Tom Vinicombe is Southern Hemisphere features editor for RugbyPass. Tom has travelled the world covering rugby and lived in Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Exclusive: Braydon Ennor made the decision to relocate from Auckland to Canterbury in 2015, not knowing what the future would hold…
Exclusive: Despite Richard Kahui’s career being blighted by injury, the Tokoroa-born midfielder managed to keep his body mostly …
Exclusive: Jordie Barrett is perhaps the most adept utility back of the modern era, starting matches in four different jerseys for…
Exclusive: Colin Slade spent almost half a decade slogging it out in the turgid conditions of France's Top 14 and will now turn hi…
While Aaron Cruden will be pumped to take the field for the Chiefs when Super Rugby Aotearoa kicks off in June, he still needs to …
Exclusive: Advocates of the woman's game in New Zealand rightly spoke out after hearing little noise from NZR regarding the adjust…
Exclusive: Lima Sopoaga played 88 matches for the Highlanders over an eight-year career with the men from the deep south of New Ze…
Exclusive: The last time 2019 All Blacks bolter Luke Jacobson had any substantial professional playing minutes was in September, w…
Exclusive: Everybody knows the basic tale of the bouncer who was called into the Chiefs squad in 2018 and made his All Blacks debu…
Bryn Hall has experienced unprecedented success since moving to the Crusaders in 2017 but it's one of his earlier experiences, wel…
Former All Black Ben Smith didn't have the smoothest of starts to his career in France but he certainly learned a valuable lesson …
While the Chiefs have failed in a bid to bring All Black lock Brodie Retallick into the squad for the upcoming Super Rugby Aotearo…
Exclusive: Rumours have been cropping up that the NZ-only edition of Super Rugby could welcome back some of the country’s former…
Exclusive: After two years in France, Aaron Cruden made the decision to move back home to represent the Chiefs side that he won tw…
After last year's World Cup, New Zealand bid farewell to a number of capped All Blacks, including loose forwards Kieran Read, Matt…
Aaron Cruden’s Chiefs homecoming hasn’t exactly gone to plan – but the opportunity for something a little bit different in 2…
Exclusive: Historically, the path to playing professional rugby has followed a fairly standardised route. Hawke's Bay star Lincoln…
Exclusive: Jordie Barrett is a prodigiously talented footballer. At just 20 years of age, he was thrust into his All Blacks starti…
Like many of the world’s most influential people, leadership isn’t necessarily something that Agustín Pichot aspired to but t…
Richard Kahui's decorated career includes trophies for the All Blacks, Chiefs and Waikato. Despite winning a World Cup with New Ze…
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