OPINION
Have the Highlanders lost the plot?
The All Blacks top two No 10s will be gone next year, presenting a major drop-off in available talent for whoever becomes the next…
Editors Pick
INTERVIEW
'If I played now the way I did when I was 20, I wouldn't survive'
Daddy daycare duty didn’t go quite to plan last weekend for Will Skelton in La Rochelle with his fit-again wife Kate playing her…
OPINION
RFU's tackle law opens new front in rugby's culture war
Columnist Daniel Gallan attempts a waistline tackle on the RFU's controversial new tackling laws that have angered so many rugby f…
OPINION
Waistline tackling is the death of rugby
For 20 years playing rugby has been a pillar of my life. It is no exaggeration to say that, yesterday, the RFU destroyed it.
'If a suitable policy doesn't exist, you're implying there is no place for mothers in your team'
“If a suitable maternity policy does not exist, you’re implying that there is no place for mothers in your team or organisatio…
INTERVIEW
The 19-year-old first five headhunted by Scott Robertson to help fill the Mo'unga void
The 19-year-old was headhunted by Crusaders coach Scott Robertson to serve as a long-term replacement for All Blacks first-five Ri…
OPINION
Why Eddie Jones' honeymoon period will dissipate fast
New Wallabies head coach Eddie Jones has five Tests to find answers with his new team ahead of this year's Rugby World Cup.
EXCLUSIVE
'No matter what anyone thinks, the English team were not arrogant'
A slew of former England players, including Jeremy Guscott, had no qualms revisiting the painful 1990 Murrayfield ordeal they endu…
INTERVIEW
'You want a nutcase as defence coach... and that is Mike all over'
“He is more Chuck Norris than Robert Redford, but we also used to call him Catweazle.” That was the considered verdict of Stev…
OPINION
Whole disciplinary process just isn't fit for purpose - Andy Goode
There is so much noise around the Owen Farrell suspension but the long and short of it is the disciplinary process isn’t fit for…
What Owen Farrell said at his hearing and how the judiciary reacted
England talisman Owen Farrell has revealed that it was only on the Saracens team bus trip home from Gloucester last Friday night t…
OPINION
Ireland's big lesson from 2019 they must heed this year
After reaching the peak of their powers, the World Cup couldn't come round soon enough. Ireland were ready to get past the quarter…