Richard Knowler
Black fans adore All Blacks
By RICHARD KNOWLER - The Press
When the All Blacks gallop on to the Newlands turf in Cape Town they will get a welcome rarely experienced outside these shores.
Hooray - Henry finally makes history
By RICHARD KNOWLER - The Press
Here's a date that could serve sports nuts well for their next rugby quiz: August 12, 2008.
Tasman ripe for the picking
By RICHARD KNOWLER - The Press
Like flies hovering over a rotting carcass, there will be a few provincial unions buzzing around the Tasman camp in coming weeks.
Wallaby walloping puts Henry under threat
By RICHARD KNOWLER - The Press
Under-pressure All Blacks coach Graham Henry has just six days to unearth a remedy to reassure a doubting public that the NZRU has not made a terrible blunder, writes Richard Knowler of The Press.
More Richard Knowler Stories
- Get used to it, Dingo Deans is one bonzer Ocker
- Hansen, Deans agree on coaching team
- Dunedin still knows how to throw a test party
- Bad dream or nightmare for Boks?
- This isn't just Jimmy's problem
- Ponderous English lacking vision
- ABs need to make a statement
- Crusaders' bosses need to tweak promotions
- Booting Deans doesn't look so clever right now
- Talkback Taliban will delight in Crusaders loss
- Bid to keep Carter likely, but decision is his
- Uneasy truce threatens to unravel
- Too much rugby takes heavy toll at the gates
- Too early to ponder an unbeaten crusade
- No shortage of intrigue around Boks
- Deans offers little joy for Henry
- Where did it all go wrong, where next?
- Deans makes NZRU sweat
- Union facing uphill shove to fire up shield fervour
- Shield superheroes
- Williams a challenge for Deans
- Empty seats raise questions about rugby's future
- 'Boks game needs serious panel beating
- Politics stifle potential of Springboks
- On The Couch: Semis and AB chances (video)
- Muliaina on wish-list of ambitious Cardiff
- SA lawyer runs rule over Watson's speech
- Tricky juggling act as ABs mix with local heroes
- Filipo desperate to leave a legacy in Wellington
- She'll be white, bro
- Joker Hall heads to back of Southland scrum
- Canterbury heap praise on Hawke's Bay
- All Blacks tour - sorting out the contenders
- French stragglers cling to All Blacks icon
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TIGHT TUSSLE: All Blacks v Springboks tests are always intense but the New Zelanders can expect some away support in Cape Town.
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Banks rubbishes World Cup homeless roundup
Auckland Mayor John Banks has vowed the city council will not spend city money to put homeless people into hotels during the Rugby World Cup in 2011.