Best of the Weekend: Heartbreak and upsets across the World

- October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

Saracens score late to get their first win at the Stoop since 2014 The Twickenham Stoop has been a bogey ground for Saracens of late, the defending Champions haven’t won a game there since the 2014/15 season and until the closing minutes on Saturday night it looked as though Quins had

Rugby Championship 2018: Round 6 Predictions

- October 4, 2018October 3, 2018

Last weekend's matches were slightly more predictable than Round 4, with 95% and 93% on Superbru correctly picking the wins for South Africa and New Zealand. The All Blacks wrapped up The Rugby Championship, but face a stern test in Johannesburg this weekend, whilst Australia travel to Argentina looking to avoid

Best of the Weekend: Northampton win absolute thriller

- October 1, 2018October 1, 2018

Northampton Saints were unfancied when they faced the Bristol Bears on Saturday afternoon as their opponents had won both their home games this season. The game itself was a showcase of supreme rugby with both traditional pick-and-go tries, then equisite cross-kicks and brute power all on display. In the end

Rugby Championship 2018: Round 5 Predictions

- September 27, 2018September 27, 2018

There were two huge upsets in Round 4, with the Springboks defeating the All Blacks in New Zealand, picked by an optimistic 9% on Superbru, whilst only 27% predicted Argentina's win over Australia. This week, the two victorious teams return home looking to prove it wasn't a fluke. Here are

Best of the Weekend: Saracens continue winning run

- September 24, 2018September 24, 2018

The Sunday afternoon fixture between defending champions Saracens and the much-fancied Gloucester was well-hyped pre-match, especially given the head-to-head between fly-halves Owen Farrell and Danny Cipriani. However the game was very much a one-sided affair, Saracens were just a class apart with the Wolfpack laying down the platform for the

Best of the Weekend: Springboks shock New Zealand in their own backyard

- September 17, 2018September 17, 2018

In arguably their best performance of this decade, South Africa put on a display that mirrored the finest Springbok teams with great power in the pack lead by Malcom Marx, Steven Kitshoff, Franco Mostert and captain Siya Kolisi whilst the exquisite attack of Willie le Roux and Aphiwe Dyantyi proved

Rugby Championship 2018: Round 4 Predictions

- September 13, 2018September 13, 2018

The Pumas were slightly better than expected in Round 3, but still lost to the All Blacks by 22 points. This time it's the Springboks' turn to have a crack at New Zealand, which used to be the battle of the two best sides in the world, but it's

Rugby Championship 2018: Round 3 Predictions

- September 6, 2018September 6, 2018

Argentina's win over South Africa caught me out in Round 2, and the Pumas continue to be an unpredictable side. They seemed to be a declining force, but look like a threat again in England's Rugby World Cup group. An exact pick in the All Blacks match was

Rugby Championship 2018: Round 2 Predictions

- August 23, 2018August 23, 2018

In Round 1, my winning margin predictions were the wrong way around for the two matches - I predicted a closer match between the Wallabies and the All Blacks, and then went for a bigger margin for the Springboks. This weekend sees the reverse fixtures and here are my Rugby Championship

The Rugby Championship 2017: Round 6 Predictions

- October 6, 2017November 2, 2017

Here are my predictions for the final round of Rugby Championship matches this weekend. South Africa v New Zealand Having declared before the last meeting between these two powerhouses that the 'All Blacks' aura is fading', I was put right by the 57-0 thrashing of the Springboks. That result has been