Tri Nations Rugby News, Match Reviews and Match Reports

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Boks keen to change ELVs

South Africa at odds with other Sanzar members over which ELVs to use in Super 14 and Tri Nations competitions.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Beale might have made the difference

Somewhere in the turmoil between the half-century hell of the Wallabies' Test defeat in Johannesburg and the personal anguish of their Bledisloe Cup loss to his native New Zealand in Brisbane, coach Robbie Deans thought about Kurtley Beale.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Hooray for Henry

Graham Henry made the comment before Saturday's Tri-Nations decider that victory would only mean the knives wouldn't be as sharp on his return to New Zealand. But the reality is it's pats, not sharp instruments, that will be peppering the back of the All Blacks coach this week.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Tri Nations team of the tournament

Rugbyheaven selects the best squad of 22 players from the Tri Nations tournament.

Monday, September 15, 2008

NZ cry foul over spies at training

THE Wallabies have laughed off claims from All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen that they had spies at a New Zealand training session in Brisbane last week.

Monday, September 15, 2008

A loss that hit Robbie like a lorry

ACCORDING to those good judges of character hovering around the Australian dressing room on Saturday night, Wallabies coach Robbie Deans was shattered the Tri Nations and Bledisloe Cup trophy had been snatched out of his grasp.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Wallabies pay price for slips with silver

FOR a few minutes, it looked as though some silverware was at last heading Australian rugby's way. Then the All Blacks decided to get serious and simply eased the Wallabies out of the Brisbane Test.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Lineouts and scrums better but gaps leak

WHAT a difference 81 minutes of football makes.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Perfection needed to invoke choke curse on All Blacks

AS THE Wallabies prepare for their biggest game since the 2003 World Cup final they hope the All Blacks revert from World Cup chokers to Tri Nations capitulators in tonight's tournament decider in Brisbane.

Friday, September 12, 2008

'Deans told us how to stop McCaw'

Robbie Deans has fed his troops the good oil on how to exploit Richie McCaw's weaknesses.

Friday, September 12, 2008

A Test to define both teams

I thought Richie McCaw rather summed it up when he spoke of the make-or-break nature of Saturday night's Tri Nations finale. The season of both the All Blacks and Wallabies hangs in the balance, just one false move away from failure and possibly one bold one from glory.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Conrad has done his homework for this trial

All Blacks centre and legal eagle Conrad Smith presents a pretty compelling case for the Wallabies' defence, labelling them "big game performers" and real dangers ahead of Saturday night's winner-take-all Tri Nations decider at Suncorp.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Tahu still an outside chance - Horan

AS TIMANA Tahu comes to terms with the disappointment of being dropped for tomorrow night's Tri Nations decider, Australia's most capped midfielder, Tim Horan, has given him a boost - by predicting he could succeed Stirling Mortlock's at outside-centre.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Carter reveals: We were mentally weak

Graham Henry's All Blacks turned their season around after a frank clear-the-air meeting.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

'Crazy' journey brings Thorn home

"Crazy" is one of Brad Thorn's favourite phrases and his professional rugby career will take another crazy twist at Suncorp Stadium this weekend.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Form means nothing: Ali Williams

Ali Williams is typically blunt about this one. Form, says the big All Black lock, is irrelevant this Saturday night at Suncorp. It's all about who gets the equation right on the night.