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

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

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

Tracy said Ioane's comments were "as low as you can get." Former All Black Israel Dagg backed Ioane. "When you fire something ...

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 ...

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

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

Garry Ringrose was carried off after a head clash with Sam Cane that was ruled accidental ... “Who do you think you are? You’re a shit Richie McCaw pal.” There was a heated exchange between Sexton and ...

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

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.

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.