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After another action packed round of rugby in the 2013 Rugby Championship, it is the All Blacks and Springboks who sit at the top of the table.

New Zealand scrum-half Aaron Smith and Australia captain James Horwill look ahead to this weekend's New Zealand-Australia Bledisloe Cup and Rugby Championship clash in Wellington.

The Rugby Championship Round 1 was exciting with two really high scoring matches. Why were so many points scored?

Following New Zealand's 47-29 Rugby Championship 2013 win over Australia, watch reaction from Steve Hansen, Ewen McKenzie and James Horwill.

The All Blacks are the hot favourites to win the Rugby Championship in 2013. Can anyone beat them?

New Australia coach Ewen McKenzie looks ahead to the 2013 Rugby Championship in this rugby video after naming his squad for the start of the tournament.

Warren Gatland’s British and Irish Lions needed a win in front of 83,702 supporters in Sydney to claim their first series in 16 years after previously infallible kicker Leigh Halfpenny failed to convert a last minute penalty to overturn a 1 point deficit in Melbourne as the second test finished 16-15 to the Australians.

So it will come down to the final game. Right down to the wire. And who would have predicted this?

The British & Irish Lions got their campaign off to the perfect start with a 23-21 win over Australia in the opening match in Brisbane.

It is almost the end of 2012 and I thought that I would name a World Rugby Team of 2012 to encourage debate

In rugby, often the workhorses of the front 5 can be overlooked when men of the match awards are handed out, or world player of the year nominations happen

The draw for the 2015 Rugby World Cup has been made

Rugby in the northern hemisphere is power based. Fear of defeat outweighs ambition. This has been starkly proved in the Autumn Series.

HSBC Ambassador George Gregan has picked his Wallaby starting line-up for the first test against The Lions in Brisbane on 22nd June 2013.

Here is my Autumn International Test Rugby Review following the weekend, from a New Zealand perspective.

The Rugby Championship 2012 is pretty much decided with the All Blacks hot favourites to win

For the last few months rumours have been circulating that next year the All Blacks, South Africa and Australia could come together to create a SANZAR team.

The June International Matches leaves me wondering if there should be a Northern vs Southern Hemisphere rugby series at the end of the year, so some players who are injured now would still be available.

New Zealand, Australia and South Africa each recorded their second wins of the summer against northern hemisphere tourists.

Here is my June International Rugby tests Team of Week One.