2010/2011 Heineken Cup SemiFinal Preview: Leinster Vs. Toulouse

With due respect to the other semifinal, the clash between the reigning and four-time champions Toulouse, and the winners in 2009 Leinster, represents the match between two of the current powerhouses of the European stage. French giants Toulouse are aiming for an unprecedented fifth European title, and are potentially heading for an 18th French domestic crown, currently top of the table in this... 

2010/2011 Heineken Cup Semi-Final Preview: Northampton V Perpignan

The Northampton Saints, winners of the Heineken Cup in 2000, will meet the only team left in the 2010/2011 tournament not to have claimed Europe’s most prestigous domestic title. Perpignan, French champions in 2009 and seven-times the winner of the Top 14, did make it to a H-Cup final in 2003 but lost to old rivals Toulouse 22-17. The Saints, in some pundit’s eyes the best English... 

Early Preview: 2011 Six Nations

The international season is officially over for test nations, yet in two months the cream of Europe will assemble to contest the 12th Six Nations, and the 119th edition of the championship that has seen previous guises of the Home and Five Nations. With no Southern tours scheduled in a World Cup year, the Six Nations will be the last major opportunity for the contenders north of the equator to finalise... 

France Will Do All Blacks a Massive Favour for 2011 Rugby World Cup

In less than a month we will enter a new calendar year, where one of the most exciting rugby seasons in history awaits us. And a critical time of judgement will arrive for the All Blacks.  The world’s number one ranked rugby team will attempt to break what is regarded in many quarters as arguably sport’s greatest title drought.    Few, if any, teams over history have dominated... 

Rugby Union’s Bledisloe Opener to Be Game Played in Heaven

Many of us remember one of the greatest games of rugby ever played: When the Wallabies hosted the All Blacks at the then Stadium Australia, and lost when Jonah Lomu crashed over in the dying minutes to score a remarkable try and give a 39-35 victory to the All Blacks. A world record 109,874 people were at hand to witness the most incredible opening to a test match, when the All Blacks scored three... 

Rugby: New Zealand-Wales Preview

When the two proud sides descend on Carisbrook, the visitors, who have a illustrious history as one of the more decorated rugby nations, will try to arrest a record against a team that has earned the title as Wales’ ultimate bete noire.   Their record against the All Blacks at the dawn of the last century was unparalleled.  Recognised as the first conquerors of New Zealand in test... 

Rugby Preview: Australia vs. England, Second Test

The wonder of a second test match is that the hosting Australians and visiting English know exactly what to expect from each other. Paradoxically, the losing team from Perth may actually have the edge.  That is if they’ve learned any lessons from a painful defeat. The Wallabies, with all their youthful exuberance, are playing a game that is wonderful for its sheer viewing pleasure.... 

New Zealand-Ireland Preview: All Blacks Look To Continue Irish Domination

The 2010 test season begins for the All Blacks hosting an Irish team that will be keen to stamp their authority in a year where they have seen all symbols of their status stripped from them in the space of a few months. Though still full of members of the modern “golden age,” the loss of the Six Nations, Heineken Cup, and Magners League title from last year could well be indicative that... 

Rugby Test Preview: South Africa vs. France

After a largely experimental Springboks downed a Welsh side that continues to frustrate their supporters, the World and Tri Nations champions host a French team that has the arsenal to inflict the South Africans first loss at home to a test nation since August 2008. That year, the newly crowned World Cup holders fumbled their way through the Tri Nations with four losses despite recording their first... 

2010 Super 14 Season Review: Blues

  It was a case of so close yet so far for the Blues, who finished the year in seventh position and took some high-profile scalps yet fell to opponents which realistically a team of such attacking calibre should have easily accounted for.   But for all the apparent doom and gloom associated with the mixed form of the New Zealand teams throughout the 2010 season, the Blues, like the Hurricanes,... 

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