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  • Rugby Fan Gets Hit With Ball; Drops Beers; Laughs

    Rugby Fan Gets Hit With Ball; Drops Beers; Laughs

    The best part of the Harlequins – Saracens Rugby Union just over a week ago? Nick Evans, Quins’ fly half, sending a kick straight into the stands, which hits a fan directly on the head as he was emerging from the tunnel, makes him drop his beers and have a big laugh.

  • Rugby Union Trying to Grow in Brazil

    How good are Brazil in Rugby Union? Not very much, but that doesn’t mean they’re not trying to improve as a nation in that sport or trying to expand the reach of it in a country with 190 million people and the potential to be just as good as their neighbors from Argentina, who have reached the World Cup quarterfinals three times.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Six Nations Grand Slam Winners Since 2000

    Although it sounds impressive, the Grand Slam in the Six Nations era has not been that hard to achieve. Since Italy joined the competition in 2000, 8 Grand Slams have been achieved out of the 13 tournaments. Wales, winning 2012, made it 3 Six Nations grand slams for them, making it even with France, who they beat to capture their fifth win in 2012.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.