This week on Total Rugby TV...
TOULON RUGBY
A feature on the big spending second division French club who’ve attracted stars such as George Gregan, Andrew Mehrtens and Victor Matfield.
DAN CARTER
Justin Marshall caught up with the Crusaders and New Zealand fly half on a recent visit to Christchurch. The Kiwi pair modelled the latest fashion designs at Carter’s clothes shop.
NEWS
Highlights of Carter’s Crusaders in action in the Super 14 against the Stormers plus a report from the Sharks v Bulls match, a repeat of last year’s final. We also have news from the Guinness Premiership and the Magners League, plus a report on the launch of the Asian Five Nations, a new competition which will play an important role in the ongoing development of the game across Asia.
ROMANIAN RUGBY
We caught up with the Romanians on a recent visit to Wales. After a disappointing World Cup, the Eastern Europeans have appointed New Zealander Ellis Meachen as their new Director of Rugby. We hear about his plans for the future of the game in Romania.
RWC PROFILES – FINAU MAKA
We continue our series on players who came from nowhere to star at the World Cup. This week we feature Tongan number eight Finau Maka. With his huge Afro hairstyle, Maka was a hard man to miss in France where he demonstrated the tough-tackling and hard-charging game that are the key ingredients of his play.
SIX NATIONS ANALYSIS – WALES
With the RBS Six Nations taking a break, Ieuan Evans casts an analytical eye over the performance of pacesetters Wales. Six months ago, they crashed out of the World Cup in the group stages after losing to Fiji, but now with Warren Gatland and Shaun Edwards on board, Wales have recaptured the form which took them to the Grand Slam in 2005.
