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Lizo Gqoboka (Gallo Images) Lizo Gqoboka and Jannie du Plessis' expected showdown in the Rainbow Cup SA opener between the Bulls and Lions once again illustrates rugby's strange and winding roads. The two men became good friends after Du Plessis took Gqoboka under his wing back in 2019 during a loan stint with French club Montpellier. As a result, the duo know each others' games pretty well, but Gqoboka says a wily campaigner like Du Plessis always has a trick up his sleeve. If Lizo Gqoboka and Jannie du Plessis crouch as direct scrumming opponents in Saturday's Rainbow Cu...

This week's Loose Pass will mostly be concerned with a wide number of issues being conjured up by the coming British & Irish Lions tour.

IF you had recently returned from injury and were in with a chance of making a late bid for Lions selection, as Fraser Brown is said to be, playing in a pitiful performance by your club side would clearly do nothing for your prospects. Similarly, if your general excellence over the course of the season had taken you into contention for a place on the tour to South Africa, as may well be the case with Zander Fagerson, you would not want that pitiful performance to be your last outing before the selection of the squad. Such, however, is the situation in which the two Glasgow players find ...

Mixed approach but still some drama over the Rainbow Updated / Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021 06:46 Former Munster fly-half and current Cork Con assistant coach After more doubt and uncertainty surrounding competitions last week, some version of the Rainbow Cup went ahead at the weekend. We're still none the wiser about what it stands for, how it’s going to play out and if the teams are going to be getting excited about it, yet the opening round wasn’t short of drama and talking points. It was a funny situation for the Irish provinces. Two of them are still involved in European competitions this w...

Captain Johnny Sexton ruled out of Leinster's clash with La Rochelle The 35-year-old continues to be sidelined due to a head injury. By Murray Kinsella Tuesday 27 Apr 2021, 2:27 PM 2 hours ago 5,287 Views 9 Comments Sexton is sidelined due to head injury. Image: James Crombie/INPHO Image: James Crombie/INPHO LEINSTER HAVE CONFIRMED that Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of their Heineken Champions Cup semi-final clash with La Rochelle in Fran...