Brian Moore has called on World Rugby to review their protocols and potentially increase protection for referees after Fabien Galthie laid into the officiating at the weekend. France’s head coach made his feelings known after Antoine Dupont ruptured his ACL, criticising Angus Gardner for not taking action against Ireland duo Andrew Porter and Tadhg Beirne. … Read more
Australian rugby legend David Campese has slammed the actions of Ireland’s Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter in injuring Antoine Dupont, claiming Ireland have plenty of form for it. Despite the Citing Commissioner opting against taking any further action on the pair following Ireland’s 42-27 Six Nations loss to France in the Aviva Stadium, their first … Read more
Brian O’Driscoll knows the world has kicked on. Still, current events make this an ideal moment to hark back to one of the sweeter moment’s of his career, what with Simon Easterby’s Ireland drawing more tightly together for the arrival of France in nine days. Fabien Galthié and his side have made enough of a … Read more
Following an enthralling round of the 2025 Six Nations, Wallabies great David Campese selects his Team of the Week. My overriding thoughts on the fixtures in this round was the sheer contrast of shades of Test rugby that we saw. The hwyl of Wales in their performance against Ireland needs to be applauded, whilst the … Read more
Following France’s 43-0 thrashing of Wales, here is how we rated the performances of Fabien Galthie’s charges in the Six Nations clash at the Stade de France. France player ratings v Wales 15 Thomas Ramos: The kind of performance we have grown to expect from the classy French full-back, who started his excellent shift with … Read more
As the Irish would say, Antoine Dupont has some decent craic as the France captain gave as good as he got in an exchange with Ireland skipper Caelan Doris. The pair engaged in a good-natured debate during the Six Nations launch which centred around the law trials that have been introduced since January, 1. Dupont-Doris … Read more
The pictures of the captains and coaches posing in front of the Colosseum look iconic and surreal at the same time, as if generated by AI – gladiators readying themselves for the fight and all that. Yet the wonder is that it took the organisers until this year to hold its launch of the world’s … Read more
Following Toulouse’s glorious 80-12 victory over Leicester Tigers in the Investec Champions Cup, here are our five takeaways from the game. The top line 12 tries, 10 conversions as Toulouse ended their Investec Champions Cup pool stage in style with an emphatic victory over Leicester Tigers, scoring a point a minute. The French outfit dominated … Read more