Think of the open-side flanker as your 'rat-up-a-drainpipe' type player, if you will, or the 'groveller'. Because defensive lines are so tight in the modern game, the open-side's role is turning rucks ...

Wales Under-20s captain Harry Beddall will join Dragons from Leicester Tigers for the 2025-26 season. The Cardiff-born ...

A competitive rugby union match is played on a large ... and provide additional force and aim to win turnover ball. 7 Open-side flanker As above. 8 Number eight They are the link between the ...

Western Force prop Tom Robertson already has four degrees to his name, but he will wait until after his rugby career is over ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Wallabies openside Fraser McReight has spurned lucrative offers to play his rugby abroad and signed ... The 26-year-old flanker, who local media reports said was offered A$ ...

Earl has been one of England's best performers under Borthwick but could move to open-side flanker, where he plays his club rugby. Whether it is from the start or off the bench, Willis will be ...

The 12 non-finalist teams sustained significantly higher injury rates than the eight finalist teams. The player positions open side flanker, inside centre, and number 8 were the most frequently ...

Match-winning flanker Luke Reimer has described comparisons to Wallabies and Brumbies great George Smith as "far-fetched" after his key role in his side's historic Super Rugby Pacific win in Fiji ...

The role hasn't changed much over the years, a blind-side flanker still has to make sure that the opposition ... The All Blacks, for example, play a high-risk level of rugby these days, punching holes ...