All Blacks – Page 31 – ClubRugby.nz

Short Passes 25 November – rugby news and happenings

by clubrugby - November 25, 2019

A balmy day at Porirua Park on Saturday for the second annual Wellington Provincial 7s tournament. A small group of teams took part in what was a warm-up event for this coming weekend's Central 7s qualifiers in Levin (and in the case of Canterbury, the Southern qualifiers in Timaru). Wellington fielded two

Aisle be Back: The RWC wash-up and Super Rugby squads named next week

by clubrugby - November 8, 2019

Above: The All Blacks in a huddle. Credit: NZ Rugby via Getty Images By Kevin McCarthy There’s a sense around the World Cup wash-up that we’re struggling to quite frame up what happened, and what should be done about it. That’s important to work out because so much of the future of

Short Passes 4 November (Monday evening edition)

by clubrugby - November 4, 2019

A successful day of sevens rugby on Saturday down at Onepoto. For the teams there it was a competitive morning and afternoon of rugby, with several eye-catching contributions across the leading grades. Defending American Ambassador's champions Northern United took the honours in the Men's grade and are odds-on to retain the

Aisle be Back: The World Cup exit and the reboot begins

by clubrugby - October 31, 2019

Above: The All Blacks may not out-sing the Welsh, but they will be hoping to beat them on Friday night in the third-fourth playoff. PHOTO: Getty Images via NZR media. By Kevin McCarthy Next comes the great Convulsion. You’ll remember the last one, when we crashed out of the Rugby World

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v England RWC semi-final

by clubrugby - October 25, 2019

By Kevin McCarthy How are your nerves? I strangely don’t have any ahead of the semi-final. Kind of confident the All Blacks will dispose of England and set up a shot at the three-peat. Not that sort of arrogant confidence that a few indulged in after the blitzing of Ireland. The