All posts tagged "ma’a nonu"

  • Northern Provincial Rugby
    Review: 50 Caps And a Try to Ioane In Reds’ Defeat Of The Blues

    Digby Ioane took just 60 seconds to celebrate his 50th game with a try in the Reds’...

  • All Blacks
    All Blacks Named – Lance Free rejoices. SBW-free

    The All Black selectors have resisted the temptation of selecting their latest rugby ‘it man’, Sonny Bill-Williams...

  • Rugby
    G&GR Force Player of the Year

    At the end of each game throughout the 2010 Super 14 season over at the forum, readers have submitted their 3-2-1’s for each Australian team. All of these votes will accumulated and an overall 3-2-1 assigned for each match to the three leading point getters for each Aussie team. This is a...

  • Rugby
    Force v Hurricanes: Outmanned & Outgunned

    This says it all: unavailable for selection are Andre Pretorius (hamstring, season), David Pocock (finger, 6 weeks), Richard Brown (shoulder, 6 weeks), Cameron Shepherd (thigh, 6 weeks), Nick Cummins (foot, 3-4 weeks), Mark Bartholomeusz (neck, 1-2 weeks), Ryan Cross (shoulder). That’s taken so much experience and talent out of this side that the Force will be huge...

  • All Blacks
    All Blacks win but Wales didn’t Dai wondering

    New Zealand 19 Wales 12 Wales will pose a significant threat to the Wallabies in three weeks time after bravely going down to the All Blacks at Millennium Stadium this morning. If you think losing seven consecutive matches to the All Blacks has become a psychological issue for the Wallabies, spare a...

  • Rugby
    All Blacks v Springboks: the final countdown

    The big question on everyone’s lips in the crunch Tri-Nation’s test in Hamilton on Saturday is whether South Africa will revert to type by employing their successful aerial game last seen in Capetown a couple of tests ago. This successful strategy which contributed mightily to them winning their three home tests is...

  • Rugby
    All Blacks v Springboks in Durbs: the teams

    Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s get ready to RRRUUUMMMBBBLLLE. This is a 10 round heavyweight contest featuring, in the black corner and weighing in with serious intent, former World No 1 and World Cup Chokers Champions, the All Blacks. In the green corner, with the weight of a rainbow nation on it’s shoulders,...

  • Rugby
    Springboks v All Blacks in Bloem: the teams

    This game is the first in a heavyweight encounter between South Africa and New Zealand in Bloemfontein. For the All Blacks to retain their Tri-Nations title a win here would be a huge step in the right direction. In addition to being a Tri-Nations match, this game will determine who tops the IRB rankings. South...

  • All Blacks
    Tri-Nations: Wallabies vs All Blacks key match-ups

    Much has been made of the fact the Wallabies haven’t won at Eden Park for 23 years however not as much has been made of the fact for the first time in a long time, the Wallabies finally look to have a team capable of correcting this travesty. That is not to...

  • All Blacks
    Tri-Nation’s All Blacks looking shaky

    The Aotearoans are asking themselves just where is the depth after the 2009 All Black Tri-Nations squad...

  • All Blacks
    All Blacks: Normal transmission resumed!

    New Zealand 14 France 10 Now that’s what I call an old style All Black performance amongst the mud, the blood and the beer. What a terrific, intense and wholehearted game with the ABs muscling up against Le Frogs in the abysmal Wellington weather. I remember reading about former All Black fullback Allan Hewson...

  • All Blacks
    All black and ‘bleu’

    France 27 – New Zealand 22 O.K. Lets put all the crap to bed first. The excuse...

  • NSW Waratahs
    ‘Tahs vs ‘Canes preview

    Preview of NSW Waratahs vs Hurricanes in round 1 of Super 14 2009