Tickets made available for All Blacks v Lions tests
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldFor fans who missed out on tickets to the three tests between the All Blacks and the British and Irish Lions, this might be your last chance to go.A limited number of tickets for the three test matches...
Top referee Jonathan Kaplan reveals the challenges of controlling an All Blacks test
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldWorld Rugby's most experienced referee has opened up on the "challenges" of controlling All Blacks tests and warned match officials to be vigilant of illegal New Zealand tactics in the upcoming Lions series....
Rugby: Lions captain Sam Warburton calm and composed
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSam Warburton seems like the right sort of man to handle a crisis should one arise for the British and Irish Lions.He talks with an eloquence that hints at his intelligence without giving away the true...
Rugby: Tests against All Blacks to take priority for Lions - Sam Warburton
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldSam Warburton has no doubt about the priority of his British and Irish Lions team. It is to win the test series at all costs, even if that means dropping mid-week matches.It's an attitude that probably...
Rugby: Martin Johnson - How the Lions can beat the All Blacks
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldMartin Johnson has spoken.The 47-year-old, arguably King Country's most famous rugby export since the Meads brothers, has decreed what it will take for the British and Irish Lions to defeat the All Blacks...
Watch: First Lions press conference in New Zealand
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldWatch coverage of the Lions' first press conference on New Zealand shores.• App users tap here
Rugby: The Lions coach who puzzled the All Blacks
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldHow Carwyn James became Lions coach is as puzzling today as his squad's ability 46 years ago to confound the All Blacks.He was a revered soul at Llanelli where the club's style and success brought him...
Rugby: Fists flew at first sign of trouble for Lions
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldOn the Lions tour of South Africa in 1974, a controversial trip already due to the country's apartheid policy, Willie John McBride's team decided to take matters into their own hands.The South Africans...
Rugby: Warren Gatland chasing hearts and minds
9 years ago by New Zealand HeraldWarren Gatland has arrived in Auckland, happy to be "home" and stressing the need to win hearts and minds - not only among New Zealand rugby supporters but within his British and Irish Lions squad as well.The...
Chris Rattue: Stick sick Beauden Barrett in cotton wool, and other All Blacks stars should join him
9 years ago by New Zealand Herald"Fingers crossed" one headline reckoned, over the health of All Blacks ace Beauden Barrett.Why bother with the finger-crossing hocus pocus? There is something practical which can preserve Barrett for the...
