Thursday Round-Up
1 decade agoCruden starts for NZ: New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen has named his side to take on their hosts England at Twickenham this weekend, with both Aaron Cruden and Sonny Bill Williams retaining their spots...
Thursday Round-Up
1 decade agoHansen shuffles deck: All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen has made five changes to his side to take on the Wallabies in the final clash of this year’s Bledisloe Cup. The big return comes in the pack,...
Rugby Banter Round-Up
1 decade agoMonday 6th October: Te’o Could Represent England Sam Burgess will soon complete his highly publicized move to English Rugby Union with Bath imminently, he may, however, soon be joined in representing...
South Africa v New Zealand: Like the past three years, All Blacks have been a class apart in Rugby Championship
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsThere is nothing merely mythical about New Zealand’s dominance of the world game, nothing in that fabled black jersey alone that gives them an inherent advantage as every South African in the...
Preview: South Africa v New Zealand
1 decade ago by Rugby 365The first rugby contacts between New Zealanders and South Africans was in wartime and sometimes it seems that it is still so - brave young men going into battle, 'putting their bodies on the line'. It...
Weekend teams and predictions
1 decade ago by Front Row GruntAll Blacks lose Crocket and Retallick and might have a foot on the plane, Boks bring in Bismarck, but sweat on Vermeulen. A look at the weekend’s teams, times, refs, odds, weather and Tank’s predictions. Tank...
Preview: South Africa v New Zealand
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyIf Saturday's clash at Ellis Park is even half as good as the spectacle this fixture produced last year, it'll still rank as one of the best Test matches of the year. The 2013 Rugby Championship decider...
All Blacks winning habit under threat at Ellis Park
1 decade ago by TVNZ New ZealandHabits bits are hard to change, and few teams in sport currently have a winning habit as unshakeable the Al Blacks. With 33 wins and a single loss in 36 games in all competitions since claiming the World...
South Africa v New Zealand: All Blacks draft in Joe Moody and Jeremy Thrush for Rugby Championship clash
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsNew Zealand coach Steve Hansen has made just two injury-enforced changes to his starting side for Saturday's Test against South Africa, opting for consistency in a match where the All Blacks...
Rugby Championship 2014: New Zealand team for South Africa
1 decade ago by The Rugby BlogHead coach Steve Hansen has made two changes to the New Zealand side that won the Rugby Championship last week for the upcoming game against South Africa in Johannesburg. Both changes are injury-enforced,...
