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'We're ready to go to war': Leti-I'iga returns to the Black Ferns
The last time Ayesha Leti-I'iga played for the Black Ferns she scored the winning try in the Rugby World Cup final against England…
Adam Julian
03 Sep 2024, 4:20
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Adam Julian
Adam Julian is a freelance sportswriter and broadcaster based in Wellington. He's been a regular contributor on Clubrugby.co.nz and Te Upoko O Te Ika radio for a dozen years. Between 2010 and 2018 he was the official statistician for Sky Sports Land Rover First XV program. Adam is the author of the A to Z of the Black Ferns on allblacks.com, a member of the Association of Rugby Historians and Statisticians and a long-suffering Wellington Lions and Hurricanes supporter. His interests outside of rugby include blues music, history, travel, and food.
14-man Fiji secure semi-final after huge win over Tonga
Fiji guaranteed hosting rights for a semi-final after trouncing Tonga 50-19 in Nuku’alofa in the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations…
Adam Julian
06 Sep 2024, 2:46
Interview
The Hawaiian ex-defensive lineman who learnt rugby in four years before USA debut
Pono Davis has a big work ethic to match his considerable size. The hulking tighthead prop from the aptly named Big Island in Hawa…
Adam Julian
08 Sep 2024, 20:14
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'We expect a fierce battle at set piece': Chelsea Bremner prepares to face England
“We’re pushing each other to be better. We each have our own strengths but we help each other when we can. There’s a healthy…
Adam Julian
11 Sep 2024, 4:03
Interview
The collegiate-level wrestler who has become MLR's tackling machine
Cory Daniel is a tackling machine. The USA Eagles flanker was the top tackler in Major League Rugby (MLR) in 2024 as Old Glory mad…
Adam Julian
11 Sep 2024, 16:42
Interview
What All Blacks and Springboks taught Canada’s ex-Manawatu enforcer
In the New England Free Jacks’ run to the Major League Rugby title, Andrew Quattrin contributed a dozen tackles and 10 carries i…
Adam Julian
12 Sep 2024, 23:09
Tongan stars shine in Tokyo, dismiss Canada in fifth-place final
Courage replaced consolation in the playoff for fifth in the Pacific Nations Cup; a determined, occasionally spontaneous Tonga too…
Adam Julian
14 Sep 2024, 6:17
Opinion
Four of best performers from round six of the NPC
The National Provincial Championship is in full swing with six rounds of competition completed.
Adam Julian
18 Sep 2024, 20:40
Opinion
Four of the best NPC performers from round seven
In the NPC this season Higgins ranks in the top ten for carries, clean breaks, defenders beaten, and meters gained.
Adam Julian
24 Sep 2024, 19:15
Interview
Black Ferns' Hannah King: 'I want to become a triple threat'
Hannah King was conspicuously shy at her first wider training group practice with the Canterbury Farah Palmer Cup team.
Adam Julian
01 Oct 2024, 5:23
Round eight NPC: Snubbed All Black and NRL-bound winger star
In a wild week of results some big names stood out in round eight of the Bunnings NPC.
Adam Julian
01 Oct 2024, 16:16
Australia U18 strong on day one, New Zealand schools smash Samoa
Tomorrow’s stars are in action for Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Samoa in a series of international fixtures across Hamilton…
Adam Julian
02 Oct 2024, 17:32
Australia U18s overpower New Zealand schoolboys in thrilling win
A polished and powerful Australia has won the Trans Tasman Trophy for the first time since 2019 toppling New Zealand 38-31 at Waik…
Adam Julian
06 Oct 2024, 16:54
Interview
Ben Tameifuna leading Tonga's next generation after World Cup exodus
Tongan prop Ben Tameifuna was officially the biggest player at the Rugby World Cup in 2023 packing in at a mammoth 151kg.
Adam Julian
15 Aug 2024, 21:54
Interview
New Zealand U20s star halfback rated better than Ben Smith coming out of high school
Dylan Pledger made such an impression at King’s High School in Dunedin that former Otago outside back and Sports Director Glenn …
Adam Julian
03 Aug 2024, 20:26
From the famous haka against England to serving the community, the life of All Black Norm Hewitt
Former All Black and Wellington Lions captain Norm Hewitt was a dynamic and often inspirational hooker whose off-field fame was la…
Adam Julian
16 Jul 2024, 18:42
Interview
Black Fern Kaipo Olsen-Baker hoping history repeats against Wallaroos
Kaipo Olsen-Baker appeared to be a certainty for Women’s Rugby World Cup selection in 2022 until the barnstorming loose forward…
Adam Julian
11 Jul 2024, 11:30
Hamilton Boys farewell one of the great coaches in New Zealand schoolboy rugby
Nigel Hotham, the brains behind Hamilton Boys High's world-class rugby programme, has stepped down as the school's first XV coach …
Adam Julian
07 Jul 2024, 20:56
Opinion
Chiefs player ratings vs Blues | Super Rugby Pacific Grand Final
The Super Rugby final was a fizzer. The Chiefs failed miserably to scale the heights of their sem-final success stuffed by a patie…
Adam Julian
22 Jun 2024, 5:36
Interview
Samisoni Taukei'aho on Dane Coles, Asafo Aumua and the Bledisloe Cup
The pair are separated by a decade but Taukei'aho credits the Hurricanes veteran for making him feel welcome in the All Blacks, an…
Adam Julian
18 Jun 2024, 20:43
