Gregor Paul: The most important man at Eden Park
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldIt's perhaps sad, weird, maybe a little demoralising but definitely true that test football - certainly this first Lions test at Eden Park - so often swings on the performance of the referee.Both the Lions...
Chris Rattue: Lions expose soft underbelly of New Zealand rugby
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldNew Zealand rugby took another blow to the ego as an increasingly impressive Lions team ripped the embarrassing Chiefs apart in Hamilton.Overblown haka performances aside, it's been the British and Irish...
Clive Woodward: Sneaky trickster Warren Gatland wants penalty-fest test series
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldFrom the believe it or not files: Sir Clive Woodward has come rushing to the All Blacks' defence in the pre-test war of words.But he also claimed that Lions coach Warren Gatland is operating a subliminal...
Lions Tour 2017: Foster to Gatland - Thanks for feedback
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldNo Steve Hansen? No problem; the banter between All Blacks and Lions management just rolls along.Step forward Ian Foster, assistant coach and a canny man with a droll line in humour.The players largely...
The All Blacks' 'nice' decision; who wears No13?
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldAll Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster today called it a "nice" decision, but it's also one of the selectors' toughest as the consider their match-day squad for the first test against the British and Irish...
ABs legend's rare rugby memorabilia for sale
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldA collection of rare and historic rugby memorabilia amassed by All Blacks legend Charlie Saxton is going under the hammer. The unique cache of historic rugby artefacts includes a jersey belonging to South...
All Blacks: Sam Cane gives thoughts on Lions 'skipper'
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldAll Black flanker Sam Cane now knows who the Lions captain will be in Saturday's first test - or at least he thinks he does.At a press conference in Auckland today, Cane was asked by a British journalist...
All Blacks: Kieran Read to start against Lions
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldInk in All Blacks captain Kieran Read to lead his team out against the Lions at Eden Park on Saturday night.Read has been sidelined by a broken thumb and his last game for the Crusaders was in Bloemfontein...
Graham Henry to Lions coach Warren Gatland - drop captain Sam Warburton, Farrell over Te'o
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSir Graham Henry says the Lions should axe tour captain Sam Warburton from the Lions test starting XV.And the former All Blacks, Lions and Wales coach has dropped a few bombshells in the team he thinks...
Australia must go back to the future to save rugby union
9 years ago by TheRoar.com.auRugby was a far more simple game in the Southern Hemisphere in 1986. Queensland, New South Wales, Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington and Fiji came together that year to contest the inaugural South Pacific...
