Ioane Try Double As All Blacks Maul Lions
Rieko Ioane grabbed a second-half try double as the All Blacks steamrollered the British and Irish Lions 30-15 on Saturday to leave the visitors on the brink of yet another series defeat. The...
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Read Signs All Black Deal Through To 2019 World Cup
All Blacks captain Kieran Read has signed a deal to stay in New Zealand rugby through to the 2019 World Cup in Japan. No 8 Read, a double Rugby World Cup champion and 2013 World Player of the Year,...
O’Driscoll Fallout Helped ‘galvanise’ All Blacks
Former New Zealand coach Graham Henry has weighed in on the ongoing debate over the crippling tackle on Brian O'Driscoll in the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour, saying it "helped galvanise" the All...
All Blacks Sweating On Read Injury
The All Blacks were Sunday sweating on the availability of captain Kieran Read for the looming British and Irish Lions series after the backrower suffered a broken thumb. Read left the field just...
All Blacks Count Injury Toll Ahead of Lions Test
Auckland Blues hardman Jerome Kaino has joined a growing list of All Blacks sidelined by injury as the Super Rugby competition takes its toll ahead of the British and Irish Lions tour. Kaino is to...
Stormers, Lions Battle For Super Rugby Supremacy In South Africa
The Western Stormers square off against the Golden Lions in a blockbuster South African derby while Crusaders prop Wyatt Crockett sets a match record in Super Rugby this weekend. The Canterbury...
Rejuvenated Rugby Star Sonny Bill Set To Return Ahead of Lions
Code-hopping All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams is set to make his return to the 15-a-side game on Saturday, eight months after he ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing sevens at the Rio...
Former All Black Lauaki Dies Aged 35
Former All Black Sione Lauaki has died at the age of 35, New Zealand Rugby said Sunday. The cause of death was not immediately revealed but the powerful loose forward had apparently suffered from...