Highlanders Rugby: Long Injury List Problematic with Season Looming

The Highlanders depth will be tested over the first few weeks of the Super 15, as a long injury list leaves their team depleted of many front-line players. For the best part of the last decade, the Highlanders have been the lowest finishing New Zealand team in Super Rugby. But resurgence in 2011, followed by some top signings over the summer has seen many predict that the Highlanders will re-emerge... 

Super Rugby: Improved Depth Will Make Highlanders Contenders in 2012

Depth is not a word that has been associated with the Highlanders for quite some time. In fact it’s been a rather frustrating time for those in the south of New Zealand, who have been left constantly scratching their heads at the failures of their once-proud team. Names like Jeff Wilson, Josh Kronfeld and Taine Randall were replaced by journeymen who struggled to foot it with the best in the... 

Rugby World Cup 2011: Wallabies Beat Wales to Win Bronze Final; Barnes Stars

It’s the game that no one wants to be in, and traditionally the game that no one wants to play. But for the first time in years we saw two teams who both looked as though they genuinely wanted to win the Bronze Final of Rugby World Cup 2011 take to the field last night. The weekend had been billed as a repeat of the final week of the 1987 World Cup, with New Zealand meeting France in the Final... 

Rugby World Cup 2011 Preview: All Blacks Will Win Final in Emphatic Fashion

After four years of preparation, 40 pool games, two weeks of sudden death knockout games, we are finally down to just two teams. The All Blacks meet France on Sunday in a game that will decide who gets to wear the title of world champions for the next four years. Both teams have followed very different roads to the Final, with the All Blacks playing some great rugby along the way, while the French... 

Rugby World Cup 2011: All Blacks Must Play Tight Game to Beat Wallabies

The All Blacks face their biggest test of Rugby World Cup 2011 thus far, a showdown with their trans-tasman rivals, the Wallabies. Despite entering the tournament as overwhelming favourites, many are predicting their downfall this weekend as they come up against the most likely team to beat them in the tournament. Many have cited the All Blacks’ World Cup history as a reason that they won’t... 

Rugby World Cup 2011: Weepu Kicks All Blacks to Victory; Still Plenty to Ponder

Piri Weepu kicked seven penalty goals to ensure the All Blacks will progress through to the semifinals of Rugby World Cup 2011. However, the win was much harder work than many had anticipated, as they got home over Argentina 33-10, in a scoreline that didn’t reflect the closeness and intensity of the game. It was a tight game that saw the All Blacks struggle to make use of their lethal backline,... 

Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales, France Claim Wins in 1st Quarterfinals

Wales and France have both won brutal games to see them progress through to the semifinals of Rugby World Cup 2011. The results see that Ireland and England both go home, in what was a massive disappointment for both teams.   Wales 22 Ireland 10 Wales defence held strong as they withstood wave after wave of attack from Ireland to claim a famous victory in one of the most anticipated games of the... 

Rugby World Cup 2011: All Blacks Make Statement in Comprehensive Win over France

The All Blacks have sent a clear message that they are indeed the team to beat at Rugby World Cup 2011, thumping France 37-17 in what was to be their toughest pool game. They scored five tries to France’s two, in what was a dominant display in every facet of the game and France simply had no answer to this. Despite this, it was the French who exerted all the early pressure, spending nearly the... 

All Blacks Rugby: Sonny Bill Williams Is Stephen Donald All over Again

Sonny Bill Williams had been touted as one of the most promising talents that New Zealand could have pull on the All Blacks jersey. A freak, who was big, athletic and skillful, and had already made his name playing Rugby League a few years earlier, Williams was the future of All Blacks rugby. Many players have struggled to transfer between the two codes in the past. But this wouldn’t be a problem... 

Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales Beat Samoa, England Topple Georgia

Wales have beaten Samoa and England have beaten Georgia in today’s action at the Rugby World Cup 2011 in games that turned out to be interesting for different reasons.   Wales 17, Samoa 10 Wales emerged winners over Samoa in a brutal, must-win game in order to keep their World Cup dreams alive. Both teams were enterprising, looking to use the ball, playing a positive style of rugby. The... 

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