Archive for April, 2009
England manager Martin Johnson has called on the England rugby players that were omitted from the Lions squad to use the summer series against Argentina to prove that they are still in contention for a place on the tour.
Full-back Delon Armitage and flanker Tom Croft were the most surprising English absentees from the Lions squad [...]
Drew Mitchell inspects the posts and the padding.
The brumbies flyhalf Christian Lealiifano will miss the rest of the season due to a torn hamstring. Lealiifano managed to tear his hamstring while streaching over the try line to score a amazing last min try against the Blue Bullls to clentch the victory for his team.
Gene Fairbanks and Matt Toomua and set to be [...]
Due to a technicality in the citing process Lauaki has been let off after his stiff-arm tackle which also happened to be a high one.
Peter De Villers announced that Ruan Pienaar would be responsible for the goal kicks when the lions tour South Africa.
Goal kicking was a real weakness of the Springboks when the Lions toured in 1997. So much so that the Springboks scored 9 tries to the lions 3. Ruan started the Super 14 as the goal [...]
Tomas O’Leary Irelands scrum half has been ruled out of the lions tour to South Africa due to injury.
He was stretchered off the field in the first half with a fractured ankle.
Munsters website released this statement on their web site about the incident “It goes without saying that we are very disappointed to lose a [...]
The 2009 British and Irish Lions Squad has been announced today by Gerald Davies. The Captancy was handed to Paul O’Connell who becomes the 27th man to skipper the British and Irish Lions. Ian McGeechan had also made a decision that there should not be to many leadersin the squad saw it fit to leave [...]
It has now been a few weeks since the end of the Six Nations and it is probably a good time to sit back and assess where England are as a team. Martin Johnson’s men finished the tournament well, but is there enough to suggest that success is around the corner?
One man whose opinion on [...]