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We start with a contender for understatement of the year...with All Blacks captain Scott Barrett reflecting on the record 43-10 thumping by the Springboks at Sky Stadium

We start with a contender for understatement of the year...with All Blacks captain Scott Barrett reflecting on the record 43-10 thumping by the Springboks at Sky Stadium

14 September 2025

"Not quite getting the job done" involved being beaten in the try-scoring stakes 6 to one, missing 46 tackles, conceding 36 unanswered points, failing to win back the Freedom Cup and slipping from first to third on the Rugby Championship table.

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03 Oct: The final weekend of the Rugby Championship will go down to the wire, with just a point separating the table-topping Springboks and the All Blacks ... and with the Wallabies only three points behind them

03 Oct: All Blacks playmaker Damian McKenzie is vowing to seize the opportunity to start at number 10 in the second Bledisloe Cup test in Perth

03 Oct: All Blacks prop Tyrel Lomax's stop-start season could be over after re-injuring his thumb

02 Oct: Captain Scott Barrett has returned to lead the All Blacks against Australia in Perth on Saturday

02 Oct: All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has made two bold selection calls in his side to face the Wallabies in the second Bledisloe Cup test on Saturday

02 Oct: Former All Black Ma'a Nonu's back in the points, adding to his record as the oldest player to score a try in the French Top 14 rugby competition

02 Oct: Wing Payton Takimoana has made the NRLW's league team of the year in her first season

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