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By Kevin McCarthy It was fascinating but not very informative to have the last five days or so of dissection of the All Blacks thumping loss to the Wallabies in Bledisloe One. But now at least we have the team out for Bledisloe Two. Both wingers and one prop gone on
All Blacks
60th anniversary of Wellington’s largest rugby crowd
Athletic Park full up on 15 August 1959. PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/photosoldwellingtonregion/ They came in their droves. Wellington's largest rugby crowd, then and now, estimated on the day at 60,000 but revised down to 59,000, packed the old Athletic Park to watch the All Blacks defeat the touring British Isles 11-8 and go two nil
Short Passes 12 August
Some thrillers to start the opening weekend of the National Provincial Championship, with the exception of two matches. The first of these was Tasman's 45-8 win over Wellington. The second was Bay of Plenty's 50-7 win over Otago, after Otago had two thirds of the territory and had more possession than
Aisle be Back: Sir Brian Lochore and the 1981 Wairarapa-Bush team
By Kevin McCarthy Well they’re laying Brian BJ Lochore to rest today, with a funeral at Memorial Park in Masterton. If you’ve never been, it’s a modest but proud small field. There’s medium sized stand on one side, but no other seating or an embankment, just touchlines, surrounded by surburban homes. I
Short Passes 5 August
Above the Wellington Axemen U85kg side - back-to-back Division 2 U85kg division champions. The men's National Provincial Championship starts this Thursday when Southland host Northland but Wellington fans could be forgiven for barely knowing this given the Wellington media's general rejection of rugby and the closed shop nature of professional rugby. The