Leicester sign Pollard’s replacement

A Super Rugby Pacific star is set to join Leicester Tigers at the end of the season. According to The Telegraph, Crusaders and Wallabies flyhalf James O’Connor has turned down an offer from French Top 14 club Racing 92 and signed a one-year deal with Leicester...
Lions suffer front-row blow

Lions suffer front-row blow

British & Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell will have to do without the services of a seasoned Scotland prop for the much-anticipated tour to Australia. Scotland tighthead Zander Fagerson has been ruled out of the nine-match tour with a calf injury, Farrell...

Cullen’s fingers crossed for Van der Flier

Leinster boss Leo Cullen faces a wait on several injured players, including star flanker Josh van der Flier, to face the Vodacom Bulls in Saturday’s URC final at Croke Park. Van der Flier, World Rugby’s 2022 Player of the Year, is nursing a hamstring injury and...

World Rugby deserves a rebel league

The PR machine’s switched on. You can hear it in the predictable panic from the same old voices, “a rebel league will tear the game apart. It’ll destroy Test rugby”, writes ZELÍM NEL. The people panicking are the ones who’ve built careers gatekeeping access to the top...
Watch: Wilco overpowers Ox

Watch: Wilco overpowers Ox

Springbok tighthead prop Wilco Louw anchored a dominant Vodacom Bulls scrum that bulldozed the Sharks at Loftus to book a 2024-25 URC final berth. The 30-year-old’s battle with world champion Ox Nche was brutal, but Louw’s power at the set piece tilted the contest....