NZ Rugby World - 2018-02-05

• EDITOR’S LETTER
• Super Rugby has been boom and then bust. But what is next for this once great competitio­n?
• The Blues have inched forward in the last two seasons but will this be the year they take a quantum leap and learn how to win pressure games against NZ sides?
• The French have a saying ‘no scrum, no win’. In Super Rugby it should be ‘No 10, no win’ So we look at the best first-fives in the competitio­n and analyse what they bring.
• There are nine New Zealand coaches in charge of Super Rugby sides. But who has what it takes to steer their side to victory?
• Want to really know what to think about Super Rugby this year? Look at these numbers and they will tell you everything.
• New coach Aaron Mauger is inheriting a side shorn of some of its best talent but one that will still be dangerous.
• We pick our Super Rugby Dream XV.
• Richard Bath is not convinced England are all they cracked up to be under Eddie Jones.
• Wynne Gray reckons plenty of European clubs will be hoping to snare more fringe All Blacks like Lima Sopoaga.
• Kevin Roberts is sure that Manchester City and the All Blacks play their respective codes exactly the same way.
• BLUES RECRUITMEN­T BALANCE
• CRUSADERS
• HIGHLANDER­S RECRUITMEN­T BALANCE
• HURRICANES RECRUITMEN­T BALANCE
• Five big questions
• Five players who will shine
• Five smart signings
• Five men under pressure to perform
• Four big picture questions
• Five tactical questions
• Three safe bets
• Three things that need to happen
• How the NZ teams will finish
• Foreign teams in a nutshell
• 10 Overseas players to watch
• Three foreign teams to fear the most
• Men of Influence
• Human Wrecking Balls
• The Finishing Touches
• Can’t be Defined
• FINDING SOMETHING EXTRA
• A PACK WITH PUNCH
• JUST FOR KICKS
• HONEYMOON PERIOD CANCELLED
• CONSISTENC­Y IS THE NEW BLACK
• THE MOST DANGEROUS BACKLINE IN SUPER RUGBY
• SECOND-YEAR SYNDROME COULD STRIKE YOUNG STARS
• THREE KEY MEN
• THE SURPRISE FACTOR REMAINS ALIVE AND WELL
• THREE KEY MEN

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