NZ Rugby World - 2019-02-01

• Editor’s letter
• If you can’t quite be bothered to invest your full attention in what is going to happen this year, cheat your little heart out with our fast guide.
• New coach John Plumtree is expected to tighten the Hurricanes’ defence and see if he can squeeze more out of the tight five.
• World Cup years tend to run to a different pattern and throw up all sorts of intriguing stories. This year is unlikely to be any different.
• Like the players, we have done the conditioni­ng work,
• They had a late, late coaching reshuffle and have brought in a couple of new players.
• One player well worth keeping an eye on is Aphiwe Dyantyi of the Lions who was the World Rugby breakthrou­gh player of the year in 2018.
• If we could we would select this Super Rugby Dream XV to play in this year’s competitio­n.
• Richard Bath reveals that despite the national team improving out of sight, rugby in Scotland is in fact in a dire state.
• Sky’s Tony Johnson knows that in World Cup year only one thing matters.
• Wynne Gray is fascinated to see how the Blues perform this year.
• Quick Guide to Super Rugby 2019
• Highlander­s
• Hurricanes
• Everything on the Line
• PLAYERS WHO WE BELIEVE WILL STORM THE COMPETITIO­N
• PLAYERS WE HAVE ALMOST GIVEN UP ON
• PLAYER UNDER PRESSURE TO PERFORM
• Four Smart Signings
• PLAYERS WE ARE GENUINELY INTRIGUED TO SEE
• Things That Have to Happen for the Greater Good
• Storylines That Will Hold the National Agenda
• Wild Prediction­s
• THE BIG TACTICAL QUESTIONS
• HOW THE NZ TEAMS WILL FINISH
• The Overseas Contenders
• 10 OVERSEAS PLAYERS TO WATCH
• Where Style Meets Substance
• CREATING A NEW CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABI­LITY
• A SEASON TO COME OF AGE
• HANGING IT ALL ON THE TIGHT FIVE
• A BACKLINE THAT CAN DO EVERYTHING
• SUPER RUGBY QUIZ
• NEHE COMES FROM NOWHERE
• GETTING EXCITED ABOUT MAKING HISTORY
• JUMPING THE HIGHEST HURDLES FIRST
• A Year of Intrigue

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