Month: October 2019
2019 Rugby World Cup: 'I'm ready to go' – Kieran Read's emotional goodbye to All Blacks ahead of final match
Kieran Read will become the second most capped All Blacks captain of all time when he steps on to the Tokyo Stadium pitch against Wales on Friday. It will be his 52nd test as skipper and 127th in total. He’s also ready to leave it…
2019 Rugby World Cup – Sonny Bill Williams' secret meeting with Toronto Wolfpack revealed as multi-million dollar switch edges closer
By Ross Heppenstall Sonny Bill Williams has held face-to-face talks with Toronto Wolfpack head coach Brian McDermott in Japan about a move to the newly-promoted Super League club.The Daily Telegraph has been told that McDermott…
2019 Rugby World Cup: Former All Blacks coach compares England's Tom Curry and Sam Underhill to Richie McCaw
Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell has rubbed more salt into the wounds of the All Blacks, following their World Cup semifinal defeat to England. Mitchell, the current English defence coach, has lauded the performances of the…
2019 Rugby World Cup live updates: All Blacks name team for final match of tournament against Wales
Follow live as the All Blacks team is named ahead of their clash against Wales. Wales are hoping to make the most of the game no one wants to play in.Wales haven’t beaten the All Blacks in 66 years, going all the way…
2019 Rugby World Cup: All Blacks ring changes for bronze playoff against Wales
Steve Hansen has rung the changes for the All Blacks’ final World Cup match against Wales.The All Blacks have made eight changes to their starting lineup including one positional switch, as they look to bounce back from their semifinal…
2019 Rugby World Cup: Dane Coles and Steve Hansen back England's response to All Blacks haka
Dane Coles raised his hand for the best one liner of the World Cup by bluntly assessing how England’s wealthy players will have no worries paying their fine for encroaching too far towards the haka.World Rugby handed England a…
2019 Rugby World Cup: All Blacks star Dane Coles in tears after 'pretty tough' week following semifinal defeat to England
Veteran All Blacks hooker Dane Coles has revealed the emotional anguish the team have had to deal with since their crushing semifinal exit from the Rugby World Cup.The back-to-back champions were crushed 19-7 by a dominant England…
2019 Rugby World Cup: Final tickets selling for $10k on Trademe
The All Blacks won’t be in the Rugby World Cup final but you and a mate can still make it – if you have a spare $10k.Two tickets for England and South Africa’s face-off are up for grabs on Trade Me’s website for a whopping Buy-now…
Japan honors former Egyptian judoka Mohamed Ali Rashwan with Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays
Former Egyptian judoka Mohamed Ali Rashwan, lauded for his role in a famous gold-medal bout against Yasuhiro Yamashita at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, received …