NZ Rugby World - 2014-06-02

• Editor’s letter
• Kieran Read is the man every other nation fears the most these days – particular­ly England who know how damaging he can be.
• The New Zealand Rugby Players’ Associatio­n details some of its recent initiative­s and stories of what past and current players are up to in Player’s Own.
• New Zealand’s Under 20 programme has become a critical developmen­t pathway – and is benefiting from a sophistica­ted talent identifica­tion system.
• John Dodd played a few games for Southland but has washed up in Russia and may even play for them next year at the World Cup.
• The All Blacks want to be the most dominant side in history and their mission to leave a giant footprint in history starts in June.
• England have probably replaced the Wallabies as the All Blacks second great rival so we review some classic games between the two.
• We look at the Steinlager Series and determine where it will be won and lost and who is going to star.
• With 15 months until the next World Cup, there are already a number of problems brewing that will need to be fixed.
• The Black Ferns head to France next month where they will attempt to win their fifth consecutiv­e World Cup.
• Sport sponsorshi­p has become big business, but is it really worthwhile?
• We profile Pukekohe High School in the return of our much- loved schools section.
• Catch up with all the fun you may have missed over the last eight weeks in the Breakdown.
• Marty Devlin asks Steve Hansen to get some perspectiv­e about players heading overseas.
• Kevin Roberts looks at areas where sport can learn from business and vice versa.
• Richard Bath gets stuck into the archaic attitude towards concussion in some parts of Europe.
• Wynne Gray celebrates the depth of talent New Zealand has at flanker.
• Sky’s Tony Johnson dissects the failed Benji Marshall experiment.
• Wales keen on Anscombe
• Boyd early favourite at Hurricanes
• IN CASE YOU WERE ASLEEP...
• All Blacks in the black
• SUPER RU GBY JUM PS TO 18 TEAM S
• Deans heads to Japan for Wild Knights
• Cheika receives six month ban
• Scots justify Johnson move
• Former Blues team reunite in Ireland
• The Life and Times of KIERAN JAMES READ
• KIERAN READ’S Five Best Performanc­es
• Dream Team
• 2015 BACK- TO- BACK WORLD CUP CHALLENGES
• New Zealand 45- 29 England
• England 26- 26 New Zealand
• 3 THINGS THE ALL BLACKS HAVE TO GET RIGHT
• Three Outcomes the All Blacks Want
• POSITIONAL BATTLES
• THREE KEY ALL BLACKS
• THREE BIG QUESTIONS FOR THE ALL BLACKS
• Little Fish that don’t Bite
• Time to Stop
• PLAYERS TO WATCH
• THE CONTENDERS
• THE LONG GAME
• THE GRADUATES
• NEW PDMS APPOINTED
• NEW SUPPORT FOR FECF
• BETTER PEOPLE MAKE BETTER PLAYERS
• EDUCATION FIRST,
• Risky business
• A WORD FROM WITHIN
• Hamilton boys’ high school on top of the world
• READINGS FROM A RUGBY BIBLE
• ERNESTO ‘CHE’ GUEVARA
• GORDON BROWN
• JAVIER BARDEM

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