It is sometimes called ‘the butterfly effect’: a butterfly, flapping its wings in one corner of the world can trigger a tsunami elsewhere on the planet – maybe days or weeks later. A minor, apparently trivial change can trigger an unforeseen set of consequences within the same system, and a major chain reaction further down […]
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The Greatest Rivalry series in 2026 has been rugby’s equivalent of a game of ‘chicken’. There has been a massive clash of styles, and the three Tests so far have a told a tale of two diametrically-opposed philosophies meeting on rugby’s highway straight ahead, on a collision course. Neither has been willing to give way
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‘Oom’ Paul Roos’ famous telegram to the 1937 Springboks contained only three words: ‘skrum, skrum, skrum’. Those legendary Boks remain the only South African side to have won a series away from home in New Zealand, and that one word distils much of the double world champions’ attitude to the game. If you cannot dominate
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