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...
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...
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...
Warren Gatland: There's been enough trash talk
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldWarren Gatland says the time for the "trash talk" between himself and Steve Hansen is over, but only after getting one last dig in against his All Blacks counterpart ahead of Saturday's first test at Eden...
Rugby: Lions will use 'noise pollution' at All Blacks line-outs, admits George Kruis
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldThe British and Irish Lions intend to bombard the All Blacks line-out with extreme "noise pollution" in the first test on Saturday as part of their bid to overwhelm the world champions with a pressure...
Gregor Paul: Gatland's bold call to go with form against All Blacks is right
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldThe Lions have gone on form. And good on them. Warren Gatland spent much of the early part of this week saying the door was still open to the test team, despite having split the squad into groups.Players...
