LIONS WATCH: All you need to know about tonight's first test between the All Blacks and Lions
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldAlex McLeod runs through all you need to know ahead of the first test match between the All Blacks and the British and Irish Lions. When and where is the first Test? The first clash between the British...
Lions Tour 2017: Owen Farrell and Beauden Barrett poised for game's defining battle
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldA defining day on New Zealand's North Island is likely to be shaped by just two men. Beauden Barrett and Owen Farrell, fly-halves in black and red respectively, will ultimately influence the first Test...
Lions Tour 2017: Steve Hansen recalls watching 1971 Lions, insists win will remain one-off
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSteve Hansen was taught a rugby lesson by the Lions in 1971 - and now the All Blacks boss is out to school the tourists.He was just 12 years old when he saw the Lions for the first time in Dunedin, and...
Mum leading the cheers as Rieko handed dream start
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldTonight's rugby showdown is set to be his biggest test to date, with thousands of fans cheering his name.But starting wing Rieko Ioane's loudest cheer will be coming from a woman who has long helped him...
Wynne Gray: Penalise offenders from kickoff
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldAll Black coach Steve Hansen doesn't want to talk in public about his chat with referee Jaco Peyper.Those details were best aired at their meeting and left there ahead of tonight's blast-furnace start...
Fasting won't slow Sonny Bill
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSensational offloader looms as a key figure for the first test. Sonny Bill Williams will take to the Eden Park pitch tonight for one of the biggest tests of his career with only a small meal inside his...
Gatland: ABs' record at Eden Park is there to be broken
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldJust as Auckland is undergoing a huge makeover with pop-up stalls and temporary bars as it readies itself for the first test tonight, so the Lions have been transformed from a scratch, underwhelming outfit...
Lions Tour 2017: Read accepts biggest challenge - ABs will go for 80 minutes plus
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldIt's test No98 for All Blacks captain Kieran Read and perhaps the most important of his career.It's his chance, albeit on his return from a broken thumb which has kept him out of the game for six weeks,...
Rugby: Sonny Bill Williams looms as key figure for All Blacks
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSonny Bill Williams will take to the Eden Park pitch tomorrow night for one of the biggest tests of his career with only a small meal inside his extremely flat stomach but with a mental strength born of...
Rugby: Why the Lions can't get into Beauden Barrett's head
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldThe Lions felt they lucked out the last time they were here. They encountered what they thought - what everyone thought - was a once-in-a-generation player in Daniel Carter who just happened to come of...
