Rugby Championship 2026: What Happens in the Nations Championship Year

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The Rugby Championship is the southern hemisphere’s flagship international competition, contested each year by New Zealand’s All Blacks, South Africa’s Springboks, Australia’s Wallabies and Argentina’s Los Pumas. In 2026, though, it looks very different from usual — because in its familiar six-round form it is not being played at all. Instead, the four southern nations […]

All Blacks vs England: Next Match, Results and 2026 Fixture

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The rivalry between the All Blacks and England is one of the fiercest in world rugby, and it has rarely felt more alive than it does right now. England hold the Hillary Shield after a landmark 33–19 win at Twickenham in November 2025, New Zealand are chasing redemption, and the two sides are already booked […]

All Blacks 2026 Games: Full Schedule, Results and Fixtures

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The 2026 All Blacks season has already delivered some of the biggest change in New Zealand rugby for a generation. A new head coach, the launch of World Rugby’s 12-team Nations Championship, the return of a full multi-Test tour of South Africa for the first time in three decades, and the opening of a brand-new […]

All Blacks vs Wales: Rivalry, Record and History

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Few fixtures carry as much history as the All Blacks against Wales. It is a rugby union rivalry that stretches back more than 120 years to the legendary 1905 clash in Cardiff, and while the New Zealand All Blacks now hold an overwhelming record, the meeting still matters deeply to supporters in both countries. This […]

All Blacks 2025 Season Review: Every Test, Result and Turning Point

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The 2025 All Blacks season was a 13-Test campaign that stretched from a July home series in Dunedin to a final whistle in Cardiff in late November. It was year two of head coach Scott Robertson’s tenure, and it delivered both a highlight reel and some hard lessons: a clean sweep of France, a retained […]

Scott Barrett: The Evolution of an All Blacks Leader

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Scott Barrett is one of New Zealand rugby’s most durable forwards — a 1.97-metre lock (a tall, heavy forward who wins possession at the lineout and does the heavy lifting in the scrum) who grew from a promising member of a famous rugby family into a captain of the All Blacks. This profile tracks his […]

All Blacks vs France: The Record, History and Rivalry Explained

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The contest between New Zealand’s All Blacks and France (nicknamed “Les Bleus”, French for “the Blues”) is one of international rugby union’s oldest and most unpredictable. New Zealand holds a heavy statistical lead, yet France is the side most likely to derail an All Blacks campaign on the biggest stage. This guide sets out the […]

All Blacks Score: Results, Points and the Latest Season

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Few teams in world sport are as closely watched as New Zealand’s men’s rugby union side. When people search for the All Blacks score, they usually want two things: the latest Test result and a sense of how those points were built. This guide covers both — how the team puts points on the board, […]

All Blacks vs England: History, Record and Rivalry Explained

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Few fixtures in world rugby carry the history and intensity of All Blacks vs England — a meeting of the Southern Hemisphere’s most successful nation and the Northern Hemisphere’s oldest rugby power. Since their first Test in 1905, the two sides have produced some of the sport’s defining moments, from one-sided early tours to the […]

Sam Cane: New Zealand Rugby Career and All Blacks Profile

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Samuel Jordan Cane, known to rugby fans as Sam Cane, is one of New Zealand’s most decorated modern forwards. A loose forward who played most of his career at openside flanker, he represented Bay of Plenty at provincial level, the Chiefs in Super Rugby and the All Blacks, the New Zealand national side, whom he […]