Duncan Johnstone writes on Rugby Heaven for Fairfax Media that former Sharks fly-half Tony Brown is making the All Black selectors sit up and take notice. [...]
Posts tagged with: Graham Henry
Sharks player kicking down All Black door !
All Blacks to play match before Investec Tri Nations
All Blacks.com reports that the All Blacks will play an extra match this year ahead of the Investec Tri Nations, the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) advised today. [...]
McCaw staying post World Cup
Richie McCaw looks unlikely to join the expected exodus of top New Zealand players to cash-flush European clubs after next year’s World Cup on home soil. [...]
McCaw gets his hattrick
Richie McCaw was last night crowned IRB Player of the Year for 2010, winning this crown for the second year in a row, and for the third time after winning it in 2006 as well, capping off a brilliant night for the New Zealand team. [...]
Sonny not good enough
The All Blacks decided against throwing Rugby League convert Sonny Bill Williams into the fray against the Wallabies in Hong Kong on Saturday because he is not good enough yet to swim at the deep end. [...]
Rattue tells it like it is. Or is it?
Rugby has rarely been better to watch, if ever, and this re-built All Black team is already among the best ever. [...]
Eight is enough
The Wallabies have declared eight is enough, aiming to end a losing streak against the All Blacks which threatens to match their darkest rugby era. [...]
Aussies won’t look at photo
Australia assistant coach Jim Williams “probably won’t even bother looking” at the controversial photograph that captured New Zealand’s game plan for Saturday night’s trans-Tasman encounter in Melbourne. [...]
NZ, SA coaches do THEIR sparring in the media
The verbal jousting between New Zealand and South Africa was stepped on Monday when the All Black assistant coach Steve Hansen described Springbok mentor Peter de Villiers as a man with an “upside down mouth”. [...]
Leave the laws as is
I am getting so sick and tired of rugby experts bitching about the laws of the game in the mainstream press. [...]
Carter back at 10 for AB’s
All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have named the All Blacks team to play the Tri Nations Test against South Africa at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, on Saturday 12 September. [...]
PdV “Wallabies are copycats”
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was at his most entertaining best on Wednesday, as he told journalists that South Africa have become the new world leaders in setting trends and that the Wallabies are just copying the Boks’ style. [...]
Rise of the whine
Its been with a little shake of the head some of the “journalism” I have read since the Tri Nations kicked off. [...]
Dan and Luke return for All Blacks
Dan Carter has been confirmed at flyhalf in the New Zealand team to face Australia in their Bledisloe Cup/Tri-Nations double header in Sydney on Saturday. [...]
Franks ready for Beast
Owen Franks will have his baptism of fire when he has to anchor New Zealand’s scrum in the Tri-Nations Test against South Africa at the Absa Stadium on Saturday. [...]






