Wednesday Morning Round Up
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Rugby's Biggest Upset to Hit the Big Screen
Japan’s incredible 34-32 victory over South Africa in their 2015 Rugby World Cup pool clash is to be made into a movie. Full Story
Rob Horne on "bittersweet" testimonial & chronic pain
Former Wallaby centre Rob Horne is learning to live with chronic pain caused by the paralysed right arm that forced him to retire from the game.
Horne will be honoured this weekend in the east midlands derby between Northampton and Leicester at Twickenham where he will deliver the match ball in front of an expected crowd of 40,000. Full Story
Stuart Lancaster says Munster is stronger than last season
Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster believes that Munster are stronger now that they were last season despite winning three of their opening five games of the season. Full Story
Marx v Taylor - Crotty has his say
All Black centre Ryan Crotty says Codie Taylor has what it takes to best Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Full Story
Darren Cave sidelined for eight weeks
The centre suffered a fractured thumb in their record defeat against Munster on the weekend and is expected to miss the next eight weeks. Full Squad Update
Handre Pollard happy to move to 12 for the Boks
VIDEO: @Handre10 says he has been happy to offer the @Springboks an option at 12. pic.twitter.com/5wrLvCqrkv
— SA Rugby magazine (@SARugbymag) October 2, 2018
All Blacks learnt from Wellington Loss - Ryan Crotty
All Black centre Ryan Crotty hopes that his side has learned their lesson from last month's home defeat by South Africa as they seek to re-establish their Rugby Championship dominance over the Springboks in Pretoria this weekend. Full Story
2018 NRC Round 5: Top Tries