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ANALYSES: The Evolution of the game

OPINION: As a sports science graduate with a deep appreciation for Rugby Union, I find the current landscape of the international game fascinating.

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Player ratings: South Africa

OPINION: South Africa not only returned to the top of the world rankings, they have now gone more than 180 minutes without conceding a try against Scotland.

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Player ratings: England

OPINION: England player ratings live from Twickenham: After successive one, seven, and two-point defeats to New Zealand, this was a Saturday afternoon ripe for Steve Borthwick’s team to take their many All Blacks frustrations out on a wounded Wallabies XV.

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Player Ratings: Japan

OPINION: Japan was defeated 12-52 by a dominant France side at the Stade de France in Paris.

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Player ratings: Scotland

OPINION: Bryn Palmer rates the Scotland players after their 15-32 loss to South Africa at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on Sunday.

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Player Ratings: France

OPINION: Despite a late withdrawal from wing Damian Penaud, France’s star power was unmatched in the contest as they ran out to a 31-0 lead by halftime and never looked in doubt of securing the result.

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Player ratings: Australia

OPINION: Australia player ratings: Australia snatched a try at the death to beat England 37-42 at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium in a match for the ages on Saturday.

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First-half shutout and 'slow poison' the key at Murrayfield

OPINION: The Springboks must avoid an attacking shootout with a dangerous Scotland side this Sunday.

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Player ratings: New Zealand

OPINION: Ben Smith rates the New Zealand players after their 23-13 win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Friday.

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Player ratings: Ireland

OPINION: Ian Cameron rates the Ireland players after their 13-23 loss to New Zealand at Lansdowne Road on Friday.

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VIDEO: Rassie 'reinvents' himself all the time

WATCH as former Springbok coach and now television analyst Nick Mallett reveals what makes Rassie Erasmus so special.

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The notorious bug that keeps on biting the All Blacks

SPOTLIGHT: There was a curious moment ahead of the All Blacks’ clash with the Springboks at the 2019 World Cup – one in which Rassie Erasmus, as only he could, went on a four-minute rant about how New Zealand had, for the last 10 years, won favourable treatment from referees as a result of their number one status.

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