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League: Toulon turn it on for foreign players
Sonny Bill Williams can expect some superstar treatment if he joins French rugby club Toulon as expected. The club is a far cry from what it was when team manager Tom Whitford joined as a player in 2001 - he's helped see to that. "It's...

All Blacks: Improved Aussie scrum adds bite to Bledisloe II
Newly contracted All Black hooker Andrew Hore concedes the improved Wallabies scrum has put more heat into the Bledisloe Cup series and should provide another great skirmish for this weekend's repeat at Eden Park. Hore was protecting...

Chris Rattue: Capitulation reflects the state of our game
The axe should fall on Graham Henry's already-toppling rugby regime but even that won't save these All Blacks, who fell in embarrassing defeat at Sydney on Saturday night. The rot is well set and the coaching cupboard bare, willingly...

Richard Loe: The All Black gameplan was questionable
I took part in a sweepstake ahead of last night's Bledisloe Cup test. I had a crack at a score with Robbie Deans' Wallabies winning by five points; just for the hell of it. But, because I am an ex-All Black with the feeling I have...

Sean Fitzpatrick: All Black cracks only papered over
There is an inescapable conclusion from that 34-19 loss to the Wallabies last night - and it has to do with the state of New Zealand rugby right now. We are in quite a bit of trouble. I said in a Rugby: Islands, US and Japan to boost Super rugby
A phased integration of Super rugby sides is likely to begin in 2010, with a fifth Australian team likely to be the first new entrant into the expanded competition. Following that, it is possible that Sanzar bosses will look to...

All Blacks: NZRU slowly tempt top All Blacks back
A group of senior All Blacks are slowly edging towards extending their contracts through to the next World Cup. As the Herald on Sunday revealed in June, a core of leading players, including Ali Williams, Rodney So'oialo, Tony...

All Blacks: Franchise review opens doors
The vulnerability of the All Blacks was never better illustrated than in the Dunedin test against the Springboks. Ali Williams limped off and the full impact of global markets was felt. Kevin O'Neill came on to make his test debut...