The true long-term regret of the Gatland era has been the steady erosion of tactical nous and constructive, quicksilver thinking in the backline, and that is probably the reason for Matt Sherratt’s ...

Gilchrist, who won his 77th cap at Murrayfield on Sunday, is bidding to help Scotland taste victory at Twickenham for the third time in a row, which would be unprecedented. It’s ...

The National's Luxury magazine team puts together Black Book, a cheat sheet of the most interesting and noteworthy arrivals ...

A kid with a huge motor, Naleba has consistently showed up for Ipswich State High, all the way from Year 7. Now a Year 11 student, the young hooker is gearing up for his first Connell Cup campaign ...

A try by Denholm’s Hector Patterson and others from Fergus Watson and Joe Roberts weren’t enough to avert a ninth defeat on ...

Warren Gatland has left his role as Wales rugby coach midway through the Six Nations with his team on a national-record ...

South African rugby legends Jean de Villiers ... Africa has managed to achieve. With Wales set to take on Italy, there is growing pressure on the team to deliver a result. Yet, De Villiers ...

After all, most teams know what France and South Africa will do. It’s that Wales’s predictability is now coupled with rank ineptitude." The rugby website's writers reminded us that "woeful ...

Wales fans tuning into the Six ... after major reforms were passed by the World Rugby Council in 2023. A biennial competition featuring 10 teams from the Six Nations and Rugby Championship and ...

Warren Gatland's position as head coach of Wales, were it not already ... Perhaps the worst coached team in Tier One rugby - if 12th in the world still counts as that. By the summer, with Japan ...