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Alan Gilpin has put the idea on the table: a union swapping a home Six Nations fixture for an American payday. The arithmetic works. Almost nothing else does.

Three straight defeats to the Springboks would sink most new coaches. Sir John Kirwan argues Dave Rennie is not the problem, and names the one selection call New Zealand must settle.

La Rochelle have tied Ronan O’Gara down for five more years. The Irishman arrived in 2019 at a club with no European silverware, and left that description behind in 2022.

Jeremy Paul has run out of patience with the brake foot. The former Wallabies hooker went after World Rugby this morning, and Kieran Read did not rush to defend the law either.

Petaia back in the frame after three years away The Wallabies named their squad this morning and Jordan Petaia is in it. The versatile 26-year-old has not worn the Australia jersey since the 2023 World Cup in France. Head coach Les Kiss has picked him for the one-off Test against the Springboks, set for Perth…

Three names. No more. Victor Matfield has made up his mind. In his view, the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia will be decided between three nations: South Africa, New Zealand and France. The rest? Just background noise. “I’ve said it from the start: there are only three teams that can win this World Cup,…

England’s round-five meeting with France has decided the title more often than not. Next year it gets Twickenham. Italy go to Franklin’s Gardens.

Three years out of the Test arena, an NFL trial and a season in the Top 14 later, Jordan Petaia is back in the Wallabies squad. Perth hosts the Springboks in two weeks.

A podcast verdict that landed harder than any tackle Seven points. That is the number Robbie Fleck kept circling back to on Boks Unpacked this morning, and the number he hung around Ruben Love’s neck. The former Springbok centre was asked what the All Blacks were missing in South Africa. He didn’t reach for a…