By Jake Jones and Callum Room The Flying Fijians are training in London ahead of this weekend's fixture with Eddie Jones’ Barbarians. In their first outing since exiting the 2019 Rugby World Cup at the group stage, Head Coach John McKee has selected a mixture of heavily experienced players, alongside a number
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Rugby World Cup Final: Springboks rugby legend Naas Botha on how South Africa can stop England
After a month and a half of high-octane rugby, the World Cup has now reached its final game. Two-time champions South Africa will square off against one-time winners England at the International Stadium, Yokohama on Saturday. Both sides have shown signs of promise throughout the competition and it will be interesting
Why You Should Watch England’s Chance at Making History
How the 2019 Rugby World Cup has suffered due to a lack of organisation
World Rugby takes back control from mega-rich clubs
World Rugby’s new proposal for a Nations Championship - pencilled in for 2022 - is a necessary development to grow the international game by providing context to otherwise meaningless cross-hemisphere friendlies. In addition, it will take back some of the power away from mega-rich clubs in England and France who
‘How it got to this stage is staggering’: Former Belgian coach Simon Leader talks player ineligibility and Belgium rugby
ESPN releases new streaming app
Don’t Crack Podcast: Episode 6 – Scottish World Cup Woes
In the sixth addition of the Don’t Crack Podcast, we discuss the continued failure of the Scottish men's football team in their quest for a first World Cup appearance in nearly 20 years! For this episode we were joined by Sports Gazette editor and proud, if long suffering, Scotsman Matt Horsman. LISTEN
Project players and Bundee Aki
Rob Herring, CJ Stander, Bundee Aki, Nathan Hughes, WP Nel and Cornell du Preez. These are all players with no familial connection to the country they will represent this weekend. Taking out the smallest six nation country, Italy, these players represent the total amount of "project players" representing the five largest
Sports Gazette’s Champions Cup Predictions
With the Champions Cup starting this weekend, Sports Gazette’s two rugby correspondents Danny Ruddock and Matt Horsman give their predictions for the season ahead. Pool Winners Pool 1 Danny - La Rochelle Going to go with La Rochelle here. They play a fantastic brand of rugby and have picked up where they left