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THE ONE THING EVERYONE IS MOST DESPERATE FOR is certainty. And it is the one thing that can’t be given at the moment as no one is able to peer into that crystal ball and determine what the next two months look like yet alone the next two years. It’s

EDITOR Gregor Paul E editor@nzrugbyworld.co.nz SALES DIRECTOR Mathew Hewetson P 022 355 0588 E mathew@marlinmarketing.co.nz DESIGN Spinc Media PHOTOGRAPHY photosport.nz Andrew Cornaga, Grant Down, Marty Melville, John Cowpland, John Davidson, Brett P

Barrett was selected in 2012 as a 20-year-old with huge promise. He spent most of his first four years as an impact player, typically coming off the bench at fullback. But in 2016 he won the starting role at No 10 and established himself as arguably

Codie Taylor is almost certainly the country's best hooker now. Being captain of the Crusaders brought the best out of him. His throwing wasn't perfect, but it was mostly good. His scrummaging was strong, his cleanout work excellent and he picked off

The veteran loose forward made his test debut in 2008 and was in a tight contest with Kaino for the No 6 shirt until November 2009. It was then that Kaino established himself as a nonnegotiable selection and Thomson became a handy bench player His qu

In 2013 Dylan Hartley blew his place in the British & Irish Lions when he was sent off in the English Premiership shortly before the squad departed for Australia. Hartley's crime was that shortly before half-time in the game between Northampton and L

Those who saw it will never forget Tony Woodcock haring down the wing in Brisbane 2008 to score a spectacular solo try. The Wallabies held off him, thinking he’d cut back in, but he didn’t. He fired down the touchline and scored a try that rekindled