Super Rugby history has been littered with great open-side flankers. Since the inception of the competition in 1996, every season has seen multiple No. 7s being rated amongst the top players in the ...

Flankers are the players who line up on the edges of the scrum, either guarding possession or looking to steal it. These players are split into two sub-positions. In the majority of teams, flankers ...

Alice Soper is a sports columnist for the Herald on Sunday. A former provincial rugby player and current club coach, she has a particular interest in telling stories of the emerging world of women's ...