The All Blacks seemed to have the 1994 Bledisloe Cup in the bag as Jeff Wilson dashed 40 metres to score the winning try. But they reckoned without a little Australian who was to become one of the game's biggest names. Posted March 09, 2007 by David Wiseman

Can the International Rugby Board do as bad a job with their World Cup as the ICC are doing with theirs? Or will they learn? Posted April 12, 2007 by Lindsay Cohen

Between the All Blacks-Canada clash in Hamilton and the Tri-Nations opener between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town, there is a third game which threatens to get lost in the shuffle. Posted June 14, 2007 by Hamish McBrearty

South Africa might have won the Tri-Nations opener against Australia, but their 22-19 victory also revealed chinks in their armour. On Saturday, they take on World Cup favourites New Zealand in Durban. Posted June 20, 2007 by Hamish McBrearty

Can the ill-disciplined South Africans turn in a top performance against New Zealand in their last hit-out before the World Cup? Or will the All Blacks recover from their stumble against Australia? Posted July 12, 2007 by Hamish McBrearty