UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || You wouldn’t normally put rugby and roulette together. Sure, many rugby clubs do host casino nights from time to time as part of their fundraising efforts, but you’d hardly call roulette a foundational component of the sport. However, as with most things, dive a little deeper and you’ll discover that there’s actually more that connects rugby and roulette than you might expect. And dive we
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Former Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has responded to Rieko Ioane’s Instagram story that reignited the perceived feud between the pair once again. Ioane recently took to social media in an effort to hit back at an extract from Sexton’s soon-to-be-released autobiography.In the passage that was released by The Sunday Times, Sexton reflected on an exchange between the pair after last year’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || World Rugby on Tuesday proposed a series of law changes including reducing the impact of red cards, “aimed at enhancing both fan and player experience”. Under the proposed change, when a team loses a player to a red card they can bring on a replacement after 20 minutes. Mauls can only stop once before the team with the ball has to move it away. Scrumhalves
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Will Skelton says he is keen to feature for the Wallabies in November having spoken to head coach Joe Schmidt.Skelton, 32, has not featured for his country since leading the side at last year’s disappointing Rugby World Cup due to his commitments with French club La Rochelle.Schmidt’s side face
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || El-Abd will initially combine his work with England with a final season as head coach of Oyonnax as the French second-tier side attempt to regain their place in the Top 14."I will have to compartmentalise the roles, but when I am here, I am all in," he said.El-Abd says that he does not plan to uproot the basis of the defensive system put in place
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || New defence coach Joe El-Abd believes the success of Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United shows why England could benefit from the recent upheaval in Steve Borthwick’s backroom staff. El-Abd has taken over from Felix Jones after the Irishman who helped South Africa win the 2019 and 2023 Rugby World Cups unexpectedly handed in his resignation in August.A long-term friend of Borthwick’s, former Bristol and Toulon flanker
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Two Springboks and a South African Premiership star are among the players selected for a data-powered Opta European Club Rugby Team of the Week. Thirteen different teams across the Premiership, Top 14 and Vodacom URC are represented within the Team of the Week selected based on Opta Stats. Edwill van der Merwe, who marked a return from injury with a brace of tries in the Lions’ thrashing
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Ten players who have represented the All Blacks feature in a 29-man squad for an ABs XV two-match Northern Tour against Munster and Georgia next month. Hoskins Sotutu, who was overlooked for the full All Blacks squad named on Monday, has been selected amidst calls for him to reconsider his
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Bristol Bears have re-signed United States winger Toby Fricker on a three-month deal.The 29-year-old comes in as injury cover after Siva Naulago fractured his cheekbone and Noah Heward suffered a hamstring injury. Fricker made 32 appearances for Bristol, scoring 12 tries between 2019 and 2023.He joined Ospreys after leaving Ashton Gate but played just once before joining New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby.
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Kevin Sinfield is to remain part of Steve Borthwick’s England coaching team after agreeing revised terms for his role. In a lift for the national set-up following the sudden departures of Aled Walters and Felix Jones, who served as head of strength and conditioning and as defence coach respectively, Sinfield will continue working with England on an ongoing basis. The rugby league great, who joined
