The IRB have announced the nominees the 2010 Player of the year award.
The latest edition of our weekly column about all things rugby...
Can you guess England's class of 2006 that won 23-21 against South Africa..?
Get all the news, views and interviews from the end-of-year tours.
Fiji and Tonga will meet in home and away Tests next year in the build-up to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Tonga scored three tries in the final quarter to beat the French Barbarians 28-27 at the Stade Des Alpes in Grenoble on Friday.
Coaches Patrice Lagisquet and Guy Novès have named a star-studded French Barbarians side to face Tonga in Grenoble on Friday.
Tonga will play Italy A and the French Barbarians on a whirlwind rugby tour to Europe next month.
Finau Maka was on Tuesday found not guilty by a Toulouse court on charges of exploiting a Tunisian immigrant who lived in his shed.
Tonga undone by penalty try
Samoa pip Tonga in Apia
Friday , November 20 19:30
Scotland A v Tonga| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | England | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Tonga | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Samoa | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | USA | 4 | 1 |
Now that the dust has settled on November, Planet Rugby thought it only fair to give those who starred a well-earned spot in our XV.

In their centenary year, we celebrate the rich history of Maori rugby.
We look back at some of the best images from England's narrow win over Australia in Sydney.
We look at back some of the images from the Springboks' first Test in Witbank.
In their centenary year, we celebrate the rich history of Maori rugby.
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This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with minnows, record-breakers, travesties, and the north-south divide...
Two All Blacks, two Wallabies, a Springbok and a Frenchman have been nominated for the 2010 IRB Player of the Year award.
This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with the Pacific Islands, servants of clubs and commercialism...
Let's hope that the interest created by the recent Springbok positive drugs tests will go some way to changing attitudes to doping.