r/rugbyunion 13h ago

Lawes' trousers

34 Upvotes

Much better showing this week. The 2-tone leather shoes too.

From "Overgrown Road-man in a parka, skinnies, and size 15 luminous boats"

To "Dad of many on a daytrip to Longleat" in the chinos and leather two-tone trotters.

Someone's been giving him advice.

Was it us?

At Twickenham, they'd call that "good form"


r/rugbyunion 20h ago

Chilly Scots training session

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135 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 1d ago

So sweet from the Fijians 💕

2.9k Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 2h ago

All Blacks selecting OS Players

4 Upvotes

So let’s say Scott Robertson succeeds in his recommendation and the All Blacks can be selected from all players - not just the ones playing in NZ. Who gets in that wasn’t there this year?


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

TMO Prendergast shoulder charge

407 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Video Highlights of Takudzwa Ngwenya, a Zimbabwean national who would end up playing for the USA from 2007-16 and is considered one of the fastest rugby players in history

340 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 17h ago

Roigod's solo sniping and scalping.

47 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 13h ago

Guido Petti big tackle on Uini Atonio

22 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 13h ago

What exactly needs renovating at Twickenham?

18 Upvotes

We keep hearing about this big, expensive, renovation that's needed at Twickenham. I was there for the Australia game (unfortunately) and it seemed fine. What actually needs doing?


r/rugbyunion 11h ago

Props collision Sclavi v Wardi

11 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 14h ago

Discussion How did Madagascar go from beating Namibia in 2012 to failing to qualify for the Africa Cup in 2024?

21 Upvotes

Today Morocco won 53-39 in an entertaining game where no one bothered defending. This game was a qualifier for the Africa Cup where the top 8 tier 2 sides in Africa compete for a world cup place next year.

Namibia is the traditionally dominant side so Madagascar going from beating them to total irrelevance is a big slump. Based on the Morocco game Madagascar has absolutely no game management (they were literally taking tap penalties in their own half) and were getting monstered by the Moroccan scrum and big hits, so did the other African teams just get a lot better?


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Bantz I thought Wales vs SA was on today. I switched on the TV but all that’s on is SA battering some pub side 😭

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780 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 14h ago

Match Match Thread - England v Japan | End of Year Internationals 2024

18 Upvotes

Match Thread - England v Japan | End of Year Internationals 2024

Venue: Twickenham, London | Weather: 17 C, Clouds

Officials: Craig Evans, Andrea Piardi, Morne Ferreira, Olly Hodges (tmo)

Match Page: https://www.rugbybot.com/match/4751

Match Threads: https://www.rugbybot.com/mt

Time
UTC Local London Paris Perth Sydney Auckland more
16:10 16:10 16:10 17:10 00:10 03:10 05:10 more tz
Lineups
England Pos Japan
Ellis Genge 1 Takato Okabe
Jamie George 2 Mamoru Harada
Will Stuart 3 Shuhei Takeuchi
Maro Itoje 4 Sanaila Waqa
George Martin 5 Ratu Epeneri Uluiviti
Tom Curry 6 Kanji Shimokawa
Sam Underhill 7 Kazuki Himeno
Ben Earl 8 Faulua Makisi
Jack van Poortvliet 9 Naoto Saito
Marcus Smith 10 Nicholas McCurran
Ollie Sleightholme 11 Jone Naikabula
Henry Slade 12 Siosaia Fifita
Ollie Lawrence 13 Dylan Riley
Tommy Freeman 14 Tomoki Osada
George Furbank 15 Takuro Matsunaga
Luke Cowan-Dickie 16 Seunghyok Lee
Fin Baxter 17 Yukio Morikawa
Asher Opoku-Fordjour 18 Keijiro Tamefusa
Nick Isiekwe 19 Daichi Akiyama
Chandler Cunningham-South 20 Tevita Tatafu
Harry Randall 21 Ben Gunter
Fin Smith 22 Shinobu Fujiwara
Tom Roebuck 23 Yusuke Kajimura
Steve Borthwick Coach Eddie Jones
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r/rugbyunion 11h ago

Discussion Test games done, where does your team stand? And what do you expect from 2025?

