Friday, 30 October 2026

The Autumn Nations Series squads for both Scotland and England are locked in! We break down the key inclusions, notable omissions, and the tough fixture lists ahead as both home nations look to make a massive statement against Southern Hemisphere opposition and beyond. In this squad breakdown: • Scotland's stable squad: Welcoming back Kinghorn, Jamie…

All Blacks vs England at Eden Park: Full Final 20 Minute. Beauden Barrett’s magic, Mark Tele’a’s flying finish and a dramatic full-time goal-line maul decide a heaving, seething Test.

The Nations Championship is nearly here, and the margin for error is tiny. Who’s actually set to own November, and who’s about to get found out fast? David Pembroke is joined by Steve Hansen and Ewen McKenzie to size up every team and every pressure point: England’s heat heading into Australia first up, Japan’s chance…

If you're a young bloke chasing a professional sporting career, where do your best opportunities lie? Martin lays out the cold hard facts on rugby union versus rugby league, breaking down the odds, global markets, and post-career earnings. IMAGE CREDIT: Will Jordan during the All Blacks training session, Sydney, Australia, 13 October 2026. (Photo by…

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Moments to watch

• 0:00“Imagine doing everything right for months, winning every match, and still discovering that one bad afternoon could undo the entire campaign.”
• 1:34“France currently lead the Northern Hemisphere table with 12 points from three matches, having won two and lost one.”
• 3:44“So tell me which match worries you more, France and Paris or Ireland and Dublin and do you believe the spring box will finish ahead of the All Blacks or could New Zealand steal that final spot?”

Rachel Sheehan caught up with Tipperary Camogie's Caoimhe Stakelum as well as Leitrim's Barry McNulty after a big season for both with Leitrim making the Connacht semi-finals and Tipperary making the All-Ireland Camogie Semi-Finals. Caoimhe and Barry were speaking this morning as Londis was officially announced as the new title sponsor of UCD GAA in…

Moments to watch

• 3:39“Yeah, look, there's lots of good lads coming like we've plenty of experience, too, like Sam Sam and Theo and stuff.”
• 6:15“Uh, oh yeah, like look at some of them are massive changes like the two points the two point arc coming into the end line like I think that is a good enough idea to be honest.”
• 7:39“If you were just, like, you know, get a good press on around the 45 of that, like, don't let them go to that mid-range and just put them out long to us, like, you're happy out, like, for them going out, to be honest.”

EGGCHASERS LIVE: follow link to tickets at Like clockwork...here we go again. But is there more substance THIS time as the rumours resurface that Welsh pro teams could form part of an expanded Prem competition in England. And if so, what would the rammifications be?

Moments to watch

• 1:45“And some of those five Welsh clubs that England wanted to pull into their system, some of them were combined with other teams to form these regions.”
• 5:41“It has talked about getting two Welsh women's teams into the women's Prem in England and talks about the the attraction of a crossber league.”
• 12:55“So, option one, two Welsh clubs in the Prem in a few years time.”

Four years on from their unforgettable triumph in Japan, South Africa made their way to France to defend their Rugby World Cup title. The Springboks took on a range of new foes to old in an attempt to becoming the first team in history to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a fourth time. The…

Moments to watch

• 2:37“Jam Visa puts it up and the reigning champions South Africa start off their 2023 ranking World Cup with a victory over Scotland.”
• 11:18“The defending rugby world cup champions South Africa and the Tai from Tonga meet for just the third time in history.”
• 14:29“Maku von Starden scores his very first try for South Africa in Europa World Cup.”

Bristol Bears players Harry Randall, AJ MacGinty and Gabriel Oghre tested four different rugby balls, each from a different era of the game, going all the way back to the very first rugby ball from the 1800s! Which did they like best?

Moments to watch

• 0:40“An original version from 1854 was kicked down a chimney at a rugby school and wasn't discovered for more than 150 years.”
• 5:08“After years of playing with increasingly soggy leather balls, they finally came up with a solution.”
• 8:01“Some balls can now even contain tracking technology, giving live data from the ball, which is quite a long way from the pig's bladder.”

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Moments to watch

• 0:26“Nick Mallet believes young Yain Ahmed offers something different from Sasha Fineberg Monazulu and he has identified an area of Sasha's game that frustrates him.”
• 2:16“Sasha might be able to produce moments very few players in world rugby can match, but Mallet believes Ahmed may be more willing to play exactly what's been asked of him.”
• 3:54“Of course, Ahmed still has to prove himself at senior international level, and nobody should pretend that a few impressive performances automatically put him ahead of Sasha, but what if Rasi eventually finds himself choosing between individual brilliance and tactical control?”

Rugby's two brightest history minds, Joe Heyes and Dan Cole, have summoned class clown Ben Youngs for a lecture on the entire history of rugby. Spoiler alert: it's crazy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📜 Follow Joe's history page: ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: 📹 Send us your rugby videos: 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this…

Moments to watch

• 6:04“But then over time, I think there was either like the private school started adding rules to things, points and stuff like that.”
• 24:24“You got to be there five days a week and they're training on the field for literally out because they gone from like amateur now it's professional and no one really knew what professionalism look like.”
• 27:50“How many people didn't come back by the way in in sense that they just like like 6 months there?”

Derby Weekend 2026 hit harder than ever, with some huge tackles, moments of drama and scuffles breaking out everywhere.

Moments to watch

• 0:02“cross the jack Stewart and Radan again another that we've barely mentioned with his hands on the ball and Lester for the sixth time in Northampton's 22 and for the sixth time it comes to nothing.”
• 2:42“He's gone pretty quick hit back and one or two sparks just beginning to fly between Ethan Roots and Ellis Genge from that high ball win the kick to the airbox kick.”
• 4:14“I think I think Hamishmail's got the wrong man and it's been corrected.”

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Moments to watch

• 0:54“But I think Russi Rasmus is going to give a couple of debuts against Italy with a well-rounded experienced team around them and then a lot of experience sort of coming off of the bench.”
• 4:42“And then I think they're going to put Franco Mosed in that number five jersey a little bit more experience um and kind of help Riley Norton through this test match.”
• 6:40“I think we're going to start I think Russia is going to start Damian Valima in that number 12 jersey.”

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Moments to watch

• 0:10“If someone can beat the Boks, you know, if one of the Northern Hemisphere teams can scrape out a win over the Boks, New Zealand will be in the box seat.”

🦎 "They've gone straight past gorillas. They've gone straight past King Kong. They've got Godzilla sitting on their shoulder right now." Four finals in five years. Four times falling short. Nigel Yalden doesn't hold back on what's really weighing down the Chiefs heading into the new Super Rugby season 🏉 Is it a talent problem…

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Moments to watch

• 0:20“Whoever that bloke was just three times kept running into just kept going three times.”

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• 0:00“Growing up, I used to love Horrible Histories, used to read them on the toilet at school and everything.”

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