Laurie Fisher brings the bite back to Gloucester
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsGloucester knew what they were getting when they recruited Laurie Fisher from the Brumbies to be their new head coach last summer. Soon after arriving, he was presented with a specially commissioned...
Cruden injured but Chiefs still beat Crusaders
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comFlyhalf Aaron Cruden's knee injury dampened any celebrations by the Waikato Chiefs as they beat an error-ridden and profligate Canterbury Crusaders 26-9 in Christchurch on Friday. Cruden, who is in...
Super Rugby Round 10 Preview Part 1
1 decade ago by Len KaplanThis is a weekend where the likely winner of one game after another is too tight to call with conviction. In the only Friday match, the Crusaders will want to bounce back from defeat to the Highlanders when...
Conference battle enters crucial phase
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comIt’s just one game into the second half of the league phase of the season for most teams, but for the contenders in the South African conference their Vodacom Super Rugby campaigns reach a crucial...
Elliott, Ellis form could take them to World Cup
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comWorld Cup places will start becoming an important part of the conversation among New Zealand rugby pundits as Super Rugby enters the second half of its season on Friday. The return of Richie McCaw...
Preview: S15 Round 10, Part One
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Two delectable north-south derbies in New Zealand, a trans-Tasman showdown and an all-Australian encounter. That is what w look at in the first half of our Round 10 preview- as Super Rugby's league...
Retirement awaits McCaw, Read...
1 decade ago by Rugby 365All Black stars Richie McCaw and Kieran Read have said they a ready for when the time comes to walk in the rugby sunset.
McCaw, Carter back for derby day
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder wasted no time in drafting in All Black legends Dan Carter and Richie McCaw for the Super Rugby against the Chiefs, at home on Friday. Blackadder made five changes to...
Toulon lock Ali Williams still the warrior in Dad's Army
1 decade ago by The TelegraphIn the 1985 film Cocoon, a group of elderly pensioners gain a second lease of life after stumbling upon an alien fountain of youth near to their retirement home – which could easily double for the plot...
Super Rugby: 5 Things We Learnt From Round 9
1 decade ago by Len Kaplan1 The Blues (at long last, happily) and Cheetahs displayed the skill and will and discipline and perseverance to win a game after a miserable run of defeats, and showed that...
