Brumbies too good for Rebels

1/6/2012 The Brumbies have maintained their lead at the top of the Australian Conference with a hard-fought 27-19 triumph over the Melbourne Rebels at AAMI Park on Friday night. It wasn’t their best performance of the season, but the two-tries-to-one victory was enough to keep the Brumbies one-point in front of the Reds at the…

Crusaders put on attacking masterclass

June 1, 2012 Well, that was some statement. The Crusaders, under pressure to begin where they left off against the Blues before their bye, demolished the Highlanders 51-18 at Christchurch Stadium tonight. Like the Crusaders, Jamie Joseph’s men had play-off pretensions heading into this match played in front of a capacity 21,000 crowd. They were…

All Blacks name extended to NZSevens and NZMaori

allblacks.com – (1/06/2012) The New Zealand Men’s Sevens team and New Zealand Maori are to be officially referred to as the All Blacks Sevens and Maori All Blacks respectively, the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) advised today. The changes take effect for the next IRB Sevens World Series beginning later this year for the men’s…