Richie McCaw retires after record-breaking All Blacks career
1 decade ago by The GuardianNew Zealand’s most-capped player calls time on illustrious careerThree-time world player of the year to pursue career as a pilotRichie McCaw’s rugby career is over after the New Zealand captain confirmed...
Richie McCaw retires from rugby
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auAll Blacks legend Richie McCaw has announced his retirement from rugby union at the age of 34. After breaking numerous records, winning back-to-back Rugby World Cups, four Super Rugby competitions, and...
Inches make champions: My time with Jonah Lomu
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auAnywhere there is a ball, a screwed up piece of paper, a field, a suitable space, or a discernible goal-line in New Zealand, you inevitably start playing rugby. You commentate out loud, or in your head,...
Jonah Lomu: heartfelt tributes pour in from around the globe
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Giant of a man took the rugby world by storm• Lomu: a sporting hero who was humble and down to earthIt says everything about the impact made by Jonah Lomu that the sporting world, not just that of...
Jones slams England's Burgess treatment
1 decade agoA lot has been said in the media this week about the possibility of Eddie Jones becoming England's next head coach but the Aussie had lots to say about the RFU's treatment of Sam Burgess during his short...
'Jonah Lomu did not look like a man whose time was up' - Jim White on interviewing All Black legend before he died
1 decade ago by The TelegraphA star-struck Jim White recalls the day he sat down with the All Blacks legend back in August for an interview during the Rugby World Cup
Haka tribute by students at Jonah Lomu's former school – video
1 decade ago by The GuardianStudents from Wesley College, a secondary school in Auckland that had been attended by the late Jonah Lomu, pay their respects to the All Blacks rugby hero by performing a haka. The New Zealand star winger...
England 29 New Zealand 45, match report: Jonah Lomu lays waste to men in white as All Blacks storm into final
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsEngland 29 New Zealand 45: New Zealand wing bulldozes Tony Underwood, Will Carling and Mike Catt to score a memorable try
'I was a road bump' - Brian O'Driscoll recalls attempting to stop Jonah Lomu
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentIrish rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll has recalled the bruising task of attempting to halt Jonah Lomu when he faced the All Blacks legend in 2001 at Lansdowne Road.
Reaction: Rugby world mourns Jonah Lomu
1 decade ago by Rugby WorldRemembering a legend: Jonah Lomu in heyday of 1995The rugby world was saddened to hear of the sudden death of All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu, in the early …Continue reading »
