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Rugby: Playmaker Cooper is happy to be the villain

Rugby: Springboks lose fearsome Botha

Make the most of the fleeting bonhomie during World Cup

Rugby: Business as usual despite referees' pep talk

All Blacks: Hamstring latest injury concern for Woodcock

All Blacks to settle on core players

Wallabies get proper World Cup welcome

Rugby: Botha backs Smit to captain the Boks as starting hooker

All Blacks: Anxious wait for injured duo

All Blacks coach Graham Henry is hopeful No 8 Kieran Read will at least play a limited role in the rugby World Cup.

Rugby: Cooper cleared of kneeing McCaw

Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper has escaped suspension for kneeing All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw.

Sean Fitzpatrick: Write the Springboks off... if you dare

All Blacks: In defence of a real winger

Rugby: Aussie bad boys could learn from old All Black mistakes

All Blacks: Sonny Bill on the outside

Rugby: Captain McCaw tops list

Rugby: First half cost ABs the game

If there is a consolation for the All Blacks to find in defeat, it is that the team that wins the Tri Nations has never won the World Cup.