
Rugby: Highlanders ready for semi-final
The Highlanders coaching staff talk ahead of their big Super Rugby semi-final this weekend. Video / Southern Stringers
The Highlanders coaching staff talk ahead of their big Super Rugby semi-final this weekend. Video / Southern Stringers
Chicago Cubs fan catches a rogue ball all while bottle-feeding his 7-month-old son. Video / YouTube: Shiny@news.
During a club rugby match in the Dunedin Premier League earlier this month Enoke Naivalulevu was cleaned up by Harbour backrower Ratu Dawai as the Zingari-Richmond winger found some space on the right flank. Video / YouTube: Random Sports
Tana Umaga, the new head coach at the Blues, says he would have worked with John Kirwan and was negotiating a contract on that basis before Kirwan suddenly quit last Friday.
Youtube archive shows Norm Berryman being presented his Crusaders sword after 49 matches for the franchise. The ex-All Black died of a suspected heart attack in Australia overnight.
The All Blacks are in camp this week preparing for the historic Samoa test in Apia, coach Steve Hansen and star players look ahead to playing that match and also the remembrance of the late Jerry Collins.
Barnstorming sees British pilots Paul Bonhomme and Steve Jones carry out one of the most exhilarating aviation feats ever seen. Formation flying at it's absolute finest.
NZ bowler Trent Boult talks about his early attempt at switching to rugby in school.
Hear what All Blacks coach Steve Hansen had to say about some of the newcomers in the 41-man squad to take part in the test against Samoa and the Rugby Championship.
Injured Black Caps fast bowler Trent Boult speaks to Dylan Cleaver about his injury and the good and bad media the team receives, along with his passion for Test cricket and the drive to be the best in the world.
John Kirwan has described Tana Umaga as a "fantastic" candidate for his former head coach's role at the Blues and has promised to help his transition into the job should he decide to take it. Kirwan this morning announced he was stepping away from the role he has held for three years.
The Argentine second division was rocked after Alejandro Roncaglia, brother of Fiorentina defender Facundo Roncaglia, knocked out referee Arnaldo Beron when he was shown a yellow card. Video / YouTube -MrSportv
The voice of football FIFA television commentator John Helm talks to Michael Burgess from the Herald on Sunday while he is in New Zealand for the Under 20 World Cup.
FIFA television commentator John Helm joins Michael Burgess from the Herald on Sunday to recreate his Guinness World record set in 1981/82 (not quite as fast) of reciting all 92 football clubs in the English league in 26 seconds.
Past and present All Blacks were in Porirua to pay their respects to Jerry Collins who was farewelled in his hometown today during a three-hour service at Te Rauparaha Arena.
Red Bull Baylines, the world’s most innovative slacklining competition, transformed San Francisco’s iconic overhead streetcar lines into a highflying aerobatic slacklining course like never before. Colorado’s Mickey Wilson threw down as he does best, and earned himself the first Red Bull Baylines Championship as the revolutionary event made its North American debut. Check out the top action and best tricks from the event! Source: Red Bull/Youtube
Past and present All Blacks were in Porirua to pay their respects to Jerry Collins who was farewelled in his hometown today during a three-hour service at Te Rauparaha Arena.
In a quest to return to his climbing roots and to advance the understanding of California’s giant Coast Redwoods, Chris Sharma recently embarked on an unprecedented free climb in a Northern California forest glade. Using only his hands and feet and protected from falls by a rope and harness, Sharma collected valuable data from a soaring Redwood, located in a city park in Eureka, to measure tree water status as an indicator of how it has been affected by the current severe drought. Red Bull worked closely with two UC Berkeley Tree Biologists in preparing for and executing this project. Source: Red Bull/Youtube
Family members had come from a private funeral and were largely dressed in black, including one group wearing T-shirts emblazoned with Collins' face and the words "Legends never die". A private ceremony was held inside the clubrooms for family, friends and former teammates, including Tana Umaga and Piri Weepu, to celebrate his life. The rugby great was then carried out on to the Porirua Park pitch for one final time.
The waiting masses watched reverently as ex-All Black Jerry Collins - the son of Porirua - was carried out on to the pitch at his home ground for the final time last night. The coffin holding Collins' body was carried on to the Norths Rugby Football Club by a procession led by his father Frank. Hundreds of people, largely wearing the Norths' colours of blue and white, lined the driveway. They fell silent as the hearse arrived.
Jerry Collins' casket arrives at his old rugby club in Porirua for two ceremonies this afternoon.
With German Formula One driver Nico Hulkenberg behind the wheel, Porsche won the 24 Hours Le Mans on Sunday to end Audi's five-race winning run and clinch a record 17th victory at the famous endurance race. Hulkenberg was one of the three drivers in the No. 19 car, which finished ahead of No. 17 Porsche, featuring former F1 driver Mark Webber, and Audi's No. 7 car. Audi had won seven of the past eight races, with Porsche's last win coming in 1998. "Thank you so much everybody, great effort over the last few months," Hulkenberg said over race radio as he headed back into the garage waving to the flag-waving Porsche fans.
Paul Dwyer talks to Highlanders Aaron Smith and Tei Walden as they take guitar lessons at the University of Otago Music Department. Source: Otago Daily Times/Youtube
Thousands of marchers made their way through Porirua during the Jerry Collins Memorial Walk on Sunday.
In a range of video interviews with Wynne Gray for nzherald.co.nz and a written series in The NZ Herald , the All Blacks campaign manager Brian Lochore, manager Colin Meads, coach Laurie Mains, team Dr Mike Bowen, captain Sean Fitzpatrick, Springbok Joel Stransky and referee Ed Morrison give us their insights into events surrounding the 1995 RWC.
Bonecrusher, the $3000 buy who went on to win a string of major races such as the Cox Plate, has died at the age of 33.
In a range of video interviews with Wynne Gray for nzherald.co.nz and a written series in The NZ Herald , the All Blacks campaign manager Brian Lochore, manager Colin Meads, coach Laurie Mains, team Dr Mike Bowen, captain Sean Fitzpatrick, Springbok Joel Stransky and referee Ed Morrison give us their insights into events surrounding the 1995 RWC.
In a range of video interviews with Wynne Gray for nzherald.co.nz and a written series in The NZ Herald , the All Blacks campaign manager Brian Lochore, manager Colin Meads, coach Laurie Mains, team Dr Mike Bowen, captain Sean Fitzpatrick, Springbok Joel Stransky and referee Ed Morrison give us their insights into events surrounding the 1995 RWC.
In a range of video interviews with Wynne Gray for nzherald.co.nz and a written series in The NZ Herald , the All Blacks campaign manager Brian Lochore, manager Colin Meads, coach Laurie Mains, team Dr Mike Bowen, captain Sean Fitzpatrick, Springbok Joel Stransky and referee Ed Morrison give us their insights into events surrounding the 1995 RWC.
In a range of video interviews with Wynne Gray for nzherald.co.nz and a written series in The NZ Herald , the All Blacks campaign manager Brian Lochore, manager Colin Meads, coach Laurie Mains, team Dr Mike Bowen, captain Sean Fitzpatrick, Springbok Joel Stransky and referee Ed Morrison give us their insights into events surrounding the 1995 RWC.