WALES THRIVE with the underdogs tag – but is a win over New Zealand a realistic possibility?
Posts Tagged ‘Dan Carter’
Scotland outclassed by peerless All Blacks
Posted 192 days ago
MURRAYFIELD MAY have hosted the world famous All Blacks, but the only way to see the game properly was in a pub where the sounds of the football drowned everything else out. Without the predictable analysis, the in-play commentary, the clichés or even Twitter, it is possible to assess a heavy loss, live.
Scotland 22 New Zealand 51: The Verdict
Posted 193 days ago
THREE TRIES in eight first-half minutes enabled New Zealand to take the game away from Scotland after a hard-fought first quarter, with the world champions showing their class with some sublime play.
Injured Carter replaced by Cruden for third Ireland test
Posted 338 days ago
THE STARTING XV features six changes to the team that started last week’s Test against Ireland – two forced by injury and four selection strategy changes – with the selection of uncapped lock Luke Romano the key feature. First five-eighth Aaron Cruden comes in for All Blacks Vice-Captain Daniel Carter who has suffered a hamstring injury which has made him…
New Zealand v Ireland: 2nd Test preview
Posted 343 days ago
IRELAND ENDURED a miserable evening at Eden Park last weekend, the All Blacks running in five tries in a comprehensive 42-10 win to ensure their unbeaten run against the men in green remained intact. It may have been New Zealand’s first outing since the World Cup final last October and they may have capped three new players, but they still looked far and away the best side in the world.
New Zealand 42 Ireland 10: The verdict
Posted 349 days ago
ANOTHER NEW Zealand-Ireland game, another All Blacks win. It’s a stuck record for Ireland and while they showed glimmers of a decent running game at Eden Park, this match was over by half-time. Hurricanes wing Julian Savea scored a hat-trick on his New Zealand debut and the All Blacks probably would have won by more had they been more accurate with their passing.
Savea, Smith and Retallick to make All Blacks debut against Ireland
Posted 352 days ago
IN SELECTING the side, the All Blacks coaches have gone for experience as well as the introduction of the three new caps.
In the forwards, the All Blacks have the experienced front row of Andrew Hore, Tony Woodcock and Owen Franks, while new cap Brodie Retallick will join his locking partner Sam Whitelock in the second row. Victor Vito has taken…
Super 15 Final Preview – Reds v Crusaders
Posted 687 days ago
By Charity Knight
RIVALRIES REACH their peak this weekend as the Queensland Reds take on the Canterbury Crusaders in an epic battle to become the victors of the 2011 Super 15.
Both teams are aiming to put out unchanged line-ups from their semi- final matches against the Stormers and Auckland Blues respectively. However, this does depend on whether Crusaders scrum-half Andy Ellis…
Rugby World Player and Team of the Decade
Posted 1235 days ago
By Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World Magazine
The new edition of Rugby World goes on sale today with our Player and Team of the Decade announced.
But what do you think? Would you have selected a different player or different members of the team.
Does a side with 4 Kiwis, 3 Englishmen, 2 Welshmen and 2 South Africans reflect the Noughties?
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