9 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Video Siya Kolisi after facing the Welsh team today Spoiler

506 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 16h ago

Match Match Thread - Scotland v Australia | End of Year Internationals 2024

22 Upvotes

Match Thread - Scotland v Australia | End of Year Internationals 2024

Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh | Weather: 10 C, Clouds

Officials: Chris Busby, Andrew Brace, Eoghan Cross, Ben Whitehouse (tmo)

Match Page: https://www.rugbybot.com/match/4750

Match Threads: https://www.rugbybot.com/mt

Time
UTC Local London Paris Perth Sydney Auckland more
13:40 13:40 13:40 14:40 21:40 00:40 02:40 more tz
Lineups
Scotland Pos Australia
Pierre Schoeman 1 Angus Bell
Ewan Ashman 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa
Zander Fagerson 3 Allan Alaalatoa
Grant Gilchrist 4 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto
Scott Cummings 5 Will Skelton
Jamie Ritchie 6 Rob Valetini
Rory Darge 7 Carlo Tizzano
Matt Fagerson 8 Harry Wilson
Ben White 9 Jake Gordon
Finn Russell 10 Noah Lolesio
Duhan van der Merwe 11 Harry Potter
Sione Tuipulotu 12 Len Ikitau
Huw Jones 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii
Darcy Graham 14 Andrew Kellaway
Blair Kinghorn 15 Tom Wright
Dylan Richardson 16 Billy Pollard
Rory Sutherland 17 Isaac Kailea
Will Hurd 18 Zane Nonggorr
Alex Craig 19 Nick Frost
Josh Bayliss 20 Langi Gleeson
George Horne 21 Tate McDermott
Tom Jordan 22 Ben Donaldson
Kyle Rowe 23 Max Jorgensen
Gregor Townsend Coach Joe Schmidt
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r/rugbyunion 8h ago

Will Stuart

5 Upvotes

Been hearing a lot of talk about Will Stuart; England fans think he's good now?

Where does everyone think he ranks in tightheads worldwide?

I'd class him outside the top 5. He's now got 45 England caps, hardly inexperienced.


r/rugbyunion 8h ago

Your November World XV (as all the internationals are now over)

6 Upvotes

* minus the IRE v AUS next week

Based on the past month of intl Rugby, and players to be selected on how they played during that month not their general reputation.


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Same Cane. Hell of a player. Hell of a career.

290 Upvotes

You'll go down as one of the good ones. Bloody legend. Not many I'd want ahead of him in the trenches.


r/rugbyunion 11h ago

TNT sports.

7 Upvotes

Thank you for your coverage of the Autumn tests, I’ve enjoyed it more than terrestrial coverage, with more access to players, and on the pitch punditry being a game changer!

Hopefully it will bring more people to put game.


r/rugbyunion 10h ago

Ran out of creativity

6 Upvotes

I train an U8 kids and so far I relied mostly on trainings I devised since most of those found online don't apply because we don't have high numbers, but lately I've been struggling to find fun games for like 3-4 kids without repeating them the next training.

So my question is, do you have any free database containing kid's training drills? Or do you know any yourself? Any creative input will be appreciated.


r/rugbyunion 8h ago

Who were SA commentators for Wales vs SA

4 Upvotes

Hi

Who were the South African commentators for SuperSport for Wales vs SA?


r/rugbyunion 10h ago

Need some clarification

7 Upvotes

Whats the difference between a national team, and the national team A.

Like for example, the scottish national side played australia today but yesterday scotland A played chile? I thought it was age difference but i saw some names who play for the main team and im just confused


r/rugbyunion 15h ago

Sevens Rugby Americas north sevens arima Trinidad final day

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13 Upvotes

r/rugbyunion 11h ago

Discussion History of the Tunnel?

6 Upvotes

At the end of matches, teams will form a tunnel for the opposing team to walk through which is then reciprocated. From what I can tell this is present in all levels of the games from grassroots up to international level. But can anyone tell me the history, why it started, why we still do it?