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Crusaders fullback Will Jordan has dismissed suggestions Super Rugby isn't preparing All Blacks players for the reality of test matches

5 February 2026

Crusaders fullback Will Jordan has dismissed suggestions Super Rugby isn't preparing All Blacks players for the reality of test matches

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Super Rugby boss Jack Mesley expects this season's new 50-22 rules to open up defences
	5 Feb: Super Rugby boss Jack Mesley expects this season's new 50-22 rules to open up defences... more

Super Rugby boss Jack Mesley is bullocking past any criticism of the competition's latest law trials
	5 Feb: Super Rugby boss Jack Mesley is bullocking past any criticism of the competition's latest law trials... more

All Blacks centurion Codie Taylor believes the distraction of the coaching saga will be put to one side when Super Rugby gets underway next week
	4 Feb: All Blacks centurion Codie Taylor believes the distraction of the coaching saga will be put to one side when Super Rugby gets underway next week... more

Former All Black Dane Coles will sit on the panel charged with finding the coach to replace Scott Robertson
	4 Feb: Former All Black Dane Coles will sit on the panel charged with finding the coach to replace Scott Robertson... more

Further Super Rugby law innovations have been given the seal of approval by veteran hooker Codie Taylor
	4 Feb: Further Super Rugby law innovations have been given the seal of approval by veteran hooker Codie Taylor... more

Former Olympic downhill ski champion Lindsey Vonn intends to compete at the Winter Games, despite suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee on Saturday
	4 Feb: Former Olympic downhill ski champion Lindsey Vonn intends to compete at the Winter Games, despite suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee on Saturday... more

Lindsey Vonn is drawing on previous hardship as she prepares to compete at a final Winter Olympics with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee
	4 Feb: Lindsey Vonn is drawing on previous hardship as she prepares to compete at a final Winter Olympics with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee... more

Skier Lindsey Vonn looks set to test what's medically possible at the Winter Olympics
	4 Feb: Skier Lindsey Vonn looks set to test what's medically possible at the Winter Olympics... more

A friendly jibe from the All Blacks towards their Australian rivals after organisers elected to bypass a blockbuster trans-Tasman clash as the 2027 World Cup opener
	3 Feb: A friendly jibe from the All Blacks towards their Australian rivals after organisers elected to bypass a blockbuster trans-Tasman clash as the 2027 World Cup opener... more

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