New Zealand

Foster calls on All Blacks to 'match fire with fire' in Bledisloe Cup battle

New Zealand have held the Bledisloe Cup since 2003 and head coach Ian Foster wants a whitewash on home soil this weekend.     Ian Foster has called on New Zealand to fight "fire with fire"...

The Best Of: Ash Dixon 2021 Highlanders season

With Maori All Blacks, Highlanders & Hawke's Bay skipper Ash Dixon's announcement that he's headed to Japan at the end of the year, here's a look back at his 2021 Super Rugby season with the Highlanders.  

Best of the Bledisloe Cup: Flying Wingers

TEAM NAMING | Press Conferences - Ian Foster

COACH CHAT | Ian Foster on team for Bledisloe Two

Aaron Smith becomes the tenth All Blacks centurion

Koroibete returns in one of four changes for the Wallabies

Dave Rennie has made four changes to the Wallabies side for the second Bledisloe Test.   Winger Marika Koroibete returns to the starting XV with Nic White added to the bench. Koroibete replaces...

Ash Dixon heading to Japan

Highlanders co-captain and veteran hooker Ash Dixon is heading to Japan on a two-year deal to play in the new Japanese League One competition which begins in January 2022.   Dixon (32) brought up...

Will Jordan returns to the All Blacks starting XV for Bledisloe II

The All Blacks team has been named to play Australia in the second Bledisloe Cup Fortinet Rugby Championship Test at Eden Park on Saturday 14 August (kick-off 7.05 PM local, 8.05 AM - BST).   The...

Explainer: The 50:22, Goal line drop-out & the other new law variations and how they work

The Rugby Championship officially kicks off this weekend right off the back of the British and Irish Lions series and with it comes the introduction of the new law variation for test rugby this year.   The...