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Jock Hobbs passes away Yahoo! Sport New ZealandMarch 13, 2012, 5:45 pm 27 Comments http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=recommend&api_key=130375173667364&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%23%3F%3D%26cb%3Df19f3d6bd8%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnz.sports.yahoo.com%252Ff3ffbf9a14%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&colorscheme=light&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fnz.sports.yahoo.com%2Frugby%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F-%2F13155868%2Fjock-hobbs-passes-away%2F&layout=button_count&locale=en_AU&no_resize=false&node_type=link&sdk=joey&show_faces=false&width=130 tweet4 http://e.yimg.com/la/i/google/googlePlus.html?url=http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/rugby/news/article/-/13155868/jock-hobbs-passes-away/&size=medium Email Print Getty Images ©   Former All Black and NZRU chairman Jock Hobbs has died, aged 52. Hobbs had been suffering from leukemia, and his family issued a statement saying, “Our family would like to thank everyoneContinue reading “Jock Hobbs passes away”

Astute’s crew work on her casing as she arrives back on the Clyde. Pictures: LA(Phot) Paul Halliwell, FRPU North THE most advanced submarine Britain has ever sent to sea today returned home to the Clyde after a 142-day deployment to North America for her most important series of sea trials to date. It was alsoContinue reading “Britains newest sub”

IF YOU thought fireworks were solely a November, nighttime experience, think again. Leaving a trail of sparks and smoke over the waters of the English Channel is HMS Dragon, testing one of her last lines of defence against missile attack. Ahead of her inaugural visit to Cardiff, her affiliated city, which begins on Thursday, theContinue reading “New ship, new weapons”

And some New year drinks