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Aisle be Back: Flushing the Dunny

by clubrugby - September 19, 2025

South African fans celebrate the second test in Wellington last weekend. By Kevin McCarthy You may or may not work somewhere that people gather to do the daily newspaper quiz. Here’s a Rugby Championship 2025 version. Which team blew a lead at halftime and lost at home in a historic result. Which

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 2.0 in Wellington

by clubrugby - September 12, 2025

By Kevin McCarthy One down, one to go. Normally I would avoid weighting one test with too much import – especially two years out from a World Cup. However, the All Blacks against the Boks part II could be a watershed of sorts for both sides. For the home side, there’s what

Aisle be Back: Buckle up for Saturday night

by clubrugby - September 5, 2025September 5, 2025

By Kevin McCarthy I’m sure I’m not alone in having anxiety dreams. Usually they’re about what I do, and how in the dream, I can’t do the job properly no matter how hard I try. There’s a fair bit of ticking clock stuff going on just to rachet up the tension. None of

Aisle be Back: What a weekend that was. What a weekend it will be.

by clubrugby - August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

By Kevin McCarthy What a weekend that was. What a weekend it will be. In typical introspective fashion, we’ve been looking for things to dissect for the All Blacks. Chief is the rush to dump Billy Proctor and reinstate Reiko Ioane. Given how long we’ve invested in making Ioane a world class

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Argentina 1, the NPC and R360

by clubrugby - August 15, 2025

Du Plessis Kirifi lines up at openside flanker for the All Blacks on Sunday morning, whilst Brad Shields, Jackson Garden-Bachop and Julian Savea are all in the Lions team to play Otago on Sunday afternoon. By Kevin McCarthy Hot off the press! The All Black team to face Los Pumas in their