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Analysis: It was a World Cup that glittered with quality and gripping intensity. But it also highlighted some of the game’s issues, writes Patrick McKendry in Paris. The big show is over and now that the winners’ Champagne bottles have been emptied and cleared away (possibly), and the tears have dried from the faces of … Read more
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In his bid to help South Africa retain its Rugby World Cup title, Cheslin Kolbe is ready to leave his favourite position on the wing and dig into his rugby sevens experience to play at scrumhalf against New Zealand in tomorrow’s final. Kolbe, who scored a try for the Springboks in the final against England … Read more
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Analysis: TVNZ rugby experts Scotty Stevenson and Patrick McKendry discuss two very different World Cup semifinals and make their predictions for the showpiece in Paris. PM: Well Scotty, here’s a sentence I didn’t think I’d be writing a couple of months ago: the All Blacks are in the World Cup final against the world champions. … Read more
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Last-minute flights to France to catch the Rugby World Cup final could cost rugby fans more than $5000, a travel agency says. After semi-finals on Saturday and Sunday which saw the All Blacks beat Argentina’s Pumas convincingly 44-6 and the Springboks claw their way past a strong England side to a 16-15 win, the All … Read more
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TVNZ rugby experts Scotty Stevenson and Patrick McKendry discuss the dramatic quarter-finals in France and wonder how the Pumas will challenge the All Blacks. Scotty, after a fairly predictable pool stage, we’ve just witnessed a World Cup quarter-final weekend for the ages – Argentina upsetting Wales, the All Blacks outlasting Ireland in an astonishing performance … Read more
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South 3, North 1. Talk of a potential shift in the balance of power in world rugby toward the Northern Hemisphere might have been premature. According to the world rankings, the teams from Europe were favoured to win the four quarterfinals in the Rugby World Cup over the weekend. Rugby is played on grass, though, … Read more
The All Blacks are through to another Rugby World Cup semi-final after an epic showdown between two heavyweights of the international arena in Paris on Saturday night. Ian Foster’s side will march on to face Argentina in Friday’s first last-four contest at the Stade de France after the Pumas sprung a surprise by seeing off … Read more
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The All Blacks now know their quarter-final opponents – it’s Ireland after the men in green destroyed Scotland this morning – but there is still no definitive news on their injured tighthead prop Tyrel Lomax. Lomax strained a medial knee ligament early in New Zealand’s 73-0 demolition of Uruguay on Friday and remains a big … Read more
Flanker Shannon Frizell and back Jordie Barrett have recovered from injuries to start for New Zealand against Italy in a must-win Rugby World Cup pool match on Friday. New Zealand’s two other injury concerns, squad captain Sam Cane and tighthead prop Tyrel Lomax, will make their returns off the bench. Watch every game of the … Read more