Ryan L. CarpenterThe state of demarcation between Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere rugby may be abridged by what is being touted as a Rugby World Series. In a week of indifferent feedback surrounding?other international propositions, interest is?increasingly growing surrounding? a biannual world series between the Six Nations and Tri-Nations teams. Preliminary plans, penned for a possibl...

Ryan L. CarpenterIn the midst of what is, prematurely, being labelled as a renaissance of Welsh rugby, head coach Warren Gatland has come out with scathing remarks directed to his homeland, New Zealand, and their perspective and attitude to not only rugby, but life in general. In an interview with a Welsh newspaper, and the Sunday Times, Gatland brands New Zealand as "over-inflated opinion of thems...

Ryan L. CarpenterThe?Rugby World Cup Ltd?have announced that the IRB World Rankings will be used to seed the 12 automatic qualifiers from RWC 2007 in France into a draw for the four pools for RWC 2011. This is a welcomed departure from the previous system which had the seeds based primarily on the team's performances at the preceding World Cup.The RWC seeding became an issue of contention in France...

Ryan L. CarpenterThis past weekend, the Super 14 kicked off amoung some of the heavy weights of global rugby. And while this competition?always proves of?notable interest, talk is nonetheless intimating it as nothing more than another season of monotonous southern hemisphere rugby. These verbal rumblings have been bought to the limelight by former All Black, Piri Weepu, who has commented that he ma...

Ryan L. CarpenterThe arrival of Warren Gatland to Wales has spawned the initial stages of?a?revival of form. Having had a?recent period that?most Welsh would prefer to forget, Gatland has sparked the?six nations?team to go on to beat both England at Twickenham, and Scotland at?home in Cardiff, and now eyes are set on following suit against Italy?this weekend. ?All of a sudden, Wales are serious con...