Sports Journalist · 64 articles
Scotland have confirmed that wing Kyle Steyn has undergone surgery on a long-standing foot problem and will miss Saturday’s Nations Championship finale against Fiji at Murrayfield, joining flanker Rory Darge and lock Alex Samuel on the injury list. According to a fresh update from The Scotsman, national assistant coach John Dalziel confirmed Steyn was operated […]
New Zealand rugby’s most intimidating home ground is about to be tested by a side with real evidence it can win there. Eden Park has swallowed every touring team that has walked into it since July 1994, and Ireland’s own record at the ground reads four visits, four defeats. On Saturday, a full-strength Ireland squad […]
Four days out from a Saturday that will shape the Nations Championship, Tuesday was a day of health checks rather than headlines – and by the close of play, both the Eden Park picture and the Junior World Championship placing ladder had sharpened considerably. Ireland, New Zealand, Wales and Scotland all had squad news to […]
Ireland trained with their full 36-player Nations Championship squad in Auckland on Tuesday, with wing Rob Baloucoune and prop Jeremy Loughman both back in full training ahead of Saturday’s series finale against the All Blacks at Eden Park. According to a fresh update from the Irish Times, head coach Andy Farrell has a full hand […]
Jordie Barrett was held out of full training in Auckland on Tuesday as New Zealand Rugby’s All Blacks management take a cautious approach to a leg injury just four days before Ireland’s Eden Park assault on their 52-Test unbeaten record. According to a fresh update from 1News, the influential No.12 wore a tracksuit and took […]
Ireland held off a spirited Fiji fightback to win 24-19 at the Junior World Championship, setting up a ninth-place final against Italy in Kutaisi on Saturday. According to World Rugby’s official matchday report, Andrew Browne’s side led just 14-12 at half-time in a game that stayed tight to the final whistle at AIA Arena. Winger […]
Hookers are not supposed to be the ones running age-grade rugby’s highlight reels. Wedged into the middle of a scrum every 90 seconds, the number 2 shirt is usually the unglamorous engine-room job, all set-piece graft and lineout calling, rarely the source of a team’s cutting edge. That theory has taken a battering in Georgia […]
Wales came through a pulsating 38-36 win over Australia to book their first victory over the Junior Wallabies since 2018 and set up a Junior World Championship fifth-place final against Scotland. According to World Rugby’s official matchday report, Wales survived a dramatic finish at Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi after Australia had a would-be match-winning try […]
Five different Test windows, four continents and one Junior World Championship final all moved forward on Monday, and by the close of play the shape of a genuinely huge Saturday was finally visible. Ireland, New Zealand, Wales, South Africa, Scotland, Fiji, England and Argentina all have Nations Championship business on 18 July, and Monday’s team […]
Semi-finals are supposed to be cagey affairs, sides playing the occasion as much as the opposition. Nobody told Tbilisi that on Monday. France squeezed past New Zealand 26-22 and South Africa blitzed England 53-37 as the World Rugby Junior World Championship 2026 delivered two semi-finals stuffed with red cards, comebacks and a match-winner in the […]
Andy Farrell has told Ireland their clash with New Zealand rugby’s All Blacks at Eden Park must be “the performance of our lives” as his side chase history no Ireland team has ever achieved on Kiwi soil. According to a fresh update from RTE Sport and the Irish Times, Farrell used his pre-match media duties […]
Depth wins tours. It is a lesson every Test coach learns the hard way, usually the moment a specialist gets injured with no like-for-like replacement on the bench. England very nearly ran into that problem against Fiji – and instead stumbled onto a solution nobody had planned for. According to RugbyPass, Ben Youngs has backed […]