The FRONT ROW UNION

I knew there was something I should have been doing yesterday morning and it was to watch this match, which completly slipped my mind! Doh! It looks like a sparkling [more]

So South Africa eventually cut loose and put the much vaunted New Zealand to the sword, reigniting their World Cup hopes in the process! Well, not quite. South Africa actually played a [more]

Ulster’s John Afoa returns to the frey, but still no Pienaar as New Zealand and South Africa announce their teams for tomorrow’s Tri Nations clash at Port Elizabeth. KO 4:05pm [more]

I’d predicted a “surprise” Australia win for this one but, on watching the game, it was really not much of a surprise. The returning South African players, many of whom [more]

No Ulster men on display in tomorrow’s match which kicks of at 4:05pm not 10:30am as we’d previously advertised. Doh! We all know that New Zealand are going to bottle [more]

New Zealand laid down an early marker for the World Cup in a power packed first half shutting out Australia to take a 17 – 0 lead at the break. [more]

With John Afoa still recovering from a fractured cheek there is no Ulster involvement in this weeks Tri Nations match but it’s still worth getting up early on Saturday mornings [more]

If you’re going to call it wrong, you might as well do it in spectacular fashion and my prediction of New Zealand by less than ten was as well off the mark as the [more]

Ulster will have two players on show in Wellington on Saturday morning (and quite possibly a third ) when New Zealand and South Africa clash for the 83rd time. Ruan [more]

Australia’s Rugby World Cup campaign is back on track after a 39-20 win over South Africa in their Tri Nations clash in Sydney. The Tri Nations has particular interest for [more]

This weekend sees the start of a truncated Tri Nations competition and there’s plenty of interest in this opening fixture for Ulster and Irish supporters with two Ulster players in [more]

Not that there were expected to be any but as I’ve already rolled out the “Ulster laden” New Zealand and South African squads I thought I might as well complete [more]

There we go, we can all breathe a sigh of relief now as the All Blacks Squad has been announced for the 2011 Tri Nations and there is no mention [more]

The Springboks today announced a squad of 27 players for their away leg of the Tri-Nations later this month. Coach Peter de Villiers rubbished accusations that the Springbok management team [more]

Watching this game was a bit like watching a car wreck as Australia careened out of control with no breaks and no steering eventually smacking up against the solid wall [more]

Australia 30 South Africa 13. The Tri Nations took a massive leap forward in the entertainment stakes with the arrival of the young Australian side to the competition. Without the [more]

The e-steamed editor of this site was in revelatory mood last week when he stunned the readership by comparing Tri Nations rugby with a one night stand.  Declared the Ed [more]

New Zealand 31 South Africa 17. In the end I didn’t bother to go out to watch this one, just watched it online while I caught up on some web [more]