READ MORE
Barbarians Rugby: 125 Years
Imagine if you will a cold Yorkshire night. Imagine you are settling down to enjoy a nice evening meal and next to you a group of well spoken gentlemen are talking about rugby. Now imagine its 1890 and the most incredible story has just begun. The Barbarians Rugby Club was formed. This week marks 125 […] READ MORE
The RWC95 Springboks – Where are they now?
The Springboks won the Rugby World Cup at their first attempt, so we would trace these legends of South African rugby down to see what they are doing now. READ MORE
The Co$t of Winning – Money in Amateur Rugby
Rugby is a professional sport. It is one of the more popular sports to have turned professional only recently, despite having a long and storied history. Some of the greats of the game such as Bill Beaumont and Willie John McBride were only amateur rugby players and would go back to work on a Monday […] READ MORE
