Campbell Burnes: Blackadder – bench key on high veldt

Rugby news from New Zealand:
Campbell Burnes: Blackadder – bench key on high veldt: The Crusaders know they did not respond to the Hurricanes’ pressure last weekend and they also know they can’t leave anything out on Ellis Park tomorrow morning.After the sapping travel to South Africa they have focused on recovery,… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

Rugby: Tongan bear gets start against Sharks: Loni Uhila has shown what he can do off the bench.Now the Waikato and Hurricanes prop, known as the Tongan Bear, will test himself from the get-go against a top scrummager in the Sharks’ tighthead prop Coenie Oosthuizen. This follows… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

Wynne Gray: Talent waiting in wings to take over from off-form Savea: Over to you Steve Hansen. That oval ball has been tossed back in your lap for the Rugby Championship.What to do with Julian Savea.Where once it was an occasional topic it is an ever-present discussion point as the Hurricane and… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

John Roughan: Our rugby is filthy rich with talent: It’s going to be long night but a great one, I think. Thanks to the commercial demands of professional rugby, New Zealand has been presented with a challenge it has never faced before.I may be the only rugby fan in this country… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

Senior game, Premier implications: If the 2016 Tasman Tanning Premier final at Cooks Gardens today represents the best of this season’s competition, then the Senior championship final represents the immediate future.The undefeated Settler’s Honey Ngamatapouri, with… nzherald.co.nz – Rugby

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