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Thorn's challenge to his star-studded Reds AAP 12/03/2021 Darren Walton © Darren England/AAP PHOTOS Brad Thorn has warned the Reds to cut out the unforced errors vs the Brumbies in Super Rugby AU. The Brumbies say they will beat Queensland up front, but Reds coach Brad Thorn is challenging his star-studded backline to live up to its rich potential in a bid to cause a boilover in Saturday night's Super Rugby AU showdown in Canberra. It is the 2020 grand-final rematch featuring the competition's only two unbeaten sides this campaign but the Reds remain clear underdogs at ...

13/03/2021 "By challenging ourselves, we can challenge these shocking statistics." Photo credit: Getty Images. Kiwis are being urged to join other well-known New Zealanders by participating in a challenge to help get the high number of girls in Kenya who are forced into child marriage and experience female genital cutting into education. About 85 percent of girls in East Pokot face this, so the inaugural 1 Human Race challenge asks people to move 85 kilometres to help raise money to get them into education to improve their lives and the lives of generatio...

All Black everything: My favourite All Blacks of the professional era A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Picking a top ten list of the greatest All Blacks ever is like choosing your favourite child: hard to do, but you probably could if you really had to. This list doesn’t cover the ‘greatest’ All Blacks, but simply who my favourite All Blacks of all time are and why. Your list will be completely different, most likely, but hey, what’s life without good quality debate?

Coach's Corner issue 1: Can the Reds midfield step up for Australia? A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Thanks to all who participated in the forum for my first article this week, either by asking questions or making comment. All offered value. The most intriguing theme, and the most relevant to events at the weekend, was how the success of the Queensland Reds attack under Jim McKay may influence Wallaby selection in midfield and the back three in 2021. The question fell into three parts:

Knox, along with drummer Jarrod Hooper, bassist Matthew Mahood and guitarist Wakaia Tamehana formed the band straight after lockdown last year. They'd only performed live a couple of times when they decided to play in front of hundreds of people at local music gig The Koru Project last weekend. They were named the project's ‘Spotlight Winner’, which gained them a $500 RockShop voucher and one whole day at Rhythm Ace Recording Studio in Oakura, which is booked out until August. “It's actually huge. It’s a really big deal,” Knox said. SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff Knox said winning the rec...