Articles by Gregor Paul, NZ Herald
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Sport
ABs coup: Joe Schmidt set to join Foster's coaching team
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 9:27amThe All Blacks will welcome Joe Schmidt into their coaching team next year. The Herald understands that Schmidt, who masterminded...
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Sport
Forsyth Barr enters battle to buy into New Zealand Rugby
Friday, 14 May 2021, 12:37pmAn alternative offer to Silver Lake, valuing New Zealand Rugby at a colossal $3.8 billion, has been tabled by local investment...
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Sport
All Blacks great Dan Carter reveals retirement from rugby
Saturday, 20 February 2021, 11:50pmDaniel Carter, after 19 professional seasons and just a few weeks short of turning 39, has announced his retirement from...
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Sport
Cash-strapped NZ Rugby to reveal 'most radical shakeup in 24 years'
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 4:58pmThe process of radically changing the set-up of rugby in New Zealand will begin tomorrow when provincial unions are presented...
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Sport
Accident or one last dig? Eddie Jones reveals Hansen's next job
Sunday, 27 October 2019, 10:54amEngland's stunning victory will be widely dubbed as one of the best in their history, but coach Eddie Jones wasn't giving...
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Sport
Exposed: NZ Rugby's World Cup stuff-up
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 4:12pmRugby's drive to create gender equality has hit an ice-berg with the 2021 World Cup set to offer women inferior basic conditions...
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Sport
Rugby set for biggest change in history with new World League
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 2:08pmKEY POINTS 12-team World League from 2020 Japan and USA to join Rugby Championship Deal worth $10-14m a year for each nation Pacific...
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Sport
St Kent's shocking u-turn in player poaching row
Monday, 17 December 2018, 5:16pmSt Kentigern College has confirmed to its parental community and former pupil network that it needs to review its policy...
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Sport
Comment: Why All Blacks victory should be treated with caution
Sunday, 25 November 2018, 9:41amItaly are clearly not giants of world rugby and therefore the All Blacks' crushing victory in Rome has to be treated with...
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Sport
Rugby: Bok Shock! Springboks stun All Blacks for famous win
Saturday, 15 September 2018, 7:17pmSo the All Blacks are beatable after all. A brilliant game and a brilliant turnaround from the Springboks that no one saw...
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Sport
Rugby: All Blacks hold off potent Pumas performance
Saturday, 8 September 2018, 9:34pmThe All Blacks coaches got their wish of a brutal test to examine the credentials of a number of fringe players. There had...
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Sport
Rugby: Ferocious Hurricanes overcome Crusaders
Saturday, 10 March 2018, 9:33pmWellington just isn't a good city for the Crusaders. They haven't won there since 2012 and were never much of a chance of...
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Sport
All Blacks make history with 2,000th try as they crush France
Sunday, 12 November 2017, 11:13amJust as they did last year, the All Blacks managed to cling on to victory in Paris in the most unconvincing manner. It was...
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Sport
Wallabies take down All Blacks in epic test
Sunday, 22 October 2017, 6:30amThe All Blacks couldn't pull off the great escape for a second time. They couldn't do in Brisbane what they did in Dunedin...
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Sport
Springboks thrashed by record margin
Sunday, 17 September 2017, 6:30amThis All Blacks team is certainly on to something. They'd hinted as much in the last few weeks but for the first time this...
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News
British and Irish Lions claim emphatic win over Chiefs
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 9:38pmThe Lions have gone all Kiwi on us. The midweek side got into the swing of this pass and catch business in Hamilton and did...
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National
Lions brush aside Maori All Blacks with ease
Sunday, 18 June 2017, 6:34amIn beating the Maori with considerable ease, the Lions took rugby back a few decades in Rotorua but themselves forward a...
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National
ABs blow apart Samoa in warning to Lions
Saturday, 17 June 2017, 5:55amIn case anyone didn't know already, turns out the All Blacks can play rugby. Pass and catch stuff where players kind of make...
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National
Ben Smith ready to put All Blacks on his back against Samoa
Thursday, 15 June 2017, 10:25amBen Smith has been on one of the more inspirational rugby journeys of the last eight years. It started in relative obscurity...
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National
Former Black Fern becomes NZ Rugby's first female board member
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 6:14amIt has taken 124 years but New Zealand Rugby finally has a female board member - former Black Fern Farah Palmer. LISTEN ABOVE:...
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National
All Blacks take revenge against Ireland
Sunday, 20 November 2016, 8:33amIt took incredible skill for an incredibly physical test match to finally crack and then spill the All Blacks' way. The effort...
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National
Furious Cheika lets rip at All Blacks
Sunday, 23 October 2016, 6:25amOn the night the All Blacks claimed a world record and place in history, they collected an enemy along the way. Wallabies...