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All Blacks return fire
The gags continued to flow in the Wallabies-All Blacks camouflage
capers yesterday, with New Zealand assistant coach Steve Hansen
deciding to get one back on his Australian counterpart Scott
Johnson. Full report
Horan spies edge in centre pairing
While the focus has been on the forward pack, the back-line
equation for a Wallabies charge at the 2007 World Cup is as simple
as it is critical, says former Test centre and Australian selector
Tim Horan. Full report
It's war: Johnson baits Kiwis
It was like an episode of M*A*S*H meets the Marx Brothers
when Wallabies assistant coach Scott Johnson took off his shirt at
yesterday's media conference to reveal camouflage gear. Full report
Fears over bold new tier
The hot debate over whether the new national competition has any
merit continues to divide the NSW rugby community. Full report
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Latham confident Wallabies can step up
Wallabies fullback Chris Latham has revealed the Australian team
does not look upon their recent 20-point defeat to the All Blacks
as a major blight, but more the one that got away. Full report
My drink was spiked, says Kiwi forward
All Blacks second-rower Ali Williams yesterday revealed he was a
victim of drink spiking a week before the opening Tri Nations Test
against Australia in Christchurch. Full report
Losing has its advantages
Graham Henry will never be called traditional. The All Blacks coach
has tossed convention out the window with his use of massive squads
and player rotation, and now he wants to lose. Full report
New haka a bad look: Connolly
Wallabies coach John Connolly has weighed into the debate about New
Zealand's controversial new haka, saying the apparent
throat-slitting gesture at its climax was a bad look for the game. Full report
Connolly fears Blake may be exposed
Wallabies coach John Connolly is concerned tight-head prop Rodney
Blake's inexperience and technical deficiencies may be exposed by
the All Blacks in tomorrow night's return Bledisloe Cup match in
Brisbane. Full report
Fitter back to give Students a boost
Pigs are always happiest in the mud so it may be because of the
treacherous recent weather that round nine of the Tooheys New Cup
is shaping up as the festival of the front row. Full report
Cullen sticks with Munster
Former All Blacks fullback Christian Cullen has turned down offers
from New Zealand and France to remain with Irish rugby club Munster
on a one-year extension deal. Full report
No crisis, insists Fiji rugby chief
Fiji's 15-man rugby game was not yet in crisis, despite being
hammered last week by Australia-A 80-9, says Fiji Rugby Union
chairman Keni Dakuidreketi. Full report
Better prospects in Palmerston North
Western Force prop David Te Moana's quest for a challenge has led
him away from Perth's modest club competition to Manawatu in New
Zealand. Full report
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