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Neil de Kock: Damian Willemse selection suggests the Bok plan is progressing
The team comes first and if it means a 6-2 bench split is going to give you a better chance of getting the result you need then I …
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The All Blacks cannot lose this week
The addition of Joe Schmidt to the coaching group is an incredible stroke of luck. He’d have been a welcome addition to the staf…
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Ignore the blarney and a heck of an Ireland tour awaits
Cut from the same tell-them-little-or-nothing cloth as his old Saracens mentor Mark McCall, it’s rare that Ireland boss Andy Far…
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From soundbites to rookies... four pressing England tour issues
It’s daft how these World Rugby tour schedules create yawning gaps in between particular types of fixtures... you have to go bac…
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Cut the rhetoric, Australia and NZ can't live without one another
For all the questions before the competition kicked off, Super Rugby Pacific was a massive win for NZ and Australia.
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It's time for the Chiefs to raid the Blues' outside back stocks
Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan will be casting a glance over the riches stored away by some of the other Super Rugby sides around t…
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Time for the All Blacks to fast-track their exciting youngsters
18 months out from the 2023 Rugby World Cup, New Zealand could be set for a changing of the guard.
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Which Red Roses make it on the plane to New Zealand?
With the Allianz Premier 15s over for another season and Saracens Women once again reigning supreme it feels like a quiet time for…
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Ireland will face a vastly different All Black team this time around
The All Blacks side that will face Ireland in the first test will not be anywhere near the same as the one that was beaten in Dubl…
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Who is willing to gamble the most in potential Super Rugby split?
There is a very good chance that the latest comments out of Rugby Australia regarding the future of Super Rugby Pacific are nothin…
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Freddie and the Dreamers
Leicester Tigers completed their comeback to the top table of English rugby with a most unlikely of heroes as Saracens' bruisers w…
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The Crusaders' win a disaster for the prematurely picked All Blacks
And on the strength of Saturday’s decider at Eden Park, it’s a shame the All Blacks were picked so prematurely.