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.

  • Wednesday, 7. December, 2011

    Which general should wear No.9?

    The final backline position is one of the most crucial ones, as every great teams need a world class scrumhalf to run the show and now is your chance to vote for the best in the business from 2011.

  • Tuesday, 6. December, 2011

    The quest to find the perfect No.10

    There are four very different options to consider before you cast your vote for the best flyhalf in world rugby in 2011. Which playmaker has the goods to make it into the Rugby Rugby readers' Team of the year?

  • Monday, 5. December, 2011

    Who should wing it out on the left?

    The search continues and now we're after the best left wing from 2011 in the Rugby Rugby readers' Team of the Year series, so make your vote count to see who fills the No.11 jersey vacancy.

  • Sunday, 4. December, 2011

    Which centre has the inside track?

    The search for the Rugby Rugby readers' Team of the Year continues as we consider the virtues of four inside centres from just two countries, make your pick now!

  • Saturday, 3. December, 2011

    Who was your midfield maestro?

    The quest to identify the cream of the crop in 2011 continues as we turn our attention to the No.13 jersey. Cast your vote for the best outside centre around in the Rugby Rugby readers' Team of the Year now!

  • Friday, 2. December, 2011

    Readers' Dream Team: Right wing

    The search for the ultimate rugby side continues as Rugby Rugby hunts for the best right wing from 2011, and we call on all our readers to join the fun and cast your vote in the Team of the Year selection.

  • Thursday, 1. December, 2011

    Readers, cast YOUR vote!

    We're into the final month of 2011, a blockbusting year of rugby, which means there's just one thing left to do... It's time to pick our Team of the Year and this time we want you, our readers, to join in the fun; starting with fullback.

  • Thursday, 10. November, 2011

    Who was the best All Black in 2011?

    The Rugby World Cup-winning All Blacks dominate the list of nominees for the 2011 New Zealand Rugby Awards to be held in Auckland on December 1.

  • Monday, 7. November, 2011

    Etiquette for schools rugby

    Do we need to draw up some little behavioural codes for those who watch schoolboy rugby? I came across one which I shall repeat at the end. A morning watching at a junior school prompted some thoughts on the matter.

  • Monday, 7. November, 2011

    Sign Of The Times?

    When even esteemed broadsheets start playing the celebrity game in their sports coverage, are we getting to the stage where great rugby stories are less important than a mass media profile asks Rugby Rugby’s Howard Johnson?

  • Sunday, 6. November, 2011

    Coaching shortlist: Our Top Five

    With the playing curtain down on what has been probably, in the overall, a marginally disappointing 2011 season, rugby interest will turn to off-field matters now - one of them being the appointment of a new Springbok coach.

  • Friday, 28. October, 2011

    A word or two

    There was more than enough banter about during the World Cup and here at Rugby Rugby we have kept our ear to the ground and picked out the best of the chatter both on and off the field.

  • Thursday, 27. October, 2011

    Smit's final chapter starts now

    A year ago, John Smit was contemplating his future, post-World Cup and it did not involve rugby. Now, the 2007 World Cup-winning Springbok captain is set to pen the final chapter in his stellar rugby career and it involves the small matter of playing for English champions Saracens.

  • Thursday, 27. October, 2011

    Currie and his Cup

    The Currie Cup is named after a man and was from the beginning a sponsor's trophy. That is surprising considering the aggressive amateurism of the 1890s.

  • Thursday, 27. October, 2011

    Kiwi foreign legion top of the pops

    Just call 2011 the Year of the Kiwi! The All Blacks have just won their second World Cup title, three of four coaches in the semifinals of that tournament were New Zealanders and the Kiwi foreign legion are also top of the pops in the Currie Cup.