Dominant scrums can provide points-scoring opportunities, grind down your opposition physically and provide a massive mental boost to a forward pack in games of rugby. With that in mind, we picked nine of the best scrummagers of the modern era.

Thanks to their second half display, the British and Irish Lions got the test series in their tour of South Africa off to the perfect start as they beat the Springboks 22-17. But what must they do going into the next game to secure an historic series win?

270 rugby players have started test matches for the British and Irish Lions from 1993 until 2013. Can you name all of them in our 15-minute rugby quiz?

The 2021 British and Irish Lions tour against South Africa is here. With the squad announced this week, here are five selection issues head coach Warren Gatland must mull over as he names his team to play the Springboks.

The Springboks joining the Six Nations is one of rugby’s current hot-button issues - but would it solve the current problems, and what new ones might it create if the Rugby World Cup champions made the switch?

For all you rugby anoraks out there, below is a quiz to get the juices flowing. We want you to name the top try scorer, points scorer and appearance maker for the Six Nations teams along with the Springboks, All Blacks and Wallabies.

Last December, World Rugby announced their Team of the Decade and it is fair to say not every rugby fan agreed.

The Flanker went through the XV and made our own changes where needed.

Rugby World Cup's allow players to make a name for themselves on the biggest stage of all. Takudzwa Ngwenya did just that in 2007 when he destroyed Bryan Habana on the way to a brilliant try. The Flanker pays tribute to the flying American winger.

To win the Rugby World Cup once puts in you an elite club, so what about those who win it twice? For our quiz we want you to name the 21 players to lift the William Webb Ellis trophy more than once.

South Africa is not participating in this year’s Rugby Championship but remain “committed” to the competition amid talks of joining the Six Nations.

The Currie Cup starts next weekend so take our rugby quiz on their legendary captains.

Only a select few can join this club. But can you name the XV’s to beat the All Blacks in New Zealand since rugby turned professional in 1995?

When we look back at the journey Japan has taken in rugby, there will be many places we can point to but we will never forget that it started on a day in Brighton where no-one believed in them - except themselves.

With New Zealand Rugby bringing back the North Island vs South Island game that went extinct back in 1996, we tried to pick our potential teams for the Gallagher Premiership version of a North vs South clash.

Who is a potentially bolter? Who’s on the plane? Who is going to be captain? Ahead of the 2021 Lions Tour to South Africa, The Flanker panellists pick their starting XV for the 1st Test in Johannesburg on 24 July.

The 2nd Test in the 2009 British and Irish Lions Tour had everything. Drama, controversy, last-minute penalties and tries.

We look back at an epic rugby match that echoed through the ages.

Double Heineken Cup winner with Toulon and 52 caps for the Springboks, Joe van Niekerk had a glittering career in rugby.

What happened next was truly remarkable as he moved to Costa Rica to live on an organic retreat.

Read our interview below.

Perhaps the most enigmatic of the piano-pushers, the role of a hooker has changed dramatically over the last 30 years.

Here, we look at the key men who changed the position, from Sean Fitzpatrick to Schalk Brits and everything in between.

Super Rugby, the Pro14 and the Gallagher Premiership are returning to our screens after the lockdown - but when is each competition coming back?

The prevailing narrative is that rugby does not have the same issues with racism that other sports, mainly football, have.

With the Black Lives Matter movement making great strides, we take a look into how racism affects the oval game.