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Super Rugby: Fiji's Tela retires
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Beauden Barrett looks set to return after Japan stint
In February it was announced the utility superstar had signed a deal in Japan.
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Hawke’s Bay rugby manager fined by council noise control after party
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Almost a third more Kiwi eyeballs were glued to women’s sport in the past year.
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Springbok at centre of World Cup racism allegation calls England ‘unprofessional’
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Gregor Paul: What the Scott Robertson All Blacks are walking into
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ABs coach talks after family threatened by knife-wielding man at World Cup
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Labour confidence vote under way, new head injury study, official cash rate to be released and Niwa releases climate summary | Focus Morning Bulletin November 7, 2023
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Sam Cane hit with ban after World Cup final red card
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Ian Foster's family threatened by knife-wielding mugger at World Cup
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