Editors Pick

There's something off about a Moana Pasifika MVP playing for the All Blacks XV

Levi Aumua's inclusion in the All Blacks XV has answered one question that's been festering since Moana Pasifika were announced as…

'Since I've been at this club, I've never laid eyes on Colin Goldring'

Murray McCallum lost his father, then his job, but remains a beacon of positivity as the former Worcester Warrior searches for a n…

How the All Blacks XV could backfire on NZ Rugby

Will the All Blacks XV act as another carrot to prevent New Zealand’s next generation of talent from taking their services offsh…

Wasps as we know it 'very unlikely' to continue

'I never really saw it as wow, I'm playing with Atonio and Skelton'

Leicester academy graduate Harry Glynn definitely won’t forget his swashbuckling first Top 14 start for La Rochelle, the 21-year…

'I saw Jonny May in the kit shed and I was like wow, this is cool'

Freddie Steward was all sweetness and light when he took 18 minutes out of his Thursday afternoon to entertain a group of journali…

'There was one kid that told me I was rubbish, it was good to hear'

You’d think the last thing a professional rugby player would want to do on his day off is talk rugby yet there was England and N…

USA Eagles ready to take flight

The World Cup in New Zealand is days away and there is hope from within the US squad that they can make a statement as never befor…

Will the All Blacks XV favour development or depth?

Will the All Blacks XV be used as a vehicle for ensuring the next best options in New Zealand are ready for action should they be …

'I want to talk positively, I'm not hunting for negative things'

It’s the curse of the in-the-bag, rainy day interview - by the time you get to publish, events can have moved on rapidly. So it …

Neil de Kock: Frans Steyn selection shows Boks favouring experience over youth

You’re always between a rock and a hard place going with the tried-and-tested experienced head as opposed to opting for someone …

'This has been mentally the worst time I have known in rugby'

Nick Easter has survived relegation, Bloodgate and seeing an opposition coach pull out a gun at the end of a match...