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🍒 George Skivington has backed Josh Hathaway to continue to go from strength to strength as he attempts to follow in the...
08/01/2025

🍒 George Skivington has backed Josh Hathaway to continue to go from strength to strength as he attempts to follow in the slipstream of Louis Rees-Zammit and be a big hit for club & country.

Full Interview with the Welsh flyer ⤵️

George Skivington has backed Josh Hathaway to continue to go from strength to strength as the young winger attempts to follow in the slipstream of Louis Rees-Zammit and be a big hit for club and country.

🗣️ "I was struggling to pass off my right, tackling was difficult and I couldn’t really carry the ball, so I would get s...
08/01/2025

🗣️ "I was struggling to pass off my right, tackling was difficult and I couldn’t really carry the ball, so I would get stripped easy or I would knock on."

✍️ Luke Cowan-Dickie’s journey back to the pinnacle of rugby is nothing short of extraordinary.

Luke Cowan-Dickie’s journey back to the pinnacle of rugby is nothing short of extraordinary.

🗣️ “I know that there are a number of outstanding back rowers in England and that they want to fast-track Henry Po***ck,...
08/01/2025

🗣️ “I know that there are a number of outstanding back rowers in England and that they want to fast-track Henry Po***ck, and yes he is a good player, but Fitzy has done his time."

Pat Lam believes Fitz Harding is up next for England 👀


Pat Lam’s New Year wish is for his Bristol captain Fitz Harding to gain international recognition after a number of eye-catching performances by the back rower.

Marcus Smith, Fin Smith, George Ford - Who should start at fly-half for the Six Nations? 🤔🌹 Steve Borthwick has all thre...
08/01/2025

Marcus Smith, Fin Smith, George Ford - Who should start at fly-half for the Six Nations? 🤔

🌹 Steve Borthwick has all three on hybrid contracts and less than a month to decide who should start in the Six Nations...

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Steve Borthwick has put three outside halves on hybrid contracts and he has less than a month to decide which one to select for the start of the Six Nations in Dublin.

08/01/2025

1️⃣5️⃣2️⃣kg.

Taqele Naiyaravoro reveals how heavy he was after leaving Super Rugby before joining Narbonne…

Your man 😅

🗣️ “The aim is to win two trophies, 100 per cent."🐯 Nicky Smith insists Leicester Tigers will not be content unless they...
08/01/2025

🗣️ “The aim is to win two trophies, 100 per cent."

🐯 Nicky Smith insists Leicester Tigers will not be content unless they complete a “dream double” as Michael Cheika’s men target domestic and European glory.

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Nicky Smith insists Leicester Tigers will not be content unless they complete a “dream double” as Michael Cheika’s men target domestic and European glory.

🗣️ “If I knocked Etzebeth to the ground, I would never have to buy a pint in Derry again!"🌎 With the expansion of , nat...
08/01/2025

🗣️ “If I knocked Etzebeth to the ground, I would never have to buy a pint in Derry again!"

🌎 With the expansion of , nations like the UAE have a chance of playing on the World stage...

✍️ An interview with UAE's Stephen Ferguson.

As Ireland ran World Cup holders Australia close in the final Pool A match of the 1999 World Cup, a generation of young Irish rugby players was inspired.

💫 Lotte Sharp says Saracens are enduring the most difficult campaign since she joined the club 10 years ago, but stresse...
08/01/2025

💫 Lotte Sharp says Saracens are enduring the most difficult campaign since she joined the club 10 years ago, but stresses they have to continue building momentum in a truncated PWR.

✍️ Ben Jaycock

Lotte Sharp says Saracens are enduring the most difficult campaign since she joined the club 10 years ago but stresses they have to continue building momentum in a truncated PWR.

⬆️ Clifton took a while to get going this season but after winning eight in a row, 19-year-old back rower Jay Evans feel...
08/01/2025

⬆️ Clifton took a while to get going this season but after winning eight in a row, 19-year-old back rower Jay Evans feels they are now firmly in the mix for promotion.

✍️ Ben Jaycock

Clifton took a while to get going this season but after winning eight in a row, 19-year-old back rower Jay Evans feels they are now firmly in the mix for promotion.

🚨 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 🚨For the first episode of 2025, the guys are joined by former Australia, Northampton Saints, Warat...
08/01/2025

🚨 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 🚨

For the first episode of 2025, the guys are joined by former Australia, Northampton Saints, Waratahs and now Narbonne winger Taqele Naiyaravoro 👊

🤯 152kg playing days
🤝 Being related to Josua Tuisova
🙌 The brilliance of Rupeni Caucau

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🗣️ “We can’t just have one superstar, we need to have more, we need to have people connecting with so many different pla...
08/01/2025

🗣️ “We can’t just have one superstar, we need to have more, we need to have people connecting with so many different players, and that is what will grow our game.

✍️ Ilona Maher hopes she can inspire more players to superstar status.

Ilona Maher hopes she can inspire and elevate more players to superstar status in women’s rugby.

🗣️ "With the move, Toulouse have asked questions as to whether scrum-half is a specialist position anymore "✍️ After Ang...
08/01/2025

🗣️ "With the move, Toulouse have asked questions as to whether scrum-half is a specialist position anymore "

✍️ After Ange Capuozzo played scrum-half last weekend, Charlie Elliott takes a look at the doors it opens for coaches...

