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Samu Manoa earned another Man of the Match performance over the weekend. He also spoke with The Telegraph about rugby in the U.S. and his time at Northampton.
Manoa is also drawing attention for other outlets, including ESPNScrum.
We join with Patrick Johnston and Martin Pengelly to look back at 2014 in the latest edition of the Try & Tackle podcast.
Alex Goff hands out his year end awards for the Eagles 7s team while Pat Clifton looks at the busy schedule for both the Eagles and the Eagles 7s in 2015.
Take the jump to read more.
Club/College:
One standout football player in Colorado gives credit to rugby for making him into the star that he is.
Old Blue have announced their spring schedule and it comes with plenty of difficult matches outside their ARP schedule.
This Is Texas Rugby has an interesting breakdown of social media statistics from area clubs as well as a look at a college system for Texas schools.
Canada:
Patrick Johnston asks whether Canada is going to be left behind in the rugby money race.
There is a healthy debate in Canada right now over the depth of the player pool. Here is one article saying it's not very deep and here is a counter argument.
World:
Sir Jonny is going to be a real think after Jonny Wilkinson was included on the Queen's honours list.
Jake White's latest coaching stint will see him at Montpellier, who just sacked their coach.
Nick Phipps has extended his contract with the ARU through 2017.
National Teams:
Samu Manoa earned another Man of the Match performance over the weekend. He also spoke with The Telegraph about rugby in the U.S. and his time at Northampton.
Manoa is also drawing attention for other outlets, including ESPNScrum.
We join with Patrick Johnston and Martin Pengelly to look back at 2014 in the latest edition of the Try & Tackle podcast.
Alex Goff hands out his year end awards for the Eagles 7s team while Pat Clifton looks at the busy schedule for both the Eagles and the Eagles 7s in 2015.
Take the jump to read more.
Club/College:
One standout football player in Colorado gives credit to rugby for making him into the star that he is.
Old Blue have announced their spring schedule and it comes with plenty of difficult matches outside their ARP schedule.
This Is Texas Rugby has an interesting breakdown of social media statistics from area clubs as well as a look at a college system for Texas schools.
Canada:
Patrick Johnston asks whether Canada is going to be left behind in the rugby money race.
There is a healthy debate in Canada right now over the depth of the player pool. Here is one article saying it's not very deep and here is a counter argument.
World:
Sir Jonny is going to be a real think after Jonny Wilkinson was included on the Queen's honours list.
Jake White's latest coaching stint will see him at Montpellier, who just sacked their coach.
Nick Phipps has extended his contract with the ARU through 2017.