During a frankly brutal encounter, Henshaw was knocked out after a head clash with Sam Cane and Malakai Fekitoa levelled ... Peter O’Mahony allegedly labelling Cane as a “s--- Richie McCaw” in ...

Irish loose forward Peter O'Mahony, of course, was another chief protagonist after calling former All Blacks captain Sam Cane ...

Fanning the flames, Ioane didn't ignore the barb, posting an Instagram story of himself and Sexton during the All Blacks' ...

Meanwhile, no matter how one compares Sam Cane to Richie McCaw, he dominated the breakdown in the quarter-final and it’s the ...

Jonathan Sexton has been retired from playing rugby for more than a year yet he and Rieko Ioane will loom over the ...

THERE have been better sequels and, disappointingly for Ireland, this one even had the same ending. A year on from an epic ...

For so long men’s rugby’s premier power, New Zealand are in a rare rebuilding phase as they begin their Autumn Nations Series ...

Nine years ago to the day, the All Blacks became the first team to win back-to-back Rugby World Cups, defeating Australia 34-17 in the 2015 final.

For so long, the talent pipeline has been so productive that succession planning has been easy – when Richie McCaw stepped away after 2015, Sam Cane was a ready-made replacement. Cane will ...

For so long, the talent pipeline has produced so bountifully that succession planning has been easy – when Richie McCaw stepped away after 2015, Sam Cane was a ready-made replacement.