Task master
Patrick Tuipulotu has helped mould the Blues into his own hard-working image.
Generation X
A new crop of Kiwi 10s are set to make names for themselves in Super Rugby Aotearoa.
Features
The enduring wait
A horror season in 2020 is something the Chiefs are desperate to forget all about in 2021.
Steyn alive
Frans Steyn will be 34 in May, but the two-time world champion’s lust to play in a second Lions series burns white-hot.
The blame game
The Waratahs are in chaos and its origins can be traced back to one decision in 2018.
Game of thrones
New Zealand seems to want uncertainty to prevail when it comes to major coaching roles.
Pack mentality
How Blues’ forwards went from easy beats to heavy hitters to challenge Crusaders’ supremacy.
Star Columns
Building bridges
Boosting Australian club rugby is the key to preparing aspiring Super Rugby players.
Free spirit
Tony Brown can already be compared with coaching genius Wayne Smith
Fit to burst
Pre-season training can often be unpleasant, but it can also create lasting, and good, memories.
Interviews
Surviving Super Rugby Aotearoa
Another Covid curve ball could make for an even tougher competition for Aotearoa’s best players.
Red and black and black and blue
After a year blighted by injury, Quinten Strange is ready to reaffirm his place in the pecking order.
Editor’s Choice
All or nothing
All Blacks great Dan Carter officially bows out at a time when his body was still willing – even at almost 39.
The Crusaders’ cause
How will the Super Rugby standard setting Crusaders be preparing for a fifth consecutive year of glory?
The XV Video
Stats and Snapshots | Episode 2 – All about defence
Rob Vickerman and Andy Clarke take an in-depth look at how defence dominated in Round 2 of this year’s Six Nations.
In Conversation with | Brian Moore & Jim Hamilton
Brian Moore sat down with Jim Hamilton to discuss player wages, the state of the game and the pressures of social media.
Podcasts
The XV – Rugby History
A podcast about the history of rugby and it’s roots in different countries, narrated by historian Tony Collins.
Footy Great Podcast
Former All Blacks media manager and Crowd Goes Wild host, Ric Salizzo, interviews legends of the game.
The XV – Ben Kimber
Ben Kimber explores some of the key topics in Australian rugby past and present, including interviews with the biggest names in the sport.
The XV Contributors
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The cup of hope
Scottish rugby history is littered with false dawns. Is the perennial Six Nations optimism merited, or does yet more agony beckon?
Back on their perch
The Bulls, sleeping giant of South African rugby has finally awoken
Code breakers
Wallabies legend LoteTuqiri believes Vunivalu can follow in his footsteps
Heaven and hell
Should Israel Folau be given a route back into professional rugby union? And how many others share his religious beliefs?
The waiting game
The fate of the 2021 Lions tour is giving every individual associated with it a mighty headache
Doing the right thing
Dan Mckellar was set to join the Wallabies last year, until he decided the Brumbies needed him more.
Border crossing
The IRFU’s willingness to transfer players between provinces offers a lifeline to some but pain to others.
Cracking the code
History shows Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s high-profile move from league to union will not be an easy task.
Turbulent times
Alex ‘Grizz’ Wyllie was an enforcer for the All Blacks during some of New Zealand rugby’s most chaotic years.
The Times They Are-a-Changin’
Some 150 years since the RFU’s inception, professional rugby finds itself amid a sea of icebergs, any one of which might bring it down.
The odd couple
Mark Durden-Smith and David Flatman make a classic TV double act but what do they make of each other?
Channel surfing
A buzz is in the air as Super Rugby Australia kicks off with a new host broadcaster this week.
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