In 112 years of All Black history who have been and who is the current All Black's record test try-scorer?

1 June 2015

Ever wondered just many many - or how few - All Blacks have been our record test try-scorers? You might be surprised. In 112 years of the All Black story there have only been seven test try-scoring record holders. And one old star held the record for 63 years! And can you recall who's the current scorer of most All Black test tries? Check the keithquinnrugby.com records here. Read more »

You Read it here first; On a Rainy Afternoon Two men reckon they've picked the 2015 All Black Rugby World Cup team!

4 June 2015

There we were the other day; two blokes sitting at home on a rainy afternoon in Wellington. We had nothing to do except pass the time of day away. The wives were out shopping and like the diligent husbands we are we were waiting at home for them. It was too early for a beer, there was tea in the pot and a new cake on the plate. But when we started talking about the composition of the 2015 All Blacks World Cup team the cake got ignored and the tea went cold. Read more »

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A warm tribute to Jerry Collins by 'Inky' of New Zealand

8 June 2015

Many warm words have been written in recent days about the life of Jerry Collins. However some of the tributes have been of the once-over-lightly variety. This one is written by a Kiwi who prefers to be called 'Inky.' - nothing more nothing lees. I know who Inky is by name and I'll vouch for him as a rugby authority. I liked his tribute so much, with all its excellent new information about Jerry, that I thought i'd run again it here. I know I've kinda pinched it, but thanks Inky old mate! Read more »

Two Tributes to the life of Jerry Collins; My own here- and 'Inky's' also elsewhere on this site.

8 June 2015

Probably the first time I ever heard about Jerry Collins was in the mid-1990s when I saw a letter while sitting around a table with others at the Carillon Club in Wellington. The club was just a committee of five or six local friends who were there that night, members of a funding group we had set up in 1992 designed to help 'youth sport' around the Wellington Region. Read more »

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The Day Feeble All Black bosses Made Jerry Collins Take the Rap

9 June 2015

My rugby writing friend Frankie Deges of Buenos Aires has this week wondered why I did not include in my website 'tribute' to the life Jerry Collins any mention of the time I was furious with the way Collins was treated by the management of an All Black team which he had just given his guts on the field for... so I publish that story right here. Read more »

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The 'Jerry Collins Took the Rap' story is commented upon.

10 June 2015

My story on the late Jerry Collins having to front for a TV interview straight after an All Blacks World Cup defeat in 2003 has been picked up and run on the New Zealand Herald. As a result of that the All Blacks media manager from that New Zealand team has sent his version of events. I thank Matt McIlraith and publish his comments. Read more »

The Things Some Rugby Clubs Collect!

10 June 2015

A visit to the Carmarthen Athletic Club in west Wales is well worthwhile. I did it in 2015. The collection of jerseys and memorabilia is famous throughout the rugby world. The club's unique boot collection was started by the President Gwynne King Morgan back in the 1960s. He approached members of the 1967 All Blacks who, because of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease were not allowed to take their boots home. Mr King swooped - and Colin Meads's pair - with an autographed card still attached - proudly still sits there. Read more »

Its the 20-year anniversary of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Read one man's view on a great but hugely controversial rugby occasion

25 June 2015

So what about that 1995 Rugby World Cup - and especially the final? Well, the whole thing was a great event with the All Blacks playing by far the best rugby of any team at the tournament. That of course was never better shown then in the way they demolished England by 45-29 in the semi-final at Cape Town. Read more »

Some stuff You never knew about the rise and rise of Samoa rugby- and New Zealand's role in its early years.

8 July 2015

A brief history of the first years of contact between NZ rugby and Samoa. And Samoa's best moments. Read more »

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Its always worth reading about again; the day Manu Samoa arrived on the Rugby World Cup scene - and beat Wales!

8 July 2015

This is a piece I wrote for a history of the 1991 Rugby World Cup. I tried to capture with dignity (and fairness!?) one of rugby's most memorable days. Though perhaps Welsh fans might not agree! Read more »