New Zealand

This weekend the Rugby Championship is back after a week off. There have been three close games and one blowout with the All Blacks thrashing the Wallabies in Round 2. But what lies in store this weekend?

Beauden Barrett will make his first Test start at fly-half for New Zealand when the All Blacks take on Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Saturday.

No AC/DC this weekend for the AB's so it's over to BB. So AC equals Aaron Cruden and DC equals Dan Carter but is Beauden Barrett a firing BB gun?

The All Blacks team that will take the field against Argentina in their looming Rugby Championship fixture will be almost at full strength, but if all players were fully fit, then what would be in your All Blacks team to play in the Rugby World Cup 2015 final, if the All Blacks were in it?

As two rounds of international rugby from the southern hemisphere have already flown by, Talking Rugby Union’s Scott Donaldson brings you the team of round 2…

New Zealand laid down a Rugby Championship marker as they thrashed Australia 51-20 at Eden Park to retain the Bledisloe Cup.

The game of rugby seldom feels like a fairytale. Rugby is an intense and high impact game that would be difficult to draw parallels to bedtime stories; some might say it is more like a nightmare.

It is usually difficult to criticise the All Blacks but the selection policy for The Rugby Championship seems to offer little in terms of delivering the New Zealand public the Rugby World Cup in October 2015.

The first round of the Rugby Championship was played in difficult conditions across the southern hemisphere with two enthralling encounters sparking the competition into life.

As we hurtle past the opening weekend of the Rugby Championship and immerse ourselves, once again, in southern hemisphere rugby, one of Talking Rugby Union's men in the sub-continent, Scott Donaldson, looks at the gap between the World Champion All Blacks and the rest of the world…

Beale not Foley was on most people's minds leading into the first weekend of the southern hemisphere's premier competition. There was also a suspicion that Argentina were being discounted too easily.

Australia foiled New Zealand's bid to win an historic 18th consecutive Test as the Bledisloe Cup rivals played out a 12-12 stalemate at the ANZ Stadium.

The stage is set for the Rugby Championship 2014, featuring four of the best teams in the world of rugby playing each other home and away.

Ben Smith has been given the nod at full-back ahead of Israel Dagg for New Zealand's opening Rugby Championship encounter against Australia in Sydney on Saturday.

As the curtain draws on the 2014 Super Rugby competition, the second southern hemisphere tournament of the season - the Rugby Championship - is ready to spark into life.

There have been some intense sports events this northern hemisphere summer, the football World Cup in Brazil, the Commonwealth Games in Scotland and currently the IRB Women's Rugby World Cup in France.

There is no doubt that the modern 10s throw themselves around far more than their predecessors. The modern game of rugby seeks to exploit defensive weaknesses and historically it was that guy stood at 10.

Danny Care believes England possess the time and potential to bridge the gap on New Zealand before next year's home World Cup.

The All Blacks selectors have named their team for The Rugby Championship 2014 with three changes from the June Internationals team.

We ask whether there Is room for sevens teams to include some exciting players from the 15-a side game, even though both Rugby Sevens and XVs are totally different games?