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Former All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen

Cain column: Steve Hansen still sucking sour grapes over Lions

6 May 2020 0 comments

Reversal of penalty against Ken Owens in the third Test still rankles with the Kiwis three years on

TEAMS: One last stand for Warren Gatland and Steve Hansen

31 October 2019 0 comments

Wales and New Zealand face each other in the third-fourth place play-off on Friday, Gatland and Hansen have named their squads

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen drops star centre from World Cup squad

28 August 2019 0 comments

New Zealand have named their 31 players to travel to Japan

Jackson column: Steve Hansen has known ups and downs like no other

20 December 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at Steve Hansen’s time at the WRU

Steve Hansen to step down as All Blacks head coach after World Cup

14 December 2018 0 comments

Weeks of speculation over World Cup-winning coach’s future becomes clearer at press conference

Steve Hansen’s moan shows Lions effects still linger

11 July 2018 0 comments

Nick Cain looks at how New Zealand have progressed one year on from that epic series against the British & Irish Lions

Brendan Gallagher – Who would earn place in Steve Hansen’s Invincibles?

21 October 2016 0 comments

If New Zealand beat Australia in Auckland on Saturday – and they haven’t lost at Eden Park against anybody for 22 years for heaven’s sake […]

Peter Jackson: Misery in Wales has moulded Steve Hansen

5 August 2016 0 comments

As head coach of the All Blacks, Steve Hansen has lost three Test matches in five years. In the same position with Wales, he once […]

Peter Jackson verdict: Promise fades for Wales as Steve Hansen finds a new batch

30 June 2016 0 comments

There will probably be calls this morning from Humanitarian Aid organisations for another referendum in Wales so the people can decide whether to send New […]

Nick Cain: No wonder stone-face Steve Hansen has a smile at last

6 March 2014 1 comment

Here’s Stuart Lancaster’s nightmare scenario. The week before England are due to play the first Test of their three Test June series against New Zealand […]

Hansen’s secrets not hard to guess

27 August 2023 0 comments

There has been quite the hue and cry down there in All Black country following the latest twist in trans-Tasman affairs. Steve Hansen, head coach […]

Hansen: Weight of expectation could be Ireland’s toughest Rugby World Cup opponent

20 March 2023 1 comment

With unbeaten Six Nations and Autumn Nations campaigns and a series victory in New Zealand under their belts inside the last 12 months, there’s no […]

The silent treatment for Hansen

7 August 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON The mucky stuff really hit fans all over New Zealand last week when Sir Steve Hansen said what he thought of those responsible […]

Hansen’s right, the Lions turned people off rugby

5 September 2021 1 comment

EVEN when he lost nine in a row with Wales, Steve Hansen never shied away from speaking his mind, much less so now that he’s […]

Hansen reverts to his norm

1 November 2020 0 comments

STEVE Hansen’s switch of codes with Canterbury Bulldogs has raised some eyebrows in New Zealand, but judging by his last match in charge of the […]

Stop whining Steve, All Blacks no saints

17 May 2020 1 comment

ONE instance in their history where New Zealand feel aggrieved and Steve Hansen feels hard done by and wants a public apology from World Rugby […]

Hansen’s still sucking on sour grapes over Lions

3 May 2020 0 comments

NICK CAIN ONE of the more rewarding rugby pastimes during these strange days is digging into the game’s history and finding a few nuggets to […]

Deans gets one over his old rival Hansen in Top League

19 January 2020 0 comments

FORMER All Blacks coach Steve Hansen remains winless in the Japan Rugby Top League after his Toyota Verblitz side were beaten 40-20 by Robbie Deans’ […]

Nothing’s changed by this insists Hansen

22 September 2019 1 comment

STEVE Hansen hailed his side’s first win of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in defence of their title, but maintained that the equation still had […]

Hansen: We’re here to enjoy it and win it

15 September 2019 0 comments

NEW ZEALAND POOL B Perfect ten: Richie Mo’unga will start at fly-half for the All Blacks with Beauden Barrett at full-back PICTURE: Gety Images Squad: […]

Hansen: Brodie may have a fracture

28 July 2019 0 comments

NEW ZEALANDboss Steve Hansen bemoaned the loss of Brodie Retallick and attributed the paucity of his side’s display to rustiness. He said: “The biggest disappointment […]

Reece call up stinks – Hansen’s so wrong

7 July 2019 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Try power: Sevu Reece has been called into the All Black squad Does off-field behaviour matter in professional rugby, or should a player’s […]

