Tom Vinicombe is Southern Hemisphere features editor for RugbyPass. Tom has travelled the world covering rugby and lived in Europe, Asia and Oceania.
OPINION: Since leaving New Zealand's shores at the end of 2017, Aaron Cruden has experienced a torrid time in the south of France.…
OPINION: There are very few players in New Zealand who could offer a like-for-like replacement for Damian McKenzie, whose explosiv…
OPINION: In 2018, the battle for starting midfield spots for the All Blacks was effectively considered a three-horse race between …
OPINION: Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi is well entrenched as New Zealand's third halfback, but he has found game time hard to come by in …
Akira Ioane is the sole uncapped player selected in New Zealand's foundation squad, but wider training squads aren't anything new …
For the first six years of Super Rugby, the Blues had the highest average finishing position of any New Zealand team. They now ran…
Perhaps the biggest concern for the rest of the season is that there seems to be little consistency in the weekly team selection i…
In the four games Nonu has played since that first match of the season, we’ve seen more of the strengths that Nonu has honed sin…
Since 2015 there has been one position where the All Blacks have failed to replace the talent they lost in the post World Cup exod…
If any team in Super Rugby can overcome and rebuild after great tragedy then it is the Crusaders, but let’s not pretend that los…
That’s not to suggest that the Blues haven’t been producing talent – nor have they necessarily failed to recruit players wit…
With the supposed plans dropping for the new ‘World League’ earlier this week, there’s one nation that will be feeling parti…
After years of New Zealand dominance, the early rounds of Super Rugby in 2019 has shown that the tides could be turning, writes To…
With the ever-increasing demands of professional rugby pushing players to their limits, it’s become an annual tradition for New …
When Brad Weber lined up to take the Chiefs’ first goal kick attempt of the season on Friday, you knew it was going to be a long…
There is plenty for the Brumbies to work on in 2019 if they are to re-visit the lofty heights of which they once reached in the ea…
The short of it is that the Sunwolves are an endangered species and unless they manage to turn things around this year, extinction…
While all the buzz in the Northern Hemisphere surrounds England’s triumph over Ireland in Dublin, the folks in the south are lic…
When next year’s Rugby World Cup comes to a conclusion, so too will Steve Hansen’s current contract as All Blacks head coach.
The All Blacks learn from their mistakes – which is why Hansen will be frustrated that they don’t really have any immediate op…
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