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Munster All Black Haka

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:22:00 +0000

Ireland down, Doug Howlett's Munster to go

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:26:00 +0000

It was another good day at the office for the All Blacks when they took on Ireland at the magical Croke park on Saturday night.

Not such a great night for Ireland who had hyped the game up quite considerably beforehand - which is not surprising as the talk-ups between test matches - particularly in the NH - seem to be part and parcel of tests nowadays.

Unlike the rest of the critical New

Why do the All Black coaches persist with Sivivatu?

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:01:00 +0000

So Graham Henry has announced the All Black team to face Ireland with a good thing being that Joe Rokocoko makes a return to the wing. However, I’m not so thrilled about the reselection of Sitiveni Sivivatu on the other. I mean, Why? The guy can’t defend for peanuts (several tries against the All Blacks this year have been directly related to him and his shoddy defence).

And if that wasn’t bad

All Blacks Grand Slam

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:34:00 +0000

Sorry everyone that I've been off the radar for quite some time (as all three of you have probably noticed). I've been doing other things as of late but with the Autumn Internationals now on and in full swing, I've got a few thoughts to throw into the blogosphere. What do you think?

Wayne Barnes. Did he favour the ABs or the Scots? The Scots think no and so do the All Blacks. Should the dude

All Blacks beat the Wallabies to retain the Bledisloe and Tri-nations in 2008

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:37:00 +0000

One good thing to come out of the All Blacks losing that infamous day in Cardiff last year is that I really don’t get so amped now about whether we win or lose. In fact, when the All Blacks fell to South Africa and Australia in the early stages of the Tri-Nations this year, I was disappointed yes, but not devastated. Maybe I’m growing up?

Still, I was pretty happy on Saturday night when the All

NZ anthem

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:29:00 +0000

Well on Wednesday night at the first ever All Black test match in New Plymouth I achieved a lifetime dream of singing the national anthem for New Zealand.

It was a great night for Taranaki. Even though the game was a mis-match with the All Blacks thrashing Samoa 101 - 14 (and I quite agree with Wynne Gray that it probably shouldn't have been given 'test' status), it was still a special event for

New Zealand 19 - South Africa 0

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:37:00 +0000

It is all too often that on a Sunday morning New Zealand's papers are full with the doom and gloom of another sporting weekend gone wrong.

Well, I'm thankful to say that today is not such a day. New Zealand celebrated its best day in Olympic history with the Evers-Swindell twins and Valerie Vili taking gold in rowing and shot put. There was a also smattering of bronzes and a silver to throw in

All Blacks V Springboks and Wayne Barnes

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:08:00 +0000

Another Saturday in August and another test match - this time the All Blacks take on the Springboks in Cape Town for yet another 'to the wire' and 'mouthwatering' (both quotes our very own Muzza Mexted) test match.

Already the mud has been slung with De Villiers getting his two p in about the All Black lineout. Last week it was the scrum, this week the lineout. What next Pete? Daniel Carter's

Robbie Deans Who?

admin — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:58:00 +0000

So, the All Blacks anhiliate Stirling Mortlock's Wallabies - by thirty points. Heh, heh.

As a New Zealand rugby fan, this match was satisfying for a number of reasons:

1. Sione Lauaki wasn't selected. Thank god. And his exclusion was all the better for the team - read, we won by thirty points. Oh, and we halved our handling errors. Big surprise. Huge.

2. Andrew Ellis wasn't on the field and it

Lauaki must go

admin — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:39:00 +0000

So the All Blacks have just been convincingly beaten by the Wallabies. And there will now be plenty of the one-eyed media and cantabrian contingent baying for Graham Henry's blood.

So what's new?

I'm still not going that far yet. But my loyalties to Henry will be seriously contested if he ever chooses to pick Sione Lauaki in an All Black 22 again.

Lauaki is a complete nightmare. I have NEVER

Amla overcomes England bully-boy tactics

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:07:00 +0000

Hashim Amla was a quietly proud man after his unbeaten century helped see South Africa to the safety of a first Test draw against England here at Lord’s and in the process erased some painful memories. During the 2004/05 series in South Africa, Amla averaged just nine in two Tests against England before being dropped [...]

PCB leaves Asif high & dry

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:07:00 +0000

After being caught in another dope scandal, Mohammad Asif’s future in the IPL event will be decided after a three-member drug tribunal obtain all the results. Click Here: —read full story—

Flintoff returns to England test squad

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:07:00 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - All-rounder Andrew Flintoff is set to return to the England team for the second test against South Africa starting at Headingley in Leeds on Friday after he was named in the squad on Monday. Flintoff, 30, who has been dogged by ankle injuries for the past two years, has not played a [...]

?We have batsmen to counter Mendis?

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:07:00 +0000

India captain Anil Kumble says he is confident his experienced batsmen will see off the threat posed by spinner Ajantha Mendis in the Test series in Sri Lanka. Click Here: —read full story—

Quins help claim victory for England

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:53:00 +0000

It may not have been the most attractive of performances to watch, but on Sunday, 7 Quins players took to the Twickenham Stadium in the England shirt and helped defeat a Barbarians side, which included one very familiar Quins player.