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An All Blacks star has won New Zealand’s top rugby award for the third time in his career. Flanker Ardie Savea was on Thursday recognised as New Zealand’s standout player for 2025 after claiming the prestigious Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year award, which he also won in 2019 and 2023. Lock Fabian
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Duane Vermeulen is one of only five Springboks from the 2019 and 2023 World Cup-winning campaigns to make a combined XV which also draws from the 2011-2015 All Blacks. The Boks’ recent dominance, including back-to-back World Cup titles, has sparked inevitable comparison with the 2011-2015 All Blacks who also successfully defended their global crown. Now
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SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer has revealed that Rassie Erasmus’ eventual successor as Springbok head coach will likely come from within the current setup. Erasmus recently signed a contract extension through to the 2031 Rugby World Cup in the USA, but the national body already has a succession plan in motion for when the director
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Former All Blacks attack coach Jason Holland is rejoining the Hurricanes for the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season. Holland spent eight seasons in Wellington during his first stint, helping the Canes win their only Super Rugby title before taking over as head coach from 2020 to 2023. He left to join Scott Robertson’s All Blacks
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The Cheetahs will be without three key players for Saturday’s EPCR Challenge Cup clash against Stade Français in Amsterdam. Coach Frans Steyn confirmed that lock and captain Victor Sekekete suffered a fractured cheekbone during the 42-12 defeat to the Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park last weekend, while flyhalf Jaco van der Walt and centre Zander du
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Wallabies great Matt Burke says Australian rugby is paying the price for no longer facing South African teams. He argues that Super Rugby has lost the physical edge once forged by regular battles with the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers and Lions. MORE: Super Rugby turns 30 and losers still get lucky Burke, who played more than
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An All Blacks star will join Perpignan next season, provided the Catalan club retains its place in the French Top 14. Club president Francois Riviere said on Wednesday that winger Sevu Reece will join the club. Perpignan are currently bottom of the Top 14 with just one point from 11 games, six points behind Montauban
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Eddie Jones will coach Japan at the 2027 World Cup after surviving a performance review at the end of a mixed second year back in charge. Japan Rugby Football Union chairman Kensuke Iwabuchi said after an executive board meeting on Wednesday that there had been “various discussions” before deciding to back the 65-year-old Australian head
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