NEW PLYMOUTH Pre-match jaunt – Dawson Falls There’s a range of walks from the Dawson Falls Visitor Centre. One short steep descent through rainforest takes you to the base of…
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World Cup travel ideas – Hamilton
HAMILTON Pre-match jaunts – Waterworks Track North of Hamilton by 10km is the town of Ngaruawahia where an easy walk leaves from Brownlee Avenue off Hakarimata Road and passes through…
World Cup travel ideas – Rotorua
ROTORUA Pre-match jaunt – Tikitapu/Blue Lake This is 9 km south-east of Rotorua from Tarawera Road. The circuit track begins at the north-east end of the lake and goes south…
World Cup travel ideas – Auckland
AUCKLAND Pre-match jaunt – Great Barrier Island If you’ve got time to kill and energy to expend, head to GBI – an untouched, tranquil paradise which boasts stunning forests, amazing…
World Cup travel ideas – North Shore
NORTH SHORE Pre-match jaunt – Goat Island Walk This return walk heads part of the way to Cape Rodney overlooking New Zealand’s oldest and most popular marine reserve. Walk up…
World Cup travel ideas – Whangarei
WHANGAREI Pre-match jaunt – Bream Head/Te Whara track This track follows an ancient Maori trail from Urquharts Bay to Ocean Beach. The track climbs Mount Lion to the ridge line…
Flashdance fever takes over the Waratahs – Video
With the injury toll steadily rising in the Waratah camp, it easy to understand boredom setting in. However the boys have put their ample free time to good use, to…
JP Morgan Premiership Sevens Preview
By Charity Knight Northern hemisphere rugby stops for no one as the JP Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby Sevens Series continues into its second year. Last year’s winners Saracens are…
Lloyd Williams’s World Cup verdict
Lloyd Williams may be the son of a former dual-code international and British & Irish Lions scrum-half, but it is his Wales squad colleague Mike Phillips who was his boyhood…
Heineken Cup odds
LEINSTER & TOULOUSE are the joint 4/1 favourites to win the Heineken Cup next season according to Ladbrokes. Last year’s finalists Northampton are 9/1 chances with Leicester the shortest…