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Dave Rennie has named a 44-man All Blacks squad for the Greatest Rivalry tour of South Africa, with uncapped trio Semisi Tupou Ta’eiloa, Siale Lauaki and Josh Jacomb in line for their first caps.

Late boost for the Boks Rassie Erasmus has brought Ntuthuko Mchunu back into the squad. The Stormers loosehead has joined the Springboks group in Johannesburg. His arrival takes the squad to 44 players. Mchunu had first been left out. Last week, Erasmus released him back to his franchise when he named an initial group of…

A packed treatment room, an opening Nobody saw this coming. The Nations Championship was meant to be a formality for the England pack. Instead, it has become a testing ground. Ben Curry, Bevan Rodd, Will Stuart, Sam Underhill, Trevor Davison, Fin Baxter. All out. Maro Itoje, meanwhile, has been rested. Steve Borthwick has been forced…

Rassie Erasmus has recalled Stormers prop Ntuthuko Mchunu to a 44-man Springboks squad ahead of the Argentina Test and the four-match series with the All Blacks.

Zac Lomax’s rugby union experiment will be brief. The Australia-capped wing has signed for the NRL-bound PNG Chiefs and will leave Western Force when his deal ends.

Durban lands a two-time world champion Forty-four years old. Eight professional clubs. And still no sign of stopping. Ma’a Nonu has put pen to paper on a short-term deal with the Sharks, and just like that Durban has one of the most decorated centres the game has ever produced. The United Rugby Championship side confirmed…