Hansen’s time over

16 December 2018 1 comment

STEVE Hansen says he’s going. But before he hangs up his earpiece for ‘someone new’, the New Zealand coach with a peerless record of played […]

Hansen has known ups an downs like no other

16 December 2018 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Meastro: Steve Hansen could win his third World Cup in 2019 PICTURE: Getty Images Since he began […]

Hansen right to decide that Beauden’s still tops

12 August 2018 0 comments

GLENN DELANEY, defence coach at the Highlanders and former London Irish and Nottingham coach, runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship. GLENN DELANEY New […]

Hansen: I wish ref let Fall stay on

17 June 2018 0 comments

STEVE Hansen sympathised with Benjamin Fall insisting he would have preferred the Frenchman to remain on the field. However, the All Blacks boss said referee […]

Apprentice Hansen can be master of Wales

20 May 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Four New Zealanders have been touted for the imminent vacancy of running Wales, a quartet armed with […]

Sorry, Steve, your fatigue factor does not stack up

25 March 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW England’s Six Nations’ implosion has prompted the resurrection of a myth masquerading as truth – too many […]

Hansen recalls Kieran Read to All Blacks squad for Paris visit

9 November 2017 0 comments

New Zealand coach makes 12 changes to matchday squad to take on France

Has any coach ever had more riches to choose from than All Blacks’ Hansen?

5 November 2017 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT The All Blacks might only have prevailed by nine points against a wonderfully spirited and inventive Barbarians but New Zealand rugby was […]

Watch out Wayne, Hansen’s from that Sir Alf old school

18 June 2017 0 comments

Too easy: Sam Cane is congratulated on his try by Israel Dagg PICTURE: Getty Images STEVE Hansen presided over the All Blacks’ riotous win over […]

Crotty rib injury adds to Hansen concern

4 June 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER SUPER RUGBY RYAN Crotty gave the All Blacks more injury woe yesterday after suffering a rib cartilage injury in the Crusaders’ dramatic […]

Hansen feels the strain of building a legacy

4 June 2017 0 comments

The pressure is starting to build on Steve Hansen. Ironically, the tell-tale sign is how often the words “pressure” and “responsibility” crop up in the […]

Nick Cain: Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity

26 April 2017 0 comments

Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. No sooner had the Lions squad been announced […]

Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity

23 April 2017 0 comments

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. […]

Jeff Probyn: No-brainer, Steve? Afraid not, more like brain dead

7 October 2016 0 comments

Talk about letting the inmates run the asylum! Sometimes you have to wonder if those working in the professional game have any idea of the […]

Jeff Probyn’s column: You’re right Steve, new maul is ‘bloody boring’

31 July 2015 0 comments

How unusual, a New Zealand coach bemoaning the opposition’s tactics despite winning the game. Steve Hansen’s complaint about the Argentinian driving maul that allowed their […]

McIlraith column: Will the All Blacks break the paradigm of promoting assistants to top job?

15 November 2019 0 comments

Jamie Joseph is among the favourites to succeed Steve Hansen, with a decision to come next month by the NZRU

TEAMS: It helps having Lions in the squad, says Eddie Jones

24 October 2019 0 comments

Eddie Jones and Steve Hansen have both announced their squads for the World Cup semi-final

I can’t call All Blacks versus England, says Zinzan Brooke

15 October 2019 0 comments

The New Zealand great doesn’t see Ireland as a problem for Steve Hansen and co.

New Zealand - Richie Mo'unga and Beauden Barrett

Guscott column: Smart All Blacks kick the Springboks into disarray

24 September 2019 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott pinpoints the kicking game as an area where Steve Hansen outsmarted Rassie Erasmus

Japan rugby full of talent, warns Savea

31 March 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Ardie Savea has issued a warning to England not to underestimate Japan in the two sides’ first ever meeting in Tokyo this […]

Watkin’s ready to stake his claim

10 March 2024 0 comments

By ROB COLE Owen Watkin plays week in, week out with George North but today he gets his big chance to stake a claim to […]

Edwards in firing line as France lose rhythm

25 February 2024 0 comments

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK IT’S too easy to say that France have fallen off and are no longer the team they were, after a […]

The Grand Slam win in 2005 was a fairytale

28 January 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Mark Taylor – The former Wales, Ospreys, Sale, Swansea & Pontypool centre and now WRU performance pathway coordinator talks about […]

Osada leads charge for Wild Knights

7 January 2024 0 comments

SAITAMA Wild Knights came storming back with 35 unanswered second-half points to claim a 43-27 win over Toyota Verblitz in Japan Rugby League One yesterday. […]