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Itoje rested again as England name squad for France non-cap clash
Maro Itoje is again absent from England's squad for Friday's non-cap match against France in Vannes, with Borthwick managing his workload ahead of a July tour that includes a Test against South Africa.
'A Development Competition': Boks Unpacked Questions the Currie Cup's Place in the Modern Calendar
The Boks Unpacked panel argued the Currie Cup has been irreversibly demoted and should be repurposed as a development competition, with Jean de Villiers suggesting over-30s be kept out of it entirely.
Townsend backs Dempsey for World Cup despite Japan move as Scotland name 36-man squad
Gregor Townsend has named a 36-man Scotland squad for Nations Championship matches against Argentina, South Africa and Fiji, confirming Jack Dempsey remains a World Cup target despite his move to Japanese club Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo.
Matfield unbothered by Brown's All Blacks switch
Matfield isn't losing sleep over Tony Brown taking Bok IP to New Zealand — but the piece interrogates whether that relaxed stance is justified.
Kirwan's fix for the All Blacks' overseas drain: bring SA clubs back into the fold
Kirwan argues NZR's closed eligibility model is costing the All Blacks a generation of maturing talent — and holds up SA Rugby's overseas-player policy as the model to follow, while pushing for a new southern hemisphere club competition as the structural fix.