AFTER eventually ending a 16-game losing streak to his great rival Jimmy Connors, tennis player Vitas Gerulaitas came out with the immortal phrase: "No one makes a fool o
ENGLAND ultimately fell to an eighth straight defeat to New Zealand but Martin Johnson's embattled team succeeded in restoring some pride at the end of an otherwise miser
A QUICK GLANCE over the Border at our southern neighbours will confirm that World Cup success does not necessarily lead to years of bounty, global hegemony and the sort of win
SCOTLAND'S first win over Australia since 1982 was, said their stand-off Phil Godman, "comfortably the best defensive performance I've ever been involved in".
GREATNESS in rugby takes many forms. A player who can slalom through defences and score tries sent straight from the Gods, well, that's one manifestation of it, for sure.
WORLD champions South Africa ran in four tries to overcome a spirited challenge from Italy and record the first victory of their European tour in the northern city of Udine.
THE British and Irish Cup represents a new concept in rugby and yesterday's opening round match at Goldenacre was a first chance to test the viability of amateurs playing
IT MAY have been by the slenderest of margins, but Scotland's victory over Australia at Murrayfield last evening was a huge achievement in the context of this nation's
WALES boss Warren Gatland likened fly-half Stephen Jones to "a good red wine" after he guided his team to victory over Argentina. While wing Shane Williams lit up the
The Wallabies are really on the nose now, with coach Robbie Deans unable to explain his side's ineptness after a humiliating 9-8 loss to lowly Scotland at Murrayfield.
France warmed up for their year-ending clash with New Zealand by cantering to a comfortable 43-5 win over Samoa in their second autumn Test match at the Stade de France.
New Zealand beat England 19-6 in a hard-fought encounter here at Twickenham that saw Dan Carter become the All Blacks' leading international points scorer.
