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Richie McCaw looks unlikely to join the expected exodus of top New Zealand players to cash-flush European clubs after next year’s World Cup on home soil.
Speaking to the Sunday Star Times, McCaw revealed that he is in talks with the New Zealand Rugby Union about extending his contract beyond 2011.
The Wallabies host the All Blacks in Sydney on Saturday 11 September 2010 for the last Tri-Nations match of the year at 12:00 SA Time. Can the All Blacks do a complete 6 from 6 Tri-Nations whitewash and can they go 10 in a row against the Wallabies?
Aaron Cruden will start at flyhalf in place of Daniel Carter in one of five changes to the All Blacks team for Saturday’s final match of the Tri-Nations rugby series against Australia.
We have read a lot and discussed a lot that our players are overplayed. The Tim Noakes’ and the Neels Liebel’s and other scientists all have their opinions and we have recently learned that the ideal is for a player to play no more than 1400 to 1600 minutes of Rugby per year.
I am of the view that these minutes are dependant on whether you are a backline, looseforward or tight forward player and also on your age and your proneness to injury. Guys like Bismarck get injured often, and its probably a challenge to even get him up to the 1600 minute mark! Continue reading
If you want to know what has gone wrong with the Boks or what the All Blacks are doing right, why not just look at how they play? Continue reading
My first sales manager always used to tell me; ‘Don’t come to me with problems, come to me with solutions’. Continue reading
The All Blacks and the Wallabies cross swords at the AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday at 09:35 SA Time for their 2nd Tri-Nations match between one another for 2010.
In recent weeks I said my bit about referees. I came across this video made by an Australian no-less which I think makes for some fascinating viewing. Continue reading
Richie McCaw has given a frank account of how he plays the referees as well as the opposition to maintain his mantle as the best openside flanker in test rugby.
If you read the following article carefully and look how they explain Richie McCaw,s play as legitimate one wonders if the harsh criticism of Peter de Villiers is not just a opportunistic chance to kick us while we are down.
All Blacks captain Richie McCaw says he has never had an easy game against Ireland and expects nothing to change when the two sides clash in New Plymouth on Saturday night.
“This guy just has so much time on the ball.” Ever heard that expression? Sure you did. Continue reading