McKenzie magic steers NZ to playoffs
New Zealand cantered to the bonus-point victory they needed to progress to the World Cup quarter-finals with an 11-try thrashing of Uruguay on Thursday night.
New Zealand cantered to the bonus-point victory they needed to progress to the World Cup quarter-finals with an 11-try thrashing of Uruguay on Thursday night.
Playmaker Damian McKenzie says his game management has “matured” to the point that he can now be trusted to call the shots for the All Blacks without going off script.
All Blacks star Damian McKenzie dazzled local fans in a New Zealand club rugby fixture as he prepared for his much-anticipated return to the Test arena.
The All Blacks are set to unleash Damian McKenzie on the Springboks in the 2022 Rugby Championship with the mercurial playmaker having re-signed with New Zealand Rugby.
Three-time world champions New Zealand face a daunting future at No 10 when another star playmaker heads overseas.
All Blacks fullback Damian McKenzie will leave the New Zealand Chiefs franchise, based in Hamilton, to join Suntory Sungoliath in Japan, the Japanese franchise announced on Monday.
The Chiefs continued New Zealand’s winning streak against Trans-Tasman foes as they thrashed the Brumbies 40-19 on Saturday.
Damian McKenzie scored a self-converted try in the last minute of an enthralling contest to give the Chiefs a 15-12 win over the Blues in Hamilton on Saturday.
Opposing fullbacks Damian McKenzie and Jordie Barrett are looking forward to playing with new combinations following the announcement of the squads for this weekend’s highly-anticipated North vs South game.
It may not have been effective, but Chiefs fullback Damian McKenzie showed enormous courage in an attempted try-saving tackle on rampaging Crusaders eighthman Tom Sanders.