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Rugby's Greatest Rivalry is wrapped up with the Springboks taking the series 3-1! Now that all four Tests are complete, where was this series actually won and lost, and what can both teams take moving forward? In this full series stats breakdown and review: • All Blacks attacking positives: 17 tries scored & 8.5 line…

Moments to watch

• 0:00“The Box win the series 3 to 1, but where was it won and lost?”
• 1:54“feel like the penalties being taken has has dipped, but the fact that the Box win this series three games to one scoring fewer tries certainly shows that rugby is a game which can be played in more than just one way.”
• 11:41“What were some other kind of key areas where you feel like the series was won and lost?”

This Greatest Rivalry Tour was outstanding and a great showpiece for rugby. It taught me four things. Let's discuss that and my team of the Series. Let me hear your thoughts...

Moments to watch

• 3:18“Think if back in 2011 2015 there was a greatest rivalry tour and a springbook team with a brand new coach then had to tour New Zealand during that time and play as many games as the All Blacks did in South Africa this year.”
• 7:51“They did better at that than the Spring Box did at playing a spring box style of rugby.”
• 10:06“And again, the spring box enforced their style of play better onto the All Blacks than the All Blacks could enforce their style of play onto the spring box.”

The Aotearoa Rugby Pod looks at selections and the small details that could make a major difference when these two sides meet again at the Rugby World Cup. Where does New Zealand go from here — and what has to improve before the next challenge?

Moments to watch

• 1:30“Um but what I'm I still think in those eras you know, it was still like Horan and Keveny and Colesee and you know, like there was always good debate around it.”
• 3:27“And I think, you know, when the South Africans were able to get around the corner, get high cleans, and win the the collision, it's really hard for us to be able to try and defend that.”
• 9:24“And it just showed, you know, the requirements I think to be able to score against South Africa.”

Harry Jones from the Lekker Rugby Pod joins Martin Devlin for a full post-mortem on the four-test series between the All Blacks and the Springboks. The boys break down South Africa's 3-1 series win, comparing the physical power of the forward packs, the coaching duel between Rassie Erasmus and Dave Rennie, and what New Zealand…

Moments to watch

• 9:26“Yes it is in spite of itself because as you said right at the start Harry world rugby uh and their insistence on just getting involved in something they don't need to get involved in.”
• 35:18“If you had if we had a World Cup playing this year before the end of the year, I don't think a team is going to live with South Africa.”
• 36:39“I think the winner of the World Cup is going to come from that quarterfinal between the All Blacks and Spring Box.”

Eva Karpani speaks to the media ahead of the Wallaroos' clash with France.

Moments to watch

• 1:22“So I think yeah I think with France like we just need to stick to our game plan and really execute it for the full length of the game.”
• 4:06“Um so yeah, I think yeah, got a really good relationship with her and I think she's come a long way and she's going to continue to come a long way.”
• 7:45“Yeah, I think for us like the focus is definitely on us um and within our team but I think France you know they are a collision team as well.”

🚨FORMER TEST HOOKER FUMES OVER BOKS-ALL BLACKS SCRUM CALLS! | SPRINGBOKS NEWS 🤩

Moments to watch

• 0:26“The controversy began after New Zealand were penalized twice early against the Springboks for their hooker's break foot position at scrum time.”
• 2:00“Get the scrum up, get it square, let the teams compete, and stop searching for technical infringements that spectators barely understand while everyone waits for another reset.”
• 3:26“Was Karl Dickson right to penalize the All Blacks in Baltimore, or should World Rugby listen when former test front rowers say the law itself is the problem?”

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Moments to watch

• 0:34“Um, but I'm heading up the coast, up the west coast, another place that this time of year the flowers are out.”
• 3:22“People have been telling me for so long, Tim, you need to get up the West Coast.”
• 12:20“I understand why people say this is a bit like Greece now and um there's a very quiet spot in Greece that I've been going to since I was 10.”

🔥VICTOR MATFIELD TURNS THE TABLES AND KIRWAN ERUPTS! | SPRINGBOKS NEWS 🤩

Moments to watch

• 0:08“But after Baltimore, Victor Matfield looked across at an All Blacks legend and basically said, "Actually, you were the ones doing it."”
• 2:12“South Africa saw New Zealand doing exactly the same thing when it suited them.”

