Hamish has been an opinion and sports writer for over 20 years in New Zealand, featuring on RNZ, New Zealand Herald, Stuff.co.nz, and RugbyPass.
Gilbert Enoka gets the All Blacks. Heck, he's as much a part of the culture of that team as some of the great men who've worn the …
As long as Ardie Savea spends a few months playing in New Zealand next year, I don't really care where it is.
Brodie Retallick would be one of the better All Blacks I’ve seen. Rugged and skillful, he was everything you could possibly wan…
And exactly what we need in order for rugby and the All Blacks to be viewed with the kind of affection that’s currently reserved…
Sure, it was probably inevitable that Neil Barnes would join Dave Rennie’s All Blacks coaching group, but it’s welcome news no…
In a rugby sense, Rennie will have his hands full. His entire repertoire of people skills are going to be required to cajole the p…
We can’t know for sure if Robertson really did hear that he was out as All Blacks coach at the same time as the rest of us. That…
The All Blacks are losing to teams at their own game, rather than playing the New Zealand one Wilson and the rest of us remember s…
No All Blacks coach, no chief executive, no chief financial officer, no chief commercial officer, no head of high performance, no …
I’m not too bothered about who New Zealand Rugby appoints as the next national coach, nor the criteria that’s been set. I mean…
To borrow a line from Mr T, “I pity the fool’’ who’s going to try and coach the All Blacks. The team was once run as a dic…
It’s not like the All Blacks don’t sack coaches. We only have to look back to assistants John Plumtree and Brad Mooar getting …
I only have a few things on my list of rugby Christmas wishes from Santa this year. None of them are too much to ask, either.
After a fine playing career that included 23 tests for the All Blacks, Robertson was looking for a way to stay in the game.Â
Better still, there was impact off the bench. Wallace Sititi, Leicester Fainga’anuku and Tamaiti Williams all impressed, while J…
Holland loves the game, thinks deeply about it and, again, is just a thoroughly decent fellow. He just shouldn’t be in Chicago w…
Neither roundly endorsed the tactics and selections of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson. Rather, they hinted at there being room f…
The All Blacks were largely outstanding in beating both England and Ireland and lost no admirers in their 30-29 defeat to France.Â…
Only a handful of established All Blacks have maintained or improved on their previous standards since Scott Robertson and company…
For all the reverence with which Robertson spoke about the injured skipper on Thursday, I sincerely doubt most fans hold Barrett i…
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