New Zealand record cap Sam Whitelock to hang up rugby boots at end of season
New Zealand’s record cap holder Sam Whitelock has announced that he will retire from rugby at the end of this season.
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New Zealand’s record cap holder Sam Whitelock has announced that he will retire from rugby at the end of this season.
George North will miss the rest of this season after suffering a ruptured Achilles during Wales' Guinness Six Nations defeat against Italy.
:Wales coach Warren Gatland's has restored George North to his starting line-up for the final Six Nations fixture against Italy in Cardiff on Saturday as the centre confirmed he will retire after this year's championship.
George North says his drive and desire is undiminished as he prepares to take up membership of an exclusive club.
LONDON : A post-Rugby World Cup Six Nations always has something of a reset feel about it but this year's championship, featuring five new captains, a new coach and missing four icons of the sport, feels even more like the start of the next four-year cycle.
The 38-year-old, rugby's most-capped international, told the Telegraph he was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation while he was at French Top 14 side Toulon.
George North says he is not contemplating following the likes of fellow Wales stars Leigh Halfpenny and Dan Biggar into international retirement.
Alun Wyn Jones hopes Wales making the last eight of the Rugby World Cup in France “does not paper over the cracks” in the game nationwide.