The Rugby Post

The man operates in decades, not seasons. That’s the cold reality of Rassie Erasmus’s plan. He delivered back-to-back World Cups, a feat of systematic brilliance. Most coaches would consolidate. Erasmus is doing the opposite: he’s blowing the structure up. He no longer fights the tide of player departures—he’s adapted to it, turning an economic weakness…

Eighty minutes. That’s all the time a man gets to prove his worth in the complicated theatre of professional rugby. Sometimes, eighty minutes is enough to redefine a career, silence the noise, and carve a name into the permanent record. Sometimes, it just sets the stage for the next round of questions. On Saturday, September…

This is how it breaks down: Big money met Big Tradition. And Big Tradition fought back dirty. It started quietly enough. A concept. A plan for disruption. A way to inject cash into a sport that has spent too long counting pennies and protecting its turf. They called it R360. A rebel league, fronted by…

The clock is running. Two codes, one future. The game is professional now, which means it’s about cash and leverage. When a new player shows up with deep pockets, the established structure reacts. And the reaction has been brutal. The R360 global circuit arrived with a promise of fresh opportunities. It was supposed to be…

The rule book just got thicker. World Rugby has laid down the law on player workload, a hard, necessary line in the dirt. Thirty games. That’s the limit. No more than six consecutive weeks of action. A mandatory five-week off-season break, and a minimum of one week’s rest after pulling on the international jersey. They…

The job is done. The score stands. South Africa secured their second consecutive Rugby Championship title, clawing their way past Argentina with a tight 29-27 victory at Twickenham. Rassie Erasmus’s squad made history, becoming the first Springbok team to secure back-to-back titles in the competition. But the celebration is short. The calendar turns to November,…

Forget the traditions. Forget the history. Forget the dusty club ties. Something new is coming for rugby, backed by money so big it bends reality. It’s called R360, and it’s a direct challenge to the old order, a global franchise circuit built on disruption, high salaries, and cold, hard finance. But a revolution isn’t measured…

At the breakdown, rugby is fought in microseconds and inches. Since World Rugby issued its March 2020 enforcement guidelines to refocus refereeing (rather than rewrite laws), the breakdown has become not just a tactical battleground but a litmus test for safety, consistency, and legitimacy.  In that sense, this is rugby’s fifty-second war – a melee…