New Zealand Canterbury destroy North Otago to retain Ranfurly Shield MATCH REPORT: Canterbury have retained the Ranfurly Shield in emphatic fashion as they thumped North Otago 71-7 in their first pre-season outing in Christchurch. 0
New Zealand New Zealand to revive their 'real legacy game' SPOTLIGHT: New Zealand Rugby has rekindled the historic North Island versus South Island match as uncertainty remains over the sport's coronavirus-affected international calendar. 0
New Zealand No last hurrah for All Blacks legend Read? SPOTLIGHT: With the Top League season finished for 2020, there was a very real possibility that New Zealand fans could see a host of Japan-based players return home to play in a super-sized provincial competition kicking off in September. 0
Australia Referees to 20 October 2019 There have been 37 matches played at the 2019 World Cup in Japan, There are just eight to be played, seven vital matches which will decide the en[]eventual winner. 0
Argentina Referees to 13 October 2019 This week's appointments takes us to the end of the pool matches at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, with the knock-out rounds to start. 0
News Referees to 7 October 2019 Wouldn't the World Cup become marvellous if no more coaches pointed fingers at referees? It remains astonishingly true that players are allowed to make mistakes but not referees, their fellow human beings. 0
News Referees to 30 September 2019 The eyes of all Japan and the rest of the world are on the World Cup with another 11 matches in the coming week with lots of focus on Japan vs Ireland, Australia vs Wales and Scotland vs Samoa. 0
News Willemse's move to Saracens confirmed NEWS: Damian Willemse will be playing Premiership rugby. 0
News Referees to 18 August 2019 Lots of rugby eyes will be on Eden Park on Saturday - the second Bledisloe Cup match after the Wallabies spilt All Black blood in Perth last Saturday. 0
Argentina Referees to 11 August 2019 It's the last round of the Rugby Championship, the decisive round, in Perth, Australia, and Salta, with Jérôme Garcès and Romain Poite to referee them. The Perth match doubles as a Bledisloe Cup match. 0
News Canterbury coach to leave NZ NEWS: Canterbury head coach Joe Maddock has announced the 2019 season will be his last in charge of the provincial side, having been appointed as an assistant coach at the Toshiba club in Japan. 0
News Maestro McKenzie adds to growing All Blacks injury list INJURY UPDATE: The All Blacks go into their first pre-World Cup camp on Monday hampered by a rising injury toll and expecting more casualties before they begin their title defence in Japan in September. 0
New Zealand NPC Kiwi player suspended for doping NEWS: Southland club player Shanan Kapene has received a two-year suspension from all participation in rugby after a New Zealand Rugby Judicial Committee found him guilty of anti-doping violations. 0
New Zealand NPC NPC Team of the Tournament OPINION: Two very different finals between the divisions with an exciting blowout in the first and a brutal tussle in the second. 0