Tom Vinicombe is Southern Hemisphere features editor for RugbyPass. Tom has travelled the world covering rugby and lived in Europe, Asia and Oceania.
As New Zealand fans were reminded during last year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan, the All Blacks sometimes lose. Over a three or fo…
A wave of euphoria swept through New Zealand rugby in June, but the bubble has burst.
The man set to replace Warren Gatland almost produced one of the greatest upsets of the modern era.
In a survey sent out to members of the Team All Blacks fan club, respondents were asked to elect their favourite potential changes…
On Sunday, for the first time in almost three decades, a Kiwi referee took charge of an All Blacks match.
Come the end of the 2018 test season, Damian McKenzie was in the driver’s seat to wear the No. 15 jersey at the 2019 World Cup. …
2019 was a major step forward in Patrick Tuipulotu's All Blacks career but there's potential for the upcoming season to have an ev…
The 2020 season has been one unlike any other – and it’s likely to never be repeated. New Zealand Rugby have seemingly settled…
The Bulls, Sharks, Stormers and Lions’ move to Europe will significantly alter the shape of international club rugby in the Sout…
Tupou Vaa’i didn’t even have a Super Rugby contract at the start of the year. Now he’s an All Black.
A win, a draw and a loss doesn’t exactly make for great reading. That’s exactly how New Zealand’s 2019 Rugby Championship ca…
Anton Lienert-Brown has fought a long mental battle to become a regular All Black.
Having lost four international loose forwards from last year, 2020 was always shaping up as a massive challenge for the Highlander…
Michael Hooper’s appointment as Wallabies captain effectively means that the Waratah must be Dave Rennie’s first-choice opensi…
For the first four years of Jamie Booth’s Super Rugby career, the Manawatu halfback struggled to lock down anything beyond a one…
Wellington, with Asafo Aumua, Ardie Savea and TJ Perenara on duty, were expected to have too much firepower for Waikato. In fact, …
Liam Squire is back in New Zealand and, all going well, could be lining up for a Super Rugby club next year.
Every cloud has a silver lining and from a New Zealand rugby point of view, the silver lining of the COVID pandemic is undeniably …
‘Something old, something new’ could be the strategy for how Waikato head coach Andrew Strawbridge assembled his squad for the…
If Saturday's North v South clash weren't an All Blacks trial masquerading as the great interisland battles of the past, then the …
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