Rugby Union versus Rugby League
As I said in a previous article, the hardest obstacle that professional players need to overcome when converting from rugby league to rugby union seems to be cultural. While this …
Unlocking Damian McKenzie: Is He Cut Out for Test Rugby?
It’s arguable whether a player has ever been so dominant in back-to-back Super Rugby competitions as Damian McKenzie. The diminutive Chiefs fullback was so far ahead of the rest …
The Rugby Lineout
THE LINEOUT IN RUGBY UNION To a first time viewer the rugby lineout must look as choreographed and graceful as the rugby scrum looks brutal and explosive. In what can only …
Richie McCaw: The Open Side / Real McCaw Autobiography Review
As Richie McCaw finally lifted the Rugby World Cup in 2011 he described the feeling as emerging into the light from the four year tunnel he had been in …
The Try From the End of the World
The try from the end of the world such captured the imaginations of rugby fans that nearly 20 years later it is still spoken about in excited tones. The …
Rugby Scrum and Positions Explained
THE SCRUM IN RUGBY UNION The marvel of the rugby union scrum is truly one of rugby’s unique spectacles. Sixteen of the biggest players on the field smash together and push …
2011 Rugby World Cup New Zealand Review
The 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand has provided a much needed reset switch for how the Rugby World Cup should be treated, after perhaps losing its way …
New Zealand All Blacks Win 2011 Rugby World Cup
The New Zealand All Blacks have won the 2011 Rugby World Cup, triumphing in a gripping but low scoring final against France 8 to 7. The match up mirrored …
Stephen Donald: Rugby World Cup Winner
A TALE OF FOUR FLY HALVES… Stephen Donald has easily been the most derided All Black over the last two seasons. Good players being stuck behind once-in-a-lifetime All Blacks …
Four More Years, Boys
Four More Years. Four More Years. Four More Years. It was a rabid yet cathartic release of eight years of pent up rage, humiliation and despair that said everything …