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Running Rugby is it Enough… 🤯🏉 Hit the link if you enjoyed this video Welcome to the home of the loudest rugby news, sharpest breakdowns, and most entertaining rugby reactions — all delivered with humour, energy, and zero holding back. If you love: 🏉 Rugby & Springbok news 🔥 Aggressive, no-filter rugby reactions 🎙️ Short,…

Moments to watch

• 0:10“The defensive system can learn how to defend a team moving the ball, but it's a lot harder for a defensive system to learn how to defend direct forward piercing rugby.”

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori || Māori Language Week 2026 🖤

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• 0:00“Ready, can you give me your top three moments from the greatest robbery?”

Is this True??Direct Rugby Beats Running Rugby 💥🏉 Hit the link if you enjoyed this video Welcome to the home of the loudest rugby news, sharpest breakdowns, and most entertaining rugby reactions — all delivered with humour, energy, and zero holding back. If you love: 🏉 Rugby & Springbok news 🔥 Aggressive, no-filter rugby reactions…

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• 0:15“Direct rugby is not the enemy of running rugby, but rather direct rugby is what creates running rugby.”

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• 0:49“Went Went back to the car, put it in the car again, walked back out.”

Is South Africa’s scrum the gap New Zealand still cannot close? 🇿🇦 🇳🇿

Moments to watch

• 0:15“And if you actually think about it, if they if they weren't playing if New Zealand wasn't playing South Africa, they're beating everyone else.”

This one's for the big man 😤 Our Gallagher Fearless Player of the week. Do you agree? 👇

Moments to watch

• 0:26“And then the other thing that he does, he puts pressure on the smother pressure on the halfback every single ruck and he got one a beauty today charged down that went dead forced the line drop out.”

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• 0:00“You know, Kurtley Arendse, to see a a smaller guy with that electric pace, that ability to move as he does, uh it just I don't know, it's a thrill I I find in rugby where we do have a place for everybody.”

Give him half a chance and he’ll turn it into something special. That finish was our Domino’s Moment of the deciding test between the All Blacks and South Africa ⚡🏉 What do you think? Join the debate in the comments and subscribe for more rugby analysis, interviews and reaction from Aotearoa Rugby Pod. 🏉 SUBSCRIBE…

Moments to watch

• 0:33“We've talked about how well his and Hooker's come in, but Kurt-Lee Arendse was almost the forgotten man of this series and then he was absolutely superb in Baltimore.”

How Rassie Just Cracked the Code 🔓🤯 Hit the link if you enjoyed this video Welcome to the home of the loudest rugby news, sharpest breakdowns, and most entertaining rugby reactions — all delivered with humour, energy, and zero holding back. If you love: 🏉 Rugby & Springbok news 🔥 Aggressive, no-filter rugby reactions 🎙️…

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• 0:10“You just play some phases through the middle, sucking that defense, and the numbers will, in any case, open up out wide.”

This Is Where the All Blacks Struggled 😬🏉 Hit the link if you enjoyed this video Welcome to the home of the loudest rugby news, sharpest breakdowns, and most entertaining rugby reactions — all delivered with humour, energy, and zero holding back. If you love: 🏉 Rugby & Springbok news 🔥 Aggressive, no-filter rugby reactions…

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• 0:36“All the focus that Rennie's got on the moving the ball and the running game, it seems like they're conceding something with their set piece and forward type game.”

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• 0:14“Running back's run away, grab him up on the hip, and roll.”

All Blacks, Lets Be DIRECT 👀🏉 Hit the link if you enjoyed this video Welcome to the home of the loudest rugby news, sharpest breakdowns, and most entertaining rugby reactions — all delivered with humour, energy, and zero holding back. If you love: 🏉 Rugby & Springbok news 🔥 Aggressive, no-filter rugby reactions 🎙️ Short,…

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• 0:47“The Springboks weren't prepared for how quickly the All Blacks were moving the ball through the hands.”

One Offload. 30 Metres. Alex Hearle TRY! 🏉🔥 Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Red Bulls - PREM Rugby Cup round 2 (2026/27).

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• 0:00“So, I was going to say, I also saw on Le Roux Sapouana, another friend of the pod, I saw on his on his Instagram that he was also at Cafe Caprice.”

Did Rassie Solve the All Blacks Running Headache 🧩 Hit the link if you enjoyed this video Welcome to the home of the loudest rugby news, sharpest breakdowns, and most entertaining rugby reactions — all delivered with humour, energy, and zero holding back. If you love: 🏉 Rugby & Springbok news 🔥 Aggressive, no-filter rugby…

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• 0:00“So, I'm not sitting here and saying All Blacks, stop playing your DNA, which is running rugby.”