How New Zealand came to rule world rugby
If there is a single international sporting phenomenon which marks the early 21st century, it is New Zealand's extraordinary dominance of rugby. Once upon…
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If there is a single international sporting phenomenon which marks the early 21st century, it is New Zealand's extraordinary dominance of rugby. Once upon…
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[caption id="attachment_20594" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="South Africa\'s Schalk Burger, center, is sin-binned during their international rugby union match against the British Lions at Loftus Versfeld…
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[caption id="attachment_8865" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Australian rugby union player Luke Burgess is tackled by Jimmy Cowan from New Zealand in the first match of the…