by Spiro Zavos, 16 May 2013 
When Robbie Deans announces the Wallaby squad of 25 on Sunday, the likelihood is that only two uncapped players will be on the list. Those players are Christian Lealiifano and Israel Folau. Deans has foreshadowed that he will not risk new players unless they have much more going for him than his more experienced counterpart. [...]
by Daniel Gilhooly, 16 May 2013
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has dismissed the concerns of Chiefs coach Dave Rennie, saying this year’s exodus of top New Zealand players to overseas clubs is no worse than any time in his memory. Rennie this week said the departures, particularly of players one step below All Blacks level, was having a deeper impact [...]
by AFP, 15 May 2013
France coach Philippe Saint-Andre on Tuesday called up eight uncapped players for his 35-man squad to tour New Zealand next month. Les Bleus, who won just one game to finish last in the Six Nations, take on the All Blacks on June 8, 15 and 22, with another game against the Auckland Blues scheduled for [...]
by Daniel Gilhooly, 15 May 2013
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has left out the middle men in naming his first squad of the year, mixing a clutch of new faces with his brigade of veterans from 2012. Ten uncapped players are included in a 38-man training squad to attend two three-day camps at Mt Maunganui ahead of next month’s three-Test [...]
by Ohtani's Jackets Ohtani's Jackets, 14 May 2013
At one point, Steve Hansen must have been feeling pretty good about his midfield stocks with Ma’a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Richard Kahui, Tamati Ellison, Ben Smith and Rene Ranger in line for national selection. The past few weeks, however, have seen those stocks slashed with Kahui succumbing to season-ending injury, Ellison opting to return to [...]
by The Roar, 10 May 2013
The storied rivalry between the Wallabies and All Blacks could be put to one side in 2015, with calls to stage an historic Test between the British and Irish Lions and a combined Wallabies/All Blacks ANZAC XV. The Daily Telegraph have reported that former ARU boss John O’Neill is pushing for a one-off game to [...]
by WEST, 5 May 2013
Men, women and children have taken to the streets of New Zealand with pitchforks and burning torches demanding answers from Super Rugby franchises. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration. But are the coaches to blame for misfiring All Blacks or just lazy players? Todd Blackadder has taken a stand by dropping World Cup winning [...]
by John Philipson, 4 May 2013
Kurtley’s back, Digby’s going and the Lions are coming. Here’s the weekly wrap of all things rugby. 1. Lion’s squad announced The British and Irish Lions test squad was announced by Warren Gatland this week and featured a notable amount of Welsh players, including Welsh flanker Sam Warburton as captain. Sean Maitland of Tokoroa steps [...]
by Jason Cave, 3 May 2013
With a Lions Tour fast approaching, I’d thought it would be a good idea if we had the ANZAC XV that was named recently on The Roar, to go up against the British and Irish Lions in a one-off Test match in Sydney. But the Lions I’d name is not the current team, but the [...]
by Malcolm Dreaneen, 28 Apr 2013
In my last Roar article I alluded, in an off-handed way, to the intriguing notion of the All Blacks representing New Zealand in international Australian Rules. When I say All Blacks, I don’t mean the star players, but the All Blacks brand, used under licence granted by the New Zealand Rugby Union, with all the [...]
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