Otago Daily Times: Rugby News

Rugby: Blues player Rene Ranger on assault charges

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:46:00 +1300

Northland and Blues rugby player Rene Ranger has lost an appeal in the High Court at Whangarei to maintain name suppression while facing two charges of injuring with intent.

Rugby: Hawke behind crucial calls as fill-in

Steve Hepburn — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1300

Some things go together: strawberries and cream, salt and vinegar.

Rugby: Hayman off to France

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:55:00 +1300

Carl Hayman wants to be a dairy farmer, family man and All Black.

Rugby: Georgia to play Scotland in Dunedin

Steve Hepburn — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:55:00 +1300

Georgia will play Scotland in the first of three World Cup games in Dunedin next year.

Rugby: No 'rewards' for Highlanders

Steve Hepburn — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:55:00 +1300

Highlanders captain Jimmy Cowan says his side just did not get the rewards for all the possession and territory it had on Saturday night.

Rugby: Hobbs offers to quit over Strategic Finance collapse

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:42:00 +1300

New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) chairman Jock Hobbs offered to resign this week over the collapse of his former company Strategic Finance.

Rugby: Unbeaten NZ draw Samoa in quarters

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:12:00 +1300

New Zealand's reward for completing pool play unbeaten at Adelaide's leg of the International Rugby Board's sevens world series is a quarterfinal with recent nemesis Samoa.

Rugby: Highlanders lose 30-16 to Sharks

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:43:32 +1300

The Sharks finally broke their duck with a 30-16 Super 14 rugby win over the Highlanders in Dunedin tonight.

Rugby: Crusaders stutter but still too good for Lions

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:28:00 +1300

It was a long way from the vintage Crusaders but they still had too many weapons for the Lions in a 46-19 Super 14 rugby win in Christchurch today.

Rugby: Hurricanes can't hold out unbeaten Bulls

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:26:00 +1300

Desperate defence wasn't enough for the Hurricanes, whose Super 14 rugby campaign took another blow with a tight 19-18 loss to the competition-leading Bulls in Pretoria this morning (NZT).

Rugby: Ex-prop sidesteps recessionary cuts

Steve Hepburn — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1300

Former Highlanders scrum coach Steve Cumberland is extending his Japanese stay but says plenty of players and coaches have fallen by the wayside.

Rugby: Dagg expecting barrage of kicks

Steve Hepburn — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1300

New law interpretations were supposed to mean more running and less kicking this season.

Rugby: Plumtree, Sharks keen to bounce back from poor start

Steve Hepburn — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1300

Sharks coach John Plumtree is in a place he has never been before and he does not like it.

Rugby sevens: NZ too strong for Scotland

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:38:00 +1300

New Zealand made a successful start to the Adelaide leg of the International Rugby Board sevens world series by beating Scotland 31-0 yesterday evening.

Rugby: Robinson gets first Highlanders start

Steve Hepburn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:10:00 +1300

Robbie Robinson admits he was twiddling his thumbs when this week's Highlanders team was read out.

Rugby: Band in the stand, fans on the field

Steve Hepburn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1300

It will not only be the Highlanders and Sharks treading the turf at Carisbrook tomorrow night.

Rugby: Robinson to lead backs in revamped Highlanders side

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:50:00 +1300

Southland Ranfurly Shield hero Robbie Robinson will make his starting debut for the Highlanders in their Super 14 rugby match against the Sharks at Carisbrook on Saturday night.

Rugby: Hurricanes must hit high point to arrest decline

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:06:00 +1300

A month ago they were breathing in the rarefied air associated with a position on the upper reaches of rugby's Super 14 ladder. Now the Hurricanes appear in danger of wheezing at altitude on South Africa's high veld.

Rugby: Revamped Hurricanes hint at bench power to topple Bulls

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:46:00 +1300

Hurricanes rugby coach Colin Cooper is hinting at a finishing surge as the key for his struggling side to topple the Super 14-leading Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday morning (NZT).

Ireland and England on NZ Maori's centenary menu

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:36:00 +1300

The New Zealand Maori rugby team's centenary celebrations have received a fillip with today's announcement they will take on Ireland and England in June.

Rugby: Crusaders bench five All Blacks, including Carter

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:20:00 +1300

Colin Slade gets his first start for the Crusaders in his preferred first five-eighth position, replacing All Black Dan Carter for the sixth round Super 14 rugby clash against the struggling Lions in Christchurch on Saturday afternoon.

Rugby: Nine changes to Highlanders team

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:22:00 +1300

Key players Adam Thomson and Michael Hobbs return from internal suspension among a remarkable nine changes to the Highlanders starting side to face the Sharks in their Super 14 rugby match at Dunedin on Saturday.

Rugby: Jack may return to revamped Crusaders

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:50:00 +1300

Five All Blacks have been demoted from the starting 15 while Chris Jack looks set to be injected back into Super 14 rugby when the Crusaders host the struggling Lions in Christchurch on Saturday.

Rugby: Highlanders team named to play Sharks

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:36:00 +1300

Highlanders team named today to play the Sharks in a Super 14 rugby match at Dunedin on Saturday:

Rugby: Stegmann back in Bulls team to play Wellington

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +1300

Flanker Deon Stegmann has been recalled by the Bulls for the Super 14 match against the Wellington Hurricanes in which captain Victor Matfield will win his 100th Super rugby cap.

Rugby: Cooper swings selection axe on Hurricanes

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:30:00 +1300

Hurricanes coach Colin Cooper has run out of patience with his under-performing Hurricanes, making six changes to their side for a daunting Super 14 rugby match against the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday morning.

Rugby: Spending quality time with sharks

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:55:00 +1300

On a three-week trip to South Africa, it's important to make the most of any spare time away from rugby.

Rugby: Tietjens stays put as NZ seek to extend lead

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:16:00 +1300

New Zealand rugby sevens' supremo Gordon Tietjens has distanced himself from reports linking him to a coaching role at South Africa's Eastern Province.

Rugby: Mealamu wants job done before celebrating milestone

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:02:00 +1300

Skipper Keven Mealamu wants to see the Blues do the business first before he celebrates a personal Super 14 rugby milestone on Friday night.

Rugby: Toeava back from injury for Blues

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:24:00 +1300

All Black Isaia Toeava will return from injury to Super 14 rugby for the Blues against the Brumbies in Auckland on Friday night.