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  • Appreciating Leinster & Brad Thorn’s Championships Hunger

    Brad Thorn isn’t the best player in the world, nor is he the best lock in the world. But the 37 year old All Black added another trophy to his loaded cabinet; He’s now the first and only player to play for a Rugby World Cup, Tri-Nation, Super Rugby and Heineken Cup champion. He might add the Pro 12 title next Sunday.

  • Pek Cowan With a Huge Hit on Joe Pietersen

    Pek Cowan wasn’t about to let Joe Pietersen come up with another brilliant counter attacking run like he did a month earlier against the Highlanders, so he just stood his ground, while the stumbling fullback raced straight into him and got floored with a huge tackle by the Force’s Prop.

  • Gloucester Rugby Fans Are the Most Passionate in the Premiership

    Science can’t prove who are the best fans in the Aviva Premiership, but it can be, and has been proven that Gloucester fans are the most passionate in the league among all 12 teams during a season long experiment by Premiership Rugby, with psychological and physiological tests carried out by scientists on fans from all 12 clubs.

  • Olly Barkley Tackles Pitch-Invading Rugby Fan

    Olly Barkley forgot what it’s like to be recognized among non-rugby union fans, among people outside of Bath. It’s been quite a long time since he’s played for England, but he never got this kind of recognition life after he tackled an invading fan onto the pitch during Bath’s loss to Sale in the Aviva Premiership.

  • Manu Tuilagi With the Biggest Hit of the Season

    Manu Tuilagi is back in action for the Leicester Tigers after a rather impressive Six Nations campaign with England, finishing second behind Wales, winning four of five matches. Tuilagi scored one try during the championship. Now he’s back in the Aviva Premiership, with extra bone crunching tackles to announce his return.

  • Tom Croft Comes Out the Hero of Le Crunch (France vs England)

    England, for the first time in their Six Nations history, won three away matches, leaving themselves a small chance to still win the 2012 championship after a dramatic and hard earned 24-22 win over France in Paris, doing what the Irish couldn’t manage a week earlier – Hold on to a well deserved lead, just by enough.

  • One More Left For the Grand Slam (Wales vs Italy)

    Jamie Roberts scored the first try of the match after 49 minutes, while most were thinking Wales would be comfortably ahead at that point against a rugged but unimaginative Italian side. Nonetheless, Warren Gatland’s lads took another big step towards securing the Grand Slam, beating Italy 24-3, making it four for four in their 2012 Six Nations campaign.

  • Tommy Bowe Show Not Enough (France vs Ireland)

    Ireland don’t normally find success when playing in Paris against France in the Six Nations, but Tommy Bowe and his two brilliant tries in the first half gave them hope of winning their first match there since 2000, but the French had an impressive and powerful first twenty minutes in the first half, pulling through to a 17-17 draw.

  • Scott Williams Makes it a Triple Crown (England vs Wales)

    Scott Williams scored the dramatic winning try for Wales, David Strettle was just short of scoring one for England, but Sam Warburton was the big hero in Wales’ 19-12 win over England, carrying on with their perfect 2012 Six Nation campaign, securing their first triple crown since 2008.

  • Super Rugby and Australia Waiting for Sebastian Chabal

    Sebastien Chabal, the 34 year old former French international may be taking his talents to Australia and be a part of the up and coming 2012 Super Rugby season, after a fallout between him and his Racing Metro coach Pierre Berbizier regarding his new contract led the Chabal leaving the club.