Monday, October 31 2022
One match into the Wallabies’ end-of-season tour of the northern hemisphere and already it’s going better than last year’s trip to Europe.
Monday, October 31 2022
Captain Sarah Hunter became the most-capped female player in test history, winning her 138th cap in England’s 41-5 quarter-final win over Australia at the Rugby World Cup.
Monday, October 31 2022
Canada were rocked by an early try but rallied with four tries of their own to beat the United States 32-11 and advance to a semifinal against England at the Rugby World Cup.
Sunday, October 30 2022
All Blacks 38
Japan 31
The All Blacks have barely avoided yet more unwanted history, but on tonight's evidence Japan won't have to wait long for a breakthrough victory.
Sunday, October 30 2022
Winger Joanna Grisez scored a try in the first two minutes and added two more late for a hat-trick which lifted France to a 39-3 win over Italy in the first quarter-final at the Rugby World Cup.
Sunday, October 30 2022
Black Ferns 55
Wales 3
The Black Ferns have punched their ticket to the World Cup semifinals in style.
Saturday, October 29 2022
LockerRoom
By Suzanne McFadden
A warfare officer in the NZ Navy, Kate Williams has been called into the Welsh rugby side who'll face the Black Ferns in the RWC quarter-final this weekend. She tells Suzanne McFadden she knows some of the Black Ferns well.
Saturday, October 29 2022
All Blacks coach Ian Foster is disappointed by his side's fixture clash with the Black Ferns but says critics of the scheduling error need to move on.
Saturday, October 29 2022
Blues duo Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Stephen Perofeta have been handed their first starts for the All Blacks in Saturday’s clash against Japan in Tokyo.
Thursday, October 27 2022
Carlos Spencer is widely regarded as one of the best, and most exciting, rugby players of his generation.
Thursday, October 27 2022
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Thursday, October 27 2022
All Blacks winger Leicester Fainga’anuku has been forced to leave Japan just days after arriving with the squad for what the team is describing as family reasons.
Monday, October 24 2022
The only goal of a player who died during an East Coast rugby club's celebratory centennial match today was to score a try, he told his teammates during a party last night.
Monday, October 24 2022
Top-ranked England muscled their way into the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup with a 75-0 win over South Africa which stretched their record winning streak to 28 test matches.
Monday, October 24 2022
A familiar foe awaits the Black Ferns.
Sunday, October 23 2022
First-choice All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith has signalled a likely departure from international rugby following next year's World Cup.
Sunday, October 23 2022
Lori Cramer's penalties on the tick of halftime and just before fulltime were enough to secure Australia a 13-7 win over Wales on Saturday and advance to the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
Sunday, October 23 2022
Black Ferns 57
Scotland 0
The Black Ferns will go into the business end of the World Cup on top.
Saturday, October 22 2022
A YouTube prankster who invaded the pitch to line up with the All Blacks for the national anthem in Wales last year has been banned from all sporting events in England and Wales for two years.
Saturday, October 22 2022
The Black Ferns head into their final pool game without their top two try scorers, with Portia Woodman and Ruby Tui both out of the squad to play Scotland in Whangārei on Saturday.
Saturday, October 22 2022
LockerRoom
By Toni Bruce
From being 'invisible' a decade ago, women's rugby is finally on a roll, Auckland University professor Toni Bruce finds in her research into what Rugby World Cups mean to Kiwis.
Thursday, October 20 2022
All Blacks midfielder Rieko Ioane has extended his contract with New Zealand Rugby until the end of 2023.
Thursday, October 20 2022
LockerRoom
By Jim Kayes
Witnessing the Black Ferns' magic has made dyed-in-the-wool men's rugby aficionado Jim Kayes fall for the women's game in this Rugby World Cup. And he's not alone, he writes.
Thursday, October 20 2022
The entire squad of English rugby giants Wasps has been made redundant after the club was placed into administration.
Sunday, October 16 2022
The United States finally clicked into gear with almost three quarters of the match behind them to beat Japan 30-17 and boost their Rugby World Cup quarter-final hopes.
Sunday, October 16 2022
Canterbury 24
Bay of Plenty 10
Canterbury will chase their 15th NPC title after slowly but surely breaking down a stubborn Bay of Plenty in Christchurch tonight.
Sunday, October 16 2022
England 13
France 7
Billed as an early clash of the titans, the World Cup pool play match between England and France lived up to its tag.
Saturday, October 15 2022
After six seasons with the Crusaders and 19 tests with the All Blacks, George Bridge is set for a change of scenery.
Saturday, October 15 2022
Black Ferns coaches have made a raft of changes ahead of their second Rugby World Cup fixture against Wales at Waitakere Stadium this Sunday (kick off 3.15pm).
Saturday, October 15 2022
Wellington have earned another chance to finally shed their tag as the greatest losers in New Zealand rugby.
