FAN FAVOURITE: Tom Taylor from the Crusaders poses with Marcus Lloyd, 8, left, and twin brother Aiden Lloyd at Rainbow's End in Auckland during the Super 15 Rugby launch. Tom Taylor will be hoping to get noticed more at Eden Park next Friday night than h

There is an interesting technological development taking place in New Zealand which could transform a team’s decision to kick for goal or punt it down the line. Indeed, had Declan Kidney had it available to him last weekend, he may have stopped Jonathan

WELSH criticism of Scotland’s try-scoring troubles continued yesterday when former Wales captain Gwyn Jones claimed that not even rugby legends Barry John or Dan Carter could improve the situation. Scotland will start with Greig Laidlaw at stand-off agai

I once drank so much weight-gain powder that I couldn't go 40 minutes without peeing. I was an intern in San Francisco, trying to play rugby with the big boys, and working part time clearing tables. Whoever designed Mass XXX surely did not intend for it

Never mind what Alex Comfort says. Size is everything! Ireland had no answer to the behemoths in the Welsh backline who just trundled through them at will. The last two minutes were archetypal. Ireland had conceded a late try but Wales had missed the dif

3 more teams is a good idea – Taranaki Stealers for NZ, Kings for SA, and I have no idea where in Aus could support another team perhaps Tasmania?