George Serrallach and the Evolution of Rugby Analysis

by clubrugby - November 7, 2021November 7, 2021

By Adam Julian It’s November 1999 and the baggage carousel rumbles at Heathrow Airport. Weary All Blacks collect their luggage after the long haul across hemispheres. Technical advisor Wayne Smith waits anxiously for a meandering 43kg parcel marked Oversize and Fragile to reach him. Inside two cases, attached to wheels, is ‘Battlestar,’

Aisle be Back: When in Rome

by clubrugby - November 5, 2021

By Kevin McCarthy I don’t know definitively that the refereeing delays in the All Blacks win over Wales were longer than usual. I certainly am not going to sit here and do a rewind with stopwatch in hand. Probably I just hit peak TMO, that feeling that surely I didn’t sign

Women’s Super Rugby squads announced for 2022

by clubrugby - November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

The inaugural New Zealand Women’s Super Rugby competition, Super Rugby Aupiki, will be contested over four weekends in March 2022 and the four squads were announced on Thursday. These include teams from the Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes and a combined South Island line-up. The Hurricanes squad of 26 players, with two to be

Bond Banter 1 November (some rugby news to start the week)

News in briefs

by clubrugby - October 31, 2021November 1, 2021

Evening updates: Black Ferns Sevens captain Sarah Hirini, with the Hurricanes announcing today that Hirini has put pen to paper committing to the Hurricanes Women’s squad for the upcoming 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki competition. One of the leading Sevens players in the world, Sarah Hirini has an impressive list of

Aisle be Back: bread from heaven

by clubrugby - October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

By Kevin McCarthy The roof will be on, so there’ll be no raining on the parade of Beauden Barrett this Sunday in Cardiff. No surprise that he would be handed his 100th cap at a prestige venue, rather than against Italy a week later. However, coach Foster is clear that this