PremiumOpinionOpinion byPaul LewisContributing Sports Writer·NZ Herald·2 Jun, 2026 04:10 AM5 mins to readPaul Lewis writes about rugby, cricket, league, football, yachting, golf, the Olympics and Commonwealth Games.‌

Few All Blacks coaches have faced the injury worries Dave Rennie has been forced to contemplate this season, even though they are the unpleasant, ever-present companion of modern rugby – with bigger, faster players involved in many more collisions than in the past, all within the increased speed of the