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Healy believes in Ireland coach Schmidt

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Prop Cian Healy believes head coach Joe Schmidt is the perfect man to lead Ireland to the World Cup.

Slipper welcomes Genia rugby backflip

1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.au

Will Genia’s Wallabies and Queensland Reds teammate James Slipper has welcomed talk of the star No. 9 backflipping on a deal to play in France. Fairfax Media reported the 58-Test halfback Genia had...

Barritt hoping to make up for lost time

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Brad Barritt hopes he can force his way into England head coach Stuart Lancaster's thinking ahead of the Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji in September.

Giteau & Mitchell slot straight back in with Wallabies

1 decade ago by Rugby Championship news

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says that even though Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell have been in France for the last few years they did not look out of place in their first training session back in...

ROAR TOUR REPORT #1 Stage Lee Rodgers

1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.au

There seems to be no Tour or Giro of recent memory that hasn’t been of the crash-bang-whallop variety straight from the off, forcing some riders to abandon the race of their season before it’s really...

Favaro among those cut by Brunel

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Italy coach Jacques Brunel has wielded the axe on his World Cup training squad, with flanker Simone Favaro among those absent from the reduced 37-man party.

Stephen Moore appointed Wallabies captain for 2015

1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.au

Hooker Stephen Moore has been chosen to lead the Wallabies to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in 2015, getting the nod over his fill in Michael Hooper and Brumbies’ teammate David Pocock. Moore lasted just...

Jerry Collins’ baby continues recovery in Canada

1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.au

The orphaned baby daughter of All Black Jerry Collins and partner Alana Madill is well enough to return to Canada with her relatives. Three-month-old Ayla survived the car crash in southern France that...

Davies content with injury recovery

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

It will still be six or seven months until Jonathan Davies is back on a rugby field but the injured Wales centre insists he is pleased with the way his recovery is shaping up.

The Fall of European Rugby

1 decade ago by Rugby Lad

In an era of financial imbalance, concussions and complications, we discuss the current state and future of the game that we all love. Will France’s dominance ever fade from European club rugby and will...