What a difference a week can make. Seven days ago, the All Blacks walked off the Mbombela turf battered and dejected, trying to erase the memory of one of their heaviest defeats.

Never far from a soundbite, England head coach Eddie Jones once again is in the news this week.

South Africa put in a dominant display in Mbombela on Saturday afternoon against a downtrodden New Zealand team, in what turned out to be a historic night.

Australia captain Michael Hooper has received an abundance of support after it was revealed Friday he would be missing the opening two tests of The Rugby Championship against Argentina for experiencing problems related to his 'mindset.'

With the 2022 Major League Rugby Draft just weeks away, there are a few highly anticipated top prospects ready to enter North America’s professional rugby competition. One name that all MLR fans should grow accustomed to is Sam Golla, the lock/flanker out of the University of California.

It doesn’t take Martin Iosefo long to adapt to some new surroundings.

Like many kids growing up in Traverse City, Michigan, Angus MacLellan played the traditional winter and summer sports that were popular in that area. Known for cherries and sand dunes, the quiet farming community was a hockey hotbed, so that was MacLellan’s best sport for a number of years. He also played football and baseball.

In an ideal world, young male and female athletes train side by side in the same setting, each learning the skills necessary to compete at a higher level of their respective sports.

The groundwork for Moana Pasifika’s debut season in Super Rugby Pacific was officially set during a historic encounter in Hamilton, New Zealand two years ago.

Like it’s namesake, Fijian Drua—“drua” being a historic war canoe—had to drift across the rugby world to get to the point it is now.

Brumbies prop James Slipper had to go through plenty of strife to get to the point he’s at now. And plenty of years.

After the first four rounds of the Rugby Championship, we’ve seen the world champs lose their grip; the alpha dogs reclaim their dominance, and a sleeping giant awakens. With two more big weekends of rugby left for the Southern Hemisphere’s finest, we’re in for a treat—with plenty more questions to answer.

Once an electrifying young talent in New Zealand, Kiwi James Lowe will finally make his debut on the international scene – but for Ireland. 

In the era of Warren Gatland (2008-2019), Welsh rugby experienced a true revival – four Six Nations titles, three Grand Slams, and two World Cup semi-finals to be specific. 

What a topsy-turvy two years of rugby it’s been for England.