So, What Do We Know?
By Scott Maclean “The Greatest Rivalry” series is done, with South Africa taking the last three Tests for a 3-1 series triumph. But what have we learned from it? 1.[…]
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The Strangest Thing
There has been a lot of talk about the Eden Park streak over the last week, before slipping into hyperbole mode this week. That is odd because it is seriously[…]
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Bouncebackability
By Aiden McLaughlin A response was badly needed and a response certainly came at a wet and wild night at Eden Park as the All Blacks blew Argentina away by[…]
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Full Circle
By Aiden McLaughlin Results are what matter most but as so often, they don’t tell the full story. The Scott Robertson era has started with a 2-0 sweep against an[…]
The Foster years
By Aiden McLaughlin Three Rugby Championships, one Tri-Nations (in 2020 when South Africa were absent), the retention of the Bledisloe Cup throughout and Rugby World Cup runners up, by a[…]
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Steady as she goes
By Aiden McLaughlin As All Black number 1014 Richie McCaw read out the 33-man Rugby World Cup squad at Taradale’s Pettigrew Green Arena on Monday evening, the alphabetical order quickly[…]
All Blacks 42 -19 Ireland
By Aiden McLaughlin The last time Ireland toured New Zealand in 2012, the three test series started with the men in black scoring 42 points at Eden Park. 10 years[…]
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Road to Nowhere
By Aiden McLaughlin With New Zealand preparing for a 3pm update from Jacinda Ardern and Ashley Bloomfield, an email arrived in my inbox at 2.52pm on Friday afternoon: ‘All Blacks[…]
All Blacks 33 – 25 Australia
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘At the end of the day it’s a Bledisloe Cup series, we put a stake in the ground, we’re 1-0 up and we’re looking forward to next[…]
