Jamie Lyall

A month shy of his 80th birthday, Henry returns to the All Blacks fold as one of Dave Rennie's selectors - and the Springbok scrum will dominate his focus.

The Gallagher Prem has become obsessed with attack, perhaps to the detriment of England head coach Steve Borthwick.

From investment to coaching, UBB have built every pillar required to succeed in Europe. Stopping them will be fiendishly difficult.

Salesi Rayasi nearly walked away from rugby at 18. Now, he is one game away from winning Europe's ultimate accolade with Bordeaux-Begles.

The influential Argentine coach aims to drive Spain to new heights as they prepare for a first Rugby World Cup since 1999.

The Glasgow prop lost his father suddenly in April last year, but has resolved to make the most of the opportunities his dad provided.

The Australian ecosystem needs to take inspiration from the thought-leaders of yesteryear as it battles to capture hearts, minds and eyeballs

The sevens star could not run for 400 days and lost his job as a GB player while recovering from a second major surgery. Now he's back.

The Wiese brothers grew up on a farm in Northern Cape and still dream of sharing the field in the green and gold of South Africa.

The Sables head coach has driven his country back to the Rugby World Cup, and hopes the Nations Cup is the perfect proving ground.