All Blacks

Head coach Leo Cullen finds weeks like this the most enjoyable when many players make their debuts

Jamison Gibson-Park and Hugo Keenan have not played since series win over All Blacks

Former Blackrock College prop makes next step in quest to represent New Zealand

Sport depends on emotional responses for its pulse so the most compelling narrative is still weakness and vulnerability

Focus on 2023 World Cup diminishes arguably the greatest achievement in the history of Irish sport

South Africa need to secure a bonus point and beat Argentina by at least 39 points

Referee Mathieu Raynal took the ball off the outhalf with Australia holding a three-point lead

New Zealand again looked fallible 13 months before the World Cup kicks off in France

Jordie Barrett’s late try sinks Wallabies as New Zealand win classic encounter in Melbourne

Australia have turned to outhalf Bernard Foley for Thursday’s game in Melbourne

Winger hoping to see a return to action in later October after knee injury kept him out of historic tour win

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi targeting more consistency after win against Australia

Bonus-point win puts All Blacks’ Rugby Championship defence back on track

Ill-discipline throughout the match cost the hosts dearly in Christchurch

Leinster winger the scene stealer in public work-out at Longford RFC

Fluctuating fortunes of the southern hemisphere powers make predictions a little trickier than usual

Under-fire New Zealand head coach Ian Foster has ‘absolute confidence’ of board

‘The stress has been good for me, I think I lost one kilogram over the last week, so a couple more weeks I’ll be in good shape’

All Blacks silence the 61,519 crowd with impressive win after after losing five of their previous six tests

South Africa seek to build on their impressive victory over All Blacks in Nelspruit last weekend

Four changes to New Zealand team as they look to avoid sixth defeat in seven matches

Joseph Dweba to start in the frontrow as Malcolm Marx remains on the bench

Ulster backrow returns alongside Jesse Kriel, Jaden Hendrikse, Bonbi Mbonambi and Ox Nche

New Zealand outhalf says team understands pressure but is blocking out the outside noise

Front page New Zealand Herald editorial calls for Kiwi boss to go

Springboks recorded biggest win over New Zealand since 1928 despite finishing with 14 players

Like Australian forests after a bush fire, miraculously Australian rugby has began to regrow

New Zealand return to action for the first time since the series defeat to Andy Farrell’s Ireland

Connacht head coach Andy Friend on Ireland and the All Blacks, his ambitions for his club, and the 218km charity cycle he’s doing for the wife of a Connacht employee

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

The All Blacks have mastered believing nobody can beat them even when they lose and are ranked 4th

Head coach resists urge to make wholesale changes after series loss to Ireland

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

New Zealand under pressure as they face tough challenge away to South Africa in Rugby Championship

Governing body’s HIA protocols were criticised by safety campaigners after first Test of series

New Zealand Rugby and its team find themselves isolated and boxed into a corner created by their own self-serving actions

There is little argument that red cards can ruin games and so too that head injuries can ruin lives

An end of season tour that looked full of trepidation turned into the most successful ever

All Blacks coach promises change ahead of two Rugby Championship tests against South Africa

View from New Zealand: Coaching team under intense scrutiny but New Zealand Rugby responsible for a number of catastrophic decisions