Hurricanes flanker Du'Plessis Kirifi has scored one of Super Rugby Pacific's fastest tries ever after he ran in within the opening minute of the side's win over the Fijian Drua in Napier on Saturday.

Think of the open-side flanker as your 'rat-up-a-drainpipe' type player, if you will, or the 'groveller'. Because defensive lines are so tight in the modern game, the open-side's role is turning rucks ...

The role hasn't changed much over the years, a blind-side flanker still has to make sure that the opposition doesn't get over the advantage line - it's his job to smash them back. If it has changed at ...