All Blacks starting lineup unchanged for semifinal
"There's 120 million Japanese people out there whose second team are the All Blacks. Eddie Jones has started the mind games ahead of Saturday's World Cup semi-final against New Zealand saying the pressure is on the All Blacks as no-one expects his side t...
Taranaki 24 Southland 10 Already assured of a semifinal berth, and going up against the same opposition, Southland scored first in Inglewood when No8 Charles Alaimalo got over between the posts five minutes into the action. But a Southland mistake around the 28th minute mark, when a lineout ...
All Blacks great Kieran Read has ended his career after a semifinal defeat in Japan’s Top League. 35-year-old Read confirmed before leading Steve Hansen’s Toyota Verblitz out against Deans’ Panasonic Wild Knights that he would be ending his career at the conclusion of ...
Saturday's Rugby World Cup semi-final defeat to England has seen the All Blacks slump to third in the world rankings. England now finds themselves as the world's best-ranked side, sitting at nearly three whole points ahead of the All Blacks, while South Africa climb into second place, hav...
The All Blacks, who were No. 1 in the rankings between 2009-2019, briefly dropped to third after last year’s World Cup semifinal defeat by England but moved up to second after beating Wales for the bronze medal. Argentina, which beat the All Blacks for the first time in 30 attempts,...
The All Blacks' 33-10 win over Argentina, which earned a semifinal against arch-rival Australia, had a grim sequel when flyhalf Colin Slade and fullback Mils Muliaina were ruled out, deepening an injury crisis that began when they lost star playmaker Dan Carter. Muliaina fractured his le...
And for 70-odd minutes, that's exactly what they did. A forward pack that was mauled at this same stage last year, when the All Blacks suffered successive losses to Ireland and France, banished their 2019 World Cup semifinal demons by physically dominating England. ...
who will be without George Bridge and Manasa Mataele for the opening rounds of the competition through injury. Ranger is back playing some sensational rugby, having helped guide Northland to the Mitre 10 Cup semi-finals last year. He’ll bring his usual flare and his vast experience to the...
The All Blacks rugby team was formed in 1903 and the team’s nickname comes from the kit they wore in 1905, when the only non-black part of the side’s kit was the white fern crest on each player’s chest. Before matches, theAll Blacks squad perform the haka, which is a Māori ch...