Rugby Blogs

Whether league or union, Rugby is a much-loved sport prominent the world over and the competition between countries is ferocious. It is deemed to be one of the most physically demanding team sports with an active following, but that aside it always promises to be an exciting spectacle for fans and the relationship between teams and players is almost always well natured. As with any sport with this much intense action, there are scores of blogs attempting to cover all the on and off pitch happenings. After many hours of review and a lot of heated debate, we've narrowed the list down to the ten you see below, creating a list of Rugby blog award winners which truly are the best the web has to offer.

• YSC Rugby

  http://www.scrumhalfconnection.com/

  This team blogging effort (with an interesting back story) was born out of a frustration that there wasn't much in the way of web coverage for women's rugby. The aim was to create an all-encompassing shrine to the subject, and we think they've more than accomplished this.

• Rugby Pioneers

  http://rugby-pioneers.blogs.com/rugby/

  A completely unique sports blog unlike anything else you're likely to come across, the Rugby Pioneers tribute site is Frederic Humbert's collection of snippets from the early days of rugby's history. Lots of fascinating memorabilia on display.

• A Rugby Life

  http://www.arugbylife.com/

  There are numerous features over at A Rugby Life, all of which are of great interest to the rugby fanatic, but you definitely won't want to miss the first ten episodes of the great podcast hosted on the site.

• Total Flanker

  http://totalflanker.blogspot.com/

  Witty and entertaining, the Total Flanker blog is a site rugby fans will want to bookmark. Contains a large dose of grumpy humour.

• The Rugby Blog

  http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/

  The name doesn't receive any points for originality, but the content certainly does. Excellent reportage on all things rugby and beautifully presented.

• Rugby Dump

  http://rugbydump.blogspot.com/

  Get featured articles and all the rugby news, fixtures and merchandise you could possibly need with Rugby Dump. Also features an active forum to air your own views with over five thousand other fans.

• Rucking Insurance

  http://ruckinginsurance.blogspot.com/

  As with any full-contact sport, injuries go with the territory. Kevin runs an insurance firm dealing only with rugby players and the blog is a surprisingly intelligent and useful blog, which never strays into overly-corporate territory.

• Scottish Rugby Blog

  http://www.scottishrugbyblog.co.uk/

  A passionate blog written with a Scottish perspective by a team of great sports writers, each coupling their knack for creating great features with a lengthy experience playing rugby.

• Welsh Rugby Blog

  http://welshrugbyblog.co.uk/

  A list of award-winning rugby blogs would not be complete without a site covering the best offerings from Wales, and this is without doubt the most comprehensive among them.

• Springbok Rugby Blog

  http://www.springbokrugbyblog.com/

  The Springbok Rugby Blog doesn't just cover news from the South African quarter of the sport as its name would suggest, but rather forms a very comprehensive guides to rugby around the world. Incredibly useful.