Pain, pleasure and patience
Pari Pari Parkinson, one of the most promising physical specimens in New Zealand rugby, is back.
Latest Longform
National question
Exeter Chiefs have taken the Premier 15s by storm but face the threat of a move to limit overseas players.
Back to the future
Mike Brown is having to move on but Harlequins are in safe hands with Marcus Smith
Back seat driver
All Black legend Sam Whitelock is a stickler for New Zealand's traditions
Building the empire
From Liverpool to Lancaster, how Leinster have become a European rugby juggernaut.
Bubble and squeak
A Trans-Tasman Super competition has just gone from doubtful to highly likely. That's good news for everyone.
Centre stage
From hulking winger to shrewd centre - the stats and details behind George North's compelling transformation.
The great entertainer
Tom O'Flaherty has been pulling up trees down in Devon and the wing is thriving in esteemed company
Blonde ambition
Faf de Klerk has spent a career confounding critics and his bite around the fringes may trouble the Lions
The final whistle?
Calls for Eddie Jones to be sacked are growing so someone had to defend the England coach
Stats and Snapshots: Episode five
How much can Warren Gatland rely on statistics to help him choose his 36-man Lions squad for South Africa?
Love, hate relationship
The rise and fall of Eddie Jones is a story New Zealanders are not surprised to be reading.
