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Aisle be Back: Bledisloe Cup in Auckland

by clubrugby - October 9, 2026

Delirious All Blacks fans in the stands earlier this year. By Kevin McCarthy It’s so 2026 for everything to be moving at hyper speed. Even the very worthwhile tour of South Africa and Baltimore seems ages ago. Admittedly some of All Black bodies won’t feel that way, as indeed the injury list

Aisle be Back: Changes on the horizon

by clubrugby - September 25, 2026

By Kevin McCarthy Another year and another reworking potentially of rugby competitions. NZR met yesterday to thrash out three options. If you haven’t seen them, they are (as far as we know): Adding two NZ teams to Super Rugby Pacific, restoring the competition to 12 teams. Cutting duplication by having

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 4.0

by clubrugby - September 11, 2026

By Kevin McCarthy 32-26. Not a score prediction for the fourth and final test of the thriller Boks v All Blacks. Though New Zealand would happily take a win of that margin. No, 32 is the average age of the Springbok starting XV, and 26 the same for the All Blacks during

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 3.0

by clubrugby - September 4, 2026September 4, 2026

Avalon hooker Asafo Aumua gets his pass away for Wellington last year. With his former school, St Pat's Silverstream, at the National Top 4 tournament this weekend, himself and another Silverstream old boy Peter Lakai start for the All Blacks. By Kevin McCarthy The high veldt has almost mythical status. In

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 2.0

by clubrugby - August 28, 2026August 28, 2026

By Kevin McCarthy It's hard not to be amazed by a 5 to 1 tryline margin from the first test of the series with South Africa. Scarily clinical stuff. But personally, the thing that stuck with me did not involve those five tries. It’s what happened afterwards. Will Jordan dotted down. Muted reaction. Josh