All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has selected his strongest available team to face Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. […]
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Full strength AB’s for Irish backlash
17 Nov 16 09:19 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 9 Comments
Barrett brothers Europe bound
24 Oct 16 10:13 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 11 Comments
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has named his squad for the End of Year Tour to Europe, including 3 Barrett brothers while also recalling scrumhalf Aaron Smith. […]
Seven changes for Crusaders
24 Mar 16 10:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 18 Comments
Todd Blackadder has picked his strongest available Crusaders team to face the Sharks this weekend. […]
RWC Semi-Final 1: NZ vs SA
24 Oct 15 12:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 250 Comments
This is what World Cup Rugby is all about. Two teams facing each other in hat can only be described as a colossal match-up. It is finally here, Semi-Final 1 is upon us and the Boks have a massive match ahead of them if they are to compete for the elusive spot in the Final. […]
All Blacks World Cup squad
31 Aug 15 07:44 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 13 Comments
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen named his 31 man squad to defend the World Cup starting in less than three weeks. […]
International Team Announcements
13 Aug 15 11:31 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 240 Comments
All three the other Southern Hemisphere teams in action this weekend were announced this morning, with changes all over the place as the coaches use one last match to tinker before the World Cup squads need to be selected. […]
Changes for All Blacks vs Boks
23 Jul 15 08:29 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 43 Comments
The All Blacks have included two uncapped players in their starting line-up to face the Springboks this weekend. […]
New Zealand welcome new faces
21 Oct 13 10:15 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 1 Comment
Following yet another victory over the Wallabies this weekend, the All Blacks have named their squad to take part in the End of Year Tour, involving four new faces to test out at this stage of the season. […]
Dan back for All Blacks
5 Sep 13 09:59 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | Comment?
Steve Hansen has jumped on the opportunity to recall All Black flyhalf Dan Carter, who has recovered from a calf injury. […]
Saders pip Hurricanes – hand Chiefs conference win
12 Jul 13 13:45 by Scott Bevan (The Hobbit) | 2 Comments
The Chiefs have claimed the New Zealand conference title thanks to the Crusaders’ unimpressive 25 – 17 victory over the Hurricanes in Christchurch tonight. The game saw both teams scored three tries, and ultimately it was the accurate boot of Dan Carter that proved the difference between the sides in a tense clash. The Crusaders needed a bonus point win to retain a chance of overhauling the champions, who play the Blues tonight in the final Super 15 round. But the Crusaders were lucky enough to even win the match, let alone launch a bid for four tries, only nailing the victory with a 79th minute try. […]
Mixed bag for All Blacks
7 Jun 13 08:57 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 24 Comments
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has made a few calls ahead of the first test against France this weekend. While he has handed out a first starting test cap to Dane Coles, he has backed Israel Dagg to come good. […]
Hansen mixes it up for French
3 Jun 13 08:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | Comment?
Six uncapped players have made it into Steve Hansen’s squad to take on France in three upcoming tests. […]
Three changes for Crusaders
3 Apr 13 16:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 13 Comments
Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has made some changes to his side to take on the Sharks on Friday. […]
Whitelock to captain the Crusaders
28 Mar 13 08:38 by Maria Delport (Letgo) | Comment?
George Whitelock has been named to Captain the Crusaders against the Stormers in the absence of injured Kieran Read. Luke Whitelock come in to replace Read, to make that a Whitelock trio in the Crusaders forwards. […]
All Blacks want to keep winning
4 Oct 12 08:30 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 8 Comments
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has made only two changes to the side that clinched the Rugby Championship in Argentina last weekend, to face the Boks in the final round of matches this weekend. […]