It was a story of old and new in Round 2 of Super Rugby AU, as an old favourite showed us went from hero to zero to hero again, the Reds' young back row emerged as genuine heavyweights and old friends were welcomed back into the fold.

Magic Mo’unga, Smith v Perenara and the clash of the unbeaten sides dominate the agenda as the halfway point of Super Rugby Aotearoa is upon us, with Round 5 seeing the pace-setters going head to head in Christchurch and the Highlanders travelling to Wellington to take on the Hurricanes.

Who is a potentially bolter? Who’s on the plane? Who is going to be captain? Ahead of the 2021 Lions Tour to South Africa, The Flanker panellists pick their starting XV for the 1st Test in Johannesburg on 24 July.

The Reds snapped an 11-game losing streak against their bitter New South Wales rivals, the Waratahs, while the Brumbies lived up to their pre-tournament billing as the team to beat by putting away the dangerous Rebels.

As Super Rugby Australia gets ready to kick off, how many of the main competition’s record holders can you remember?

Cometh the hour, cometh the man is how the saying goes.

When the heat comes on, only the coolest heads prevail; when the world goes mad, he who stays sane and thinks straight is king.

On a balmy Sydney night in August 2014, Bernard Foley was that man.

With patterns already starting to emerge in the Kiwi competition, the third round of matches saw the two unbeaten sides extend their records for another week, with the Chiefs under Warren Gatland consigned to their third defeat in as many outings - but not all is always as it seems.

Just months on from a dismal World Cup exit, Ryan Jones stood proudly on the podium and lofted the Six Nations trophy to the skies as the Welsh nation created a cacophony of joy, celebration and recognition that is rarely matched anywhere else.

We are here for the magicians of rugby - the men who pull rabbits from hats, make themselves disappear entirely and conjure up astounding plays from nowhere before your very eyes.

Round two of Super Rugby Aotearoa is in the books - and tell you what, New Zealand are getting treated.

With discussions ongoing about how the future of rugby is going to look, the reasons to include a Fijian team in Super Rugby are mounting - and SANZAAR can’t ignore them any longer.

It’s official - rugby is back. And to quote the great Justin Marshall in his finest hour: “Me oh my, I have enjoyed that yes boy!”

The now-famous Chicago Bulls documentary showed us the establishment and preservation of a sporting legacy. In 2015, we saw the culmination of New Zealand's attempts to do something similar in the rugby world.

As Ratu Naulago prepares to dross the rugby divide and join Bristol Bears, Sam Burgess spills the beans on his time in rugby union and Sonny Bill Williams set to rejoin the Sydney Roosters, we look at the others who have made the switch - and how well it worked.

Brains against brawn, coal miners against public schoolboys or the warring sibling children of the North/South divide - but how different are they now?