Owen Farrell like ‘a snail going backwards’ as England legend gets the Siya Kolisi treatment from Racing 92 owner Jacky Lorenzetti #rugby #champagnerugby #owenfarrell #racing92 #top14
“Today I know: I was two millimetres from a catastrophe, from my death. “It was just another scrum, then three cracking sounds – pop, pop, pop,” Kitshoff recalled. “I played on, thinking it was a muscle strain,” “The first thing the specialist said to me was: ‘Listen, you’re lucky we didn’t bury you in a week.’ Because the vertebra that shifted is so close to my brain canal,” he said. The veteran superstar remains intent on returning to the sport despite the severity of the injury as he hopes to find a way back into the Springboks set-up that is desperate to complete the three-peat of World Cups. #rugby #champagnerugby
Jordie Barrett could ‘complicate’ British and Irish Lions selection for Andy Farrell “The position of the Ireland backs will be interesting. There are several whose stock was perhaps a little higher a year ago,” he wrote. “You would have thought Jamison Gibson-Park would have been a lock in to start at scrum half, but he didn’t have a perfect autumn series and has had injuries as well. “In the centres you could easily make a case for Bundee Aki, Garry Ringrose and Robbie Henshaw to all go, but not as strong a case as 12 months ago. Matters are further complicated for Ringrose and Henshaw by fighting to even start the biggest games for Leinster with Jordie Barrett’s arrival. #rugby #champagnerugby
19 months ago Senatla almost lost his arm after a serious car accident and yesterday he scored a try whilst beating four defenders #rugby #champagnerugby
Ex-Springboks coach believes Finn Russell would be ‘bad’ for the British & Irish Lions and would take England stars instead “I don’t think I’d take Russell at 10 with the Lions,” the ex-Italy and Bok head coach boldly stated. “I think he’d be bad for the squad if he is in the squad and not starting. I’d go with Owen Farrell, Fin Smith and Sam Prendergast.”
“Fin turned up late for training and so washing my car was his punishment – he did an alright job particularly the inside of the car,” explained Diamond who won the Premiership Rugby Cup with Smith at outside half in 2022. #rugby #champagnerugby #finsmith #sixnations #stevediamond #englandrugby