Highlanders captain Timoci Tavatavanawai returns to the midfield for Friday’s tough test against the ACT Brumbies at Canberra’s GIO Stadium.
There's been no shortage of praise for Highlanders co-captain Timoci Tavatavanawai after the wing-turned-midfieler's starring performance in his side's win over the Blues in round two of Super Rugby Pacific.
While the Loughborough Lightning wing left Paris with a silver medal in her luggage, Scurfield had to watch as her teammates almost went the distance from her hospital bed.
The Chiefs aren't pulling any punches for their round 15 contest against the Blues in Auckland, naming a top-string XV despite their quarter-final opponents already being decided.
Don’t air the organisation’s business in public. Don’t hire a national coach capable of going rogue. Don’t go seeking publicity and sugar-hits from raids on rugby league players.
Since winning the first four World Championships between 2008 and 2011, New Zealand has only won twice since 2015 and has missed the semis three times in the last five tournaments.
France are the defending champions from four years ago and their seniors are favourites to hoist the William Webb Ellis trophy in a few months’ time.
Daniel Rona had one goal when he was called up for the Chiefs’ preseason as an All Blacks replacement player, and that was to make his Super Rugby Pacific debut.
Retired England international James Simpson-Daniel has revealed one aspect of his stellar club career with Gloucester that he is still bitter about to this day.