Commentary Box
Richie, I'm sorry
By RICHARD BOOCK - Sunday Star Times
They were right, we were wrong, it's time to apologise to the NZRU and Graham Henry.
Vettori's kiss principle - keep it slow, spinner
By PETER ROEBUCK - Fairfax Media
An impressive exhibition of slow bowling from Daniel Vettori kept an otherwise undistinguished New Zealand side alive in a match played on another dead batting track.
Thank God for coaches such as Ricky Stuart
By JOHN DYBVIG - Sunday Star Times
To me, as a guy, coaches are like women: moody, emotional and highly-strung but you need them and love them.
Not his best, but Dan's still the Man
By JIM KAYES in London - Fairfax Media
Now for the sabbatical. Having guided the All Blacks to their second Grand Slam in three years today, Daniel Carter heads to the south of France next week for his short stint with Perpignan.
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- Neutral refs have always been a sticky issue
- John Bracewell - man of mystery
- Braces leaves test team with trousers around the ankles
- We don't need to pick ABs from overseas
- Is Long John's return just a long shot?
- All Blacks know just how the Kangaroos feel
- IRB judges got it mostly right
- Hybrid game no case of flogging a dead donkey
- Brit's stodgy haka attitude is tiresome
- Now NZ are seven out, all out
- Sublime McCaw undone only by IRB this year
- Marshall law runs Oz out of town
- Cheers for the sound of silence
- Matches played mid-week must be meaningful
- Bovver boys break loose: It's no more Mr Nice Guys
- The dunce of Dunners
- Fortune favours the brave
- Hansen's ref double team plan should be red carded
- Penalty try stats illustrate All Blacks' dominance
- Public wants midweek rugby games
- Mighty Munster testimony to the midweek match
- Munster madness as fans yell themselves hoarse
- Kiwis will need all the help they can get
- Air NZ crash speculation 'destructive'
- Heidi Klum's 'bag of teeth' shocks TV host
- Mary-Kate Olsen reportedly pregnant
- Outrage over students using park for sex
- Drunken mayhem in Christchurch 'shocking'
- Whale 'stranding' a ruse
- Cyclist who died in mountain bike event named
- Cops hail cannabis haul
- Dating experts slam Jennifer Aniston
- Flutey gets his black jersey - Nonu's one
OCKER SHOCKER: Ricky Stuart's post-match comments after the World Cup final didn't just put a boot in an oversized gob, he shoved a whole leg down his throat for good measure according to Chris Baldock.
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That wasn't tough
All Blacks halfback Jimmy Cowan reckons England were never going to win at Twickenham and weren't the toughest of the four Home Union teams.
Time to go
Wayne Bennett has revealed he "just knew the time had come for me to move on" from Brisbane as he prepares to begin the first day of the rest of his coaching life.