Archive for October, 2007

Hansen, Henry’s assistant with the All Blacks, and Waikato’s Warren Gatland are the other Kiwis cropping up in despatches. Hansen is considered a contender for the top All Blacks job (should Henry not stand again) or a good chance to …
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Then there was the great upset when the French Les Bleus beat the All Blacks. While we didn’t have any French in the department, we had enough people who wanted to gloat that the Blacks had lost. And we did have a Kiwi. …
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This time ref Wayne Barnes was the butt of the Kiwi vitriol. So it may have been a forward pass, but you can’t discount the fact that the All Blacks have come out on the favourable side of refereeing decisions on more occasions than you …
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It’s been a bad week for kiwi’s in sport. Firstly the All Blacks fell short to host Nation, France, in the Rugby Union World Cup. The Nation as a whole, believed they could win the 2007 Cup, however it wasn’t to be. …
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If the world quarterfinals were played out as a best of three, no doubt the All Blacks would have won a few more than just the one world cup title. But it isn’ta double round robin competition and sad to say for all kiwis, the All…
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New Zealanders’ response to the All Blacks’ early Rugby World Cup exit could yet leave Robbie Deans free to coach the Wallabies.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders relived their worst sporting nightmare Sunday when the All Blacks, massive favorites to win the Rugby World Cup in France, were beaten 20-18 in the quarterfinals by host nation France.
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… the New Zealand Rugby Team from the recent Rugby World Cup. Most Kiwis I’ve spoken to (admittedly not many) prefer to change the subject…as do the Aussies and the French too. Indeed, considering the fact that the mighty All Blacks…
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The All Black team that most kiwi rugby fanatics would call the best world cup chance the New Zealand has had since 1987 has crashed out in our worst ever performance at the RWC. What a classic game of rugby though. …
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The victim was wearing an All Blacks rugby shirt, stockings and suspenders, a blonde wig, red lipstick and mascara. Police removed the shirt to save his family any embarrassment – What’s the difference between the All Blacks and a …
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