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29 November 2014
NEW ZEALAND RUGBY TESTS in 2014
NEW ZEALAND; 14 INTERNATIONALS THIS SEASON: v ENGLAND (3 Tests), v AUSTRALIA (Rugby Championship 2 tests), v SOUTH AFRICA (Rugby Championship 2 Tests), v ARGENTINA (Rugby Championship 2 tests)
v AUSTRALIA (Bledisloe Cup Extra Game), v USA (Tour game), v ENGLAND (Tour Game, UK), v SCOTLAND (Tour game, UK), v WALES (TOUR game, UK)
ENG1 ENG2 ENG3 AUS1 AUS2 ARG1 SAF1 ARG2 SAF2 AUS3 USA ENG4 SCO WAL (2014/career)
Isreal Dagg FB* - - - - FB FB FB FB FB FB FB - - 8/46
Ben Smith w FB FB FB FB w w w w - - w FB FB 12/38
Cory Jane w w w w w* - r NU - w* w* - - - 8/53
Julian Savea - w w w w w w w w w r w r w 13/33
Charles Piutau - - - - - - - - - - w - w w* 3/13
Conrad Smith C C - - C C C C* C* C - C* - C 10/85
Ma'a Nonu 2⅝* 2⅝ 2⅝ 2⅝* - 2⅝ 2⅝* - - - - - - - 6/94
Malakai Fekitoa r NU C* C r NU - 2⅝ 2⅝ 2⅝ - - C* - 8/8
Sonny Bill Williams - - - - - - - - - - 2⅝* 2⅝ r 2⅝* 4/23
Ryan Crotty - - r r 2⅝* - - - r - C r 2⅝* r 8/13
Aaron Cruden 1⅝ 1⅝* 1⅝* 1⅝* 1⅝* - 1⅝* - - - 1⅝* 1⅝* - - 8/37
Beauden Barrett r r r r r 1⅝* r 1⅝ 1⅝ 1⅝* - r - 1⅝ 12/28
Colin Slade - - - - - r - r r r - - w r 6/17
Dan Carter - - - - - - - - - - r - 1⅝* - 2/102
Aaron Smith ½* ½* ½* ½ ½ ½* ½ ½* ½* ½* - ½* - ½* 12/38
T.J.Perenara r r r NU r r NU r - r ½* r ½* r 11/11
Tawera Kerr-Barlow - - - - - - - - r* - - - - - 1/15
Augustine Pulu - - - - - - - - - - r - r - 2/2
Jerome Kaino 8 8 F F* - - - F F* - - F - F* 8/56
Kieran Read - - 8* 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8* 8 - 8 11/72
Richie McCaw F F F F F F F F* F F - F F F 13/137
Sam Cane - - - r r r r r - r F - F - 8/22
Liam Messam F* F* r - F* F* - - r F r r r r 11/40
Victor Vito r r - - - - - - - - F - 8* - 4/26
Steven Luatua - - - NU r - F* - r - - - - - 3/14
Sam Whitelock L L L L L L* - L L L* - L - L* 11/62
Brodie Retallick L L* L* L L* L L L* - L r L* - L 12/36
Jeremy Thrush - - - - - r L* r L* - L - L - 6/11
Dominic Bird - - - - - - - - - - - - L* - 1/2
Luke Romano - - - - - - - - - - - - r - 1/17
Patrick Tuipulotu NU r r - - - r - - r L r - r 7/7
Owen Franks P* P* P* P* P* P* P* p* P* P* r P* - P* 13/67
Charles Faumuina r r r - r - - - r r P r P* r 10/27
Joe Moody - - - r - r r r P* - P* - P* r 8/8
Tony Woodcock P* P* P* - - - - - - - - - - - 3/110
Ben Franks - - - r r r r r r r r r r - 10/41
Wyatt Crockett r r r P* P* P* P* P* - P* - P* r P* 12/36
Dane Coles H* H* H* H* H* H* H* - r H* - H* r H* 12/27
James Parsons - - - - - - - - - - - - H* - 1/1
Keven Mealamu r r r r r r r H* H* r r r - r 13/123
Nathan Harris - - - - - - - r - - H* - - - 2/2
* left the field injured or was substituted
r an on-field replacement either for a substituted or injured player.
- Did not play at all in this game.
NU A stripped replacement or substitute WHO WAS NOT USED in the game
Notes: Richie McCaw was captain for 13 test matches and Kieran Read for one.
POINT SCORING by New Zealand
(7 June 2014) beat England (1st test) at Eden Park, Auckland 20-15. Try by Conrad Smith. 5 penalties by Aaron Cruden.
