It’s all down to WILL power
That wonderful Northern Hemisphere competition between the four Home Nations plus France and Italy kicks off on the February 8.

Triumph with last-gasp try
For the second time in a week a Springbok team broke English hearts.
Seven days after the Boks notched a record-breaking win at Twickenham, the Magnificent Seven

Defence key to Kiwi slam
By the time you read this article one predicts that the All Blacks will have completed their third Grand Slam of the Home Unions. Having already claimed the scalps of Scotland,

‘Dingo’ bites a chunk out of All Black pride
What a great name the Australian press has bestowed on Robbie Deans. In the absence of a

Coach Dean’s lessons will work
Robbie Deans, the man whom the vast majority [read 99.999%] of Kiwis wanted as the All Black coach has started his Australian Head Coach role with success, but without conviction.

Harlequins go in to Bat for
Abu Dhabi
Other clubs around the world linked with the Harlequins are being approached to work with the Abu Dhabi outfit, an initiative which could lead to

Flair oh flair, where for art thou?
The great players of past eras were those who possessed skills and flair unknown to the common player.

Hook, line and sunken
We know Wales have quite a lot of talent, but how on earth Warren Gatland and Shaun Edwards moulded them properly in time for the heroics of the first Six nations game defies belief?

Two in a row for Capital gals
The Abu Dhabi women’s rugby team has won its second AGRFU Ladies League tournament in succession, when it went unbeaten on home turf in the fourth round of the Gulf sevens competition

All Blacks’ loss is Wallaby gain
When sports tradition and sports pragmatism meet head-on, one of them usually has to go.

Weekend warriors
Many elite international rugby games should come with a disclaimer for first time viewers. The hits are that big.