Rugby Rampage

Sifting through the selection debate, you find the changes that matter.

Selections aside, Dave Rennie is pushing the right buttons with All Blacks Everyone wants winners and losers out of any team naming. Frankly, when the net’s cast this wide, those kinds of categories are redundant.

Rennie explained why the German-born loose-forward was picked over the likes of Du'Plessis Kirifi and Samipeni Finau.

All Blacks head coach details what made Anton Segner impossible to leave out Ian Cameron Imperfect South Africa enjoy early season tune-up against Barbarians South Africa opened their 2026 season with a 12-try demolition of the Barbarians at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium...

Wellington's new favourite son delivers...

Clark Laidlaw reacts to Ruben Love's Man of the Match final performance The Hurricanes are 2026 Super Rugby Pacific champions, and their 25-year-old No.10 is the grand final Man of the Match.

This is so true 😞

'Rugby in general is going that way and we realised that a little bit too late' Former England captain Jamie George has said that the national team were too slow to adapt to how rugby has evolved during...

"This is going to be an exciting new chapter in my career, and I’m looking forward to every moment."

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Springbok Grant Williams' new club confirmed as 19-cap All Black joins him Japan Rugby League One champions Kobelco Kobe Steelers have moved quickly to strengthen their squad ahead of...

Another hot-stepper moves to France.

Chiefs announce departure of Liam Coombes-Fabling Liam Coombes-Fabling will finish his time with the Chiefs and move to French Pro D2 club Oyonnax on a two-year deal once he completes the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season.

The Brumbies coach reacts to his side's 54-point qualifying final loss.

'It's embarrassing': Stephen Larkham apologises to Brumbies fans A very sombre Stephen Larkham fronted media on Friday night after his Brumbies team were put to the sword in the first Super Rugby Pacific qualifying final of the weekend.

EXIT: Some big names leaving the Tahs.

49-cap Wallaby among 9 Waratahs players heading to exit Nine players have departed the NSW Waratahs following the conclusion of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season, with...

REFS: WR have confirmed the refs for the Nations Championship.

World Rugby confirm refs for Nations Championship as Luke Pearce gets big call World Rugby have confirmed the match official appointments for the opening block of fixtures in the inaugural Nations Championship...

"Before you can remedy a situation, first you must acknowledge it."

Tana Umaga's 'shine' concession shows NZR aware of new reality I also have a strong belief that the public will be prouder of Dave Rennie’s All Blacks than they have been of the team in years.