All Black Ardie Savea has feared of going blind and will wear goggles to protect his eyes against Canada
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Downtime with New Zealand’s Beauden Barrett
Downtime with New Zealand‘s Beauden Barrett Do you have any phobias? Yes, I’m claustrophobic. When I was at boarding school a guy locked me in a cupboard. It felt pretty…
Five things we learnt about rugby in September
From back-row battles to morale-boosting victories, Paul Williams looks at key talking points from the last month
Get to know Fiji’s Jale Vatubua
The hard-hitting Pau centre talks Fiji, family and the future
Michael Cheika: “I don’t know the rules anymore”
The Samu Kerevi-Rhys Patchell incident is the latest tackle controversy to mar the Rugby World Cup
Toulouse trio Antoine Dupont, Romain Ntamack and Thomas Ramos
Could Toulouse’s new generation transform the fortunes of France? Gavin Mortimer talks to a triple threat of players
Ben Ryan: “Alivereti Raka will be box office for France”
Former Fiji Sevens coach Ben Ryan explains what debutant winger Alivereti Raka will bring to the France team
The rapid rise of Wales flanker Aaron Wainwright
THE RISE of Aaron Wainwright has been meteoric. Having only got into rugby in Year 11 of school, in a few short years he has gone from soccer academies to…
The making of Peter O’Mahony
The making of Peter O’Mahony Ahead of this Rugby World Cup, has honed his reputation as one of the finest defensive lineout technicians and ball snafflers in the global game.…
Get to know Samoa’s Chris Vui
Get to know Samoa’s Chris Vui Chris Vui was 18 when he first started playing rugby but within a few years he had become Samoa’s youngest-ever captain, leading the team…