This article explores a little about Kotaro Matsushima, a Japanese rugby player who plays for French Top 14 side ASM Clermont Auvergne. ...
World Rugby, the governing body for the sport of rugby, has introduced some new laws to the game. Two of these are the 50:22 kick rule and the goal line drop out rule...
The Six Nations is an annual international rugby tournament played by six teams: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and France...
In this article we look at what professional rugby players eat to stay in shape and be match-ready...
The lineout is a common way of restarting the game after the ball goes out of bounds, or into touch, which is the area outside of the touch lines. There are many aspects to this manoeuvre — the following is a brief description of what it is.
Scotland’s Six Nations campaign got off to a glorious start as the team beat England at home 11-6 on Saturday, February 6th. This was Scotland’s first win over England at Twickenham Stadium since 1983. Here’s how the match played out...
Japan has long been labelled as a predictable, set-play dependent, unimaginative rugby nation. However, in recent years, it seems they are starting to ‘feel’ the game more and shake that label.
From January 2022, the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) will introduce a new format to its professional league. Here are some of the details:
Today, we're going to give a brief introduction to two very common competitive points of contact in rugby: (1) the ruck and (2) the maul.
Today, we're going to look at the scrum, a common method for restarting play in rugby. A scrum consists of 8 players from each team pushing against each other, using their feet to retrieve the rugby ball, which has been placed between the 2 pushing groups by the scrum half.