Tom Vinicombe is Southern Hemisphere features editor for RugbyPass. Tom has travelled the world covering rugby and lived in Europe, Asia and Oceania.
The Kobe region in Japan is renowned for its exceptionally high quality (and equally as expensive) cuts of beef, but soon the loca…
2020 is shaping up as potentially career-defining for Richie Mo'unga. The Crusaders pivot has previously been perched behind Super…
In a match where a combined eight tries were scored, it seems like Glasgow and Exeter's drawn Champions Cup fixture is being talke…
Head back to the beginning of December and Bristol fans would have been feeling quietly confident with how their team were coastin…
When the Crusaders announced their squad for the upcoming season of Super Rugby, it was over 1100 caps short of the squad they fie…
It doesn’t take a rugby genius to know that New Zealand have been blessed with talent in the 7 jersey over the years, but someth…
Of all the various signings that took place during the Super Rugby offseason, few New Zealand franchises could boast that they'd l…
Beauden Barrett’s signing with the Blues for 2020 has been hailed as a huge coup for the underperforming franchise. However, the…
When Quinn Tupaea debuted for Waikato during the 2018 season, it was hard not to be impressed. This year, he will be entering his …
Ian Foster's time with the Chiefs may not have reaped as many championships as Scott Robertson's with the Crusaders, but that's a …
Ian Foster and Scott Robertson, two men with plenty of plusses on their respective CVs, were the only two applicants for the All B…
It's the news every Chiefs fan has been hoping for: Damian McKenzie will be fit for the opening match of the Super Rugby season. W…
There's no question that the decade spanning from 2010 to 2019 has been the most successful period in the Chiefs' short history, w…
Super Rugby is no longer a tournament divided by regional lines. Instead, New Zealand's best players all get to show what they’r…
Despite the fact that Matt Proctor has been an underrated player over the last few years and Ardie Savea’s absence is coming at …
Crusaders loose forward Ethan Blackadder will be out of action in the early stages of the 2020 Super Rugby season due to shoulder …
The New Zealand Super Rugby franchises will take to the field in 2020 with entirely new kits, with all five sides having revealed …
Fans have quickly taken to social media to comment on the change to the Crusaders' branding - and the new logo isn't exactly recei…
The Súper Liga will kick off on February 28th and bring together teams from across the continent to vie for South American suprem…
The USA have long been touted a sleeping giant of international rugby, but it appears that off-field issues could cut the nation o…
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