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Super Rugby 2012 OutlookPredicting who will fill the play-off spots in Super Rugby is more difficult than ever this year. The competition has become a marathon with the grand final not due to take place until early August.
What price rugby loyaltyThe Brumbies and Hurricanes face daunting prospects with new and inexperienced squads facing the established aristocracy of Super Rugby.
Dan Lydiate can D-rail England freight trainSam Warburton says he admires Jonny Wilkinson and Steve Redgrave and wants Wales to emulate their professionalism.
Wales have the mental steel to beat EnglandShane Williams says that Wales will dig out a rare Twickenham victory by exploiting England’s lack of a genuine openside.
Gatland tells Wales to hit and runPaul Rees looks at Wales’s history against England at Twickenham and believes they will run from anywhere if they spot a lack of defensive cover
My position on the England jobWayne Smith sets the record straight on his interest in the England job.
The Blue Bulls don’t look pretty in pinkMark Reason looks at the Bulls new pink jersey design and wonders if he is on a yellow submarine lost in the sixties.
Dull England ploughs on through the snowPaul Rees watches lucky England plod to victory despite creating very little except a midfield full of cumbersome forwards
Robinson and Kidney may soon be looking for a new jobPaul Rees wonders if defeat at the weekend would mean the end for a couple of Six Nations coaches… Is history about to repeat itself? Two Six Nations coaches who had taken their teams to the previous year’s World Cup found themselves looking for a new job within weeks of the end of the 2008 tournament.
Ireland's front row holds the key to victoryGraham Henry believes that Ireland can overturn history in Paris.
