Gisborne High School Old Boys, which is celebrating its centenary this weekend, can lay claim to one of rugby’s most ...

Alex "Grizz" Wyllie, former All Black loose forward and coach, has died at the age of 80, at Karaka Heights in Picton, around ...

Former All Blacks loose forward and head coach Alex “Grizz” Wyllie has died, aged 80. As a player, Wyllie earned 11 test caps ...

Alex "Grizz" Wyllie, the former All Blacks player and head coach, has died at the age of 80. Wyllie played 11 Tests for ...

New Zealand is mourning the passing of former All Blacks coach and flanker Alex "Grizz" Wyllie, who died this weekend at the ...

Alex Grizz Wyllie MBE has died at the age of 80 after excelling as both a player and coach. His nephew Richard Loe discusses ...

A coach who shared the highs and lows of two World Cups with Wyllie says their vastly different styles may have been a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Famously tough All Blacks loose forward Alex (Grizz) Wyllie who went on to coach New Zealand to 25 wins in 29 tests has died. He was 80.

He also coached Canterbury to wins over the British Lions and the Wallabies before becoming assistant coach as the All Blacks won the first-ever Rugby world Cup in 1987. He was the All Blacks head ...

After moving into coaching, Wyllie led Canterbury to the Ranfurly Shield in 1982, and successfully defended New Zealand rugby’s most prestigious prize for a record-equalling three years ...

They will host three of their five home matches to Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua - as they did last year. Taranaki will put the Ranfurly Shield on the line in the opening round against Northland on ...

Rugged and lavishly mustachioed, Wyllie came to personify the ideal of the rugby hard man ... was part of Canterbury team which won the Ranfurly Shield challenge trophy twice and beat England ...