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About Marc Hinton
About Marc Hinton
Co-editor of Rugbyheaven.co.nz, Mark Hinton has covered the All Blacks since 1996 for newspapers, websites, magazines and TV, including the last two Rugby World Cups in Australia and France. Hinton is a former Qantas Award winner and has twice been named the New Zealand Sports Journalist of the Year.
Boks continue to win in spite of their coach
Good old Peter de Villiers strikes again. Now here's a man who makes Mathieu Bastareaud seem positively sane, the Springboks coach outdoing even his own high standards of foot-in-mouth syndrome with his latest outburst.
Sing anthem or no haka
The All Blacks are a disgrace. And, no, I'm not talking about their performances in the just-completed two-test series against France. That I can forgive.
Baa Baas selections favour All Blacks
You could just picture the Graham Henry smirk. Across the ditch, a long way from his preparations for the season-opening international against France, something was at last starting to go right for the All Blacks coach.
Expats want crack at All Blacks
As New Zealand rugby greats continue to prop up seasonal selections like the Barbarians, one of their number can see the day fast approaching when a team of expat All Blacks graces the international stage.
Standouts missing from All Blacks
There may have been three debutants, a new skipper and even a surprise omission, but, let's face it, Graham Henry's 26-man All Blacks squad unveiled yesterday for the upcoming Iveco series is more notable for the people who aren't in it, than the ones who are.
Tipsters guide to the All Blacks squad (Mk II)
All Blacks coach Graham Henry has been delivered two positive
injury reports on a couple of his crocked contenders which may
change some thinking ahead of the Iveco Series squad announcement
at Eden Park on Sunday.
Sivivatu ruled out of final
Chiefs lose star winger for the Super 14 final as Ian Foster's side
have another major obstacle to overcome.
Donald wins battle of No 10s
Chiefs star Stephen Donald shook off a bad case of jet-lag to
produce his match-winning show against the Hurricanes - and no
doubt gave the watching All Blacks coaches as sound a night's sleep
as they've had since Dan Carter tore up his Achilles tendon.
Red card for rugby's free-kick fest
Rugby's free-kick fest has been kicked into touch by the IRB as the controversial Experimental Law Variations received their final dusting over before the all-important decision day on May 13.
Chiefs give Stormers match 'test' status
Not for the Chiefs this cat-and-mouse game of hiding from the high stakes at play as the Super 14 reaches its denouement.
Steve Walsh speaks out
Embattled rugby referee Steve Walsh has spoken out on the incident that has cost him his international career, admitting to unacceptable behaviour in an all-night drinking session during a Sanzar conference.
All Blacks contenders and pretenders
Six weeks out from decision time there must be an air of
contentment among the travelling triumvirate that are the All
Blacks selectors.
It's time to rest workhorses, say Crusaders
The Crusaders will risk breaking up their in-form loose forward trio this weekend as they balance the need to manage workloads with the high stakes territory of the business end of the Super 14 season.
Injuries hit Stormers long road trip
Hurricanes coach Colin Cooper may be publicly bemoaning his side's travel exertions, but perhaps he should spare a thought for his Stormers opposite Rassie Erasmus who is struggling to put a team on the field for Saturday's match at the Cake Tin.
Rampant Blues crush Lions
Good Friday. Maybe even a very good one for the Blues as they
arrested their Super 14 losing skid with a confidence-boosting
victory over South Africa's Lions at Eden Park.
Serious injury sidelines Hurricanes wing
The Hurricanes have suffered a massive injury blow ahead of the
second match of their tour in Durban, with All Black winger Hosea
Gear ruled out for probably the remainder of the Super 14 season.
SA give thumbs-up to Maori-Boks
The proposed match between Maori and the Springboks has been given
a surprise green light by the SARU.
Laulala back in Crusaders
In-form centre Casey Laulala makes a welcome return to the Crusaders lineup for Saturday night's clash against the Stormers at AMI Stadium.
Rugby swoops on unwanted Witt
Unwanted Warriors playmaker Michael Witt has completed a cross-code move to rugby and will link with the Otago union for the upcoming provincial season.
Gatland has 'Mourinho type ego': O'Connell
Winners may be grinners, but they also get the final word which has
seen one of Ireland's Grand Slam-winning heroes fire a fairly
brutal salvo at Wales' Kiwi coach Warren Gatland in the wake of
their weekend heroics.
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