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WSU starts off their season with a winWashington State University Rugby Club won’t play their first game of the season until this weekend, but they have already got a win on the board.
Simon Newkirk, a WSU rugby player and keen member of The Rugby Site completed our survey and was the lucky winner of 12 months’ access for all coaches at the club.
England’s latest loss to the All Blacks was flatteringSpin it any which way you please, England’s latest loss to the All Blacks was flattering. Their fifth successive loss to the All Blacks told us they can’t yet stick with the world’s best for 80 minutes. Forty minutes yes. Eighty, no.
England come frustratingly close againDespite England rattling the All Blacks in the first half, England lost out 21-24 at Twickenham yesterday as Richie McCaw and his men saved their best till last.
Taranaki show pride in the shirtLiam Napier on Taranaki’s ITM Cup Premiership final win, and how pride and passion for the team has contributed to their success against the traditionally strong teams this season.
Ending Canterbury’s six-year reign in this competition Taranaki and other ‘underdog’ team’s success has sparked an increased interest in the provincial competition this season. The buy in from all the team shows what can be done with the right mix of players and collective passion.
SBW stars as All Blacks carve up Soldier FieldChicago’s Soldier Field has played host to a wide variety of events in its 90-year history ranging from American football to opera and boxing to ski-jumping.
Sonny Bill Williams, perhaps a modern day match for legendary Chicago Bears running back Walter ‘Sweetness’ Payton, took centre stage as the All Blacks routed the hapless US Eagles 74-6.
Success for USA Rugby despite a big scorelineDespite a big scoreline against the USA Eagles Chicago, the Test match against the All Blacks is been hailed as a success for the sport in the US.
NH teams look to make a statement against the All BlacksWorld champions New Zealand venture north in the coming days and they will look to extend an enviable record against Europe’s finest. The All Blacks have suffered just three defeats to Six Nations opposition on the 11 tours they have embarked on since Italy joined the northern hemisphere’s premier championship in 2000.
England, Scotland and Wales all have a perfect opportunity to bloody the nose of the world No.1 side in the coming weeks. But how?
USA v New Zealand: a stepping stone to build rugby globallyThe United States will play host to New Zealand at the iconic Soldier Field, the home of NFL side the Chicago Bears, on November 1 in a fixture that is as much a marketing exercise as it is a rugby match and one that it is hoped will propel the game in North America to unprecedented heights.
On the road with rugby charity Bhubesi Pride in AfricaRichard Bennett is a rugby missionary in the truest sense of the word.
Richard is the founder and driving force behind Bhubesi Pride, a rugby-based charity that organises annual rugby coaching expeditions for education and development in Africa.
The charity has visited ten countries to date on a quest to unite African children through rugby while addressing health education and life skills, empower local people with equipment, resources, training and knowledge and inspire sustainable development.
Lancaster locked in until 2020For most people it’s difficult to know whether you will have a job next week – let alone 2020 – unless, it seems, you are Stuart Lancaster.
England’s head coach has just put pen to paper on a six-year contract extension with the Rugby Football Union in what can be seen as a ringing endorsement of his achievements both on and off the field since taking charge in March 2012.
