Paul Ackford, writing in the Telegraph, questions Martin Johnson’s ability to be successful as the new England manager:
“The big beast is back in the jungle. Martin Johnson was impressive on Friday. The smile had replaced the scowl because this was alien territory for him and he needed to schmooze, not snarl. No one knows - […]

Writing in the Independent, Chris Hewitt makes his case against the Experimental Law Variations:
If you can imagine a game of rugby in which the scrum was the most gripping theatre of action, in which the line-out tested the skills and discipline of every forward on the field, in which the breakdown was so fiercely contested […]

This article appeared in The Australian:
“LOTE TUQIRI’s well-intentioned actions in rolling Matt Giteau on his side after he was knocked out in last weekend’s Waratahs-Western Force match could have caused Giteau to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
Lote Tuqiri
That is a worst-case and even alarmist scenario. But so widespread was the media’s […]

The Sharks can’t seem to get away from wet weather, and Sydney, known and renowned for its great weather is caught in the grip of a cold front that brings intermittent rain on and off all day long.
Tuesday’s training takes place in alternating cold driving rain and glimpses of sunshine. The club ground is where […]

This article originally appeared on stuff.co.nz and is written by SPIRO ZAVOS
“An iron law of Super 14 rugby is that coaches lose their jobs, new players burst on to the scene and the competition goes on.
A subsidiary law, unfortunately, is that the Waratahs don’t win the Super 14 tournament. At halftime at the SFS, with […]