Five takeaways from past weekend
What we learned from the second round of the Rugby Championship, according to CRAIG LEWIS.
What we learned from the second round of the Rugby Championship, according to CRAIG LEWIS.
Beauden Barrett will start at flyhalf for the All Blacks against the Wallabies in Sydney on Saturday.
Beauden Barrett and Israel Folau have expressed their concerns over the way aerial challenges are being officiated.
Beauden Barrett has been named on the Hurricanes bench for their match against the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday. The All Blacks flyhalf only linked up with the Canes squad in South Africa recently and hasn’t played any rugby since last November. As a result, coach Chris Boyd has opted to start Blues recruit Ihaia West at No 10. No 8… Read more →
Beauden Barrett could sit out the Hurricanes’ first Super Rugby match, against the Bulls at Loftus next Saturday. Canes coach Chris Boyd said the flyhalf would definitely not start, and may not even be included on the bench. ‘We might use it as one of his All Blacks rest weeks yet, we haven’t decided on that.’ Barrett missed the Hurricanes’… Read more →
The All Blacks flyhalf was named the 2017 World Rugby Player of the Year.
England flyhalf Owen Farrell has been rated as the best player in the world by Rugby Worldmagazine, while no South African made the top 20. Beauden Barrett, the 2017 World Rugby Player of the Year, was selected in second place, while lock Brodie Retallick is the only other All Black in the top 10. In the magazine’s list of the world’s… Read more →
What All Blacks flyhalf Beauden Barrett had to say after winning a second successive World Rugby Player of the Year award.
Beauden Barrett was named World Rugby Player of the Year in Monaco on Sunday, while Rieko Ioane claimed the Breakthrough award.