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Phil Gifford: Rugby's pivotal year - six talking points for 2025
OPINION: Rugby faces a pivotal year in 2025.

Phil Gifford: The All Black who refused apartheid – Ken Gray’s enduring impact
OPINION: Gray refused to tour South Africa.

All Blacks analysis: Charting their 2024 final-quarter woes
The All Blacks have been outscored 36-0 in the final quarter in the last four tests.

Springboks World Cup winner ‘two millimetres from death’
The prop played on thinking it was just a muscle strain.

World Cup winner’s warning to NZ Rugby over Mo’unga, overseas All Blacks
'No player is ever more important than the jersey,' says Jake White.

'Brilliance and deflation in equal measure': Rating the All Blacks and Razor's rocky ride
Playing 14 tests, nine away from home, is tough. But this is the All Blacks.

Gregor Paul: Young All Blacks playmaker set for key role against Italy
OPINION: The All Blacks need a third option at first five given its high attrition rate.

Gregor Paul: How All Blacks can close gap on Springboks
OPINION: There are three key reasons to believe that they can.

ABs and Boks ‘squared up’ in a bar, and the player who feared ABs wanted to ‘kill’ him
A new book claims a member of the 1981 Springboks was to be kidnapped in New Zealand.

Sports Insider: The hate is real – Irish do over All Blacks with Friday test
OPINION: The All Blacks are being made to front up to Ireland only six days after England.

Sports Insider: Rugby, hockey and netball in danger of dumping from Comm Games
OPINION: Three sports dear to New Zealand affections face the boot.

Ruthless Springboks wallop Argentina to claim Rugby Championship title
The world champions have added another trophy to their collection.

The signs Australia rugby is the next West Indies – Elliott Smith
OPINION: A depth crisis looms for the Wallabies amid dwindling rugby interest.

Winners & Losers: Rassie v Razor – a tale of two coaching philosophies
OPINION: Is the new All Blacks coach out of his depth?

Springboks stunned by Argentina in Rugby Championship twist
Los Pumas have done what the All Blacks couldn't - stopping the world champions.

Gregor Paul: How Rugby Australia could beat NZ Rugby in the financial game
OPINION: Poor old Wallabies are trying to claw their way up the world rankings.

Elliott Smith's Tight Five: How the Rugby Championship lost its meaning
OPINION: Rugby bosses in South Africa and New Zealand are playing their own game.

Sports Insider: Could South Africa return to Super Rugby?
OPINION: And would Kiwis even want them back?

'We have a problem': SBW weighs in on ABs' selection policy
“This might be a little bit controversial but I don’t care,” Williams said.

All Blacks wanting more after six-year first in defeat to Springboks
After failing to score a try in Cape Town, the All Blacks must improve their finishing.