Rugby Rugby Features

The latest Rugby Features and Columns from the Rugby Rugby writers based around the globe.  Check out what they are saying about the latest issues of the game.

  • Thursday, 26. April, 2012

    Willie le Who?

    Few fans would have recognised the name Willie le Roux at the start of the 2012 Super Rugby season. However, these same fans would now probably start a riot were this man to miss out on selection for the Cheetahs any time soon.

  • Tuesday, 24. April, 2012

    A Rugby Bar on the Beach and with an Irish flair!

    The rugby team bar or pub is part of the social fabric of rugby and the Daytona Beach Coconuts have a perfect place to call home, Tir Na Nog in Daytona Beach. Rugby Rugby’s David Martin looks at what makes this bar special and asks if you have a rugby bar that your club calls home.

  • Monday, 23. April, 2012

    Team of the Week: The storm still strong

    The Brumbies ran wild at Loftus Versfeld and the Stormers subdued the defending champions in Brisbane. They dominate our weekly selection.

  • Monday, 9. April, 2012

    Team of the Week: Storming ahead

    It was to be expected - they are unbeaten and had comprehensively beaten the team second on the standings. That is why the Stormers dominate our weekly selection.

  • Thursday, 5. April, 2012

    America’s Hidden European League

    The number of Americans playing overseas is increasing each year although only a handful of the players are well known by rugby fans in the U.S. Rugby Rugby’s Curtis Reed looks at the league that has the most Americans and where they are plying their trade.

  • Monday, 2. April, 2012

    Tokyo needs more fun

    Tokyo's first IRB World Sevens Series tournament in a decade was distinctly lacking in fun and pompom girls, but was good preparation for the 2019 World Cup, the International Rugby Board chief said Monday.

  • Friday, 30. March, 2012

    Five Friday Funnies

    The Rugby Rugby team love to have a laugh or two and we will continue to call on our readers to help us out with captions for five of our favourite pictures from the week.

  • Wednesday, 28. March, 2012

    Decision Time for Todd Clever

    Todd Clever is easily the most recognizable American rugby player. The flanker would be a great addition to any rugby roster around the globe and with his recent contract with Japanese club Suntory Sungoliath ending Rugby Rugby’s Curtis Reed looks at some potential teams for Clever’s next stop.

  • Tuesday, 27. March, 2012

    The top ten rookies

    In every Super Rugby season there is a host of new talent on show as the next generation of starlets either sink or swim in the Southern Hemisphere's brutal competition.

  • Monday, 26. March, 2012

    Olympics thrusts 7s into spotlight

    Sevens is coming out of the shadow of the more high-profile 15-a-side game as the stakes are raised ahead of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, say some of the sport's top coaches and players.

  • Thursday, 22. March, 2012

    To answer Ireland's fall...

    Ireland stumbled their way through the 2012 Six Nations on the way to a third place finish. The problems are many but ones that can be tackled and Rugby Rugby’s Richard Anderson looks at some possible solutions.

  • Tuesday, 20. March, 2012

    The Legacy of Kevin Swiryn

    After picking up rugby as a 19-year-old, Kevin Swiryn made an immediate impact for his college rugby team and climbed the ranks from U.S. national team program to playing overseas. Unfortunately the centers career was cut short due to chronic injuries and Rugby Rugby’s Curtis Reed looks at the impact Swiryn made in his short career.

  • Tuesday, 20. March, 2012

    6N Awards: All the top brass

    The European heavyweights drew their swords once more and renewed the historic rivalries in the Six Nations, and the Rugby Rugby team have identified the best talent from up north.

  • Monday, 19. March, 2012

    6N Team of the Tournament

    Grand Slam winners Wales predictably lead the way in our Six Nations Team of the Tournament selection but they have plenty of competition with every team represented in our all-star XV.

  • Tuesday, 13. March, 2012

    Azzurri benefit from soccer scandals

    Italian rugby is indirectly being helped by the scandals surrounding football in the country, according to veteran national prop Andrea Lo Cicero.