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<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Super 14's Crusaders look invincible
Richie McCaw and Dan Carter are the finest double act in New Zealand sport since Mark Todd and Charisma.
<i>Chris Rattue</i>: Don't waste another great league career
If sometimes fabulous Warriors winger Manu Vatuvei switches to rugby another brilliant league career would be wasted.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Cash is only thing going for King Carlos
Carlos Spencer has pocketed one of the richest deals in South African rugby by heading to Johannesburg.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Glamour of superstars mocks moralists
There is a laughable irony in watching corporate America get cold feet over one man's rumpy-pumpy, considering the way their self-centred ethos and lack of ethics ravaged the world's economy, says Chris Rattue.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Desperately seeking Bond for Aussie series
Test cricket is dying in New Zealand, but a brilliant clash against Australia will be a marvellous tonic.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Weakened Aussies were ripe for picking
Without Shane Bond and Iain O'Brien, the Black Caps can't take advantage of Australia's vulnerability says Chris Rattue.
10 predictions for the sporting year ahead
Herald sport columnist Chris Rattue makes his predictions for sport in 2010.
<i>Chris Rattue</i>: All we want for Xmas is ... Carl Hayman
Tis the season to be jolly, and it's been a jolly good year for the All Blacks and our rugby union.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Sidekick Steve doesn't deserve Tiger's tar
Woods' Kiwi caddie Steve Williams doesn't deserve to be attacked in any way, or to have his career threatened.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Tiger needs to roar back as scandal dulls
The heat is surely going out of the Tiger Woods story even though it has been terrific fun while it lasted.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> The hard truth of All Whites 'easy draw'
The All Whites will find a gulf in class against Paraguay and Slovakia predicts Chris Rattue.
<i>Chris Rattue</i>: Credit where due - Vive Graham Henry
Even the harshest critics among us will willingly concede that Henry really showed his coaching chops in this one.
<i>Chris Rattue</i>: Scottish debacle could be Deans' death knell
Deans was supposed to raise the bar, not drop it into a big vat of porridge.
<i>Chris Rattue</i>: Ref not only player in guessing game
The game of guessing has never got close to the merry-go-round of front-row props used by this All Blacks coaching regime.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Rooney, Kaka, Totti - meet Tim Brown
Football has found its place in the sun again. Even our wobbly behemoth, rugby, will be shaded.
<i>Chris Rattue</i>: Dan Carter's rare moment of sin
Carter, a brave but normally clinical rather than ferocious tackler, had clearly decided that this was not a moment for taking prisoners.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> A forward of olden-day style
McCaw charges around as if his life depends on it, cops the bad days on the chin, and is so retro that his hand signal of choice is a hand-shake.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> A definitive league moment
The wonderful day we hoped for has arrived after the Kiwis and Kangaroos drew 20-all in London.
<i>Chris Rattue:</i> All Blacks a farce for Wales to reckon with
Wales would do world rugby a favour by dealing to the pompous, coach-cycling Kiwis, writes Chris Rattue.
<i>Chris Rattue</i>: All Whites should be careful what they wish for
It's impossible to envisage the All Whites living on the same planet as the world's best soccer sides.