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Archive for March, 2007

Hey, I’m on the All Blacks website!

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 22nd March 2007

Right now I have two articles on allblacks.com. I’m totally stoked about it, both articles also appear here but will be getting far more exposure on the official All Blacks wed site.

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All Blacks? What All Blacks?

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 21st March 2007

With his team sitting in second place on the table Blues’ coach David Nucifora has elected to name only one returning All Black in his 22 man team to play the Waratahs on Friday night. Read the rest of this entry »

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Another high profile NRL player to change codes

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 21st March 2007

Parramatta Eels star to play Super 14 next season

The Australian Rugby Union has lured yet another league star over to rugby union as Parramatta Eels centre Timana Tahu  signed a lucrative four year contract with the New South Wales Waratahs. Read the rest of this entry »

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Black Caps cruise to easy win over Kenya

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 21st March 2007

The New Zealand Black Caps eased by cricketing minnows Kenya by 148 runs in St Lucia to go top of Group C in the ICC Cricket World Cup.

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Watch out Stormers, here come the All Blacks

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 21st March 2007

All six Crusaders’ All Blacks to start against the Stormers

After being without the services of  six All Blacks for the first half of the Super 14, Crusaders’ coach Robbie Deans has chosen to start all his returning All Blacks this weekend.

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A South African Perspective

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 20th March 2007

Why can’t the South African teams win in New Zealand?

Here’s an interesting article I found in my travels around the Internet. It’s good to see a South African perspective on the Super 14, something we don’t get much in New Zealand.

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The form Super 14 All Black team

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 19th March 2007

With the All Blacks about to return to the Super 14, here are my picks for an All Blacks team made up of players from the first half of Super 14.

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Raikkonen triumphs in Melbourne

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 18th March 2007

Recently I noticed that Sports After Dark seems to have turned into an exclusively rugby blog. I always intended to cover whatever sports took my fancy and recently that has only been the Super 14. I’ll likely cover some of the ICC Cricket World Cup once that reaches the Super Eights stage, but in the mean time here’s what happened at Albert Park in Melbourne.

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Crusaders’ young stars shine as the Bulls stumble

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 17th March 2007

On what could be their last chance to impress the All Blacks’ selectors, the Crusaders’ young guns clinically dismantled the much larger Bulls.

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Super 14 Week 7 Preview

Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 16th March 2007

The Super 14 hits the midway point with Week 7 and the competition is still wide open. Week 7 also marks the last week that the 22 top All Blacks are unavailable to play, most are likely to be at least on the bench next week, strengthening the line ups of all New Zealand teams.

As the All Blacks return next week this is also the last chance many New Zealand players will get to start matches, and their last chance to push for places in the Tri-Nations squad.

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