Jones' aim of usurping the All Blacks is more than just talk

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Eddie Jones will be entitled to feeling a degree of vindication after the Lions series.

The best thing about Super Rugby this year? It's all over

The Brumbies' loss to the Hurricanes on Friday night, ending Australian involvement in a wretched season, came as a relief.

How defence quietly took over world rugby

Defence is king again in rugby and games are won without the ball.

Future looks brighter for Reds than Waratahs

The Waratahs looked completely lost against the Force and the path forward doesn't look particularly clear.

This is Super Rugby's last roll of the dice

Rarely has Super Rugby appeared so dangerously close to irrelevance than last week's Waratahs v Jaguares game.

World Rugby must front on Poite's decision

For the sake of clarity the governing body must explain the offside/accidental offside rule in the wake of referee Romain Poite's decision not to award a penalty in the dying stages of the All Blacks v Lions match.

All Blacks look vulnerable without Smith and Crotty

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The All Blacks simply aren't the same side without Ben Smith and Ryan Crotty.

Ref gets it right on SBW but wrong on O'Brien

Jerome Garces was right to red card Sonny Bill Williams on Saturday night against the British and Irish Lions.

Petty attacks on Gatland attacks make Cheika look far less like a clown

The Gatland clown treatment provides ample ammunition to those who accuse New Zealanders of boorishness when it comes to the All Blacks.