Paranoid? No. It’s just that everyone is against us…

The news that South Africa is considering breaking away from SANZAR, the body which manages the complex rugby relationships between South African, New Zealand and Australian rugby, will surprise few. We examine the Boks' apparent paranoia and conclude that there are definitely two sides to this story.

Perfecting perfection between the peaks

While Steve Hanson is striving to "perfect it even better" with the red-hot All Blacks, Aussie coach Robbie Deans says he'll have his band of gold in "the optimum state" by Rugby World Cup time in 2011. But as he returns to his old stamping ground in Christchurch for this weekend's big TRI-nations match, such a state seems a long way off.

Kiwi-cum-Aussie snapper banned

A Kiwi-cum-Aussie photographer is in big trouble after he snapped pictures of the All Black’s game plan for Saturday night’s test match against Australia. Scott Barbour has been banned from any further coverage of the big match build-up and the media ruckus may not be over yet.

Not so happy hooker

Former Wallabies hooker Brendan Cannon has been mortared after describing Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Australian television’s Fox Sports as a clown and implying he was a puppet. Read on to see who might be pulling the strings.

Now it’s real – The Cup truly is coming home

13 venues, each representing a very different element of New Zealand, will host matches during the 2011 World Cup. With the draw announced, it’s game on. The Cup is Coming Home and, we predict, it looks like it just might be staying...