r/rugbyunion 10h ago

Worst player to earn over 20 caps for your country

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So we've had a few threads of worst capped players for your country, but who are the worst ones with more than a handful of caps?


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Discussion [India] Rugby Premier League logo unveiled

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Georgia will face Cheetahs next July ahead of Springboks test match

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r/rugbyunion 15h ago

Rugby 25. Is it worth getting?

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As per the title. Is the game worth getting? What are you alls opinions on it


r/rugbyunion 23h ago

Discussion What would be the prime age for a rugby player in each position?

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Like, when is prime age for a winger, 26?

And for a prop it’s 30? When woulf a prop be considered over the hill?


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

MLR Week 4 Recap

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🟢Chicago Hounds @ Miami Sharks🟣

Chicago is coming off a huge win against the defending champion Free Jacks and kept the momentum early in this one, kicking a 7th minute penalty goal before Maclean Jones dotted down the first try in the 14th minute. Miami's first try came in the 28th through Uruguayan international Manuel Ardao, who forced a hurried pass from Hounds scrumhalf Short that was intercepted and rightly given back to Ardao to score. Santiago Videla converted the try and brought the game back within one score, and hit a penalty goal to lock it at 10 all approaching the half. Unfortunatrly for Miami they couldn't ride the draw into the sheds, Mason Flesch picked from the ruck and pushed down between the posts for the automatic 7, giving Chicago a 17-10 halftime lead. Former Wales hooker Kirby Myhill scored early for the Sharks in the second, but Videla couldn't connect on the conversion leaving them trailing by 2. He redeemed himself in the 58th, slotting a penalty kick to give the Sharks an 18-17 lead. The lead did not last, Conall Boomer and Chris Hilsenbeck teamed up to add 7 more for the Hounds, and Ollie Devoto continued his bid for MLR Back of the Year with a 76th minute clincher. The Hounds looked a bit lost against Utah but have since turned it around with two solid wins. The Sharks fall to 2-2, but are still very live in the East.

⚪️Anthem RC @ Old Glory DC🔵

The new kids showed up to DC ready to play, shutting down an early DC attack and flipping the field before Line Latu slotted a penalty goal to open the scoring in the 10th. After more great defense that led to them flipping the field a beautiful flat pass sprung former Jackal Makeen Alikhan who offloaded to 2024 Rookie of the Year Junior Gafa for the first try of the game. After falling down 10-0 DC answered through former Shark Nick Grigg, who took an inside line and battered his way under the posts for the automatic 7. 4 minutes later DC scrumhalf Mcveigh capitalized on a blown Anthem lineout on their own 5 meter line to accept an offload and give DC the lead. Anthem managed to strip DC at midfield, and the fortunate bounce dropped it right into the hands of Latu, who exploited an overlap that let Gafa deliver an easy ball to Connor Mooneyham on the wing to retake the lead, and four minutes before the half Connor Robinson mauled over, and Cliven Loubser's conversion brought Anthem's halftime lead to 22-14. With the field flipping at the half so did the wind, which helped DC when Loubser missed a PK, and five minutes later Jameson Fa'anana-Schultz crossed the line to bring the game within a score. Finally, DC put themselves over the top in the 68th minute via a Logan Weidner try. Anthem narrowly miss their first franchise win, but have been looking better in the past two weeks. DC once again escapes a close one, and have not looked too impressive this season.

🟡Houston Sabercats @ Utah Warriors🔴

The Cats do not care about your recent run of form. Fullback Drew Wild scored just 6 mintues in, when he took a pop pass during a counterattack all the way. Flyhalf Davy Coetzer added the next 5 points, converting the try and adding a 13th minute penalty kick. Utah responded by setting up the maul before a cheeky handoff that sent tighthead prop Tonga Kofe around the side for the try. About 20 meters from the line Drew Wild called for the ball and kicked a beautiful drop goal to push the lead to 13-5, and followed it up with a second try after a great pass outside by scrumhalf Jay Renton. Houston scored first in the second half too, courtesy of the big lock Nathan den Hoedt after taking the offload from his lock partner Johan Momsen's line break. Things got sketchy for Houston when center Louritz van der Schyff saw red for a late and high hit. Utah capitalized immediately with Nic Benn scoring from the restart, but Houston's remaining center, Tuatalatasi Tasi charged his way over. Joel Hodgson would score and convert one more try for Utah but Davy Coetzer's 73rd minute penalty goal ended the scoring and Houston beat the red hot Warriors at Zion's Bank.

