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The Springboks impressive turnaround will have brought a lot of cheer to their fans, despite their loss to the All Blacks in Cape Town in their final Rugby Championship 2017 game. Springboks Impressive Despite Loss to the All Blacks In his article, Last Word on Rugby’s Scott Hornell made the point that the All Blacks […] READ MORE
A Springbok Rugby reality check was handed out in Albany, New Zealand on Saturday with the hosts the All Blacks smashing them 57 to nil. READ MORE
With so many wholesale changes for All Blacks v Argentina on Saturday, it appears that the rotation is being utilized during The Rugby Championship 2017 READ MORE
After 4 rounds of the Rugby Championship, their exhibitions went from impressive to questionable. Can the Pumas be a serious contender? READ MORE
Breaking News: The All Blacks management have publicly announced this afternoon that squad member Jerome Kaino has left the All Blacks team on Game Day, for ‘Personal Reasons’. This development follows unconfirmed newspaper reports published in Australia and New Zealand. These were of personal details of an ‘extra-marital affair [not confirmed by the player or his […] READ MORE
Two new players have been introduced to the starting team, for the Bledisloe Cup match on Saturday, August 19. Liam Squire and Damian McKenzie get the nod over two veteran All Blacks, to reward great Super Rugby form (and more). Both players have had minimal opportunities in black, so the opening Bledisloe Cup match, and […] READ MORE
The big news, and surprise, to some Wallabies fans came in the form of the headline making decison ‘Quade Cooper cut from Australia squad’. But head coach Michael Cheika is looking piece together a team capable of taking on the All Blacks in four weeks time. He has been forced to make some decisions that […] READ MORE
Dane Coles, the All Blacks hooker, has inadvertently ‘pinned the tail on the donkey’. He told media on Sunday night in Paris that “when you look back on other end-of-year tours, the last game is always the toughest one.” And Final Test Frustrations are common across many sports with such long calendar seasons. Take Rugby League: […] READ MORE
Celebrating our game, Last Word On Rugby have combined the wealth of knowledge from all our staff and writers, to come up with the MC50 Most Influential Player Series. A list that profiles the many and growing number of players in World Rugby who are either the MVP of their country, competition or code: we […] READ MORE
With the New Year fast approaching, Last Word On Rugby are reflecting back on a fine year. From the 2016 Top 14 Final, to International matches and Super Rugby, the LWOR highlights series are wide and varied. As part of the MCXM Top 10 memories of 2016, the third in our series see’s contributions from European rugby expert Josh Bradham, […] READ MORE
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