"It's a long-term process, but everything that rugby gives, I think, is so valuable."
"The Lions is probably the ultimate tour for me, the ultimate experience and challenge as a player."
"Playing against the Lions is just that much different. It's the best players in the northern hemisphere. You're coming up against the best players in the northern hemisphere, and that's a challenge to any player globally."
"It really was a rugby challenge as he pulled Suarez down to the ground."
"Rugby 22 instead is very much a title for those who already love the sport and want to experience the modern game in a refined digitalized way that is fun to play."
"For English rugby to be successful sustainably successful they have to widen the pool of recruitment."
"What would a great All Black reflect on? What decision would they make here?"
"You cannot lose the physical battle. You lose the physical battle in any manner of rugby, doesn't matter."
"France's game under Galthier has been built off a handful of regular attacking weapons."
"Dupont's tries out of nowhere might be what win you a tight game."
"Italy's Rhino Smith became the first player ever to score 29 Points in consecutive games of professional rugby."
"An unbelievable score for Italy against Romania this summer."
"Dargan's untimely death is a significant loss to Australian rugby league where he was regarded as a rising star with a promising future."
"Fiji approached the game with freshness, looseness, and wonder."
"Fiji rugby is a brand associated with the things people truly love about the sport."
"Fiji, a fascinating team currently headed for France."
"The absolute heartbeat of every Wallabies team."
"From that Yamada penalty, Captain Devilia opts to take the points."
"This is the new Japanese style of rugby coming into effect."
"This was a match that was everything you could possibly want rugby to be."
"Rugby is a sport that's every bit for David as much as it is for Goliath."
"A dual code rugby Legend and inspirational leader." - Tribute to David Watkins.
"The rugby gods are the ones conspiring against them."
"That's how a lot of big game tries are scored, seizing upon an opportunity."
"Jonathan Thurston... an immortal in an immortal game."
"The turnaround had been absolutely enormous, Lemoine has always been a big believer in rugby as a fundamentally emotional game."
"The All Blacks are now a bold team who attack from anywhere and always back themselves."
"Miller's Legacy in Rugby Union is one of passion, dedication, and transformative leadership, and he will be remembered as a figure who helped shape the modern game."
"Scotland averaged 4.1 points per visit to the opposition 22. This is a genuinely insane conversion rate."
"I genuinely think we're into an era where we could actually dominate rugby for a while if we get it right."
"What links 97, 2001, 2009, 2017, 2021? They are all Lions series."
"The All Blacks have been Rugby's Godzilla, an Unstoppable, unkillable fire-breathing monster."
"Pulling on the black Jersey is a contract to dominate, an honor, privilege adorning the shirt worn by national heroes."
"The All Blacks stopped trying to keep up and started innovating, mixing, matching, and leading the way."
"The All Blacks are revamping, adapting, and leading the way in International Rugby."
"For the First Time Ever, the All Blacks aren't heading into a World Cup as favorites."
"Harlequins: English rugby's great entertainers."
"Harlequins began playing a brand of rugby that the players seemed to enjoy."
"Harlequins' defense became a way to score tries."
"It's a breed of instantaneous reactive rugby intelligence that can only grow when the player backs and believes in the team around him."
"One of my favorite moments of recent rugby history."
"I love talking rugby. I enjoy it. I enjoy talking with people who are passionate about it also and passionate about English rugby and just passionate about rugby in general."
"You cannot talk about New Zealand without mentioning rugby."
"Simon Middleton has led the revolution of women's rugby in England."
"I love the game of rugby and I think when you're involved in it, you always want to get to know you want you want to be the best that you can be, you want to be capped."
"I think the level of rugby... is the greatest rugby weekend we've had... I do think the games that we saw in Paris and the games that we saw in Mar look very different."
"You play your best rugby when you're being yourself and like you're relaxed and you're free."
"He obviously was an elite rugby player playing literally International level rugby but if he was just a dude who went [ __ ] right Robbie High School none of them made it not on the big side none of them made it oh Big Fat Bastard then I don't think so."
"Changing lives and changing Australian rugby."
"Craig, our social media guru, is an absolute rugby nut."
"He could score two tries in 10 minutes and all of a sudden you've upset the Broncos and you're in a grand final."
"As Andrew Jones from the 10 meter line in from that side of the ground 20 meters out and that kick has got more capacity about it so Australia they lead 16 to eight after 58 minutes."
