Stuart Barnes

Losing to Australia will give All Blacks a jolt, but will it be enough to keep them on top?

The hits keep coming, and will keep on coming and coming, for clever Johnny Sexton

New book looks at why players must never underestimate the power of imagination

1,500 Leinster flags stuck outside the turnstiles ahead of province’s win at The Rec

Trying to drown out the All Blacks’ Haka is not a good idea – it’ll only upset them

Cipriani has started only five Tests in past decade and never featured at a World Cup

Panel on ‘Break Down’ can’t get over O’Brien decision and accuse Lions of spoiling tactics

‘Some of us wondered when there are so many men on a rugby pitch, would one be missed?’

TV View: Forget Day of Destiny, we can’t wait for Day of Destiny: Part II™

Warren Gatland rues one that got away as Highlanders win 23-22 in Dunedin

South African has brought emotional intelligence as well as a razor-sharp rugby brain

Friends and colleagues clearly felt blessed to have known the Munster rugby great

World Cup final’s dramatic second half even had heretics rejoicing

Ireland played with all the intensity of men blessing themselves as a funeral passed by

TV3’s coverage of Ireland’s win also witnesses the birth of the ‘underlap’

Ireland have never made the last four, their style is under scrutiny – but they just keep on winning