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Irene Watt is a rugby fanatic and marketing expert. Having played the game herself, she understands the passion that drives rugby players and enthusiasts alike. She has travelled the world and catches a game live whenever possible. Her favourite all time player is George Smith. Follow Irene on Twitter!
Ryan Crotty’s 82nd minute try for the All Blacks in their game against Ireland sealed the perfect year with 14 wins in 14 games, the first ever team to do so in the professional era. It’s hard to believe that he only recently made his debut for the All Blacks in August of this year. [...]
Named Man of the Match in the Wallabies game against Italy on the weekend, Nick Cummins is starting to become a cult figure in Australian Rugby. With his quirky post match interviews and his mongrel on the field, Cummins is certainly one player to watch. DOB: 05/10/1987 Height: 1.89m Position: Wing Club: Western [...]
James O’Connor has announced that he will move to Europe next month on a short-term playing contract. In a statement released this afternoon, O’Connor has said he is in discussions with several clubs with an announcement to come in the next few days. “I have decided that I will be moving overseas next month as [...]
The Rugby Championship is over for another season so I’ve decided to honour a player from Argentina. Juan Imhoff currently plays on the Wing for Los Pumas and was part of their squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He also plays in France’s Top 14 competition for Racing Metro 92. DOB: 11/05/1988 [...]
The 2014 Super Rugby season will get underway in South Africa with the Cheetahs and Sharks scheduled to host back-to-back matches on Saturday February 15. The Australian and New Zealand franchises will kick off their seasons a week later on Friday February 21. For all of the fixtures and to check out your team’s schedule [...]
Jake White has tonight been granted a release from the remainder of his contract as Head Coach of the Brumbies. With two years remaining on his contract, the news comes as a major shock to both fans and players who also seemed to find out the news of White’s leaving via Twitter. Initial reports suggest [...]
Following on from my ‘Favourite Bledisloe Moment’ post yesterday, it’s time to reveal my second favourite moment. In 2000, the Bledisloe Cup was retained after John Eales kicked a penalty with the last kick of the game in an awesome 24-23 win over the All Blacks in the decider in Wellington. I’m not going to [...]
With the first match in the 2013 Bledisloe Cup set to kick off on Saturday night in Sydney, I started thinking about what I would consider my favourite Bledisloe moment. Unfortunately as a Wallabies supporter these moments have been few and far between recently and it meant I had to rewind to more than 10 [...]
Look out One Direction, Boyzone and The Backstreet Boys, the Crusaders are set to take you on all in the name of charity. Andy Ellis, Israel Dagg, Willi Heinz, Telusa Veainu and Robbie Fruean have started a boyband called ‘C-City Brothers’. Their new song, ‘Never Walk Away’ has just been released on iTunes with all [...]
Instrumental in the Chiefs victory over the Brumbies on Saturday night, Liam Messam is a deserved winner of our Player of the Week award. Named man of the match, he scored the try to get the Chiefs back in the match and was devastatingly good throughout the full 80 minutes. Player Stats [...]
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