Lions Tour 2017: Read accepts biggest challenge - ABs will go for 80 minutes plus
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldIt's test No98 for All Blacks captain Kieran Read and perhaps the most important of his career.It's his chance, albeit on his return from a broken thumb which has kept him out of the game for six weeks,...
Rugby: Sonny Bill Williams looms as key figure for All Blacks
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSonny Bill Williams will take to the Eden Park pitch tomorrow night for one of the biggest tests of his career with only a small meal inside his extremely flat stomach but with a mental strength born of...
Rugby: Why the Lions can't get into Beauden Barrett's head
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldThe Lions felt they lucked out the last time they were here. They encountered what they thought - what everyone thought - was a once-in-a-generation player in Daniel Carter who just happened to come of...
Lions coach Warren Gatland says no more trash talk
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldNo more trash talk said Lions coach Warren Gatland on Thursday. There's been enough of it he reckoned and on the eve of the first test, he felt it was time for rugby people everywhere to clear the decks...
Wynne Gray: Winning, not style, is all that matters
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldWhat matters tomorrow at Eden Park? The result. It's brutally straight-forward.Style won't come into it for the victorious side when referee Jaco Peyper signals the end of the opening test rugby skirmish...
LIONS MAUL CHIEFS IN HAMILTON
9 years ago by Green and Gold RugbyThe Lions added some finesse to their power game, wing Jack Nowell bagging a pair of tries, in putting away a weakened Chiefs outfit 34-6 in Hamilton. TEAM NEWS The Chiefs were without their six All Blacks...
Rugby: What the Lions need to do to beat the All Blacks
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldBeing courageous and bold, Warren Gatland says, is the key to winning the first test at Eden Park.The British and Irish Lions appear to have the first bit under control as they have had to come through...
Rugby: All Blacks have right attitude for Lions challenge
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSilence is supposedly golden. When it emanates from the All Blacks it is usually ominous - a sign they are tight, intense and in the right head space to be ruthless.That's what happened prior to the World...
Warren Gatland’s five big calls for the Lions’ first Test against All Blacks | Gerard Meagher
9 years ago by The GuardianThe head coach is rolling the dice with key personnel decisions, but starting Leigh Halfpenny and Maro Itoje on the bench are gambles that may backfireConsidering the form in which he finished the season...
Rugby: Steve Hansen - I won't bully the referee
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSteve Hansen will meet with referee Jaco Peyper ahead of the first test against the Lions. But Hansen doesn't want to say any more than that. Whatever he wants to talk about will remain between him and...
