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Jim Kayes

Jim Kayes (Twitter: @JimKayes) is a regular contributor at Newsroom's sports desk

Rugby World Cup

The major question hanging over the All Blacks

Canon Rugby in Focus: Ireland awaits an All Blacks team that will be well-rested. Perhaps too well-rested.

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World Rugby’s predictable washout

The two matches cancelled at the World Cup are victims of World Rugby’s determination to hold the tournament in a typhoon season to preserve the Six Nations tournament, says Jim Kayes.

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Rugby’s identity crisis leaves fans in cold

Rugby is in danger of losing its way and it will take a collaborative effort from all involved to bring it back from the brink.

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The Jordie and Brodie show

Canon Focus on Rugby: Jim Kayes reports on the latest twist in All Black first five selections - and the return as widely expected of key forward Brodie Retallick

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Barrett in a class of his own

Beauden Barrett already has a strong claim to be considered the best fullback in world rugby.

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Brilliant RWC might be passing us by

It’s all happening in Japan. But it’s hard to shake the feeling Kiwis are missing out on RWC2019.

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The World Cup’s biggest result

Two important World Cup contests played out on Saturday night; one of which has consequences not just for this tournament in Japan, but possibly the next one in France, too.

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Six Nations v everyone else - Tew’s parting shot

Steve Tew marked the magnitude of the day by openly attacking the Six Nations power bloc and suggesting former ABs should be free to play for Samoa, Tonga or Fiji.

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The evolution of Steve Hansen

Jim Kayes recounts his jousts with the All Blacks coach as the clock winds down on Steve Hansen’s reign.

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World Cup will be tense - but hardly full of shocks

Much of the World Cup will be as predictable as the All Blacks’ line-up for their opening clash with the Springboks.

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British bollocks marks start of World Cup phony war

The British press campaign to get under the All Blacks’ skins is under way.

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Barrett, Smith revert to type for final ABs tune-up

The All Blacks are taking no chances as they look to emerged from the weekend’s test match against Tonga unscathed.

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All Blacks captain daring to dream

Canon Rugby in Focus: All Blacks captain Kieran Read tells Jim Kayes he has been dreaming of a third successive World Cup triumph.

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World Cup team named, psych games begin

Jim Kayes runs the rule over the All Blacks’ World Cup squad.

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Picking the All Blacks World Cup squad

Jim Kayes picks his All Blacks squad for Rugby World Cup 2019.

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Confession time: some All Black doubts had crept in

The Wallabies arrived in Auckland with one hand on the Bledisloe Cup and flew home with it amputated.

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Hansen rings changes with legacy on the line

Canon Rugby in Focus: All Blacks coach Steve Hansen dropped some major bombshells with the naming of the team to face the Wallabies at Eden Park.

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All Blacks stinker hardly a one-off

Canon Rugby in Focus: Saturday night’s All Black loss wasn’t the first such painful reverse. But this one was worryingly different.

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All Blacks unlikely to play it by the numbers

Forget about the numbers on the players’ backs when the All Blacks run out against the Wallabies in Perth. Many of them probably won’t add up.

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Sonny Bill’s return divides the nation

In more than two decades covering sport I’ve never come across a Kiwi athlete who divides opinion quite like Sonny-Bill Williams does.

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