A Kiwi-cringe factor has encroached on what has been an outstanding sporting contest at the America's Cup.

On every count the Tana Umaga decision is wrong.

By not playing last week against Argentina, Owen Franks provided a sharp reminder of how valuable he has become for the All Blacks.

The All Blacks' remarkable record at Eden Park will fall on Saturday. There, got that out, and now for the theories.

Questions about the All Blacks without injured skipper Richie McCaw will dominate the rest of their Rugby Championship campaign.

If you were a student of body language, you'd have loved the first after-race press conference at the 34th America's Cup.

Team New Zealand aren't the only New Zealand natives creating waves in San Francisco - so are the pohutukawa.

This year will go down as a season of missed opportunities for the Warriors.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

The America's Cup international jury can rightly be regarded as heroes of the sport of sailing.

It has always seemed strange that San Francisco - a city famed for its hilly topography and notoriously steep streets - is considered a cyclist-friendly town.

Sonny Bill Williams, Julian Savea, Jerome Kaino; the Chiefs aren't looking to build a squad for next year, they want to make a monster.

The saddest thing about the cheating allegations being decided upon by the America's Cup international jury is that few people outside the sailing community really understand them.

San Franciscans could teach Kiwis a thing or two about being responsible global citizens.

This one isn't so much David v Goliath, but Cain v Abel. Coutts is Barker's tormentor. He's our hero turned tormentor, writes Chris Rattue.

Now scrums are a contest, as they were intended to be, instead of a restart with angled offspin deliveries from the halfbacks, writes Wynne Gray.

the Wallabies can play better. They have been so bad as to make the All Blacks look better than they probably are, writes Chris Rattue.

Team New Zealand clocked up another jaw-dropping America's Cup speed record yesterday and the whispers are that NZL05 is capable of going much faster.

I'm not a fan of the new scrum laws at all. On the evidence of two test matches, plus a few ITM games, they don't improve things.

Three weeks ago I was convinced the Warriors would make the top eight but I don't think they will now.

Tracey Nelson crunches the numbers from the opening Bledisloe Cup encounter in Sydney.

You know you're in an international city when you're as happy as a clam, sitting in San Francisco's cold winds with 9000 other freezing people.