The Breakdown Awards: best rugby matches, players and quotes from 2024

best rugby matches, players and quotes of 2024

Wru to name women’s game in wake of contract scandal

Women’s Six Nations Championship The Welsh Rugby Union will name a women’s match lead next year following botched contract negotiations with the national team. The …

Rugby Union Awards 2024, including Antoine Dupont Magic and a Double Springboks

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Unlikely Leicester hero stops spoils share against Harlequins in annual festive treat

Leicester Tigers’ Tommy Reffell is tackled by Danny Care and Nick David (Getty) What about Harlequins and Leicester Tigers? Perhaps it’s the spirit of Christmas …

Rugby escaped does not speak a “distraction” of the Rugby World Cup, said the chief

The director general of World Rugby, Alan Gilpin, insisted that talking about a broken franchise competition is not a distraction, declaring that any investment speech …

Gerald Davies left ‘Dumbstruck’ and ‘Humble’ with knighthood in New Year’s Honors

Wales Rugby Great Gerald Davies has admitted he was “Dumbstruck” after receiving a knighthood in the New Year Honours. The 79-year-old former Wales and British …

Geoff Wheel, hard forward in the golden age of Welsh rugby with an unrivaled ability to snatch the ball

&Zerowidthspace; Geoff Wheel, who has died of motor neurone disease aged 73, was a tough rugby union forward who played 32 times for Wales during …

2 minutes in the box! Thief allegedly stole hockey sticks from high school team forcing them to postpone game

A Minnesota college hockey team was forced to postpone its game after a thief stole more than two dozen hockey sticks, police say. The Mankato …

Ilona Maher is ready to make his debut in Bristol Bears – plus the first most anticipated arcs of Rugby Union

Ilona Maher is undoubtedly the most famous rugby player in the world – Getty Images / Dan Mullan Ilona Maher, the most followed rugby player …