Updated at 21.50 AS THE GRUMBLES around this weekend’s all-French Champions Cup final in London continue, French rugby authorities are making a strong play to host next season’s decider on home soil. Will the Stade Vélodrome host next season’s final? The most recent top-tier European final to take place in France was the 2010 meeting between Toulouse […]
WALES COACH WARREN Gatland has admitted that he is deeply concerned about the playing future of 23-year-old wing George North. North scores against Italy on the last day of this year’s Six Nations. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO The Northampton Saints wide man suffered his third concussion in four months when knocked out in a Premiership meeting […]
THE NEXT ONE hundred days can’t pass quickly enough. The Rugby World Cup is on the way, we can’t bloody wait, so here’s a full starting XV of snap judgement and wild predictions. Roll on September. 1. New Zealand won’t defend their title The All Blacks can be hard to love sometimes, but The42 has […]
More details emerged about the passing of WWE Hall of Famer Mean Gene Okerlund who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 76. TMZ is reporting that Okerlund fell at home last month and broke multiple ribs. His son, Todd, told TMZ that his father’s health had been in decline lately and the fall […]
SUPER RUGBY STRUGGLERS the Blues have named Tana Umaga as their new head coach for the next three seasons. The Blues made the announcement in Auckland today, after John Kirwan resigned on Friday following just 17 wins in 58 games over three years. Umaga — a former All Blacks captain — joins the Blues after […]
QUEENSLAND TROUNCED NEW South Wales from start to finish yesterday to win game three and take the State of Origin series for 2015. The notoriously physical series had been evenly balanced at 1-1 heading into yesterday’s decisive match, but Queensland won back their title after last year’s defeat, running in eight tries, all of which […]
AUSTRALIA HAVE TURNED to Argentina’s scrum doctor Mario Ledesma to change the perception that they are pushovers at scrum time in the countdown to September’s World Cup. Ledesma, who played 84 Tests for Argentina as a hooker, has begun working with the Wallabies on set pieces after performing the same function for the NSW Waratahs […]
EARLIER THIS WEEK, Ireland and Leinster star Sean O’Brien spoke about how much more professional his attitude has become over the past few seasons. O’Brien said that he’s changed his relaxed outlook on training in recent seasons, and has had to cut back on the number of visits home to Tullow to help out on the farm. […]
MICHAEL CHEIKA’S WALLABIES laid down a World Cup marker with a super second-half performance that saw them beat New Zealand 27-19, their first win over the Kiwis since 2011. The Australians claimed the 2015 Rugby Championship title in doing do, and gave themselves major confidence ahead of the second Bledisloe Cup tie in Auckland next […]
En marge du procès qui oppose Johnny Depp au tabloïd anglais The Sun, un ancien employé de l’acteur a pris sa défense lors d’une interview accordée au média australien 9 News, le 20 juillet 2020. Rick Wood était le chef de la sécurité de la luxueuse maison louée par la star en Australie en 2015, […]