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Russell Crowe Apologizes For Berating One Of His Rugby Players
Russell Crowe is the co-owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, a professional Australian rugby team, and things apparently got a little out of hand when Crowe invited the boys over for a night of boozing and team-building. ...
Everyone's Very Chill About This Rugby Lady's Grotesquely Dislocated Finger
Today’s edition of Rugby Is Fuckin’ Crazy, Man, comes to us from a women’s league match between Oxford and Cambridge. ...
Rugby Dude Gets 4 Teeth Knocked Out Of His Head, Fumbles Around For Them On Field
Thoughts I would have before I, unlike LOU’s Jérémy Gondrand, got up and started calmly looking for the four teeth that had just been smashed out of my head:...
Former Teammates Perform Haka At Rugby Legend Jonah Lomu's Funeral
New Zealand rugby star Jonah Lomu died at the age of 40 earlier this month. At his funeral today, many of his former All Blacks teammates performed a traditional haka as pallbearers carried Lomu’s casket. ...
New Zealand Rugby Legend Jonah Lomu Dies At 40
Former All Blacks rugby union star Jonah Lomu died earlier this afternoon in Auckland, New Zealand, according to former All Blacks team doctor John Mayhew. Lomu, who was 40, had suffered from kidney problems for decades, but was a big presence at the recently completed Rugby World Cup in England, wo...
Rugby Star Dan Carter Almost Played For The Patriots
New Zealander Dan Carter just won his third World Rugby Player of the Year award earlier in November, after his All Blacks defeated Australia 34-17 to win the Rugby World Cup. The 33-year old fly half retired from international play after the win, but he still plays professionally for French team Ra...
Julian Savea Scores Impressively Violent Try Through Three Frenchmen
The Rugby World Cup is currently heading towards its conclusion in England. Three of the four semifinalists have been set, and we have South Africa, Argentina, and New Zealand to look forward to in the next round. This is the furthest the Argentines have advanced in their country’s Rugby World Cup h...
Mayor Of London Is Back To His Old Tricks, Runs Over Little Boy In Rugby Game
Nobody likes the guy who takes pick-up games way too seriously—the guy who stiff-arms you in the face in flag football or throws elbows while boxing out in basketball. London mayor Boris Johnson is somehow even worse, bringing an altogether unnecessary level of intensity to a game played with childr...
English Rugby Star Clear To Play After Knocking Opponent Out With Kick To The Head
England flanker Tom Wood is free to play in his squad’s next match against Australia after Rugby World Cup officials determined his knockout kick to Welsh fullback Liam Williams to be a minor offense. The incident took place during Saturday’s 28-25 Wales upset....
Rugby Man Trucks, Dazes Fellow Rugby Man
Samoa once again retained its dominant form against the U.S. with a 25-16 win Sunday at the Rugby World Cup, but it wasn’t on account of the Americans coming out slow. Here’s Thretton Palamo absolutely leveling Samoa’s Rey Lee-Lo with a forearm to the face, one that left Lee-Lo dazed. (Perhaps the U...
Japan Stuns South Africa For First Rugby World Cup Win In 24 Years
The Rugby World Cup kicked off this weekend in Britain and one of the big favorites has already been upset. South Africa came into today’s game against Japan ranked #3 in the world to Japan’s #13, but the Cherry Blossoms knocked off the Springboks 34-32 with a dramatic try near the death by Karne He...
USA Rugby cut former captain Todd Clever from its Pacific Nations Cup squad for “multiple squad conduct violations.” Know any more? Email us at [email protected]. [USA Rugby]...
Rugby Star’s Surgery After Televised Broken Arm: VERY GROSS
The other day we brought you the above video of Australian former National Rugby League star Ben Ross getting his goddamn arm snapped in half during a televised charity arm wrestling match. When a big and strong man who made his living dominating other big and strong men let’s out a bone-chilling sc...
NRL Star Unleashes Bloodcurdling Scream After Arm Broken On Live TV
Ben Ross made his name in Australia’s NRL as one of rugby league’s toughest dudes. That makes watching his arm get snapped in half during an arm wrestling match Thursday night—broadcast live Down Under on Nine Network....
Rugby Player Catches Dog Catching Rabbit
This is like a month old, but you’ll forgive me for not keeping up on New Zealand’s regional rugby union leagues....
Idiot On The Field Dressed Like Superman Gets Taken Down By Security
UFC is busy right now with Fight Night in the Philippines, but one security member at today’s rugby match between Grenoble and Toulouse showed he had the MMA moves as he does a somersault takedown of an Idiot On The Field dressed like Superman....
French Rugby Player Gets Absolutely Clobbered
French fly-half Jules Plisson got pummeled by England's Courtney Lawes in their Six Nations match today. The hit was so vicious that you can hear an instinctive "ohhhhhh!" ring around the stadium in the video below....
This Fake Rugby Pass Is Outrageous
This is such a sick ball fake by Rangi Chase of the Salford Red Devils. He actually tosses the ball a little bit with his right hand before grabbing it with his left and continuing to run. The fake is sold so completely you can see both defenders break down into a tackling stance. I need to watch mo...
Rugby League Superstar Jarryd Hayne Signs Futures Contract With 49ers
Former Rugby League superstar Jarryd Hayne—who quit in October to pursue his dream of playing in the NFL—just announced at a press conference that he has signed a futures contract with the San Francisco 49ers. This means that Hayne won't count against the 49ers 53-man roster limit for next season. H...