Super Rugby: 5 Things We Learnt From Round 15
1 decade ago by Len Kaplan1 If team performances in Super Rugby between February and May were a reliable guide as to how the All Blacks, Springboks, and Wallabies will fare in the World Cup in September/October,...
Spiteful Tahs in bonus-point win
1 decade ago by Rugby 365The Waratahs moved to the top of the Australian conference and second spot on the global standings, following their bonus-point (32-22) win over the Crusaders in Sydney on Saturday. While there is...
Super Rugby Round 15 Preview Part 1
1 decade ago by Len KaplanThe 2014 Super Rugby finalists meet for the first time since that tightest of clashes and ANZ Stadium in Sydney could see one of the games of the season. Preceding that match are the Friday matches...
Weekend teams and predictions
1 decade ago by Front Row GruntBulls and Sharks to strike back on tour? Tahs to pip the Saders in Sydney? Some say yes, Tank Lanning says no. Catch all the weekend’s teams, times, collated odds and SuperBru community picks. Tank...
Sir Clive Woodward fits the criteria to become France coach
1 decade ago by The TimesThe last I knew, Sir Clive Woodward’s grasp of the French language placed my holiday efforts somewhere between Proust and Baudelaire. The man has not been directly involved in coaching since the...
Preview: S15 Round 15, Part Two
1 decade ago by Rugby 365It seems unlikely anybody will catch Super Rugby's runaway leaders, the Hurricanes. But that won't stop teams from trying to knock them over and claim bragging rights in the home stretch of the tournament's...
World XV: Best No.9
1 decade ago by Rugby 365In many cases the scrumhalf makes the flyhalf. Not all the time, however. Great flyhalves tend to feed of a nippy scrumhalf with a great crisp, lengthy and bullet pass. A great scrumhalf would...
Matfield backing Carter and McCaw
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Victor Matfield is backing fellow Test centurions Richie McCaw and Dan Carter to shine for the All Blacks at the World Cup.
Jeff Wilson - a golden-haired comic-book hero from another age
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsIt was in late October 1993 that we saw him in action for the first time on these shores, a fizzing blonde-haired winger aged just 19, who scored two tries on his first appearance for New Zealand against...
Forget McCaw and Carter, Conrad Smith holds the key to All Blacks | Rajiv Maharaj
1 decade ago by The GuardianWrite off aging warhorse Richie McCaw and prolific kicker Dan Carter at your peril; but the heartbeat of the All Blacks’ World Cup hopes might lie elsewhereWho’s the most important player for the All...
