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Hansen says that he has called up an enlarged squad at first as he wants to assess emerging talent in New Zealand Rugby.
Hansen named a hugely experienced and in-form All Black side, with 745 caps in the starting XV and 140 on the eight-man bench.
The first wider training group camp will be held in Auckland from next Sunday 20 May – Tuesday 22 May with the second camp in Wellington from Sunday 27 May – Tuesday 29 May.
Hansen has been announced as Graham Henry’s successor at a media conference in Wellington this afternoon after the New Zealand Rugby Union board met earlier today to consider the appointment. Hansen was the only candidate recommended by an appointments panel to go through to a full interview with the board, which unanimously voted for him.
Lessons from the past should provide the Lions rugby union with the vision needed to get them out of their current administrative crisis. A perfect Autumn evening in Johannesburg. Not too hot, no wind, and no threat of rain. Perfect that is until the Blues from Aukland spoilt it all for the vast majority of the 26 532 people at Coca Cola Park in downtown Johannesburg. An estimated Fourty five thousand spectators arrived at Coca-Cola Park on Friday evening to watch the first Super Rugby match to be played in Gauteng in 2011. Fears that the inclement weather would keep the spectators away was unfounded, despite the fact that the game started in a slight drizzle. There are many reasons why I will keep a very close eye on the Lions this year, and their on-field results won’t be one of them. [Read More] Less than a week until Super Rugby 2011 kick off in it’s new expanded format. Although our friends in the Cape will argue that the traditional “North v South” game is the Stormers v Bulls, for many Rugby Lovers in Gauteng, the North v South refers to the Jukskei River, and the rivalry between the teams from the country’s Administrative Capital city, and the African continent’s economic “Capital” city. It is not often that the losing coach is the happier one in the post-match press conference. [Read More] |
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All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has named 10 uncapped players in a 38-man training squad ahead of New Zealand’s Test series against France.
All Black flyhalf Dan Carter was named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year at the IRB Awards in London on Monday.
All Black coach Steve Hansen pulled out the big guns for New Zealand’s encounter with Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has come out in defence of his Wallabies rival Robbie Dean who is under severe pressure for his job to turn the Australian Rugby team around or face the sack.
The All Blacks selectors, Coach Steve Hansen, Assistant Coach Ian Foster and fellow selector Grant Fox, have selected 35 players to attend two training camps ahead of the three Steinlager Series Tests against Ireland.
Former Chiefs Super Rugby Coach Ian Foster has been named as the new assistant coach of the All Blacks and former All Black great flyhalf Grant Fox has become a selector.
Rugby World Cup winning coach Graham Henry and his assistant Steve Hansen have accepted invitations to coach the Barbarians against Australia at Twickenham on Saturday 26 November.