No team has rattled the All Blacks’ cage throughout the years quite like the Springboks

All Blacks were on a highway to hell, but their World Cup outlook is now a whole lotta rosy

Wallabies scoreless at Eden Park as world champions lay down a marker for Japan

Australia’s James O’Connor completes his return from international exile

Steve Hansen’s side are bidding to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a third-straight time

All Blacks centre turns 34 on Saturday but has been retained in Hansen’s RWC squad

26-year-old looking to secure a place in crowded New Zealand midfield in Japan

Surprises in store as World Cup casts shadow over the upcoming Rugby Championship

Physical standards were not met against England but a defeat such as this can cleanse the soul

Coaching duties in Auckland will dovetail with TV punditry in Dublin for Six Nations

‘The All Blacks can put the most points on you in the shortest space of time’

‘Big players get up. If they think they are right to play, let them play,’ says New Zealand coach

Sam Underhill's late try against the All Blacks was disallowed by TMO for offside

Joe Schmidt makes a dozen changes to starting line-up for hugely relevant match-up

Irish system gave coach everything he needed to transform Ireland into a top team

For clampdown on high tackles to work the entire sport needs to be re-educated

‘Once I had that connection I knew anything was possible with my faith'

World Rugby need to be sure about which problem they are trying to solve

Compelling game swung on controversial decision to disallow Earls’s ‘try’

All Blacks show ominous strength in depth one year from World Cup

Flyhalf and loose forward ruled out of game against France due to concussion

Jacques Brunel and Steve Hansen in World Cup planning mode ahead of Test clash

Coach chooses Te’o to join charge of white shirts against Azzurri in the Six Nations

Popular figure determined to end his period with Munster by claiming silverware

The loss of the 2023 Rugby World Cup bid was undoubtedly the lowlight of the year

Wales’ long wait for a victory over New Zealand continues

Beauden Barrett’s try the difference as New Zealand remain unbeaten against Scots

Big, strong, full of flair and possessing world-class talent

Irish tighthead proved a force multiplier in the victory over Munster and can do so again

Mary Hannigan with a selection of sound bites from the drawn Test series

From a miserable defeat to the Blues through to redemption in the Wellington rain

Referee bears the brunt of criticism after Eden Park decider turns into ‘French farce’

Aaron Smith remains the best scrumhalf in world rugby while Retallick and Whitelock immense

Warren Gatland’s tourists not the first and won’t be the last to be derided down under

People were saying he couldn’t survive a Lions tour. He is delighted to prove that he can

Panel on ‘Break Down’ can’t get over O’Brien decision and accuse Lions of spoiling tactics

All Blacks enter series decider in vulnerable state having lost Smith, Crotty and Williams

Kiwi media address Hansen’s midfield quandry with Gatland the weekend winner

Tullow Tank’s presence in final Test means Gatland can retain victorious back-row

It was a far from perfect performance, but Gatland’s ‘pro-active’ selection was vindicated