Topic: New Zealand
World Cup-winners New Zealand will name their new coach on Friday with Steve Hansen the leading candidate, the team's official website said.The announcement of the All Blacks coach and his assistants has been keenly anticipated since Graham Henry stepped down on November ...
New Zealand rugby officials voiced confidence Wednesday that change is on the way despite the re-election of Frenchman Bernard Lapasset as International Rugby Board chairman.At an IRB Council meeting in Los Angeles on Monday, Lapasset was returned for a second term in ...
Early season strugglers New Zealand and South Africa waltzed into the IRB Sevens World Series quarter-finals Friday with three convincing victories each.But England, winners of the second leg of the nine-round championship in Dubai last weekend, fell to Samoa before overcoming Argentina ...
All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has spoken for the first time about allegedly being eye gouged in the Rugby World Cup final, reportedly accusing France of "filthy" play in the tournament decider.McCaw said he was surprised French centre Aurelien Rougerie was not ...
Four New Zealand's five Super 15 rugby union franchises have been put up for partial sale with no restriction on where the private stakeholders come from, though the teams may not move abroad.The "For Sale" signs appeared in newspapers on Saturday, and ...
Fiji come into the second round of this season's Sevens World Series on Friday on a high after seeing off New Zealand to win the opening tournament last weekend.The South Sea Islanders outplayed the reigning champions 26-12 in the final of the ...
France captain Thierry Dusautoir was named the International Rugby Board (IRB) player of the year for 2011 at a ceremony here on Monday.Dusautoir received his award the day after leading France in their nailbiting 8-7 World Cup final defeat by New Zealand ...
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - France captain Thierry Dusautoir was named on Monday as the International Rugby Board's World Player of the Year after a storming 12 months in which he drove his side to within a whisker of their first World Cup title ...
International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Bernard Lapasset praised an "exceptional" World Cup on Monday and said New Zealand had put itself in position to host the tournament again."Yes, why not?" Lapasset told a news conference when asked if New Zealand, whose All ...
Hundreds of thousands of jubilant New Zealanders packed central Auckland for the All Blacks victory parade Monday, celebrating their "ultimate achievement" in winning the Rugby World Cup."It's such a small trophy but what it means is huge," captain Richie McCaw said, holding ...
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