Rugby: Last News

Everyone loves a good brainteaser every now and again especially when you feel like you've actually been challenged.

Brendan Rodgers was keen to point out the fact Celtic have won eight of their last nine games yet there is still a negative narrative surrounding the champions, stretching back to a couple of defeats in December.

Stirling rugby star Lyndsay O’Donnell has this week announced her retirement from the game.

Gregor Hiddleston has signed a professional deal with Glasgow Warriors.

A family-friendly festival dedicated to the 90s is to be held in Bury featuring a range of popular tribute acts.

A Kilmarnock man has adopted William Wallace's famous freedom speech to embark on a crusade of his own.

A tragic East Lothian dad who died suddenly last month was remembered at Scotland's Six Nations clash with France on Saturday.

England are set to face Wales in the second round of the Six Nations. After a shaky 24-27 victory against Italy, Steve Borthwick's squad are ready for their next challenge.

The Six Nations kicked off with a bang last weekend, with Ireland beating France, England narrowly defeating Italy, and Scotland just edging out Wales.

Coronation Street fans have shared their annoyance as the hit soap has been cancelled once again, to make way for sports coverage on ITV. Over recent weeks, ITV soaps Corrie and Emmerdale as well as BBC's EastEnders have been impacted by various sporting events being aired on the channels, with FA Cup matches and the Six Nations rugby taking place. A one-hour long episode of Coronation Street usually airs every Wednesday at 7.30pm, straight after Emmerdale.

Patterns, London teen Liam (Rufus Gleave) wishes for guidance from the poster boy on his wall, English rugby champion Ben Cohen, and, in the show’s camp comedy fashion, his wish is granted.Stepping directly out of a shirtless poster into Liam’s room, the former pro winger materializes to help the kid build up the confidence to conquer school bullies, and finally come out to his, incidentally, pretty DILF-y dad, Preston (Matthew Simpson).The role came as a natural fit for Cohen, who has long put combating bullying and homophobia at the center of his activism, founding the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation in 2011. Few world-class professional athletes, who are straight, have worn their LGBTQ allyship as prominently or as proudly as Cohen, who goes so far in Patterns as to dance a dream ballet in a crop tee and cutoff shorts, all for the sake of supporting Liam, and kids like him.“This was a great opportunity to be a role model and to help support [Patterns director-producer] Rex [Glensy] through something that I’ve probably always been curious of, with acting,” Cohen says over a video call from his home in the English countryside.Though Cohen has made several non-sports-related TV appearances, most famously as a contestant on season 13 of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, he had “never really acted before, in front of the camera.”He credits Gleave, the episode’s young lead, with supporting him.

For R32-12 you can have the shirt off Siya Kolisi’s back, the boots off Bongi Mbonambi’s feet or have a personal Rugby World Cup trophy tour – to your home! This is part of a major new charity initiative that SA Rugby has launched. The Springbok 2019 Rugby World Cup winning squad has put up their cherished mementos in what promises to be SA Rugby’s biggest-ever raffle with all the proceeds going to hunger alleviation charities, Food Forward SA and Gift of the Givers.

Ever wondered what it takes to become a professional rugby player? Besides the blood, sweat and tears on and off the field; it also takes dedication to what you put inside your body. After all, they say, “you are what you eat”. People Magazine ‘virtually’ spent a day with professional rugby player, Justin Geduld, and found out exactly what a professional sportsman eats and how he trains in a day.

While we’ve been on lockdown, there’s been none of the usual live sport to entertain us. Now sports stars have taken the gap on their social media accounts by keeping us amused with some homegrown antics!  We take a look at what they have been up to.

While we’re all uncertain as to what’s going to happen over the next few weeks and months and wondering what to do while sitting at home, let’s take a look at what South Africa’s sporting heroes are doing while under self-isolation after returning home from international travel and get some inspiration and of course entertainment from them.

Many have lost their income as a result of the national lockdown and are now in dire need of food and other essential items. This has presented South African sports stars with the opportunity to give back to the people who support them on the field, and they have put all their resources together to lend a hand.