New Zealand

New Zealand back-row colossus Kieran Read has targeted an improvement from the All Blacks at next year's World Cup.

All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick has been crowned this year's World Rugby player of the year.

There is plenty of rugby union for fans around the world to debate this coming weekend. Talking Rugby Union have shared several articles this week, centred on Stuart Lancaster and his England team.

Richie McCaw will become the first rugby union player to captain his country in 100 Tests when New Zealand face Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

Keven Mealamu says that New Zealand "need to do better" in the critical breakdown area as they target a winning tour finale against Wales next Saturday.

The November Autumn Internationals Round 3 saw some close matches with the damp conditions keeping the scores close in most games.

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter insists his men will learn valuable lessons from their brave defeat to New Zealand.

The All Blacks have made a stunning 13 changes to their team to play Scotland with only captain Richie McCaw and outside back Ben Smith starting from the team that beat England.

Dan Carter will make his first Test start of 2014 when world champions New Zealand face Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

The All Blacks selectors will name their team to play Scotland at Murrayfield later this week, but our man Scott Donaldson thought it would be fun to try to guess this team.

The November Internationals Round 2 saw some great test match rugby union, depending on who you support.

What can we learn from 2014 so far...

New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen insists Sonny Bill Williams is a "massively better" player in his second spell in rugby union.

Stuart Lancaster is backing uncapped wing Semesa Rokoduguni and new father Dave Attwood to rise to the challenge of tackling world champions New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday.

In stark contrast to Round 1, there are ten games in the November Internationals 2014 Round 2 and if you get through this round with a 100 per cent record then as Fitzy used to say, "full credit".

The All Blacks team to play England has been named. There is no room for either Dan Carter or Luke Romano returning from injury, while Malakai Fekitoa has missed out to Sonny Bill Williams.

Dan Carter has missed out on a place in New Zealand's match-day 23 for the clash against England at Twickenham on Saturday.

The All Blacks team to play England in the November Internationals is due to be named shortly, who would you select?

The November Internationals Round 1 went as predicted with wins for the All Blacks, Maori All Blacks and the Wallabies, but these matches were more a celebration of rugby than the results.

The All Blacks easily defeated the USA Eagles 74-6 in an exhibition game at Soldier Field, Chicago, was this the promotion that rugby or even AIG wanted?