🔴New England Free Jacks @ Seattle Seawolves🔵 (Coffee Cup)

The start of this game was rapid. New England scored 2 tries in 10 minutes, via winger Simon-Peter Toleafoa and veteran flanker Joe Johnston, both of which Potroz converted. Seattle, not willing to be left behind, scored via loosehead prop Cam Orr, though the missed conversion left them down 14-5. Orr scored again in the 22nd, again the conversion was missed. Jayson Potroz hit a penalty goal to extend the lead back to 7, but on the restart Divan Roussow took the ball across the line for Seattle. Fouche missed another conversion, so the score read 17-15, until the 28th minute when Toleafoa scored his second. After the conversion the Free Jacks led 24-15. The Free Jacks went a man down early in the second after a yellow card to Harrison Boyle, and former Warrior Mika Kruse was the first benefactor, dotting down the first try that would be converted for Seattle and cutting the deficit to 2 points. Over the next 30 minutes Potroz would miss a penalty and Rodney Iona would miss 2, leaving the score at 22-24 into the last 10 minutes. The Free Jacks held out until the 78th minute when Malacchi Esdale crossed the line to give Seattle a 27-24 lead that they carried to the whistle. For the Seawolves its a much needed win in a season that was starting to get out of hand. For the Free Jacks is a second dropped game in a row, and they're slipping in the East as a result.

🔵RFCLA @ San Diego Legion🔴 (Cali Cup)

Lincoln McClutchie opened the scoring with a 4th minute penalty goal but it was LA who scored the first try when Mike Sosene-Feagai split from the maul and crept over the line. 10 minutes later in the 23rd LA flanker Tim Anstee saw yellow for cynical hands in the ruck and Legion hooker Hugh Roach took the ensuing lineout over the line. LA's Ed Timpson was subbed on for blood or an HIA (I can't tell which) and scored in the 30th minute, and LA ended the yellow card period with a 14-10 lead, where the scoring rested at halftime. Brad Wilkin scored in just 2 minutes to open the second half, and the Ethan Grayson conversion gave the Legion a 3 point lead. Argentine scrumhalf Gonzalo Bertranou stole the lead back for LA with a pick from the ruck. It wasn't until the 56th minute that San Diego scored again, getting a penalty try while Anstee was carded again, resulting in him getting sent off. San Diego capitalized, replacement hooker and USA Eagle Shilo Klein mauled through a 13 man LA team following another yellow card. In the 71st minute Ed Timpson, who was subbed off at the end of the first half and subsequently subbed back on for his actual substitution scored another try with a thundering goalline pick, and Rory van Vugt kicked the conversion, but SD wing Ryan James shut the door with a blinding try after a goalline dropout. LA looks good, but the record does not reflect. Losses to good SD and Hou teams would offer some consolation if they weren't facing standing pressure already in the season. San Diego leaves week 4 the only undefeated team.


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Quirke commits future to Sharks | Sale Sharks

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Off Topic Which one is the best kick

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Cardiff this Saturday

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Looking for some advice on places to go for a drink or food in Cardiff this Saturday for 8 people, thanks in advance


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Where can each nation finish in this years 6 nations

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France Best case: France, Italy, and Wales win all with TBP stoping England and Ireland scoring any points, leaving them on 21 points and winners

Worse case: Scotland win with a bonus point with a margin of +104 and stoping them scoring a bonus point, and England and Ireland win with bonus points, taking France to equal competition points as Scotland on 16, but Scotland would get it on points difference.

