In response to a recent Spiro Zavos article, sure, this single game may support your argument. But rules are played over a season, and one must consider the mean of performance over a wide ...

"I think we would all agree it is better for games to be decided by tries than penalties but by chickening out of taking stronger action Joubert did nobody any favours." John Taylor delivers his ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

European rugby will today begin digesting the full implications of playing a new-look game next season. International players and coaches down to grassroots amateurs are now faced with a 12-month ...

Today, I found out via email of a change coming for me in the Fall. The Stellenbosch Laws, aka the experimental law variations (ELVs) are coming to the New England Rugby Football Union, my governing ...

Some extraordinarily revealing figures about modern day rugby which go a long way to explaining many of the problems in the game will be presented to an IRB conference on the new ELVs in London next ...

For several seasons now the start of the Heineken Cup has become synonymous with the European season moving into top gear. The early season skirmishing is over, the starting line-ups truly reflect the ...