On the Line·Nov 4Ireland’s WXV Series: An EvaluationThe revamped WXV has finally come to a conclusion, having run on and off since the middle of September. I’ll admit I’m not a fan of the…
On the Line·Oct 6Ireland v Japan Part 2 — What Have We Learned?This was fairly comfortably the best and most complete of the three Irish performances in this international window to date, despite the…
On the Line·Sep 28Ireland v Japan — What Went Better?At 31–24, it was a nervier win than expected in the Dexcom, but it was, nonetheless, a win. Along with some of the other recent WXV…
This Sporting Planet·Sep 23Rugby Is Not Sport’s Biggest Short. This Is How The Prem Proves It.Twenty clubs, forty teams, free-to-air television, a draft and a calendar built around the players. A plan for English, Welsh and Scottish…
On the Line·Sep 21Ireland v USA — Where It Was LostIn the last couple of years, we’ve become used to the Irish women’s team falling valiantly against stronger opposition — England, France…
This Sporting Planet·Jun 18English Rugby delivered a brilliant product this season. Now it has to protect it.
Kelly Payne·Aug 20, 2023Beaver: women’s rugby in the 90sIn the fall of 1993, I was introduced to a friend of a friend who played rugby in Brampton, Ontario. I had never been to Brampton, I had…
Damon Lillis·Mar 24, 2023The Magic of the Rugby World CupIn November, a pulsating final saw the Black Ferns defeat England to claim the Rugby World Cup in front of a record home crowd. The 42,579…
Gary Lynch·Dec 14, 2022World Rugby Ratings: Nations with the widest rating gap between men and women’s sides. [Data viz.]Building an interactive data visualisation of the ratings for men and women’s national rugby teams (Best viewed on desktop).A response icon1A response icon1
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