FREE READ ⬇️

Italian full-back/ winger Ange Capuozzo played as the replacement scrum-half for Toulouse in their defeat to La Rochelle, and did not look out of place one bit.

🗣️ "A pitfall is the arrival of a two-tier system of selection, with Borthwick duty-bound to back his own judgement by f...
08/01/2025

🗣️ "A pitfall is the arrival of a two-tier system of selection, with Borthwick duty-bound to back his own judgement by favouring the 17 contracted players."

✍️ Is this Hybrid Hash the best that RFU top executives can deliver? - Nick Cain


The description ‘Hybrid Central Contracts’ does not inspire confidence.

🗣️ “We got a 9% chance of making the playoffs, so we’ve used that to fuel us. I’m still annoyed by it." 🦈 Angry Alex San...
08/01/2025

🗣️ “We got a 9% chance of making the playoffs, so we’ve used that to fuel us. I’m still annoyed by it."

🦈 Angry Alex Sanderson has vowed to channel the perceived lack of respect for his side into a driving force for their title push.

Angry Alex Sanderson has vowed to channel the perceived lack of respect for his Sale Sharks side into a driving force for their Premiership title push in 2025.

🌹 Jack Walker has warm memories of last season when he was part of England’s World Cup squad, his daughter was born and ...
07/01/2025

🌹 Jack Walker has warm memories of last season when he was part of England’s World Cup squad, his daughter was born and Harlequins made the semi-finals of the Champions Cup.

Full Interview with the Harlequins ho**er ⬇️


Jack Walker has warm memories of last season when he was part of England’s World Cup squad, his daughter was born and Harlequins made the semi-finals of the Champions Cup.

🐯 Former Leicester boss Geordan Murphy has revealed he is still scarred by the manner of his departure from the Tigers a...
07/01/2025

🐯 Former Leicester boss Geordan Murphy has revealed he is still scarred by the manner of his departure from the Tigers and is doubtful he will ever return to frontline club coaching again.

✍️Full interview with Jon Newcombe

Former Leicester boss Geordan Murphy has revealed he is still scarred by the manner of his departure from the Tigers and is doubtful he will ever return to frontline club coaching again

🗣️ “A few years ago this was a tough place to be – that’s why we don’t really get too ahead of ourselves,”🎯 Darts-loving...
07/01/2025

🗣️ “A few years ago this was a tough place to be – that’s why we don’t really get too ahead of ourselves,”

🎯 Darts-loving winger Will Muir hopes Bath can hit the bullseye in 2025 having gone so close to Premiership glory last season.

Darts-loving winger Will Muir hopes Bath can hit the bullseye in 2025 having gone so close to Premiership glory last season.

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1️⃣5️⃣2️⃣kg. Taqele Naiyaravoro reveals how heavy he was after leaving Super Rugby before joining Narbonne… Your man 😅

🗣️ “He was very honest, unfailingly approachable and friendly.” Chris Hewett pays tribute to former England outside back Tom Voyce after he tragically lost his life during Storm Darragh last week 🙏

😲 After fracturing a vertebra in his neck two years ago, Jack Kenningham didn't realise he'd done it until HOURS later. And, his dad called him soft for it! #GallagherPrem

Sean Maloney pays tribute to Sam Cane 🙌 #AllBlacks

🗣️ After Joseph Sua’ali’i’s electric professional debut, Joe Tomane explains how important having a background in Rugby Union is for his transition… #AutumnNationsSeries

🗣️ Alex Cuthbert - “The pressure is all on the coaches. I don’t know what Wales are at the moment.” After this weekend, in which they fell to their TENTH straight loss, are we any closer to discovering Wales’ identity? 🤔 #AutumnNationsSeries

🗣️ “To change your two lynchpins in your scrum-half and your ten, that was an odd decision…” 👀 Alex Cuthbert reflects on Steve Borthwick hooking Marcus Smith and Ben Spencer with 20 minutes to go against the All Blacks. #EnglandRugby

🗣️ “At some stage, we’ve got to either accept mistakes or have we gone too far with technology?” Luke Pearce asks the question - Has rugby gone too far with technology? 🤔

🗣️ “I don’t think we are keeping the game simple.” 🤔 With law changes and different systems across the domestic and international game, Luke Pearce believes rugby isn’t doing a great job of keeping it simple for the general public…

🗣️ “It’s a NONSENSE, and the way they do it is a nonsense. They’re so precious about it.” 👀 Brendan Gallagher & Nick Cain didn’t hold back when asked their thoughts on the Haka… Agree with our columnists? 🤔 #AutumnNationsSeries

🗣️ “I don’t see there being many incidents where we need to go with a DIRECT red card.” 🟥 Luke Pearce believes that as a result of the 20-minute red card, direct sending offs will be few and far between… #AutumnNationsSeries

🗣️ “90% of red cards these days are NOT what we consider to be red cards. They are marginally high shots that have gone wrong by about two or three inches.” Brendan Gallagher believes World Rugby are using the 20-minute red card as a ‘get out clause’ in anticipation of future litigation… #WorldRugby

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