Power Ranking Europe’s Top 15 Club Teams After Weekend of December 12-14

There are just two rounds to go for the European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, so just two more chances for teams to affect their ranking in this ladder before it all comes down to knockout rugby. As domestic warfare resumes over the festive period, we will have to wait until the end of January to find out the qualifiers for the last 16. But several pools are now down to a two-way fight for automatic... 

Best XV from European Rugby Champions Cup for Weekend of December 12-14

This week’s Best XV is dominated by players from French clubs as the men from across La Manche enjoyed a fruitful weekend in the Champions Cup. Toulon, Toulouse, Racing Metro and Clermont Auvergne all asserted their authority in their pools, with just woeful Castres failing at Wasps and Montpellier drowning in Bath. This team is picked by players who either stood out for try-scoring exploits... 

Why Danny Cipriani Should Be in England’s Six Nations Squad

Danny Cipriani has been English rugby’s unsolvable puzzle for six years now. He burst on to the scene in 2008 with a season of crackerjack displays for Wasps that guided them all the way to the Premiership title. He missed the final itself having broken an ankle in Wasps’ semi-final, per the Guardian, and from that point the curve of his career began to experience more ups and downs... 

Power Ranking Europe’s Top 15 Club Teams After Weekend of December 5-7

It can be a tricky time of year to assess the power rank of Europe’s top club teams. The Champions Cup and Challenge Cup pool stages have resumed after a period of international weekends, lower-tier cup competitions for the players left behind and league fixtures played with understrength teams for those sides who lost a lot of bodies to their national squads. Following that somewhat jumbled... 

Best XV from European Rugby Champions Cup for Weekend of December 5-7

The European Rugby Champions Cup came back with a bang at the weekend with several pools remaining in the melting pot. Leicester’s 25-21 win over Toulon kept the Tigers’ hopes alive while an Ospreys’ comeback to tie Racing Metro 19-19 meant their section, which also contains Northampton, is finely balanced. Even Bath still have a chance after a thumping 30-5 win in Montpellier, while... 

2015 Rugby World Cup: Power Ranking Teams After Autumn Internationals

The final salvos between north and south have been fired ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Between now and then we’ll see a Six Nations sort-out and a truncated Rugby Championship—but as a marker of where they stand right now, the autumn internationals gave things an intriguing shake-up New Zealand retained their status, but behind them there were some movers. Strong form and good results... 

Ranking 6 Best Tries in the Autumn Internationals

We were not starved of entertainment this autumn. A year out from the Rugby World Cup, teams were looking for the right combinations and winning formulas to take them into the global showpiece. And far from a fear of failure, we saw sides ready to take gambles to score tries, often with spectacular results. From rehearsed ploys to exploit weaknesses identified in the video room to sheer instinct and... 

Best XV from Autumn Internationals on November 29

Autumn’s international window was slammed shut with a couple of lusty blows from northern hemisphere teams most in need of landing some telling shots. England relied on the traditional weapons of brute force and strong kicking to squeeze the life out of the Wallabies, while Wales finally found the spell to break the curse of the southern hemisphere, beating South Africa in Cardiff. It tees up... 

Wales vs. South Africa: Winners and Losers from Millennium Stadium

Six years of hurt were finally brought to an end in Cardiff as Wales recorded a long-overdue win over one of the big three Southern Hemisphere nations. This 12-6 win, per Wales Online, was an absorbing, try-less encounter that featured brutal defence from both teams. The unerring boot of Leigh Halfpenny was responsible for Wales’ points, but there were heroes in red all over the field as coach... 

Wales vs. South Africa: Key Battles to Watch at Millennium Stadium

Let’s not go over old ground. Wales and Southern Hemisphere teams have a heavily lopsided history. The list of results doesn’t tell the full story, however, of how close some of those defeats have been for Warren Gatland’s men. A case in point is the second Test of their trip to South Africa last summer, when they were a Liam Williams misdemeanor away from a precious win on Springbok... 

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