Steve Hansen

When Ireland had the temerity to almost draw with the All Blacks in the second Test of their series in 2012, they paid for it in the third. The All B(...)

There is one photograph that Sonny Bill Williams knew he wanted to include in his book. It’s a simple late-1980s Polaroid-quality image: Sonny giddy i(...)

World 12s, the international rugby organisation responsible for the proposed new annual rugby 12s tournament in 2022, has today announced David Humphr(...)

World Rugby has issued a lukewarm response to the proposed new World 12s competition that is being positioned as rugby’s equivalent to the Indian Prem(...)

New Zealand coach Ian Foster has been reappointed through to the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France after guiding the All Blacks to victory ove(...)

Warren Gatland would be in favour of Saturday’s third Test decider between the British & Irish Lions and South Africa going to extra-time in the e(...)

Once upon a time it was France. Often times it’s been the All Blacks. Very often it’s been Fiji. For a while it was Argentina. But, since the last Wor(...)

Different time, different head coach, wildly contrasting results. For numerous reasons. Beating Scotland and England would fatten up statistics that (...)

It’s a rest weekend in the Six Nations, so I thought I’d open a time capsule. It’s November 1978. Wales are just moments away from a famous victory a(...)

The Ruddocks’ Celtic union was formed, naturally enough, over pints after Welsh choir practice in Dublin. The Irish bloodlines go deeper than you mig(...)