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Rugby: Ireland series shapes as hardest start to an All Black season in ages
You can accuse Ian Foster of a lot of things, but being boring isn't one of them - at least when it came to naming a team this week to face Ireland.
Super Rugby Pacific 2022: What we learned
The Crusaders finals win capped off a rough inaugural season for Super Rugby without South Africa - so what did we make of Super Rugby Pacific, and what could change? Video
Super Rugby final: Signs point to Blues title win, but don't rule out a Crusaders smash and grab
Comment - It's happy days at Eden Park as they prepare to do something the All Blacks embarrassingly couldn't achieve the last time they were there - a sold-out stadium, Jamie Wall writes. Video
Super Rugby: All eyes should be on the final
Next week should only be about the Super Rugby Pacific final - everything else can wait, rugby commentator Jamie Wall says. Video
Intriguing semis loom as form teams chase Super Rugby title
Comment - And then there were four: The good thing for Super Rugby Pacific is that it's the right four; the semifinalists are the competition's top performing teams. Video
Super Rugby Pacific: How the Hurricanes and Highlanders' seasons rate
Opinion - Super Rugby Pacific's quarter-finals went according to the form guide, which meant saying goodbye to the Highlanders and Hurricanes for this season, Jamie Wall writes. Video
More than just a curtain-raiser: Why the Under 85kg final matters
Opinion - The Silver Lake deal and the National Under-85kg Club Cup final are at opposite ends of the rugby news spectrum, but they might just have more in common than first thought, writes Jamie Wall… Video
Super Rugby: Pacific flair to end the new boys’ seasons
Analysis - Talk about saving the best for last: Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua both ended their first season in fine style yesterday. Video
Super Rugby Pacific: Final round permutations
Analysis - We're almost there with Super Rugby Pacific. After a very long, disrupted time, the curtain comes down on the regular season, with the good news for two thirds of the teams being that they…
The All Black rainbow: Facing the challenge of inclusion in rugby
If rugby does make it to its inclusivity goals and gay rugby players are fully enveloped in normalisation, the 'first gay All Black' would be treated like any other day of the week, Jamie Wall writes.
All Blacks: Barrett states his case, but has Perofeta done enough?
Beauden Barrett cut a relaxed figure as he strolled in fashionably late to the post-match press conference at Eden Park last night, Jamie Wall writes. Video
Plenty of league news to discuss, but same old story in rugby
Opinion - The Warriors' monumental loss to the Sharks was another chapter in multitude of narratives and possibilities of rugby league, but rugby news is sounding like a broken record, writes Jamie… Video
Super Rugby Pacific: The big All Black questions
Analysis - The pressure is on All Blacks coach Ian Foster to get the test season off to a winning start - Jamie Wall tries to figure out what he's got on his mind as the July tests creep closer. Video
In defence of Super Rugby Pacific
Analysis - This year's inaugural edition of Super Rugby Pacific has been beset by issues, leading to it being derided by plenty as it's struggled along, Jamie Wall writes.
The logic behind the morbid fascination with the Warriors
It seems these days each Warriors season is a slow moving car crash. But for all the failure, the heartache and pain, you want to see what happens next, Jamie Wall writes.
Super Rugby's big weekend in Melbourne may be a fizzer or a flop
With Super Rugby lurching from disaster to triumph this season, the latest innovation could go either way, Jamie Wall writes.
Comment: A very Good Friday for Super Rugby Pacific
Comment - If there was ever evidence of a game living up to the hype, it was Friday night's blockbuster between the Blues and Crusaders. Video
Less is Moore - why the Black Ferns still needed a change
Comment - Even before New Zealand Rugby's woeful Black Ferns culture review, Glen Moore's position as coach deserved to be put under scrutiny, writes Jamie Wall.
Super Rugby: Blues batter Chiefs while Ardie Savea sounds off on refereeing
Opinion - For all its faults, you can't accuse Super Rugby Pacific of not throwing up some highly watchable footy this weekend, writes Jamie Wall. Video
The red mist: Super Rugby's big problem
Opinion - With five red cards issued during a single weekend, it's hard to agree they are an effective deterrent, writes Jamie Wall.
The Battle of Auckland - big brother gets the win, but still sees red
Analysis - Despite a dominant performance, the Blues and Moana Pasifika rivalry promises to be one of the biggest features of Super Rugby, writes Jamie Wall. Video
Super Rugby Pacific: The rivalry that Auckland needs
Opinion - The Blues and Moana Pasifika need to rip into each other tomorrow night and give everyone something to talk about, writes Jamie Wall.
A special night at Mt Smart, but what about the TV ratings?
Analysis - Mt Smart Stadium is now home to the season's biggest upset after Moana Pasifika seized a historic upset win against the Hurricanes, Jamie Wall writes. Video
Super Rugby stumbles while Six Nations shines
Analysis - With the Six Nations tournament coming to a climactic end, the benchmark for test rugby now belongs in the Northern Hemisphere, writes Jamie Wall. Video
Super Rugby Omnishambles, Warriors' chance for redemption
Analysis - Last weekend Jamie Wall wrote that Super Rugby was 'back on track', but now he's here to tell you that he was wrong, because it's really not.
