Sir Steve Hansen is softening to the idea of All Blacks being able to play in Japan and keeping their eligibility for national selection.
The new year brings with it the potential of new chapters and fresh starts for many of international rugby's discarded or forgotten talents.
New Zealand Warriors coach Andrew Webster has dismissed talk of Ngani Laumape potentially returning to the NRL club.
Rugby league and the NRL's talent raid on rugby union schools has garnered much press as the popularity of the Warriors has boomed in recent years.
The revamped Super Rugby Pacific competition, now in its third year, is still trying to capture imagination and relevance post-South Africa split.
We were ostensible online to chat about the World Rugby player of the year’s new Japanese adventure, a stint at the high-flying Kobe Steelers who will be in action live on RugbyPass TV on April 7 at home to Suntory Sungoliath when the Japan League One resumes following this weekend’s Easter break.
With rugby league growing in popularity and power, union bosses are fighting another war with a rival code.
World Rugby’s change in eligibility laws in 2022 has opened the door for players with mixed heritage to represent more than one side of their family tree, and every year more players become eligible for a change of national representation.
New All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has urged New Zealand Rugby to “keep an open mind” about potentially reconsidering their eligibility rules.