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

Double Heineken Cup winner with Toulon and 52 caps for the Springboks, Joe van Niekerk had a glittering career in rugby.

What happened next was truly remarkable as he moved to Costa Rica to live on an organic retreat.

Read our interview below.

Whether it was due to last-minute heartbreak, or simply coming up against a better team, Ireland have failed to make it to a World Cup semi-final.

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.

The Pro14 Grand Final is a date every Welsh, Scottish and Irish rugby fan has marked in their calendar. We rank our top 5 favourite matches since the playoffs were introduced in 2002, returning again in 2010 after a brief hiatus.

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.

In total, 21 players have captained England in official test matches since 2000, but how many can you name?

Play our quiz to find out.

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.

Perhaps the most enigmatic of the piano-pushers, the role of a hooker has changed dramatically over the last 30 years.

Here, we look at the key men who changed the position, from Sean Fitzpatrick to Schalk Brits and everything in between.

Despite a career hampered, and eventually ended, by injuries, the sheer athletic ability of Stephen Ferris made sure rugby fans remember him well after he retired aged 28.

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.

It’s been 14 years since their maiden Premiership Title, but who remembers the 2005/06 Sale Sharks team that battered aside all who opposed them to become champions?

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

There are 37 players to get, with every nation but France (rather surprisingly) featuring a player in the list.

This is list is only for appearances post-2000 when Italy joined the old Five Nations Championship to make it six.

Super Rugby, the Pro14 and the Gallagher Premiership are returning to our screens after the lockdown - but when is each competition coming back?

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.

The prevailing narrative is that rugby does not have the same issues with racism that other sports, mainly football, have.

With the Black Lives Matter movement making great strides, we take a look into how racism affects the oval game.

It remains one of the greatest comebacks in rugby history, as Leinster fought back from 22-6 down at half time to win the Heineken Cup, in what is now known as the ‘Jonny Sexton’ final.

With Saracens preparing for life in the RFU Championship next season, can any team realistically put up a challenge against them or will they bounce straight back?

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!”