Reality check
Coronavirus has hurt rugby's growth in Japan but a new club competition could see the sport thrive
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Home run
New Zealand is confident it will host a record breaking World Cup next year.
Rugby's next frontier
While physical skills were once the focus, mental skills are the future of professional improvement.
Dream ticket
Fiji have assembled a gifted coaching team. Is a world rankings rise on the cards?
Tough love
Eddie Jones tormented his pool of hookers when he was coach of the Wallabies.
Iron men of rugby
There are self-styled enforcers everywhere but South Africa produces the hardest men.
Embracing the chaos
The Scotland captaincy and domestic stability have left Stuart Hogg re-energised at Exeter
Concrete in the soul
The impossibly tough Jerome Kaino is proving hard to replace in the All Blacks No 6 jersey.
Rugby reborn
Covid brought the death of Super Rugby, but it also saw NZ fall back in love with the game.
Finding Mather
A look at rugby's iconic video game, and the games need for a successor.
The privilege of error
Their error count is negligible, so isn’t it time we cut referees some slack?
The worst ideas in rugby history
In the hindsight Olympics, we’re all winners but sometimes, it goes, horribly, horribly wrong
