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Finest hour: RWC 2007 winning captain John Smit takes a look back at his career

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JOHN SMIT - South Africa’s Rugby World Cup-winning captain finally called time on his playing career when he played his last match for Saracens against a South African Barbarians side. We sat down with his country’s most-capped player to look back on a remarkable career.

PACIFIC NATIONS CUP - The expanded tournament kicks off this weekend and we look ahead to the tournament with Japan coach Eddie Jones.

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AMSTERDAM SEVENS - We've a report on the final round of the inaugural IRB Women’s Sevens World Series.

HEINEKEN CUP - We have highlights from the title decider, an all-French affair between Toulon and Clermont in Dublin.

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SIR IAN MCGEECHAN - The Lions legend looks ahead to the tour of Australia.

NATE EBNER - Leigh Halfpenny, David Pocock, Aaron Cruden: just a few of the game's current stars who have represented their countries at the IRB Junior World Championship. But, as we discover, for American Nate Ebner it was a stepping-stone to a very different ball game.

LONDON SEVENS - Seb Lauzier rounds-up all the action from the final event of the HSBC Sevens World Series, the Marriott London Sevens.

GET INTO RUGBY - Despite suffering another heavy loss to Japan in the HSBC Asian 5 Nations, the UAE is making a big effort to grow the game among the local population. We were there last week as they hosted one of the IRB's latest initiatives.

CHRIS LATHAM - The latest great of the game to take on our quick-fire quiz 'Tackle These'.

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