Friday, October 14 2022
The financial crisis gripping English rugby deepened today when Wasps, one of the nation's most storied clubs, said it was likely to enter into administration because of its debts.
Friday, October 14 2022
New Zealand Rugby is awaiting the verdict of a corruption trial involving the founder of the All Blacks jersey sponsor.
Thursday, October 13 2022
The 2023 Rugby World Cup chief executive Claude Atcher has been fired following an investigation by French labour inspectors into his workplace conduct.
Wednesday, October 12 2022
Jordie Barrett knows he's New Zealand's second-favourite Barrett brother but he wants you to know, he doesn't care.
Wednesday, October 12 2022
Auckland and Blues lock Patrick Tuipulotu will captain the inaugural All Blacks XV squad selected for two matches against Ireland A and the Barbarians next month.
Wednesday, October 12 2022
Former Black Ferns captain Les Elder may have missed out on the Rugby World Cup squad, but she was still passionately supporting the team from the sidelines.
Monday, October 10 2022
England-based hooker Emily Tuttosi scored three tries as Canada showed they could be Rugby World Cup title contenders with a 41-5 win over Japan.
Monday, October 10 2022
The bulk of the Rugby Championship squad has been retained as the All Blacks set their sights on the Northern Tour.
Monday, October 10 2022
Keira Bevin kicked a penalty five minutes after the fulltime siren to give Wales a narrow win over Scotland in the most thrilling match of the World Cup so far.
Sunday, October 09 2022
Fortune is favouring rugby fans at Eden Park today with a low chance of a light shower as they soak up the action at the women's Rugby World Cup opening day extravaganza.
Sunday, October 09 2022
In their opening match of the World Cup, the Black Ferns have shown there is sometimes more than meets the eye than just the final result.
Saturday, October 08 2022
For once in a long time, Julie Sands didn't have to worry about how many pies she would sell on a nippy evening.
Saturday, October 08 2022
It's a tribute to women in sport and their fight to overcome prejudice and convention in a male-dominated world.
Saturday, October 08 2022
Auckland have survived the chaos and live to fight another day.
Friday, October 07 2022
The Black Ferns search for their best team continues, with several tweaks made for their World Cup opener against Australia on Saturday at Eden Park.
Friday, October 07 2022
Te Awamutu Sports' latest Waikato representative Taha Kemara, 19, has had a full-on year after being named Sports' premier co-captain, playing for Chiefs Under 20 and making his Mooloos debut.
Friday, October 07 2022
Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei Seek the treasure that you value most dearly, if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain.
Wednesday, October 05 2022
Jordie Barrett has officially put pen to paper on a new deal that will keep him in the capital with the Hurricanes and New Zealand Rugby (NZR) through till the end of 2025.
Wednesday, October 05 2022
After years of knock-backs and disappointment, Kendra Reynolds has powered her way into the Black Ferns to defend the Rugby World Cup. And the resilient No.7, whose job off the field was to ignite a fire for rugby in women and girls, is now leading by example.
Wednesday, October 05 2022
When the best female rugby players on the planet depart Aotearoa after the Rugby World Cup, the enduring legacy of their time here won't just be whether they won or lost. It will also be the people they met, cultures they glimpsed, and experiences they shared.
Tuesday, October 04 2022
A shift to the right wing for Roger Tuivasa-Sheck served as little more than a surprise for viewers in Auckland's 38-24 win over Taranaki on Saturday, with atrocious conditions dictating the game.
Tuesday, October 04 2022
Northland have kept alive their shot at history with a second win in five days - but now face the toughest task in provincial rugby.
Sunday, October 02 2022
The players are ready, the music is sorted and excitement is ramping up as we count down the days to Rugby World Cup 2021.
Sunday, October 02 2022
All Blacks midfielder Quinn Tupaea has revealed what was running through his mind the moment he suffered a season-ending knee injury at the hands of Wallabies lock Darcy Swain and says he's still keeping his 2023 World Cup hopes alive.
Saturday, October 01 2022
All Blacks and Chiefs midfielder Quinn Tupaea has been ruled out of rugby for nine months following the ugly cleanout by Wallabies lock Darcy Swain in the first Bledisloe test.
Saturday, October 01 2022
British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland says he's never seen public morale so low following the All Blacks' run of defeats this season.
Saturday, October 01 2022
Try-scoring missile Portia Woodman is already one of the great Black Ferns - but this Rugby World Cup could elevate her to the top. And then she still has more to give.
Saturday, October 01 2022
Former Black Ferns captain Fiao'o Fa'amausili will be inducted into World Rugby's Hall of Fame at a special ceremony during the World Cup in November.
Saturday, October 01 2022
Teams playing their pool matches in Whangārei during the women's Rugby World Cup will start arriving into the city from Monday and organisers are on track to meet attendance targets for all games.
Saturday, October 01 2022
Hawke's Bay have secured the result they required to put one foot in the NPC quarter-finals - and likely end a golden run for Tasman.
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