Slaughtering the Wallabies will make the All Blacks real contenders
So I want to see them be ruthless on Saturday. To treat Australia as a team of consequence, rather than one in the midst of a mass…
Hamish has been an opinion and sports writer for over 20 years in New Zealand, featuring on RNZ, New Zealand Herald, Stuff.co.nz, and RugbyPass.
So I want to see them be ruthless on Saturday. To treat Australia as a team of consequence, rather than one in the midst of a mass…
Starting Malcom Marx would be a help to South Africa. As would picking some of the more youthful personnel, who beat Australia in …
What a joy to see the All Blacks using the ball to beat the man and to have attackers committing defenders before offloading. It f…
The enterprising Chiefs didn’t look dissimilar to All Blacks sides of recent vintage, with the Crusaders resembling Ireland or F…
As the Crusaders were methodically dismantling the Blues in Christchurch last Friday night, it wasn’t the quality of rugby that …
Maybe a win over the Brumbies would have flattered them, but they still could have achieved it if Jordie Barrett had opted to pas…
Coles makes the game personal and refuses to yield to anyone. That’s a trait more athletes should have and why he can make an en…
If you coached the Crusaders in those days, then you tended to look a little suspiciously at your Canterbury counterparts. And, if…
If a player, such as Aumua, uses that opportunity to make the All Blacks XV, as he did last year, and progress to the Crusaders an…
Like Laumape was, Suaalii isn’t too far removed from his 1st XV days. In Tuivasa-Sheck’s case, it was 10 years since he’d pl…
The argument against allowing the Drua to play in Fiji full-time or to base Moana Pasifika in Samoa or Tonga - instead of Auckland…
In that time, the Crusaders have won 10 titles, been beaten finalists three times and lost at the semi-final stage on five occasio…
That’s no knock on McKenzie or Spencer. They’ve had brilliant careers, with highlight reels to be proud of. But every player h…
Just as Robertson appeared poised to inherit the coaching job last year, so was Ioane linked with a permanent move to Japan after …
Players can’t be exceptional forever. Particularly the runners, as Blues first five-eighth Beauden Barrett predominantly was for…
When everyone knows you should be coach - and that you’ll eventually get the job one day - a lot of the suspense and excitement …
The Super Rugby Pacific season has well-and-truly started, after all, not that you’d really know from what’s getting written.
If Wallabies lock Darcy Swain made a throat-slitting gesture at a New Zealand player, how would we like that? And, if not Swain, t…
Foster is neither a public relations asset, nor the owner of an accomplished coaching record, but he looks better than NZR right n…
But don’t take my word for it. It’s All Blacks great Justin Marshall who’s saying New Zealand’s now a world cup smokey.