FAREWELL Tri-Nations , Hello Rugby Championship We take a look at the Tri-Nations' most successful team, New Zealand, which has won ten of the 16 championships on offer, ahead of the maiden season of The Investec Rugby Championship. It has been a remarkable period for the All Blacks since 1996, winning more
Year: 2012
Wallabies name team to face All Blacks
SBW free to play for All Blacks
Aug 13, 2012 Sonny Bill Williams' availability for the All Blacks opening two matches of the Rugby Championship has been officially confirmed. Williams comes into the All Blacks squad for the back-to-back Bledisloe Cup matches as an injury replacement for Conrad Smith. Williams did not train with the squad in Auckland on Friday,
Currie Cup still has a kick
12-08-2012 Cape Town - The Currie Cup is like the boxer who takes a terrible pounding but, fuelled by astonishing levels of pride, simply refuses to crash to the canvas. Why, we may have seen just enough quality in the first round of the compressed, increasingly marginalised 2012 competition to suggest that
ITM Cup Pre Season
All Blacks two from two in training games
The All Blacks got two wins from two games at ECOLight stadium tonight, beating Counties Manukau 12-0 and following this up with a 14-5 victory over Auckland. In an unusual, but highly successful night, the All Blacks players got just the hit out they needed before the Rugby Championships, while the
New Magpies Coach Craig Philpott has named his 32 man squad
With a mix of some exciting young local talent interspersed with a large group of experienced Magpies, this is a very balanced and competitive squad. The squad features the inclusion of 13 players who have experienced Super rugby including Hika Elliot, Ben Tameifuna, Andrew Horrell and Tino Nemani who were all
Aussies defend ‘weak’ Cooper
Aug 10, 2012 Quade Cooper's fellow Wallabies have leapt to his defence after former All Blacks coach Graham Henry called him the team's "glaring weakness" at last year's World Cup. In his recently released biography The Final Word, Henry said: "Quade Cooper was plainly the weakest link. Coach Robbie Deans had taken
SANZAR REVEALS THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
August 9, 2012 The Rugby Championship will be one of the world’s premier international rugby competitions and the new trophy that will represent the ultimate symbol of Southern Hemisphere supremacy has been revealed by SANZAR. The exciting new evolution of the Tri-Nations kicks off on 18 August with the Rugby Championship featuring three
Wellington fend Manawatu in ITM Preseason
08/08/2012 Wellington have survived a spirited Manawatu challenge to run away with a 38-24 win in their ITM Cup preseason match at the Hutt Recreation Ground today. Both sides would have taken plenty from an entertaining match that saw ten tries scored despite slippery conditions. Wellington No 8 Genesis Mamea put his hand