5 Under-the-Radar Players Who Will Shine in 2015/16 Rugby Champions Cup

The European Rugby Champions Cup gets under way this weekend with Toulon aiming to win it for the fourth time in a row. The great and the good of Europe’s top clubs will be attempting to stop Bernard Laporte’s galaxy of stars’ domination of the competition. But there are some lesser-known names who will be looking to announce themselves on the big stage and make their own bids for... 

England’s Next Coach: Ranking the Possible Successors to Stuart Lancaster

The inevitable came to pass on Remembrance Day with the departure of Stuart Lancaster from his role as England’s head coach. England’s failure to progress from their World Cup pool was always likely to signal the end of Lancaster’s time in the job, and with the fallout encompassing training ground rows, bad share tips and the Sam Burgess debacle, his regime began to look somewhat... 

What Will the Wallabies Look Like in 12 Months’ Time?

If any rugby-playing nation has proved how fast your fortunes can change it is Australia. At the end of 2014 they had crashed to a first defeat to Argentina, their coach had been jettisoned and one of their star players was the subject of a serious breach of squad discipline. At the end of 2015 they are second in the world, reigning Rugby Championship winners and World Cup runners-up. It rather makes... 

5 Potential Stars of the 2019 Rugby World Cup

As the post-2015 Rugby World Cup era commences, it’s time to peer into the tea leaves to predict the men who might be the box office hits of Japan 2019. Since John Kirwan tore up the inaugural tournament in 1987, the World Cup has given rise to players who went on to become legends of the game. The tournament this year was no different, with the likes of Nehe Milner-Skudder and David Pocock carving... 

How Can World Rugby Make the 2019 Rugby World Cup Even More Exciting?

Both on and off the field, Rugby World Cup 2015 succeeded in raising standards. The All Blacks became the best team in the game’s history by becoming the first to retain the trophy and, in doing so, playing a brand of rugby better than anything we’ve seen. And England (with a little bit of Wales) put on a tournament that has been widely trumpeted as the best so far. Stadiums were packed,... 

5 Biggest Disappointments at the 2015 Rugby World Cup

For the rousing success that the 2015 Rugby World Cup unquestionably was, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There were a few clouds hanging over the tournament; some produced by players, others by the organisers. Collectively, we must label the northern hemisphere’s big guns a disappointment. We’ll get to England in a moment, but France were abysmal, Italy worse. Wales failed to... 

5 Biggest Surprises at the 2015 Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup 2015 saw stadiums packed and stars born and gave us the best edition of the tournament there has ever been. We were treated to tighter contests between giants and minnows than has been the case before, with far fewer totally one-sided affairs. And in the scraps between the lower-tier nations, we witnessed gripping encounters that often went down to the last knockings. To top it... 

How Can the Northern Hemisphere Close the Gap on the South Before 2019 RWC?

By the time referee Craig Joubert went scampering from the field, we were left with only southern-hemisphere participants in Rugby World Cup 2015. The last four teams were the same four who fight it out for the Rugby Championship on an annual basis. Indeed, the only side from north of the equator to topple a member of the big four during the tournament was Japan. Scotland played two of them and lost... 

Rugby World Cup 2015: All Blacks Show Brain Is Mightier Than Brawn

For all the brutality of many of the earlier games of this Rugby World Cup, and notwithstanding the two Wallabies lost to injuries before half-time yesterday, the All Blacks victory was a triumph for grey matter over grunt. Yes, they stood strong in the scrum, hit rucks with ferocity and made their tackles, but it was the way New Zealand thought their way out of problems that was most impressive about... 

Rugby World Cup Final 2015: Winners and Losers from New Zealand vs. Australia

New Zealand claimed a second consecutive Rugby World Cup with a 34-17 win over Australia at Twickenham A try before the break from Nehe Milner-Skudder was added to by Ma’a Nonu after the interval. Australia hit back while Ben Smith was in the sin bin through David Pocock and Tevita Kuridrani, but Dan Carter dropped a goal to reassert All Black control and nail a long-range penalty to settle nerves... 

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