(14 June 2014) beat England (2nd test) at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 28-17. Tries by Ma'a Nonu, Julian Savea and Ben Smith. 1 conversion and 2 penalties by Aaron Cruden. 1 conversion and 1 penalty by Beauden Barrett.
(21 June 2014) beat England (3rd test) at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 36-13. Tries by Julian Savea (3) and Aaron Smith (2). 3 conversions and 1 penalty by Aaron Cruden. 1 conversion by Beauden Barrett.
(16 August 2014) drew with Australia (1st test) at ANZ Stadium, Sydney 12-12. 4 penalties by Aaron Cruden.
(23 August 2014) beat Australia (2nd test) at Eden Park, Auckland 51-20. Tries by Richie McCaw (2), Steven Luatua, Kieran Read, Julian Savea and a penalty try. 5 conversions and 3 penalties by Aaron Cruden. 1 conversion by Aaron Smith.
(6 September 2014) beat Argentina (1st test) at McLean Park, Napier 28-9. Tries by Julian Savea (2), Liam Messam and Aaron Smith. 1 conversion and 1 penalty by Colin Slade. 1 penalty by Beauden Barrett.
(13 September 2014) beat South Africa (1st test) at Westpac Stadium, Wellington 14-10. Try by Richie McCaw. 2 penalty goals by Aaron Cruden. 1 penalty goal by Beauden Barrett.
(27 September 2014) beat Argentina (2nd test) at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, Argentina 34-13. Tries by Israel Dagg, T.J.Perenara,Julian Savea and Ben Smith. 4 conversions and 2 penalties by Beauden Barrett.
(4 October 2014) lost South Africa (2nd test) at Ellis Park, Johannesburg 25-27. Tries by Dane Coles, Malakai Fekitoa and Ben Smith. 2 conversions and 2 penalties by Beauden Barrett.
(18 October 2014) beat Australia (3rd test) at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 29-28. Tries by Dane Coles, Malakai Fekitoa, Cory Jane and Aaron Smith. 2 conversions and 1 penalty by Beauden Barrett. 1 conversion by Colin Slade.
(1 November 2014) beat USA at Soldier Field, Chicago 74-6. Tries by Julian Savea (2), Sonny Bill Williams (2), Cory Jane, Joe Moody, Nathan Harris, Charles Piutau, Aaron Cruden, Israel Dagg, Sam Cane and Patrick Tuipulotu. 4 conversions by Aaron Cruden and 3 conversions by Dan Carter.
(8 November 2014) beat England at Twickenham 24-21. Tries by Aaron Cruden, Charlie Faumuina and Richie McCaw. 2 penalty goals by Aaron Cruden. 1 penalty goal by Beauden Barrett.
(15 November 2014) beat Scotland at Murrayfield 24-16. Tries by Victor Vito and Jeremy Thrush. 1 conversion and 1 penalty by Colin Slade. 3 penalties by Dan Carter.
(22 November 2014) beat Wales at Cardiff 34-16. Tries by Beauden Barrett (2), Jerome Kaino, Kieran Read and Julian Savea. 1 conversion and 1 penalty by Beauden Barrett. 2 conversions by Colin Slade.
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CALIFANO, CHRISTIAN
Toulouse, Saracens, Gloucester, Auckland and France
72 internationals for France 1994-2007
A powerful, worldly member of the French forward pack through the late years of the 1990s and into the new millennium. At his best there was none who could better this hard-scrummaging prop forward and strong runner about the field. Which is ironic because he began his rugby as an overweight charger with little finesse. It was only after joining the Toulouse club that he fined down into a top rated forward who caught his national selector’s eye.
The thing about Califano is that while he was anchoring his club to three successive French club championship titles as a loosehead prop he was making his early presence as an international player as a tighthead. He had made his debut in France’s epic victories in New Zealand in 1994 when he played as part of a French front row against New Zealand’s redoubtable trio of Sean Fitzpatrick, Richard Loe and Craig Dowd.
Later Califano switched to his preferred loosehead as his test career blossomed and it was from that position that he went to South Africa in 1995 for the Rugby World Cup. He was also in the French team in 1999’s cup though by then back problems and the rise of new young French ‘bulls’ in the front row halted consistent progress.
After 1999 he traveled to New Zealand and had two seasons in Auckland playing in the Super 12 series.
His ability as a running, handling prop forward was never better exemplified than in 1996 when he scored three tries in one game against Romania. Has any test prop anywhere in the world bettered this? I doubt it.
In 2003 his career seemed over but he was recalled for several more games in 2007.
Which club supplied seven players of the 1971 British and Irish Lions touring team to New Zealand - five of whom played all four tests?
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