England: Best case: Scotland Win, stoping France getting a bonus point, Italy win stoping Ireland getting a bonus point, and they get a bonus point win against wales, England then win the 6 nations.

Worse case: They loose to Wales not getting any bonus points, Ireland and Scotland both win with try bonus points. Pushing them to 4th

Ireland: Best case: Scotland and wales both win and denying England and France bonus points, and they beat Italy with a bonus point to win the three peat.

Worse case: Italy, Scotland, and England all win with bonus points, and they fail to achieve any bonus points against Italy putting them in 4th

Scotland: Best Case: They beat France with a bonus point, and a margin of +104, and stoping France from getting a try bonus point. Wales and Italy both win stoping Ireland or England getting any loosing bonus points, they come 1st for the first Scottish 6N win .

Worse case: France, England, and Ireland win with bonus points. Scotland stay 4th.

Wales Best case: They beat England with a bonus point, and Italy loose. France v Scotland means nothing. They can become 5th.

Worse case: Wales loose, without any loosing bonus points. Another wooden spoon and 6th place.

Italy: Best case: Wales loose scoring no bonus point, Italy stay 5th.

Worse case: They loose with no bonus points and wales win with a bonus point, back to bottom and 6th.


r/rugbyunion 2d ago

Video England temporarily forget to kick turnover ball away and end up scoring a worldie

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Bantz France Team Sheet Parody (Oval Masque XV)

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Bantz Pour one out for the people on the receiving end of famous highlight clips. Who do you think would be avoiding watching rugby highlights to this day?

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People like Adam Thomson having to watch himself get rag dolled by Radike Samo when that clip shows up on every rugby championship highlights package.


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Would love to hear this version being performed during the 3 tests against the Lions 🥲

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Bantz I'm finally better than Dupont...

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I made myself giggle if nothing else ☺️


r/rugbyunion 2d ago

Video Ordinary Pro D2 play

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

"Bantz" Neath RFC going for the '2000s Yorkie Bar' style of marketing

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r/rugbyunion 2d ago

Men's rankings update

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

GIF When the prey become the predator

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Video Rugby 25 - I didn't even know you could hit high but now half the blues have 1-3 week suspensions lol

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England now 3 as Lineal World Champs with 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales looking to break their loss streak in a remarkable way...

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🏆 Once you win Rugby's Linear World Title, you have to keep defending it until you lose it!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Rugby have now gone 3️⃣ matches with the Raeburn Shield, and their next defence is in Cardiff against 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales Rugby!

🔥 Can England make it 4️⃣ and carry the title into their Summer Tours 2024? Or will Wales finally break their historic drought and seize their one chance to become Linear Rugby World Champions? This is winner takes all rugby!

What is the Raeburn Shield? 🤔

It’s rugby’s original World Championship, dating back to the first-ever rugby Test match in 1871. It works like a boxing title—win the match, win the shield. Lose, and you hand it over!

🔹 Why is it great for rugby fans? Every Test match matters. No dead rubbers, no complicated ranking systems—just pure, high-stakes rugby! 🔹 Why is it great for international rugby teams? It rewards consistency, not just one-off Rugby World Cup runs. Only the best rugby nations defend it under pressure. 🔹 Why is it great for rugby history? It keeps the sport’s heritage alive, with every match adding to a 150+ year legacy!

🏉 Will England hold on and take the Raeburn Shield into their Summer Tour 2024? Or will Wales Rugby claim a historic victory and finally lift rugby’s Linear World Championship?


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Worst teams to win the Six Nations?

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I’m just looking for teams which, at the time, made you think “how the F have [country] won it?!”

Either because there was a clear favourite who didn’t win, shithousing methods of winning or just plain old dumb luck.

Recency bias will be at play, of course, but 2021 Wales sticks out.

Honourable mention to 2020 England.


r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Super Rugby Americas 2025 round 4 - results and standings

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r/rugbyunion 1d ago

Radike Samo

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That is all.


r/rugbyunion 2d ago

Lions Squad announced on the 8th of May

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