KIERAN Hayler was pictured at his grandma's house, where he's been living, today with his two children with Katie Price - Jett, five, and Bunny, four. Let the game flow.
If you want to look for a penalty at scrum time you will find one every time. The one position that will have the All Blacks selectors watching their Super Rugby closely at the moment is that of blindside flanker.Since Jerome Kaino played that enforcer's role so well for the All Blacks, there has been no one this year who has stepped up and said: "I can be that man.
He is 34 years old and is a Scorpio. He must continue to back that performance up, though, and string strong efforts together.Vaea Fifita has shown some sensational form for the Hurricanes and he's there or thereabouts.
It wasn't how you wanted to celebrate Kieran Read's 150th but a draw is always better than a loss.The Highlanders and Chiefs played out another draw and I don't know how the Highlanders lost that one. You can't help but think there has been some sort of edict that has gone out to referees about tidying the scrums up.Discipline is everything. 8s you know one can definitely play 6.I had the feeling there were some bad-tempered referees in action at the weekend. Read left New Zealand after … And because of his injuries he hasn't been able to claim that.As a result in his absence a number of players have put their hands up and you would have to say that, after an outstanding game for the Chiefs against the Highlanders, Luke Jacobson has added his name to the list.One swallow doesn't make a summer but after that Dunedin effort Jacobson must surely now be on the radar. There are a number of candidates, and Kieran Read could well be one of them -- Craig Dowd writes.
And at the same time some of the infringements by the Blues in their loss to the Brumbies were silly on their part.
It may be an option.Also, another option is playing both Matt Todd and Ardie Savea as left and right flankers because Savea is in the form of his life. You wouldn't rule that out completely. But he has had on-going issues this year and while close to a return, he has some important time to make up if he is to retain his role.It doesn't help either that from a development and long-term point of view he has signalled that the Rugby World Cup will be the end of his time in the New Zealand game.To go the World Cup as the No.1 choice for the role he has to be the best player in New Zealand in that position.
He supplanted Rodney So'oialo as the All Blacks first-choice number 8 in 2009, and can also play blind-side flanker.We would like to express to you our deepest thanks for your contribution. "Liam Squire has been the preferred option whenever he has been free of injury worries. 6 jersey. They let the Chiefs back in the game but at the same time you would have to say the Chiefs showed some grit; they showed their staying power and stuck it out to the end, and in a season where not a lot has gone right for them their coaches would have been pleased to see that. But the Sharks showed everyone that if you come to town and put your heart and soul into it then the Crusaders are actually vulnerable.
Kieran Read (born 26 October 1985) is a rugby union player for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition and New Zealand internationally. Luke Jacobson is the latest back-rower to throw his name up for the All Blacks No. He was the IRB Player of the Year in 2013, and a member of team that won the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Kieran Read Photo: PHOTOSPORT Read leads New Zealand in his 51st test as captain against England in their Rugby World Cup semi-final in Yokohama on Saturday, on what will be his 34th birthday.
Kieran Read was born in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday, October 26, 1985 (Millennials Generation). Former All Blacks captain Kieran Read will play for his beloved Counties Manukau Steelers during the upcoming Mitre 10 Cup season.
Yes, controlling the ball at the base of the scrum is a bit of an art but having two No.