"I just want to be happy. I want my family to be happy. I want my mom and dad, my girlfriend, just to be happy and enjoying me playing rugby."
"Everyone played every play, everyone played a role in those tries that were scored. It was a full team try."
"Here it is the rugby league four nations trophy New Zealand Champions Savor this moment."
"Well falling... rugby okay so there you are you're in you're standing in a field perfectly flat plane this is on the rugby pitch and someone says right I want you to run over there and then dive onto the ground as hard as you can."
"I think it goes to Rio, he's been so good in this Six Nations."
"A penalty try can be awarded if a player would have scored a try but for foul play by the opposition."
"If you score a try, you get five points."
"I hope you've enjoyed my beginner's guide to rugby."
"I think football maybe looks at us as a bit of a competition. They're the gladiator sport. I just think that rugby has something to offer that football doesn't, and when people start to find out, it'll be contagious, and rugby will go to new lengths."
"Rugby gave me friendship, it gave me inclusivity."
"I think most people would agree it was probably one of the best rugby matches, certainly World Cup matches, they've ever seen."
"Prep to win out now out soon coming soon fair play benevolent i love that um i love that opening up the world of rugby so i think it's like you see mars in miami with dj khaled yeah so that's just so good for the sport yeah do you know rugby first class mate."
"The most well-known rugby competition is the Six Nations."
"It replaces playing rugby. At some point, I won't be able to run. It won't change what I try to do with the rest of my life."
"Stereotypically rugby is like the violent sport. Yeah, so it's like when you hear he played rugby it's like, 'Oh I get it, that's why he's gonna be aggressive.'"
"The main difference between the two sports is what happens after the tackle. In rugby union, the tackle is contested. This means that as soon as a tackle has been made, the ball carrier must let go of the ball."
"Dan Norton retired from England Sevens with a remarkable 358 tries in the seventh format."
"He just used to pick up off the back of the scrum, full length."
"To actually go and do it, because the 97 was a great tour but we didn't have that expectation on us to win. We were out there played some fantastic rugby, won a series, and it was brilliant. But that was it, it was gone then wasn't it? That Lions team doesn't play again."
"Congratulations back to back Rugby World Cup wins."
"I want to Rugby World Cup but I want to want to watch two different countries so like I said I've said it I can see the ability publicly before I have now that I I think that would transcend."
"We're expecting plenty from him next year, especially in an All Black jersey."
"Rugby breeds that team spirit and atmosphere. You don't want to let the team down, so you always do what you think is best for the team when you push yourself."
"I think there's more to me than rugby, Dylan Knight."
"If you're going to do something that physically hurts, which 90% of rugby does, you've got to be emotionally in a good place."
"It's a big ask for Martin Johnson, his last chance to win a World Cup."
"Can we not make it a four-month All Black trial though Super Rugby this year?"
"Welcome back, Papy scores an important try for the Storm right underneath the post."
"He's pierced through the defense and scored the first try for Melbourne."
"Rugby league has been just simply the most important thing outside of my family that that's happened in my life and it's given me everything that I've got."
"Rugby's always a game that's a balance between contest and continuity."
"What a great kick by John Preston, the All Blacks have a four-point cushion."
"England's nearest to a try which would have been the first try against New Zealand since 1967."
"Our rugby team the rugby sevens derek henry jonathan taylor nick chubb aaron jones christian mccaffrey alvin kamara dalvin cook damn that's a [__] gold medal"
"Fantastic effort by the Welsh forwards. They really outmuscled the French pack."
"It's crazy, the ability coming through, the athleticism, but also I think the rugby brains on them as well."
"It's theater, but in rugby, the crowd don't come out of their seats and they shove you when you're delivering a wondrous Shakespearean monologue."
"In rugby, sometimes things unforeseen, that small, might just be the difference between winning and losing."
"...the atmosphere and how they do atmosphere is incredible compared to what we talk about Twickenham and everything else. I think we've just been very, very lucky uh this year and hopefully it kicks everyone into loving rugby."
"Your loose forwards are your ultimate support players."
"Your outside center is charged with controlling your defensive line."
"I'm beyond grateful for it, you know? Back at home, nobody plays rugby. Literally nobody. Like when I go back home, it's like I go to the field and I have to practice by myself, throwing the ball into the goal post because nobody else in my hood plays rugby at all."
