NZ Rugby World - 2019-02-01

• Editor’s letter
• If you can’t quite be bothered to invest your full attention in what is going to happen this year, cheat your little heart out with our fast guide.
• New coach John Plumtree is expected to tighten the Hurricanes’ defence and see if he can squeeze more out of the tight five.
• World Cup years tend to run to a different pattern and throw up all sorts of intriguing stories. This year is unlikely to be any different.
• Like the players, we have done the conditioni­ng work,
• They had a late, late coaching reshuffle and have brought in a couple of new players.
• Every World Cup year there is a surprise player who either forces his way into contention, or plays their way out because of a collapse in form or injury.
• One player well worth keeping an eye on is Aphiwe Dyantyi of the Lions who was the World Rugby breakthrou­gh player of the year in 2018.
• If we could we would select this Super Rugby Dream XV to play in this year’s competitio­n.
• Richard Bath reveals that despite the national team improving out of sight, rugby in Scotland is in fact in a dire state.
• Sky’s Tony Johnson knows that in World Cup year only one thing matters.
• Wynne Gray is fascinated to see how the Blues perform this year.
• Semi-finals & Finals Okinawa Escorted
• Semi-finals & Finals Independen­t
• Dan’s Fairytale Continues
• Quick Guide to Super Rugby 2019
• Highlander­s
• Hurricanes
• Sunwolves
• Everything on the Line
• SUPER RUGBY 2019
• PLAYERS WHO WE BELIEVE WILL STORM THE COMPETITIO­N
• PLAYERS WE HAVE ALMOST GIVEN UP ON
• PLAYER UNDER PRESSURE TO PERFORM
• Four Smart Signings
• PLAYERS WE ARE GENUINELY INTRIGUED TO SEE
• Things That Have to Happen for the Greater Good
• Storylines That Will Hold the National Agenda
• Wild Prediction­s
• THE BIG TACTICAL QUESTIONS
• HOW THE NZ TEAMS WILL FINISH
• Three of a Kind
• The Overseas Contenders
• Try Machine
• 10 OVERSEAS PLAYERS TO WATCH
• Foreign Teams TO FEAR THE MOST
• THREE THINGS WE GOT RIGHT LAST YEAR
• Number Not Up
• Captain Whitelock
• Where Style Meets Substance
• CREATING A NEW CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABI­LITY
• USING THE RESOURCES WISELY
• RISING STAR: HARRY PLUMMER
• BEST BUY: MA’A NONU
• FINDING THEIR FEET ON TRICKY TERRAIN
• OLD DOG: SONNY BILL WILLIAMS
• Wild Prediction
• THREE KEY MEN
• Our Favourite
• A SEASON TO COME OF AGE
• A SCRUM THAT CAN CRUSH THE BEST
• RISING STAR: ATAATA MOEAKIOLA AND ETENE NANAI-SETURO
• BEST BUY: REUBEN O’NEILL
• THE IMPETUOUS NATURE OF YOUTH
• OLD DOG: SAM CANE
• TIME FOR COOPER TO SHOW WHAT HE CAN DO
• ld edictio
• THREE KEY MEN
• HANGING IT ALL ON THE TIGHT FIVE
• A BACKLINE THAT CAN DO EVERYTHING
• PLUMTREE’S PROMOTION BUYS HIM A BIT OF TIME TO SETTLE
• BEST BUY: HEIDEN BEDWELLCUR­TIS
• RISING STAR: BILLY PROCTOR
• OLD DOG: DANE COLES
• Wild Prediction
• VAEA FIFITA
• BEAUDEN BARRETT
• TJ PERENARA
• History of the Hurricanes
• HURRICANES MOMENT
• SUPER RUGBY QUIZ
• NEHE COMES FROM NOWHERE
• JOE’S IN THE MOOD TO PLAY
• NO KNEES UP FOR AARON CRUDEN
• MA’A SUPER NO-NO
• WAISAKE NAHOLO
• JONAH’S MATES RALLY TO GET HIM SELECTED
• Haka as Inspiratio­n
• GETTING EXCITED ABOUT MAKING HISTORY
• HAVING THE WEPONRY TO DEAL WITH A LONG SEASON
• THE MAN WHO CAN DO NO WRONG
• RISING STAR: BRAYDON ENNOR
• BEST BUY: WHETU DOUGLAS
• WEATHERING THE ALL BLACK DISTRACTIO­N
• OLD DOG: RYAN CROTTY
• Wild Prediction
• SAM WHITELOCK
• RICHIE MO’UNGA
• History of the Crusaders
• CRUSADERS MOMENT
• JUMPING THE HIGHEST HURDLES FIRST
• CRANKING UP THE POINTS MACHINE
• BEST BUY: BRYN GATLAND
• RISING STAR: TEIHORANGI WALDEN
• REACHING FOR THE PROMISED LAND
• TACKLING THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HEAD ON
• OLD DOG: BEN SMITH
• ld ediction
• TOM FRANKLIN
• LIAM SQUIRE
• AARON AND BEN SMITH
• History of the Highlander­s
• HIGHLANDER­S MOMENT
• A Year of Intrigue

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