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RWC 2011 - a week in quotes

September 17th, 2011 · No Comments

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Tags: Peter De Villiers · Sonny Bill Williams · Mike Tindall · james hook · Chris Ashton · Warren Gatland · Martin Johnson · robbie deans · Ma'a Nonu · John Smit · james horwill · quade cooper · Richie McCaw

Six Nations 2011 review

March 21st, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. And the moral of the story is, don’t count your chickens…..
Grand slammers: no-one.Winners of the Six Nations: England.Most emotional moment: Italy beating France and Nick Mallet’s tears of joy.Best try: Imanol Hardinordoquy for France against Scotland.Peter de Villiers award for craziest coaching speech: France’s Lievremont announcing that his team has […]

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Tags: Chris Patterson · Sergio Parisse · Sam Warburton · Richie Gray · Lievremont · Andrea Masi · Tommy Bowe · Chris Ashton · Toby Flood · nick mallett · Six Nations 2011 · Paul O'Connell · Brian O'Driscoll

The Six Nations decider 2011 - England verse Ireland

March 18th, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
Mark Cueto is a rare breed -  a winger that doesn’t score tries.
Well, it’s been great to be back in the Northern Hemisphere, to soak up the wonderful atmosphere that is the Six Nations. 
As an All Black fan trying to gauge what this will all mean for the World Cup, a […]

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Tags: 2011 Six Nations · Paul O'Connell · Chris Ashton · Steve Thompson · Brian O'Driscoll · Martin Johnson · Jonny Wilkinson

2011 Six Nations - England V France

February 28th, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
MJ - happier than usual
So, England have sent out a warning to the rest of the world. Just in time for a world cup tournament too. Bugger.
I was a busy woman this weekend so I had to prioritise what rugby I was going to watch. The first cull was the Scotland V Ireland test (Scotland […]

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Tags: Christchurch earthquake · EQNZ · Martin Snedden · red cross uk · 2011 Six Nations · Toby Flood · Chris Ashton · Martin Johnson

Six nations round up - week 2 - 2011

February 13th, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
Six things we’ve learnt after another great weekend of Six Nations rugby.
1. England are looking good. In fact, yesterday they played some of the best rugby I’ve ever seen an England team play.  Admittedly, it was against a quite abysmal Italian side.  But - was this because England made them look abject?  […]

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Tags: nick mallett · Chris Ashton · Mark Cueto · Warren Gatland · Martin Johnson

Nick Evans and Engerland

September 24th, 2010 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
I’m not sure whether it went quietly under the radar or not in NZ.  Nick Evans has signed up with the bloodgate Harlequins for the next few years.  Which means he won’t be coming home to have another crack at the holy grail. Which is a great shame.
 I always felt […]

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Tags: Courtenay Lawes · Chris Ashton · Dan Coles · Ben Youngs · Laurence Dallaglio · Daniel Carter · Rugby World Cup 2011 · Nick Evans · All Blacks