"Rugby is a rich game with a lot that can be covered and a lot that can be dived into."
"Rucks and malls just like scrums and lineouts are very important facets of rugby."
"Damen McKenzie, he's a sure thing now for that 10 spot because obviously he is now staying uh in the Chiefs uh, play for the Chiefs in New Zealand so yeah you got to go for him at that number 10 spot. He's a sensational player to have."
"First game against the All Blacks as well, first time standing in front of the haka and stuff."
"I really enjoyed the fact we've actually spoken a bit of rugby and I really enjoyed the fact that, hopefully, Lions fans out there who are throwing their toys and giving up and it's never going to happen actually it's only a few tweaks here a couple of selections there."
"Rugby is the perfect outlet for an excitable child. It's great. It gives you discipline, the respect, everything that's within our game, the values, the camaraderie, the team ship."
"Sexton is one of the greatest playmaking fly halves of this generation."
"O'Driscoll is widely considered as the greatest player to play the position of outside center."
"Dan Carter is a true superstar of world rugby."
"He's just about the best goal kicker in the game."
"What a beautiful, weighted kick by Carter."
"Antoine Dupont... he is a freak... a rugby cheat code."
"If South Africa overlooks Tyrone Green, absolutely he deserves to play International Rugby. He is that good."
"Antoine Dupont is like Nightcrawler, he's everywhere."
"He's just willing to engage and throw down and scrap with anybody. His chin is insane, one of the best ever."
"The difference between elite professional rugby and grassroots is not even comparable."
"That was a phenomenal game of rugby."
"Maybe the best all-round fly-half rugby has ever produced."
"Rugby was just a great way to get rid of a lot of stuff. It just gave me an outlet. It was brilliant. You could hit people and it was legal. There was a discipline side to it and there was a sense of belonging."
"I think he encapsulated for me all of the elegance and grace and spontaneity of the game of rugby football as played and pursued by the Barbarians."
"Rugby is all about a feeling, I think, or a spirit, or an essence, or a soul to the game."
"If it ever leaves that behind, we'd be disliked, I think, and that's why all of us who are fond of rugby and fond of the Barbarian spirit must ensure that it does not fade from the scene."
"There's some good people out there in the rugby community."
"They just need to get back to just playing their style of rugby."
"Our kicking game is a lot better. We know at this test match stage you can't win without a proper kicking game."
"As a fly half, it's so beautiful to be playing alongside these good players."
"The biggest thing I miss about rugby is just coming into a changing room and seeing someone, and hearing the gossip, and just sharing stories and sitting around and laughing and working hard with people."
"...rugby is a game that creates friendships all over the world."
"...if we could get quicker ball and get people out of those breakdowns who are slowing it down deliberately then the game will speed up."
"Rugby is an overlap game, it's a numbers game."
"It just seems like rugby but more fun basically."
"The zone between the rope and the flank is his own, and he slides his way back in there."
"I should imagine to bill that Scotland will go for a lot of those quick tap penalties just to loosen up plea and not let the big English forward stay close together."
"He's a player for me that reminds me of what Richie McCaw did for the All Blacks he does that for the spring box."
"You lose, you must work hard to come back. That's why you see, you must work hard to come back. Come back, okay? Be with me. It's a character-building sport, rugby."
"I'm excited to watch Six Nations this year."
"What a superb try, that's the money ball."
"They have scored four sensational tries."
"England in prime position here, they need to score the next try."
"He's a freak, top five in the NRL, playing hectic."
"That's a try, and what a great pass it was from Ponga."
"What a wonderful finish to put that down in the corner."
"In rugby league, a try is worth four points and the conversion is worth two."
"This will be one of the greatest few rugby league's ever seen, one of the great battles."
"The Wooden Spoon is a kitchen utensil in the kitchen but in rugby league it's the prize that every team tries to avoid."
"That's one of my favorite games of NRL, yeah, today played really well."
"A strong island presence in rugby league is a very positive thing."
"They've scored seven tries to nil."
"New South Wales leading 17-2 with 19 minutes of play remaining."
"A great effort, gutsy effort by Parramatta, outstanding rugby league climate for 80 minutes."
"When it comes to styles of footy players, Reynolds and Man, that combo, special. It's close to perfect, really."
"The eels are in front through Michael Sivo!"
"He's changed the game rugby league, crazy impact, crazy impact."
