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Teams in past have been beaten before stepping off plane in New Zealand but head coach believes current squad are up to task

The 32-year-old sustained a severe spinal injury playing rugby union.

One Australian coach could replace another at top English rugby club Leicester, with former Wallabies boss Michael Cheika tipped to replace sacked Dan McKellar.

The Blues have clinched their first Super Rugby final in more than two decades, beating the Chiefs 41-10 in a slippery all-New Zealand showdown in Auckland.

England score eight tries in an attacking show marred by a red card to get their summer tour off to a bright start.

Japan 17-52 England: Marcus Smith and Henry Slade pulled the strings as the visitors ran in eight tries

Steve Borthwick earns bragging rights over former mentor Eddie Jones in one-sided Tokyo Test

Steve Borthwick’s side begin their summer tour in Tokyo as All Blacks series looms

What is it with the captains of French national teams and their faces? Rugby darling Antoine Dupont had his angular visage smashed up during the World Cup last year but defied the medical predictions about his fractured cheekbone to come back valiantly and lead his muscular troops to an agonising…