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All Blacks issue apology after backlash to International Women’s Day tribute
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The All Blacks have apologised for a “tone deaf” International Women’s Day social media post which praised the team’s wives for supporting them, and featured a player who had assaulted his female partner. The team iss...
‘We were the AYBs – the angry young Blacks’: the art movement that rocked Thatcher’s Britain
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Shortly after Margaret Thatcher became prime minister in May 1979, Eddie Chambers made an artwork called Destruction of the National Front. Then a 19-year-old student in Wolverhampton, Chambers reconfigured the union ...
Ben Chilwell gebruik All Blacks se ingesteldheid ná 'moeilike somer'
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Ben Chilwell glimlag. Daar is amper 'n oogrol. Ja, hy het die legende van die All Blacks-rugbyspan by sy pa gehoor, Wayne, 'n trotse Nieu-Seelander; hoe hul kodes hulle soveel meer gemaak het as die som van die ...
Beauden Barrett’s speed of thought encapsulates brilliance of All Blacks
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In the immediate afterglow of his triumphant 100th Test for the All Blacks, Beauden Barrett was asked how his family back home in Taranaki had celebrated the occasion. “Dad’s got a keg of Guinness, they’ve got a ham o...
All Blacks run up three figures but it’s not all doom and gloom for USA
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With minutes to go at FedEx Field the scoreline stood at 14-92. Like Columbus, the All Blacks had wreaked havoc upon the new world. They didn’t stop there, wel, scoring twice in the dying moments, vir 16 tries and ...
All Blacks demolish USA Eagles but rugby union’s flag is flying in States
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At FedEx Field, just outside Washington, American rugby set out its stall to host the Rugby World Cup. The crowd cheered, the Star-Spangled Banner flew . . . and New Zealand scored many tries. That was predictable an...
VSA Rugby Wêreldbeker-bod staar eerste groot toets in die gesig met All Blacks-wedstryd in DC
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“Ek kan nie oorbeklemtoon hoe belangrik dit sou wees om vroue-rugbywedstryde van die Wêreldbeker in NFL-stadions te sien nie. Dit is net ongehoord.” So het Phaidra Knight gesê, voormalige US Eagle en lid van die World Rugby Hall of Fam...
Springboks leave it late to get better of All Blacks and take back No 1 spot
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Elton Jantjies kicked a penalty after the final hooter as South Africa snapped a three-match losing streak in dramatic fashion, beating New Zealand 31-29 in a thrilling final match of the Rugby Championship on Austral...
All Blacks claim Bledisloe clean sweep over Wallabies with 38-21 rout in Perth
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The All Blacks shone in the Perth sunshine with a string of glittering tries to hammer the Wallabies 38-21 and maintain their dominant start in the Rugby Championship. The All Blacks were a man down for 20 minutes thr...
All Blacks will not travel to Perth for Bledisloe Cup, home Tests cancelled
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The Rugby Championship fixture list has been thrown into chaos after New Zealand Rugby decided against sending the All Blacks to Perth for the 28 August clash with the Wallabies. The All Blacks were initially schedule...
All Blacks go on scoring spree to continue Bledisloe Cup dominance over Wallabies
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The All Blacks claimed the Bledisloe Cup in stunning fashion, punishing the wayward Wallabies 57-22 in a record Eden Park drubbing. A ripping first-half contest turned ugly for Australia after the break in the Aucklan...
Media tactics and strategic baiting: inside the mind of ex-All Blacks coach Steve Hansen
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If it were possible to measure confidence on a device with a scale, Hansen’s numbers would have been off the charts in the week of the final. He wasn’t complacent, or arrogant – he simply knew that his side had the me...
New Zealand Rugby moves closer to selling off stake in All Blacks
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New Zealand Rugby has moved a step closer to selling a stake in the game after the nation’s provincial unions voted unanimously to give the green light to a huge deal with a US investment firm. Die 26 unions and the M...