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  • Life Between Rugby and Boxing for Sonny Bill Williams

    Sonny Bill Williams, now not just a world champion with the All Blacks, but also New Zealand’s heavyweight boxing champion, after beating Clarence Tilman III inside the first round, despite being outweighed by 21 kilograms.

  • Rugby Union is Not Soccer

    Nigel Owens is a Welsh Rugby Union referee, and in a recent match between Munster and Treviso he made it very clear to the players while talking off one of them how he views soccer and the way that game is refereed.

  • Erotic Videos Improve Rugby Performance

    Sex before a match will always be a debatable subject, but according to a recent UK study, erotic movies are not. The recent experiment, involving 12 players from a professional Rugby Union team in the Aviva Premiership, revealed findings suggesting that players watching erotic or aggressive videos can boost a player’s physical performance.

  • Imanol Harinordoquy Needs Father to Help in Fights

    Imanol Harinordoquy isn’t strange to on pitch scuffles during Rugby matches, especially derby matches between Biarritz and Bayonne. Having is father run up and join the fight, before getting tackled to the ground, is probably a new experience.

  • The Rugby Union World Cup Final on a Seismometer

    Not only fans and reporters took interest in the Rugby Union World Cup Final between the All Blacks and France, as a Seismometer under Eden Park picked up the noise created by 60,000 All Black fans at Eden Park.

  • The Joke of Fining France for Standing Up to Haka

    The IRB’s decision to fine France for their players moving in close to the Haka preformed by the All Blacks in the Rugby Union World Cup Final is an absolute joke.

  • All Blacks vs France – An Ugly Win at the Rugby World Cup Final

    Richie McCaw’s bleeding face as he lifted the trophy said it all – You don’t have to win pretty in World Cup Finals, just win, as the All Blacks beat France 8-7 in gritty, hard tackling final, bringing the Webb Ellis Cup back to New Zealand after 24 years.

  • Quade Cooper’s World Turned Upside Down

    Quade Cooper had everything going for him in 2011. Backing his Super Rugby Player of the year award in 2010, Cooper led the Queensland Reds to their first Super Rugby title, beating the Crusaders in the final, and later Australia to their first Tri Nations title since 2001. The Rugby World Cup in New Zealand? All went wrong.

  • McCaw’s Pack Simply Too Good (All Blacks vs Wallabies)

    Cory Jane ruled the air, the forward pack won every scrum, Ma’a Nonu scored the only try early on and the All Blacks beat the Wallabies 20-6 in the second semi final, setting up a New Zealand – France Rugby Union World Cup Final.

  • Kicking Accuracy is Everything (France vs Wales)

    Morgan Parra scored all three penalties from France, while Wales, with 14 men (Sam Warburton Red Card) most of the match, couldn’t make most of their set pieces, losing 8-9 in the World Cup Semi Final despite an inspiring effort and Mike Phillips’ late and deceivingly optimistic try.