Not for nothing are the two ‘locks’ known as the engine room – it is they who provide the power in the scrum. The No 4 is typically shorter and bulkier, and pushes behind the tighthead; you will jump ...

The WhatsApp profile picture of Imanol Harinordoquy ... back row himself – with Serge Betsen and Olivier Magne at the 2003 World Cup, with the former also a club-mate – and knows a thing or two about ...

The pressure finally gave way in the 35th minute, with Tom Horton going over to score the Force’s second. However, the Brumbies would get the last laugh in the first half, rediscovering their ...

Evan O’Connell, a second-row following in illustrious footsteps ... ahead of the 2022/23 season and currently plays his AIL rugby with Young Munster, making the switch to the Cookies from ...

Harinordoquy ... back row himself – with Serge Betsen and Olivier Magne at the 2003 World Cup – and knows a thing or two about the exploits of numbers six to eight on a rugby field.

Portugal and Spain qualified Sunday for the men's 2027 World Cup in Australia taking Romania and Georgia with them as the quartet reached the semi-finals in the Rugby Europe Championship.

Unfortunately, no Australian has won the game that matters most every year but Mailata has a chance in his second Super Bowl ... sporting success came in rugby league. He played in the Canterbury ...

English rugby's top administrator, Bill Sweeney, insisted Thursday he had "never thought about stepping down" following a bitter row over his pay. Sweeney said a special general meeting (SGM ...

Oyonnax second-row forward Johnson won his first four caps last year and also featured against Chile in November.

Wales’ 14th successive Test match defeat could be the final straw for Gatland’s Welsh Rugby Union ... for a second stint at the helm, an eighth Six Nations reversal in a row and the first ...

Now, after yet another defeat, they have dropped to 12th in World Rugby’s rankings ... early in the second half, his break coming after Gatland replaced his entire front row.