Who is hot and who is not: Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, Owen Farrell

It is time for our wrapping on Monday who has its name in the lights and who is reaching the headlines for all the wrong reasons after the weekend.

They are on fire!

Portia Woodman-Wickliffe: What achieve the veteran of the black ferns when he reaches the 50 -trial in the International Rugby in his 30th test. The score of the first half against Japan saw Woodman-Wickliffe move alone at the summit of the New Zealand International Attempts, going one ahead of the great Doug Howlett. The attack rate is out of this world, since in comparison Howlett obtained its 49 attempts in 62 exits. What a player has been the 34 -year -old and is still for the Kiwis.

Tamaiti Williams Deal: Talk about blocking a precious asset. Williams is very thought about New Zealand and beyond, so linking his long -term future was key. The 25 -year -old has signed a four -year contract that keeps him in the black shirt for the 2027 Rugby World Cup and the 2029 British and Irish lions, and it is not just great news for the All Blacks, since this contract, of course, the accessory will be for the crusaders in Super Rugby Pacific and possibly in Canterbury in the NPC.

Willis Halaholo’s debut: The former center of Wales made his debut for Tonga on Saturday when he arrived in the 77th minute of his Pacific Nations Cup match against Fiji. The former Cartiff Halaholo star, who won the last of her nine Wales caps in 2022, had let the three -year -old gap continue her course and, therefore, was eligible for Tonga due to her family heritage. While some are skeptical about eligibility, the good news like this is the reason why it was brought. What time for Halaholo and his family.

Japan Victory Registry: Remaining with the Pacific Cup, and there was a record victory over Canada for the brave flowers while they flew to their opponents in a 57-15 victory in the pool in Sendai. By winning out of 46-8 they established in 2009, Eddie Jones Japan was dominant when they started their pool campaign with an impressive triumph.

The red roses shine again: The ruthless was the most appropriate word to describe the second performance of England of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, since they accelerated Samoa 92-3 in the gardens of Franklin, scoring 14 attempts in the process. Helena Rowland impressed with a huge 27 -point tour when John Mitchell’s side showed a score at her title rivals. The last in the pools is Australia with Canada, Scotland, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa and France, the other remaining undefeated parts.

Comment: The Red ‘rose roses’ put Samoa on the sword in a 14 -attempt victory that spoke volumes’ of the culture that John Mitchell has instill

GRIRIGAS SITA PERICIO: First he gathered secondly in the Currie Cup on Friday night when the free state’s cheese faced Griquas in Bloemfontein. It was a good performance of the visitors, since they sailed to a triumph of 40-10 that places them above the classification with only one round of the remaining regular season. They have another difficult element this week in the Golden Lions, since the battle for the spots of the semifinals reaches their climax, but in this way, could Griquas fans begin to dream of the glory of the title?

The deer won the ranfurly shield: For the first time in 12 years, Southland claimed three consecutive victories and, in doing so, the Ranfurly shield was secured. The Stags removed the Waikato shield with an impressive 25-10 in Hamilton, winning the trophy for the eighth time in their history. Now they will defend the shield against Canterbury, which is still the only undefeated team in the NPC this season.

Cold as ice!

Owen Farrell critic: Another former Racing 92 player has copied some criticisms of the club president, Jacky Lorenzetti, since now the Saracenos player Farrell was in the line of fire of a spray. Lorenzetti says he felt “betrayed” by Farrell after several 92 -run games was lost, but then went to the British and Irish lions in Australia. “I felt that vomit,” he told L’Equipe. “He left us saying: ‘I am injured, I have a headache (after a brain shock collected in May), I want to play less. The Saracenos offer me this opportunity.’

Nigel Owens takes heat: Whistle Whistle Whistle’s videos of the former referee have become a basic element in the social media pages of World Rugby, but the last piece has a great style. The title of ‘We The Wallabies stole’ in his defeat against the Springboks opened Owens to a criticism bomb from all sectors, since many felt that the video opens the door to exactly what the world rugby has been anxious to eliminate, criticism of party officials. The bad choice of words for the headline, of course, was not doing Owens, but that did not prevent him from being a lightning rod for complaints. The video was later eliminated by World Rugby, and one wonders how he goes to the offer next week.

Nigel Owens returns to the accusations of ‘reflection’ in the video of World Rugby’s ‘Was Walabies Robed’

Sad Shane Christie News: The sport was shaken on Wednesday after learning of the death of former Maori All Blacks, Highlanders and Tasman Flanker Shane Christie at the age of 39. He died in Nelson on Wednesday morning of an alleged suicide. The race as a Christie player ended in 2017 at the age of 32, a year after he began to experience serious symptoms of brain shock. The effusion of the pain of former teammates and clubs shows how much this special player and coach will be lost, and a light has also shone on the theme of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), since Christie had campaigned for greater support for former players damaged by the brain.

Wallabies problems: A list of injuries of 11 men and the absence of Will Skelton is not what Joe Schmidt needs to enter a crucial match of the three round against the Pumas, but that is where he finds himself. Dylan Pietsch, Tom Wright, Langi Gleeson, Ben Donaldson, Charlie Cale, Massimo de Lutiis, Matt Faessler, Jake Gordon, Noah Lolesio, Luke Reimer and Liam Wright are on the sidelines. While they are compensated with the returns of Tom Lynagh and Harry Potter and the addition of Pete Samu, it is a difficult place in which the Wallabies are, especially with such a considerable absence in Skelton in the second row after it was removed by its Top 14 Club La Rochelle.

Wales first to fall: A 42-0 defeat against a strong team in Canada put an end to the hopes of whether to make the qualifying stages of the World Cup, arriving after having fallen 38-8 to Scotland in the first weekend. Now there is a pride to play against Fiji this weekend, since Sean Lynn seeks to finish his campaign with a positive note.

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