Analysis
Players to watch this United Rugby Championship season
Who are the rising stars and fresh faces to keep an eye on throughout the coming months?
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Interview
'There's not a lot wrong': Leinster going for broke to avoid more broken hearts
After three lost finals and four semi-final defeats in four seasons, how have Leinster regrouped for the new campaign?
Analysis
'Turnaround Tyrel' epitomises the foggy state of the Bledisloe Cup
There is Kiwi influence - and Australian oversight - on both sides of the Tasman Sea.
Analysis
Why the rest of the rugby world is worried about Australia
As a Lions tour looms, concerns over the Wallabies' malaise are reverberating across the rugby world.
Opinion
Mick Cleary: 'This is the most significant season in Premiership history'
The new campaign must deliver some lessening of the gloom and uncertainty which has dominated of late.
Exclusive
Paul Hill: 'I've had deep-fried Mars bar three times since joining Edinburgh'
Edinburgh's new prop has bold ambitions and a penchant for Scotland's culinary delights.
Exclusive
Keith Wood: 'Our metrics in Ireland are magic, with the exception of World Cups'
Former Ireland captain believes greater focus on All Ireland League could give more players from different backgrounds a route to …
Opinion
'With near-religious conviction, how good does it feel to be a Bok fan?'
For those with longer memories than 2019, the Rassie Erasmus era is a time of vast plenty.
Interview
Why leading Harlequins could help Alex Dombrandt find favour with England again
The powerful No 8 ‘has a positive energy' and will 'really embrace' being made captain, believes former skipper Chris Robshaw.
Opinion
Scott Robertson has mounting problems to fix for misfiring All Blacks
A new coaching era has brought the same old problems and New Zealand are struggling to retain their aura as the world's best team
Analysis
How the All Blacks were caught up after 'golden decade'
New Zealand must seek incremental gains having seen the rest of the rugby world reduce their advantage.
Opinion
Can Schmidt revisit history and revive Wallabies for ‘worst type of All Blacks'?
Australia may fear the worst with a wounded New Zealand next, but Joe Schmidt has previous in overseeing a swift transformation.
