Well with wins for all except the Chiefs it was another good weekend for New Zealand’s Super 14 franchises.  As a Blues supporter it was great to see them weather the storm from the Chiefs, who came out firing on all cylinders but were eventually put to the sword. Troy Flavell missing through injury looked [...]

Ireland will start the 2008 RBS Six Nations by hosting Italy on 2 February, with England v Wales at Twickenham later in the day. France start the defence of their title on the 3rd with a trip to Murrayfield to take on Scotland. The complete list of fixtures follows: Sat 2 Feb: Ireland v Italy [...]

Its been an uphill struggle and with the massive debts hanging over the Scottish RFU I guess it was inevitable that they would announce the closure of the Border reivers at the end of this season. With Edinburgh Gunners being funded by private enterprise it means that Scotland can spend all their thin cash on [...]

Premier Rugby, which represents the 12 clubs in the Premier Division, has sent its offer to the Rugby Football Union. They are asking for £12.4m-a-year funding and in return say they will not select England players during the autumn internationals or Six Nations. At the moment Premier Rugby receives £5m-a-year from the RFU increased to [...]

Well what a turn-up, the Brumbies have struggled all season and they go and beat the Sharks at home.  Great news for the Blues who are now in top spot and having played the same number of games as the Sharks and with the same number of wins edge ahead thanks to bonus points.  So [...]

The Waratahs were taken apart by the rampant Blues this evening in Auckland.  Leading 17-6 at half time they went on to win 34-6 with tries through Troy Flavell with 2, Daniel Braid, Steve Devine and Luke McAlister made 4 conversions and 2 penalties. All the Waratahs could manage were 2 Peter Hewat penalties.  So [...]

Who thinks the New Zealand teams will sweep all before them now the All Black players in their squads are back?  The Hurricanes are probably the side who have missed their Blacks the most, the Crusaders have developed and will be a real force now and should be in the playoffs along with the Blues [...]

Well the Premiership is now coming to the really exciting part of the season and apart from the top two is open to many sides reaching the playoffs.  It also has the usual names in the frame for the drop, excluding Harlequins and Bristol who have both moved on and up.   The return of Wasps [...]

Basingstoke travelled to Bracknell to face a side full of vastly experienced players including Chris Sheasby at no 8.  This was probably the major influence in the result, as Basingtoke had travelled with a young side containing 5 18 year olds forced through the injuries in the squad. Bracknell exerted pressure and control through the [...]

Basingstoke won a close encounter with Jeckle and Hyde rugby allowing the visitors to dominate many phases in this game. However tries from Dave Lambert, Myles Rutherford, Karl Buttle and Andy Rowlands with three conversions from the boot of Mike Goodall brought Stoke a close run victory and final score of: Basingstoke 26 Chippenham 25