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MY TAKE ON SOME OF THE RUGBY NEWS STORIES WHICH COME INTO MY WORLD.
Wouldn't you have loved to be here? In the record Twickenham rugby crowd of 82,223
Aftermatch report - NZ v England November 8 2014
8 November 2014
Aftermatch Report; New Zealand v England; November 8 2014 Read more »
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Here - Get This! keithquinnrugby.com selects a 'Pom' All Black team!
6 November 2014
ALL BLACK'S "ENGLISH" TEAM Read more »
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Time Again to pay Tribute to My #1 Broadcast hero Winston McCarthy
26 October 2014
When I was a skinny kid growing up in the King Country the national radio rugby commentator Winston McCarthy was as well known in our country as the All Blacks themselves or other newsworthy personalities like the Prime Minister, the Governor-General or Olympic athletes. Winston became my broadcast hero... Read more »
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Has our media forgotten? Aaron Cruden has a bit of late night 'form' too.
22 September 2014
All of this 'media speak' about the Aaron Cruden late night drinking incident in Auckland last weekend already smacks of not everything about its background being told to we of the rugby public. While it could be said - do we fans have a right to know the full facts - I for one would like to think the full facts ought to come out. They would have in the old days of the media. Now it seems everyone, both NZRU and the media, are often together in on a game of 'shoosh - if we only whisper about this, it won't be as bad as it might be.' Read more »
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Still a Lot of Questions over the planned Samoa-NZ test Next Year.
10 September 2014
Silly me. I know I should be totally delighted that the All Blacks and Samoa have agreed to play a rugby test in Samoa in July 2015 (and I am) but I heard and saw so many comments from the press conference comments in Wellington which still leave me doubtful that the New Zealand Rugby Union is REALLY as committed, as much as they say, to rugby in the Pacific. Read more »
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Peter ('PJ') Montgomery at Eden Park before his last sideline commentary test rugby broadcast.
Forget yachting and the Olympics for a moment; Rugby Is going to miss PJ Montgomery too!
2 September 2014
While I was away in Nanjing in mid-August I gather the media in New Zealand radio and rugby gave Pete Montgomery of Newstalk ZB in Auckland a good send off at the end of his sports broadcasting career. Read more »
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Every day there is Rugby History 11 November 1978
Click to show Two New Zealanders took a dive - but still win the game!
Andy Haden and Frank Oliver conjured up a lineout dive v Wales in Cardiff to fool the ref into giving NZ a penalty; that later led to a 13-12 AB win.
A-Z of Rugby
Click to show ALBALADEJO, Pierre
Dax and France
30 internationals for France 1954–64
Known universally as ‘Monsieur Le Drop’ because of his penchant for dropped goals, Albaladejo was also a very fine flyhalf.
Tall and stylish in the French style, Albaladejo made his debut as a fullback in 1954 against England. After one game in the Five Nations championship, and another against Italy, he was passed over by the selectors for five seasons.
Re-appearing in 1960, Albaladejo soon won a reputation as an expert drop-kicker. In his second international of that year, against Ireland, he thumped over three dropped goals, a feat unheard of at the time.
After his retirement, Albaladejo won acclaim in France as a television commentator, providing expert insights on the game all over the world, working first with the famous French broadcaster Roger Couderc and later with his replacement, Pierre Salviac.
10 Questions to well known sporting people
Today's KQ Rugby Quiz
Who was the New Zealand test cricketer who played one rugby test for England?
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