New Zealand
The tonic Boks need ahead of World Cup
OPINION: The Springboks will likely send an ‘A’ team to New Zealand with a split squad strategy in this year’s Rugby Championship for one very specific reason.
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Opinion News
Second Phase
Bok captaincy: Lining up Kolisi's replacements
OPINION: It seems like the Springboks' management will soon have to start looking at some new captaincy options for this year’s World Cup.
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South Africa
Will the Boks get Stick after Nienaber?
OPINION: The dust had hardly settled on the shock announcement of Jacques Nienaber's impending departure and the focus shifted to his possible successor.
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Second Phase
Why this Pacific competition is a Super flop
OPINION: Hamish Bidwell looks at the reasons for the dramatic decline in interest in Super Rugby Pacific.
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Second Phase
Six Nations: Team of the Tournament
OPINION: Jamie Lyall runs the rule over the stars of the just-completed Six Nations and comes up with his Team of the Tournament.
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Ireland
Player Ratings: The champions
OPINION: A deathly hush around the Aviva Stadium set the tone for an eerily nervous opening for Andy Farrell’s Ireland – who were very much rabbits in the headlights in face of Grand Slam history in Dublin.
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France
Player Ratings: French flair
OPINION: In order to maintain pressure on the undefeated tournament leaders and Grand Slam hopefuls Ireland, France required a bonus-point triumph over Wales.
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Wales
Player Ratings: Punching above their weight
OPINION: It’s been a strange Six Nations for Wales, but Warren Gatland’s side went to Paris off the back of a positive win over Italy. How would they fare against a world-beating French side, off the back of a 50-point win at Twickenham?
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Scotland
Player Ratings: 'A below-par performance'
OPINION: A hat-trick of tries from Blair Kinghorn saw Scotland home despite a below-par performance against Italy at Murrayfield.
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OPINION
Player Ratings: Dark day at Twickenham
OPINION: This was savage, a brutal record beating as England were blown away by France.
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OPINION
Player Ratings: Grand slam quest intact
OPINION: In the most consequential Six Nations game of the round, Ireland’s Grand Slam steam train was pitted against a Scotland side that can rightly lay claim to being the best of its generation – and one eager to spoil Andy Farrell and Co’s party.
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OPINION
Player Ratings: Scottish implosion
OPINION: Scotland were denied a first Triple Crown since 1990 as Ireland continued their quest for a Grand Slam with victory at Murrayfield.
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