NZ Rugby World

New Zealand Rugby World is the premier authority on our national game; with sharp analysis and irreverent humour the two key components. In both style and content the writing is award winning and provides an unparalleled depth of insight into the people who play the game and the issues that matter to the fans. The cast of contributors is world class as is the photography and lay-out. Pick this magazine up and you won't want to put it down - rugby has never been so much fun.

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BRUTAL RESPECT, BLACKS AND SOUTH AFRICA. • THE 100TH TEST BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA WILL BE PLAYED IN DUNEDIN IN SEPTEMBER. JIM KAYES LOOKS AT THE HISTORY BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS AND THE HISTORIC SERIES WIN IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1996.

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SPRINGBOKS’ Stronger Together • IN THE COMPLICATED WORLD OF SOUTH AFRICA’S PUSH FOR TRANSFORMATION AND RACIAL EQUALITY, SIMNIKIWE XABANISA REVEALS THAT THE SPRINGBOKS SUCCESS COMES FROM COACH RASSIE ERASMUS MAKING RUGBY, NOT COLOUR, THE MAIN CURRENCY FOR SELECTION.

On the Right Side of History • AT JUST 28 JOHN MINTO WAS THE FACE AND VOICE OF EVERYDAY KIWIS WHO DIDN’T WANT THE SPRINGBOKS TO TOUR NEW ZEALAND. JIM KAYES CAUGHT UP WITH THE VETERAN PROTESTOR 40 YEARS ON FROM A TOUR THAT DIVIDED A COUNTRY.

ASH DIXON: ON BEING ASH DIXON. • HE IS ONE OF THE UNSUNG HEROES OF NEW ZEALAND RUGBY SO ALEX CHAPMAN CAUGHT UP WITH ASH DIXON TO FIND OUT WHAT MAKES THE MĀORI ALL BLACKS SKIPPER TICK.

THE SECOND COMING • JAMES O’CONNOR WAS ALWAYS TALENTED, BUT HE WAS A BIT OF A RUGBY BRAT WHEN HE FIRST MADE THE WALLABIES. HE TALKED TO JIM TUCKER ABOUT HIS ‘SECOND CAREER’ AND HOW DIFFERENT HE IS AS A PERSON.

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A country divided • THE 1981 SPRINGBOKS TOUR SAW MASS PROTESTS IN NEW ZEALAND AND A GAME IN HAMILTON CALLED OFF. IN HIS NEW BOOK, BRUTAL, AUTHOR RON PALENSKI REVISITS THOSE TUMULTUOUS TIMES.

CAN THE LIONS CONTINUE TO ROAR • LIONS TOURS LIKE THE CURRENT ONE IN SOUTH AFRICA CONTINUE TO GET SHORTENED. ARE THEY AT RISK? CAN THE LIONS SURVIVE? UK RUGBY WORLD EDITOR SARAH MOCKFORD GOES LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.

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Twin Towers: • Brodie Retallick wins the lineout for the All Blacks in their second test against Fiji, at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton.

TRY TIME: • Tate McDermott gets plenty of air on his way to a try for the Wallabies in the third test of the series against France. The Wallabies won the final test, and the series, despite playing with 14 men for most of the match at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.

EYES ON THE BALL: • Manu Samoa’s Jonathan Taumateine is all concentration during their win against Tonga in Hamilton. Samoa have now qualified for the 2023 World Cup in France.

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Changing THE GAME • DOUBLE WORLD CUP WINNING BLACK FERN VICTORIA GRANT IS HELPING COACH THE NEW ZEALAND MEN’S UNDER 20S TEAM AND TELLS RIKKI SWANNELL SHE WANTS TO COACH THE TEAM SHE ONCE CAPTAINED TOO.

5 OF THE BEST • WITH THE RETIREMENT OF DOUBLE WORLD CUP WINNING ALL BLACKS BLINDSIDE FLANKER JEROME KAINO, AFTER MORE THAN 350 FIRST CLASS GAMES, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIVE NO6S BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE GREATEST ALL BLACKS XV OF ALL TIME ON SKY SPORT’S THE BREAKDOWN.

STEVE HANSEN THE LEGACY • IN AN EXTRACT FROM HIS BOOK ON THE FORMER ALL BLACKS COACH, GREGOR PAUL LOOKS BACK AT 2016, THE YEAR STEVE HANSEN ENSURED THE ALL BLACKS COPED WITHOUT SOME OF THE GAME’S GREATEST.

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