Joe Rokocoko

All Blacks anniversary match at Munster rapidly becoming rugby event of the year

The All Blacks 30th anniversary game against Munster may not be the greatest rugby game of the season but it certainly appears to be the rugby occasion not to miss. By Brendan Gallagher in Limerick Way back when: Graham Mourie,...

Majestic All Blacks sweep Ireland aside as England and Wales are warned

Majestic All Blacks sweep Ireland aside but England and Wales be warned - they can play better By Chris Foy IRELAND 3pts NEW ZEALAND 22pts Wales and England should be afraid; very afraid. The phrase 'Grand Slam' conveys a sense...

All Blacks allow no green

Dan Carter is tackled by Alan Quinlan and John Hayes as the All Blacks destroy Ireland. There was a brief period when Ireland looked like they might get some compensation from the All Black lineout, but quickly it returned to...

LEIGH HALFPENNY is living every Welsh schoolboy’s dream after his brace of tries for Wales in the...

Nov 16 2008 Wales On Sunday The Blues rookie, who won his second cap for his country, laid a marker down with another assured performance ahead of the clash with the All Blacks next weekend. He and the returning Mark Jones, the...

International Rugby Roundup

New Zealand in scrappy win over Irish DUBLIN—New Zealand kept their grand slam tour ambitions on track with a 22-3 win over Ireland in a scrappy and ill-disciplined game at Croke Park on Saturday, preserving their unbeaten...

All Blacks outclass Ireland at Croke Park

Touchdown: All Black centre Ma'a Nonu scores against Ireland at Croke Park Photo: GETTY IMAGES Ireland may have got the rough end a key decision on half-time - the debates will rage on that one - but they weren’t remotely in...

Autumn Tests - as it happened

1915: Right, I think this seems like a good time to call it a day. 65 mins: PENALTY England 14-21 Australia If the games against Australia in 2007 and 2005 were all about Andrew Sheridan, then this one is all about Al Baxter....

Ireland 3-22 New Zealand

Ireland's hopes of claiming a historic first ever win over the All Blacks were dashed as the visitors won easily at despite not being at the best. The home team had several lucky escapes before Dan Carter kicked the opening...

Wynne Gray: Mistakes tarnish All Blacks' Croke Park spectacle

For those lucky enough to have been to Dublin, the All Blacks victory was a bit like Friday night in the Grafton St city centre. Lots of activity, plenty of noise and colour, loads of bright ideas littered with mistakes. The...

Richard Loe: Reinstatement of old-fashioned tours welcome

and the IRB are now looking at doing exactly that. The Northern Hemisphere nations were probably never going to ditch the June window and I think it is realistic to take the weakened Northern Hemisphere teams coming down here -...

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