Rugby: The good news for All Blacks fans ahead of the Lions test series
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldThe good news for All Blacks fans awakening today is that last night's referee won't be involved in the test series. Beyond an acceptance that the British and Irish Lions are a much better side than they...
Graham Henry: The All Black Squad
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldThe former New Zealand coach who won the 2011 World Cup and also led the Lions on their 2001 tour of Australia rates the 33 players named to take on the tourists. Kieran Read (31) Position: BackrowerCaps:...
Editorial: Hansen's squad rewards his foresight
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldThe All Black selectors have an enviable task picking an All Black team from the riches at their disposal. The squad they have named to face the Lions looks the best since, well, last year.Just about every...
Lions ticket winner helped search for Jack Dixon
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldOverjoyed 7-year-old wins Herald on Sunday tickets to Lions v ABs match. One lucky young fan is about to go to his first All Blacks game after he won a ticket to see the British and Irish Lions play as...
Rugby: In the Lions' den - tourists show how it's done
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldCanterbury, it could be argued, is the sporting capital of New Zealand. (I said 'could be argued', calm down...) But its red-and-black fans, although parochial, famously one-eyed, are arguably some of...
Rugby: John Plumtree rules out All Blacks coaching role
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldHurricanes assistant coach John Plumtree has ruled himself out the chase for Wayne Smith's job with the All Blacks.Plumtree told Newstalk ZB sports host Tony Veitch that he wanted to put his family first...
Rugby: One man's calamity is another's opportunity for Lions
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldIrish star Sean O'Brien has it all to play for against the Crusaders in tonight's unofficial "fourth test" in Christchurch.One man's calamity is another's opportunity and even though the latest bulletins...
Young Christchurch barber Ben Scott cuts Lions players' hair ahead of their match against the Crusaders
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldA young Christchurch barber who boasts Crusaders players as clients has given some of their rivals - the British and Irish Lions - a free spruce up before the teams clash tonight.Ben Scott opened Benny's...
Rugby: Red Army on crusade in Christchurch
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldThe Red Army is on a crusade in Christchurch as Lions fans warm up for tonight's crunch tour match.Supporters of the British and Irish Lions have spent a classic Canterbury winter day - bright, sunny and...
Rugby: Rugby part of Christchurch rebuild - Richie McCaw
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldRichie McCaw is served a daily reminder of the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch each time he navigates his helicopter over Lancaster Park.From ground level, the famous stadium is padlocked, crumbling and...