"That's the third game in succession that Matt Bowen scored the first try."
"...a try to Parramatta so Luke Bert has got his 100."
"That's one of the great Origin tries!"
"You can't fault Nathan Cleary's performance."
"I get more out of that than being involved with an NRL side."
"Despite game 3 not having any bearing on the series outcome, there is no such thing as a dead rubber in State of Origin."
"That's 168 tries in the NRL. What a player."
"A nice try by Manly, their first and only try of the match."
"Dolphin's first TR scorer in the NRL."
"Taboao will go in for his second try and the Dolphins go further in front standing."
"A rugby league is built on camaraderie, bonds, ethics, loyalty, friendship."
"Remember last week reardon's second try he picked up an awful pass on the half volley to turn it against the kiwis and they've done it again look at that superb pass from farrell."
"...if I can grow as a man, grow as a rugby player, take that back to Japan and you know, again pass that knowledge on onto other people, well then that's a great reward for myself."
"He's a perfect size for a front rower, hits like a truck."
"Welcome to the start really of the Kangaroos tour."
"This year, NRL on 9 is your one-stop shop for all footy."
"I was selected as one of three male athletes to go on and train with the New Zealand men's team."
"He just put on a clinic, it's probably one of the best performances in 20 minutes you've ever seen in rugby league."
"I've worked my backside off to get in this position as the head coach of one of the biggest Rugby League clubs in the world."
"What a try this is, what a magnificent piece of rugby league by Joel Iden!"
"What a great try, second try here to the Warriors."
"Oh, that's classic scrum half play, sheer pace!"
"They keep turning up, Latrell Mitchell's safe to try on this left-hand side."
"This is just one of the most amazing tries I think I've ever seen."
"They finished the game with a total of 31 goals to zero, setting the record for the highest scoring win and subsequently lowest scoring defeat in Rugby World Cup history."
"It's raw, it's rude, it's rugby league."
"We were treated like rock stars you know - and to be able to play rugby every couple of days and move to a different town, stay in a wonderful hotel, meet all these people just you know, like how lucky could we be."
"Australian rugby sides have been touring to the British Isles for over a hundred years preaching the running game to the northern hemisphere and lapping up the diverse hospitality of the rugby speaking world."
"Thornett's Wallabies played some of their finest rugby on this three-month tour and the bonds that developed between players on their African safari would hold Australian rugby in good stead for the years and even decades to come."
"Rugby Union was invented in the town of Rugby."
"It's a new environment and challenge for both of us; that's the sad thing about the game, there's a winner and a loser, but at the end, the rugby wins."
"Pacific island players make New Zealand Rugby exceptional."
"The future is pretty good for International Rugby League."
"It's raining, but someone once told me at rugby, 'You don't stop moving because you get old; you get old because you stop moving.'"
"They play some great rugby, very strong, fast."
"We've both been to so many games of rugby league on in all parts of the world, but I've never experienced anything quite like this before."
"What I love about the Fijian tries, it's always involves all of them."
"A wonderful celebration of international rugby."
"The beauty of the cross-field kick produces a lot of tries in our game these days."
"Excellent, oh that was great commitment. Rhys Walsh, that is a try-saver."
"It's great to have Test Rugby League back after an absence of 4 years on Australian soil."
"Lovely pass from Yeo, surges and plants the ball down for Australia's first try."
"I love watching Australia play, seeing the best of the best, the best of all our NRL teams go along together, and the way they combine, it's brilliant stuff."
"Well this could break the hearts of the Raiders early if Penrith can find points after the start they've had."
"Just sit back and enjoy this off the left boot from Nathan Cleary."
"What a guy, and that is a nice piece of individual brilliance there from Sunia Turuva."
"That's brilliant stuff from Andrew Johns."
"Indigenous round is the time for rugby league to honor the importance of our indigenous culture."
"There's something very special about this grassroots level of rugby league."
"Welcome back live to the best rugby league stadium, certainly in Australia and probably in the world."
"I think the one thing that this test series has hammered home, I think more than anything, is that we need a panel of neutral referees for test matches between Australia, Great Britain, and New Zealand."
"One of the greatest moments of O'Gara's career was when he scored a crucial drop goal against Wales in the final game of the 2009 Six Nations to secure Ireland's first ever Grand Slam."
"Liner was a pivotal part of the Australian team that won the 1991 World Cup."