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Stephen Jones: England pale in comparison to genuine All Blacks

August 6th, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. August 6thAll Blacks 30 V Wallabies 15 (Auckland, Tri Nations 2011)England 23 V Wales 19 (Twickenham, ‘Friendly’ 2011)
This is a copied Stephen Jones  article from the Sunday Times in London 7 August 2011. Rupert Murdoch, come and get us if you can be bothered (but we suspect, you have bigger […]

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Tags: Springboks. Tri Nations 2011 · Sunday Times · The Times · Stephen Jones · The Wallabies · All Blacks · Wales · England

Stephen Jones: Ireland 9 England 20: At last, England add touch of finesse

August 6th, 2011 · No Comments

noreply@blogger.com (slugso) wrote this article. 28 AugustSunday Times
At one minute to a dark midnight on the clock of their four-year cycle of World Cup preparation, England finally saw some gleams of light. They disposed of an abysmal Ireland with more conviction than the score suggests, they now enter the World Cup with some confidence […]

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Tags: Springboks. Tri Nations 2011 · Sunday Times · The Times · Stephen Jones · The Wallabies · All Blacks · Wales · England

Stephen Jones: Black magic….you must be joking

August 6th, 2011 · No Comments

noreply@blogger.com (slugso) wrote this article. 11 September 2011Sunday TimesStephen Jones
Black magic… You must be joking
Ben Youngs scores the only try as England stutter to an unconvincing victory in their first World Cup game against Argentina in New Zealand
 
Scrum-half Ben Youngs celebrates scoring for England with Manu Tuilagi (Paul Harding)
For most of a thunderous match […]

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Tags: Springboks. Tri Nations 2011 · Sunday Times · The Times · Stephen Jones · The Wallabies · All Blacks · Wales · England

All Blacks win but Wales didn’t Dai wondering

November 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Whats new, Pussycat?
New Zealand 19 Wales 12
Wales will pose a significant threat to the Wallabies in three weeks time after bravely going down to the All Blacks at Millennium Stadium this morning.
If you think losing seven consecutive matches to the All Blacks has become a psychological issue for the […]

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New Rugby columnist debuts on G&GR!

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. G&GR is proud to bring you the Aussie Stevie view of the player’s performance over the TriNations. Thanks to magic Stevie powers, we can do this in advance, actual viewing not required.
A quick intro for those who have not yet had the privilege of reading the insights of Aussie […]

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Tags: Northern hemisphere · British & Irish Lions · trinations · rugby · Stephen Jones · Wallabies

New Zealand 19 - South Africa 0

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Capetown · Wayne Barnes · Stephen Jones · Daniel Carter · All Blacks · Springboks

All Blacks Find Some Rare Allies

October 15th, 2007 · No Comments

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Tags: Alastair Campbell · The Australian · graham henry · Stephen Jones · Bernard Laporte · All Blacks

Straya vs the Poms: LETS GET IT ON

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Jon Jones wrote this article. So here we are, four years on from that glitch in the order of the universe, and the stage is set for either some serious payback, or some serious egg on face. In rugby, this has got to be the ultimate in North/South grudge matches.
Sure, you’ve got the fact […]

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Tags: rivalry · australia england · poms · lote tuqiri · john o'neill · Stephen Jones

Rugby World Cup: McCaw, Wales, Chabal And The Web

September 18th, 2007 · No Comments

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Tags: Stephen Jones · alternative rugby commentary · Sebastien Chabal · Richie McCaw · Romania · All Blacks · Wales · Scotland · Rugby World Cup

Rage against the All Black machine

August 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Ferdy wrote this article.
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Tags: Eddie Jones · Stephen Jones · Rob Andrew · Bernard Laporte · All Blacks · Richie McCaw · Rugby World Cup