Northern Edition
Select Edition
Northern Northern
Southern Southern
Global Global
New Zealand New Zealand
France France
14 - 50
FT
46 - 7
FT
Tomorrow
07:00
Tomorrow
09:30
Tomorrow
09:30
Saturday
05:00
Saturday
06:30
Saturday
07:00
Saturday
07:00
Saturday
07:00
Saturday
07:05
Saturday
09:00
Saturday
09:30
Saturday
09:30
Saturday
11:45
Saturday
12:00
Sunday
07:00
Sunday
07:00
Sunday
09:00
Sunday
12:05
International

Rugby Wrap Up | Episode 21 | The evolution of World Tens rugby

Damning the torpedoes, while dodging hurricanes and the COVID-19 virus, the World Tens Series is happening. But let’s have three participants tell us all about it: England Sevens captain Tom Mitchell, the world’s most clever play-by-play man Nick Heath, and co-founder James Walker of Tiger Rugby. All three brave the sunshine, azure waters and pristine beaches to come on and answer all pertinent questions with our Matt McCarthy.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Play Video
LIVE

{{item.title}}

Trending on RugbyPass

1

Five bold possible debutants for the All Blacks in 2026

1
2

All Blacks legend Brad Thorn on the family bond that led to Test coaching debut

1
3

Fissler Confidential: Northampton face Anthony Belleau battle; Sharks eye Irish 9

4

Rejuvenated Freddie Steward rising to the challenge after contract snub

5

Top 10 Test points scorers of 2025: Sacha just fell short at the death

4
6

Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

21
7

Top 5 players of 2025: England's Red Roses

8

Debuts from heaven and hell: All the newcomers to Test rugby in 2025

3

Comments

0 Comments
Be the first to comment...

Join free and tell us what you really think!

Sign up for free
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest Long Reads

LONG READ

The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Time was, the rugby world cast envious glances at Antipodean coaching. Now, Australia and New Zealand are fishing desperately for new ideas.

221
LONG READ

'To lose one Welsh captain is unfortunate; to lose two might be considered a bit careless'

The departures of Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake has only fuelled the sense of anger and uncertainty over the future of Ospreys.

7
LONG READ

How Glasgow found the bleu-print for beating Toulouse

Extreme precision at the ruck allowed Glasgow to remove the jackaling juggernauts from the Toulouse arsenal.

19

Comments on RugbyPass

J
JW 19 minutes ago
Tony Johnson's Super Rugby Pacific team to watch in 2026

They were the team to watch last year, so fun to see if they could break their bubble. Kinda did with the great start and beating AK (who were so bad) too.

Next season though it’s going to be the Hurricanes.



...

2 Go to comments
J
JW 21 minutes ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

Love the lack of negativity of a SAn in your post benji, thank you for your xmas present.

21 Go to comments
J
JW 22 minutes ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

It bogles the mind how few franchises the country has. So sad that their expansion didn’t work.

21 Go to comments
M
Mitch 2 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Sreasons greetings Nick

After the November internationals, I was hoping there would be a review into how Australia coaches defence across the board, with the upshot being a move to a much more aggressive defensive approach being implemented across the board from Wallabies level to age group teams and the 4 super rugby sides.



...

221 Go to comments
S
SB 2 hours ago
Tony Johnson's Super Rugby Pacific team to watch in 2026

Interested to see if Pledger can win the starting 9 jersey over Fakatava.

2 Go to comments
S
SB 2 hours ago
Top 10 Test points scorers of 2025: Sacha just fell short at the death

Ramos 5th with only 8 games played.

4 Go to comments
S
SB 2 hours ago
Hoskins Sotutu signs three-year deal with Newcastle Bulls

Top signing.

1 Go to comments
S
SB 2 hours ago
Five bold possible debutants for the All Blacks in 2026

Devon Flanders should be in this list.

1 Go to comments
B
Ben 4 hours ago
Something all rugby fans need to remember... particularly Bok fans

Absurdly happy to see that comment. 👆

95 Go to comments
f
fl 5 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

DDA looked less dominant this year than he has done previously, and will be 35 at the RWC. Esterhuizen only started 3 games this season (against Wales, Italy, and in the losing effort against Australia). If, at 31, he isn’t viewed by Rassie as a starting 12, I doubt he will be at 33.

21 Go to comments
f
fl 6 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

Yeah depth at 12 is likely to be a bit of a problem! Still think backrow is the bigger problem.

21 Go to comments
E
EF 7 hours ago
Dans la forme de sa vie, Matthieu Jalibert peut-il vraiment relancer le débat en équipe de France ?

Is there any possibility to add an “extra player” to the Top100 MRP 2025? And why not Matthieu Jalibert

1 Go to comments
B
Benji7 7 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

Would LOVE to see Paul de Villiers given a chance at 6 in 2026. He’s been outstanding. Plus after Kolisi and Van Staden, who else is there?

Looking forward to seeing Elrigh Louw back, hopefully at 7! Great replacement for PSDT.



...

21 Go to comments
B
Benji7 7 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

The Boks have DDA and Esterhuizen at 12. But 2026 is the year they need to start playing Ethan Hooker at 12. It’s his 1st choice position too.

21 Go to comments
c
cw 8 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

He is certainly no Skelton. His dimensions are similar to Eben at 204 cm / 120kg v 203 cm / 122kg. Though I take your point - the Boks churn out monsters in huge numbers. But we do have our own collection of monsters Tamaiti at 196 cm / 144 kg (combined 340) and Tosi at 193 / 140 kg (333) are as big as the biggest Bok monsters eg Snyder is 207cm / 130kg (337). And the point of having Vaa’i or Holland or Barrett at 4, 5 and or 6 and combined with others like Tuipulotu

and Parker - is that in “physics” theory at least their combined power matches that of the Boks - and provides the base for a rock solid scrum. And from memory, when Vaa’i or Holland were on the blindside, the NZ scrum did not go backwards.



...

221 Go to comments
c
cw 8 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Cannot disagree - but it is interesting to note in those games the Boks were materially bigger (@ 38 point weight and height diferential where as the ABs and Boks were about even at Eden Park) and the English 6-2 combination was a clear point of difference. I also think the Boks had a blinder.

And to your last point - isnt that weird? An AB pack of the present dimensions should be at least achieving parity with both the Boks and Poms. Your post England game article highlighted a potential problem



...

221 Go to comments
c
cw 9 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

This is a huge piece of data NB! Thanks for sharing it. It absolutely confirms our intuitions about how Robertson is wanting to play the game. It is based on set piece dominance and hence the “powering” up of the forwards. The ABs midfield strategies are so muddled its no wonder the team struggles. Look forward to your post Christmas analysis re attack!!

221 Go to comments
J
JW 9 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

What makes you think Jake is?

221 Go to comments
J
JW 9 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

He will have a clause, they all do these days.

221 Go to comments
J
JW 9 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

With PMCD and I sorry.

New Zealand had more meters carried but England had more meters gained, so England had a much narrower margin between the two, or more specifically, because NZ had a much wider margin (gained only half or meters carried) that it proved England had a good rush D (the topic of discussion).



...

221 Go to comments
Close
ADVERTISEMENT