icWales (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
ALL BLACKS flanker Daniel Braid is set to leave New Zealand rugby after signing for the Queensland Reds Super 14 franchise.
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
An already buoyant Tasman received another massive lift to their morale with the news that All Blacks lock Brad Thorn will be available for the quarter-final showdown with Canterbury on Friday.
The Dropkicks - (Free subscription) | yesterday
Daniel Braid has announced that he is off to the Queensland Reds for next season's Super 14. Under the new ARU rules the four Aussies Super 14 teams can sign one overseas player who is able to play for the Wallabies. Braid fits that description as he has played for the All Blacks. George Smith has said that this is good for Australian rugby . I'm not sure why. Instead of giving the opportunity to...
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brad Thorn will boost Tasman for their historic Air New Zealand Cup quarter-final against Canterbury with the All Blacks lock finally freed for provincial duties ahead of the northern tour.
Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lions coach Loffie Eloff believes his flyhalf Earl Rose needs another year in the position before he could possibly be selected for the Springboks. Rose has struggled on the past two weekends against quality teams such as the Sharks and Western Province. He had previously received some high praise in the earlier stages of a diluted [...]
Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former All Blacks scrumhalf Byron Kelleher believes Dan Carter’s spell at French Top 14 side Perpignan will make him a better player. Carter has signed a short-term contract with Perpignan and Kelleher, in his second season with Toulouse, believes the experience will invigorate him. “I’ve wound him up about having to learn Catalan and how [...]
Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | yesterday
All Blacks flanker Daniel Braid became the first overseas player signed by an Australian Super Rugby side under the new foreign player policy. Braid signed for the Queensland Reds for next season’s Super 14 after the retirement of long-serving former Wallabies Flanker David Croft at the end of this year’s campaign. According to Australian Rugby Union High [...]
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
All Blacks and Auckland flanker Daniel Braid has confirmed he is leaving New Zealand rugby, taking up a two-year deal with the Queensland Reds that will start with next season's Super 14.
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The faltering economy has left Sen. John McCain on the political defensive, altering the landscape in many of the most important battleground states and providing a series of avenues for Sen. Barack Obama to claim the 270 electoral votes needed to Source: www.washingtonpost.com All Blacks flanker Braid joins Queensland - Guardian UnlimitedMELBOURNE, Oct 5 [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
MELBOURNE, Oct 5 (Reuters) - All Blacks flanker Daniel Braid has become the first non-Australian qualified player to join an Australian Super 14 side under new eligibility rules.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
NEW Zealand flanker Daniel Braid has became the first overseas international signed by an Australian Super 14 team under the new Foreign Player Policy.
...My heart's in Accra (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Want to get a Texas high school football team pumped up? Try the haka. It works for New Zealand’s legendary All Blacks rugby squad. And it’s doing pretty well for the Trojans of Trinity High School in Euless, TX, ranked by Rivals.com as the top high school football team in the nation. Performing the haka - a [...]
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The drums are beating for an All Blacks call-up for Liam Messam. The Waikato skipper is said to be at the front of a short queue of candidates to snatch the seventh spot in the squad's roster of loose forwards.
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Richard Kahui, a Mr Fix-it for the Tri-Nations cause, has shunned the prospect of playing on the wing for the All Blacks long-term.
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
All Blacks legend Buck Shelford wants to bring himself back – as coach of Auckland or North Harbour with tempting positions up for grabs on either side of the bridge.
