We've got the two best teams going head to head and you wouldn't put your house on the winner, writes Justin Marshall.

Richie McCaw is the Phar Lap of footy, a man who never knows when he is beaten, writes Wynne Gray.

Where will the match turn, what can we look for to see who's getting some traction? Wynne Gray provides the analysis.

England wore the bright pink safety vests, but it was New Zealand who needed them, having been run over in a T20 match at Manchester.

There'll be about 50,000 supporters packed into Newlands delivering all sorts of advice to Peyper and his South African assistants, writes Wynne Gray.

The current juniors did a creditable job in the tournament, although they couldn't turn home advantage into anything memorable, writes Chris Rattue. Where were the kids who can take on the world?

If Neil Sedaka thought breaking up was hard to do, he should have given making up a go. Breaking up is the easy part in professional rugby.

Should New Zealand miss out on a place at the Rio Olympics next year, they'll need to take a hard look in the mirror at events in the past few days.

If the conference system is here to stay in the ANZ Netball Championship, as we have been told it is, then bosses need to rethink the finals format.

If you ever feel rugby in New Zealand is dying (and the Blues make it seem terminally ill), go and see The Ground We Won, writes Paul Lewis.

Maybe it's time to think of 35 as the new 30 and not fall off our chairs if there are a heap of 40-year-olds playing Super Rugby in the next decade, writes Gregor Paul.

A winning ratio around 35 per cent across three seasons is not job retention collateral, writes Wynne Gray.

Fifa is not all bad. While it's hard to write anything in defence of the Swiss-based organisation at the moment, there are some positives that can't be ignored.

Justin Marshall writes the wekend showed the Blues haven't got the pieces in their squad to assemble a competitive team next year.

Coach Sir John Kirwan is using tomorrow's match against the Crusaders at Eden Park as a trial for next year's Super Rugby series, writes Wynne Gray.

Any old fool could run Fifa, and one has been. So don't fret; football is a lot bigger than Fifa, writes Chris Rattue.

Any old fool could run Fifa, and one has been, writes Chris Rattue. So don't fret; football is a lot bigger than Fifa... but why did this investigation have to fall into the hands of the American justice system?

You don't expect the Crusaders to be standing in line for miracles but, as Super Rugby heads into its penultimate round, that's exactly where they find themselves.

Entree choices to the test cricket at Headingley were a second night of Dancing with the Stars or wandering out west for a courtside debut at the netball.

Under-20 Fifa World Cup organisers will be grinning from ear to ear this morning.

Watching Robbie Deans lead the Barbarians to a good win over a strong Ireland side made me think - we could do much worse than getting him back into New Zealand's coaching system.

Into the spotlight for the Highlanders and exit stage left.

Some people saw Dan Carter. I saw Nemani Nadolo. Others heralded a Crusaders turnaround. I'd be more inclined to say the Hurricanes are in trouble.

The only thing that really matters for New Zealand football over the next seven days is results, writes Michael Burgess.

With three rounds of the Super Rugby regular competition remaining, our experts answer some of the vital questions that will define the season.

Quit the happy-clappy bizzo and get down to test warfare, Chris Rattue urges the Black Caps following their humbling defeat at Lord's.

Unless things alter dramatically in Leeds, the Black Caps will be lucky to be invited back to England before the next arrival of Halley's Comet, writes Dylan Cleaver.

Heavyweight New Zealand Rugby censure followed Charles Piutau's announcement he was heading to play rugby in Ulster.

Remember the uproar about the ageing All Blacks amid the ruins of their 1991 World Cup defence, writes Wynne Gray.