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Continue reading →: Which Home Nation’s players should dominate the 2025 British and Irish Lions squad?Author: Jer McLachlan Must Wales get a look-in? In an article entitled “Andy Farrell must not be forced to pick token Welsh players for Lions tour” in the Telegraph of 20 March 2025, Ben Coles remarks that Andy Farrell “should not feel as though he has to please everybody by…
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Continue reading →: The 2025 Men’s Six Nations was the best ever
Author: Du Toit McLachlan If you are a lover of attacking rugby, the 2025 edition of the Men’s Guinness Six Nations tournament was the best ever. This year’s tournament, which saw France emerge victorious, saw the most points scored in the competition’s 25-year history, with the total reaching 829, or…
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Continue reading →: How my rugby journey beganAuthor: Jer McLachlan A love for rugby is born It all started with Gerald Bosch. A ten-year-old boy needs a hero and, apart from my dad, Gerald Bosch, the famous Transvaal and Springbok flyhalf of the seventies was mine. When you have a hero, you need to know all about…
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