Why the fecking hell are Saru continuing to allow themselves to be bullied by Aus in the Sanzar alliance? It makes absolutely no sense at all from any angle.
New Zealand has 145 472 players registered with its 26 (mainly marginal) unions.
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On Saturday a brawl involving about 100 students from two top rugby schools in New Zealand broke in front of the national rugby coach, Graham Henry.
The fight, between players and supporters, lasted five minutes and led to at least one sch...
The rugby world was recently rocked by a turn of events that screams of realism, the art of carrying a bigger stick than the other guy.
The Springboks, the current world champions (which we love bragging about to the consternation of our Kiwi cous...
1. Stormers vs Saracens
The Stormers ran in six tries in their 43-33 win over the English tourists Saracens in the international friendly clash at a sweltering Newlands on Sunday afternoon.
26 000 spectators turned out to watch the nine tries...
Here we go — January 2009 and the Super 14 warm up games have started in New Zealand. They are so organised their squads were announced mid November 2008.
As we are four weeks out of the start of the Super 14 tournament on February 13, I tho...
The 2009 edition of the Super 14 kicks off in Dunedin on Friday February 13, with the Highlanders hosting the Brumbies.
The official draw was released on the weekend.
The 94-match tournament will end with the final set for May 30.
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Here we are a few days away from the Tri-Nations final with South Africa as spectators to the clash in Brisbane on Saturday between the All Blacks and Wallabies and all we read about in South Africa are sex, lies and video tape.
I am tracking the ...
Gentlemen:
Over the past 48 hours there have been a number of reports emanating from New Zealand and Australia concerning a hybrid tournament of the Super 14.
Interesting proposals, but it clearly reveals the market is ready for change and th...
Why, oh why must South Africa always follow?
The New Zealanders are on a path of reinventing rugby tournaments in the southern hemisphere. It is time SA Rugby snapped out of it and launched its own initiatives.
Here is a report just in that wil...
What is the leadership of Sanzar thinking by announcing a proposed expansion of the Super 14 finals to a Top Six play-offs series next year? This certainly does not address the problematic issues of the tournament.
The problem with the Super 1...
